Meet Vern Discher, ’48 Engineering Drafting & Design Technology Visit Vern and Shirley Discher’s Prior Lake home and you’ll see Dunwoody pride. A Dunwoody pennant hangs over the door in the den. Certificates acknowledging Vern’s membership in the Dunwoody 50-Year-Club and the Legacy Association are displayed on the wall, next to scores of family pictures […]
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Allen Wentland, ’86 Computer & Digital Systems Technician, has built a business by finding solutions When Allen Wentland, ’86 Computer & Digital Systems Technician, was hired as the first employee of the newly formed Washburn Computer Group he never imagined that the title behind his name would one day be “owner.” More than 25 years […]
Dunwoody alumni are innovators, entrepreneurs, top technicians, and skilled workers. Here is a quick Q&A with just one! Andhi Michaux, ’03 Computer Networking Technology Chief HR Officer, Garda Capital Partners Q. Where is the weirdest place you have ever met a fellow alum? A. Atlanta. I have three siblings who live there and while visiting I […]
President and Owner of Delkor Systems Dale Andersen shared the lessons he learned during his transition from sales manager to company owner When Dale Andersen made the decision in 1999 to purchase Delkor Systems he went from being the Sales Manager to the company’s President and Owner. At the time, the company had sold off […]
Dunwoody College of Technology is thrilled to announce a $2 million gift from Ray, ’65 Machine Tool, and Nylene Newkirk for the new School of Engineering. Newkirk founded Tape, Inc., which filed nine patents for fusion bonding thermoplastics and developed a proprietary line of machinery known as Hydra Sealers. He sold Tape, Inc. in 1987 […]
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Q&A with a Dunwoody Auto Alum
Dunwoody alumni are innovators, entrepreneurs, top technicians and skilled workers. Here is a quick Q&A with just one! Jeremy Leisenheimer, ’06 Automotive Service Technology Emergency Vehicle Technician & Fleet Manager, City of Rochester Fire Department Q. Where is the weirdest place you have ever met a fellow alum? A. At Chester’s Kitchen and Bar in Rochester. […]
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Q&A with a Dunwoody Baking Alum
Dunwoody alumni are innovators, entrepreneurs, top technicians and skilled workers. Here is a quick Q&A with just one! Tiffiny Meinert, ’88 Baking Owner, Tiffiny’s Tipton Bakery Q. Where is the weirdest place you have ever met a fellow alum? A. I live in very rural Iowa so I have not met a fellow Dunwoody alum yet. […]
This weekend, Dunwoody welcomed over 400 new alumni to its long history of outstanding graduates. The College’s Commencement Ceremony took place at the Minneapolis Convention Center at 11 a.m. Saturday, May 21. In his keynote speech, S. Scott Crump, co-founder and Chief Innovation Officer of Stratasys Ltd., shared the experiences, personal habits and attributes that […]