Women in Technical Careers is a scholarship program designed to help women students succeed in a technical degree program at Dunwoody College of Technology and launch into a great career. Most careers requiring a technical degree are non-traditional for women (defined by federal law as employing fewer than 25 percent women nationwide). Those same careers […]
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Students put their engineering skills to the test in off-road vehicle challenge Students at Dunwoody College of Technology, along with several faculty members, traveled to the California desert to put their engineering, design, and fabrication skills to the test in the 2024 Baja SAE Challenge. The competition challenges engineering students to design and build an […]
A life-long interest in design led Sam Cooperman to explore a career in architecture. “I was always fascinated with not only how design comes together, but also with how designers can imbue meaning into everyday objects and experiences,” he said. During his senior year at Edina High School, Cooperman participated in “May Term,” a program […]
Dunwoody College of Technology has been named one of the Top Workplaces in Minnesota by the Star Tribune. A complete list of those selected is available at startribune.com/mn-top-workplaces and will also be published in the Star Tribune Top Workplaces special section on Sunday, June 23. Produced by the same team that compiles the 33-year-old Star […]
Congratulations to the following students who have been named to the Dunwoody College of Technology’s Dean’s List for the Spring 2024 semester. The students listed received this honor by achieving a 3.5 (or higher) grade point average during the spring 2024 semester (overall g.p.a. is not considered when calculating the semester dean’s list). To be considered, students must […]
Machine Tool Technology student is recipient of Academic Excellence Award Anna MacLean started her college career studying Mechanical Engineering south of the Minnesota border, where the corn grows tall. It was the fall of 2020, in the midst of a pandemic, and the new normal was not the educational experience she was craving. So, after […]
Academic Excellence Award: Amber Beavens, School of Design | Interior Design It would not be unusual to see Amber Beavens with a sketchbook in hand, or mapping out ideas for buildings and spaces on scraps of paper if her sketchbook is out of reach. She has always appreciated good design in the world around her […]
Washburn High grad shines in the classroom and the auto bay Sophie Nystrom had a more straightforward journey to Dunwoody than some students who enroll: she was working at Walser Buick GMC and decided to take the same route as some of her co-workers and apply to the Automotive program. The small class sizes, great […]