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Two Dunwoody students advance to 2017 SkillsUSA National Competition

Dunwoody brings home 6 medals in 2017 State Competition. Architectural Drafting & Design student Eli Abnet and Electrical Construction & Maintenance student Matthew Longendyke are headed to Louisville, Ky., for the National Leadership and Skills Conference (NLSC) thanks to their first place wins at the 2017 SkillsUSA MN Competition earlier this month. Abnet won the Architecture […]

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Discover the Difference in Dunwoody’s Design and Graphics Technology curriculum

Dunwoody’s Design and Graphics Technology Department is known for its hands-on, applied approach to design. “Our students are making things all the time. They’re not just working on a laptop or a computer. They’re running a real printing press or a CAD table or any of the other pieces of equipment that we might have,” […]

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Women in Technical Careers (WITC) scholarship recipient Jessica Hertel testifies in Minnesota State Legislature to help student parents

Hertel joins MN Representative Ilhan Omar, author of both bills, to advocate for additional support services to parents pursuing postsecondary education. Dunwoody College of Technology student Jessica Hertel testified before the Minnesota House of Representatives Higher Education Committee earlier last month, encouraging the passing of two new bills that would provide additional support services to pregnant […]

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Dunwoody Surveying takes 2nd in 2017 NSPS Student Competition

Dunwoody students place in competition for second year in a row. Second-year students and soon-to-be-graduates Patrick Kowal, Francis Maranga, and Curtis Meriam took home a 2nd place trophy in the associate’s degree category at the 2017 NSPS Student Competition earlier this month. The annual event is organized by the National Society of Professional Surveyors (NSPS) […]

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KARE 11’s Kim Insley to speak at Dunwoody Diversity Forum

News Anchor Kim Insley will be speaking at Dunwoody’s March Diversity Forum in celebration of Women’s History Month. Dunwoody College of Technology is excited to announce that KARE 11 News Anchor, Reporter, and Content Provider Kim Insley will be the speaker during the next Diversity Forum from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. Thursday, March 23, in […]

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Q&A with a Dunwoody Construction Project Supervision Alum

Dunwoody alumni are innovators, entrepreneurs, top technicians, and skilled workers.  Here is a quick Q&A with just one! Sarah Pendergast, ’13 Construction Project Supervision, ’12 Interior Design Construction Coordinator, Northern Tool & Equipment Q. Where is the weirdest place you have ever met a fellow alum? A. I was on a blind date with one. We started talking […]

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Dunwoody College names Associate Dean of Students

Dunwoody hires 10-year student services veteran to assist with student accommodations and support. Dunwoody College of Technology is delighted to name John Richardson as the new Associate Dean of Students. Richardson will assist Dean of Students Kelli Sattler in student affairs, particularly focusing on student accommodations and support. A 10-year veteran in student services, Richardson […]

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The entrepreneur: an alum profile

Meet Jack Mowry, ’48 Engineering Drafting & Design Technology On paper, Jack Mowry’s two companies, Metal Craft in Elk River, Minn. and Riverside Machine and Engineering in Chippewa Falls, Wisc., employ around 225 people. “But we think of it as 225 families,” says Jack, ’71 Engineering Drafting & Design. “We have all these families who […]