Around 100 students and staff filled the Holden Center on Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s birthday, Jan. 15, to hear former Minneapolis Mayor and Executive Director of Generation Next R.T. Rybak talk about King’s vision and the importance of equality. Rybak was the 150th person to speak about diversity and inclusion at one of the […]
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President Rich Wagner delivered the following address to the college community at a Founders Day All-College Assembly on Friday, Dec. 12. The College’s 100th Founders Day occurred on Sunday, Dec. 14. To start, I want to read a short piece from the Last Will and Testament of William Hood Dunwoody. “Believing that in the multiplied […]
Architecture student Brenda Piliego-Geniz, of Arden Hills, recently received a $15,000 scholarship from The Minneapolis Rotary Club to assist her studies at Dunwoody. Piliego-Geniz is a participant in the College’s Youth Career Awareness Program (YCAP). YCAP enhances the career opportunities of under-represented youth, by empowering them to graduate from high school and obtain a degree […]
Dunwoody College of Technology’s 100th Founders Day is Sunday, Dec. 14. To celebrate the College’s 100th birthday, we are featuring 40 of our alumni on the College’s Facebook and Twitter pages. We’ll feature five alumni each day. To see who we feature, visit https://www.facebook.com/dunwoodycollege or https://twitter.com/dunwoodycollege. Students and employees will celebrate Founders Day on Friday, Dec. 12. Check […]
On Oct. 17 and 18 Construction Sciences & Building Technology students built a Minnesota Bound-themed fish house for Fish House Frenzy Twin Cities. Teams from Adolfson & Peterson Construction and Kraus-Anderson Construction also participated in the 24-hour construction competition to raise funds for Rebuilding Together Twin Cities, which makes critical repairs for homeowners in need–particularly […]
Engineering Drafting & Design students in the Product Design class recently visited Modern Metals Foundry Inc. in Bloomington, Minn. The visit is part of a golf putter design project the students are working on. Before the students visited the foundry, Dan Taylor, pattern maker and partial owner of Modern Metals, spent a day in the […]
Alumni & Friends Reception and Pictorial Show at Mill City Museum–Thursday, July 17 Join us from 6 to 8 p.m. for a very special evening of history, friendship and celebration at the Mill City Museum, 704 S. 2nd Street, Minneapolis, for the Alumni & Friends Reception and Dunwoody College Pictorial History Display. No RSVP is required. […]
Mike Max took a tour of Dunwoody College through its 100 years of history to the present day for his Life to the Max TV Show that highlights stories of perseverance, tenacity and winning attitudes. If you missed the episode that aired on May 17, you can watch it at http://lifetothemax.tv/index.php/2014-archives/551-show-189-the-dunwoody-difference Mike Max takes a tour […]