Late last year, Northwest Community Television (NWCT)—a non-profit organization that offers free production classes, equipment use, and channel time to those in the northwestern suburbs of the Twin Cities—realized they needed a change. “Our current TV sets were outdated, falling apart, and overdue for an overhaul,” Studio Manager Nikki Jackett said. And as the 2015 […]
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Second-year students Wyatt Spencer, BJ Klenke, Doug Pouliot, Joe Irey, Brandon Davis, Jake Blue and team observer Patrick Kowal took first place in the two-year degree program category of the 2016 National Society of Professional Surveyors (NSPS) Student Competition earlier this month. The annual event—which was held in conjunction with the 2016 Surveying & Mapping […]
Industry speaks at March open house Dunwoody Automotive invited representatives from Luther Automotive Group, Walser Automotive Group, and Alliance of Automotive Service Providers-Minnesota (AASP) to speak at the College’s open house event this month, which was held Tuesday, March 15. Steve Reinarts, Automotive Dean, said the goal of the event was to help organizations find […]
March is Women’s History Month, and Dunwoody is celebrating in some very exciting ways! Starting tomorrow, the College has several women-focused events on campus, including: The 76th Diversity Forum: Women’s History Month with guest speaker Minnesota Attorney General Lori Swanson. March 15, 12:30 p.m. in the McNamara Center Contact: lparvis@dunwoody.edu A Kate’s Club Meeting for […]
Dunwoody Architecture students Aaron McCauley-Aburto, Kyle Huberty, and Gianna Madison, joined nearly 60 other students and professionals for a rigorous three-day, pro bono brainstorm at the annual Search for Shelter Design Charrette Feb 19-21. The goal of the Charrette—organized by industry partner American Institute of Architects (AIA)—is to bring together architects, interior designers, landscapers, students, […]
Buhler apprentices/Dunwoody students Matt Stumm, Austin Carline, Andrew Hohn, Mike Schweizer and Virgina Pearson celebrated the end of their final class module during a student showcase event on campus Feb. 23. Students were able to demonstrate the robotic machines they have spent the last few classes designing, assembling, and programming. The group also displayed several […]
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Hands-on with robotic arms
Second-year Automated Systems & Robotics students were recently tasked with a simple assignment: to design an industrial robot program for any application of their choosing. According to Instructor Joey White, the only requirement was that “they needed to demonstrate the use of position registers, the offset motion option along with math instructions to make sequential […]
Heating & Air Conditioning Engineering Technology students Jack Vaccaro and Kristofer Petrie—along with Program Manager Chuck Taft—attended the 2016 American Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) Winter Conference & Air Conditioning, Heating & Refrigeration (AHR) Institute Expo in Orlando, FL Jan. 23-27. More than 2,000 manufacturers and 60,000 Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning and […]