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Dunwoody students compete in the SkillsUSA Nationals Competition

Five Dunwoody College of Technology students participated in the 47th SkillsUSA National Leadership and Skills Conference and Championship held June 18-24, 2011, in Kansas City, Mo. According to the SkillsUSA 2011, the championship event is “a multi-million dollar event that occupies space equivalent to more than 16 football fields.” More than 5,600 students competed in […]

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Dunwoody team wins the Phoenix Challenge

For the second year in a row, Dunwoody’s team took first place in the Phoenix Challenge, an annual product design and printing competition sponsored by the Flexographic Technical Association. Teams from Dunwoody’s Design & Graphics Technology Department have now won three out of the four Phoenix Challenge competitions. Previously, it was called the Harper Challenge. […]

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Speeding to Indy for the Phoenix Challenge

A team of four students from the Design & Graphics Technology department will be competing this weekend in the Phoenix Challenge, the Flexographic Technical Association’s annual product design and printing competition for colleges and universities that provide training in flexographic printing. The competition will take place April 30 in Indianapolis, Indiana, and is the culmination […]

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8 medals for Dunwoody at Skills USA Minnesota

Members of Dunwoody College’s Skills USA team came away with 8 medals and an honorable mention at last weekend’s Minnesota state competition. The medal haul includes five gold medals, and, for these first place winners, a trip to compete in the National Skills USA competition, which will be held in Kansas City, MO, June 20-24. […]

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3-on-3 b-ball tournament results

Congratulations to Bryce Krohn, Brian Anderson and Krysztot Biernecki — winners of last week’s 3-on-3 basketball tournament and $25 each. A total of 11 teams participated. The second place team included Ben Wagner, Brandon Bomar and Austin Klasse.

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Dunwoody’s “Snow Devils” team takes third place

Dunwoody College’s Autonomous Snow Plow Competition team the Snow Devils took third place at last weekend’s competition. The competition was sponsored by the Institute of Navigation and was part of the St. Paul Winter Carnival festivities. Teams from Ohio University and Miami of Ohio University took first and second. Dunwoody came in third, beating out […]

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Manufacturing students build a robotic snow plow

A group of Robotics and Manufacturing students will be competing at this weekend’s St. Paul Winter Carnival in the Institute of Navigation’s Autonomous Snow Plow Competition. The competing schools include: University of Minnesota, University of Michigan, Dunwoody College of Technology, Ohio University, Wright State University and Miami University (of Ohio). The competition will take place […]

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Double gold at National SkillsUSA for Dunwoody College

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: William Morris wmorris@dunwoody.edu, 612.381.3367 Dunwoody students brought back some hardware from last weekend’s National SkillsUSA competition held June 21-25 in Kansas City, MO. Mike Moreen (Electrical Construction and Maintenance) won the Gold Medal in the Related Technical Math category. And Dunwoody’s Quiz Bowl followed up on its dominating Minnesota competition by edging […]