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Dean's List Student News

Dunwoody College Announces Spring 2024 Dean’s List

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 […]

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Academic Excellence Award Student News

Anna MacLean Recognized for Academic Achievement

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 […]

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Academic Excellence Award Student News

Amber Beavens Recognized for Academic Excellence

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 […]

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Academic Excellence Award: Sophie Nystrom, Automotive  

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 […]

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Using his degree to design solutions

Academic Excellence Award: Kjell Hysjulien, Cloud Engineering Technology, A.A.S. Anyone navigating the Dunwoody College campus for the first time understands that it can be a little challenging. The century-old building at 818 Dunwoody Boulevard is filled with hallways and stairways that don’t always lead where you think they should. For Kjell Hysjulien, this challenge became […]

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Commencement Student News

Bachelor of Architecture graduate Latoya Dennis to speak at Dunwoody’s 2024 Commencement

Latoya Dennis says she attended an open house at Dunwoody College of Technology on a whim. At the time she had recently moved to Minnesota from the DMV area and was volunteering at Theater in the Round doing set design and trying to figure out what was next.   “I knew when I moved here that […]

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Returning to her creative side with a new career

Xinh Beardmore receives Academic Excellence Award for School of Design After establishing a successful career in financial services, culminating as Associate Director of Finance in a large healthcare organization, Xinh Beardmore wasn’t satisfied. It was important work, but to her, balance sheets and fiscal projections didn’t feel like a tangible outcome. She had a growing […]

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Commencement

Benito Matias announced as keynote speaker for Commencement Ceremony

The College will honor the graduating Class of 2024 at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, May 21, at the Minneapolis Convention Center.