Ever since she was a child, Paige Fischer’s hobbies were playing with Legos and building whatever came into her head. “I’ve always been interested in fixing and building things; doing anything that is hands on and that will make things better for others,” Fischer said. “I think my parents knew I would be in a […]
A portrait of Dunwoody founder William H. Dunwoody is on loan to the Minnesota Historical Society through September in an exhibit at the James J. Hill house in Saint Paul. Works by the famed Minnesota landscape and portrait artist Nicholas Brewer will be on display. Of that collection, it is said that his portrait of […]
Interior Design junior Sam Haak has always known she had a passion for design. After changing lanes from marketing, Haak found a home within the Dunwoody’s Construction Sciences & Building Technology program. Driven to succeed, Haak is an active student within her program. Haak says that Dunwoody was her first choice because of the College’s […]
Five years into a pharmacy technician position, Brynn Pavlica decided she needed a change. “I was bored out of my mind,” she said. Pavlica quit and hit the road, working music festivals across the country. Driving between Kansas City and Oregon, she became enthralled with the wind farms and the power they generate. She felt […]
Michele Krolczyk’s connection to Dunwoody started with her father – and continues to this day Michele Krolczyk remembers driving past Dunwoody College as a child and hearing the story of how her father graduated from the school with a degree in Sheet Metal before embarking on his career in the roofing business. Krolczyk carried on […]
Coming from a small Minnesota town, Construction Project Management student Tyler Fish always knew he had a passion to work with his hands. “I wanted to pursue a career outside; to go place to place with a new problem to solve daily,” Fish said. Now, with just a few months away from earning his Associates […]
A desire to draw more women into the field of engineering has led student leaders to start a chapter of the Society of Women Engineers (SWE) at Dunwoody. SWE, a professional organization that aims to empower women to achieve their full potential in careers as engineers and leaders, helps members prepare for a successful engineering […]
Dunwoody students receive sportsmanship award fifth year in a row Dunwoody students welcomed the cold temperatures and falling snow once again this past January as students competed in the ninth annual Institute of Navigation (ION’s) Autonomous Snowplow Competition. The yearly event serves as an opportunity for universities, colleges, and the general public to showcase hand-built […]