Construction Management student Mindy Heinkel was one of 50 female students nationwide selected to attend the Kiewit Women’s Construction Leadership Seminar in Omaha, Neb. The two-day event challenges female students and develops their leadership skills while they gain valuable experience and industry knowledge. Heinkel applied for the seminar because she wanted to gain greater knowledge […]
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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 […]
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 […]
Congratulations to the following students who have been named to Dunwoody College of Technology’s 2014 spring semester dean’s list. The students listed received this honor by upholding a 3.5 grade point average or higher. Amjed Ali Nicholas Amor Nathan Anders Benjamin Anderson Charles Anderson Dane Anderson John Anderson Patrick Anderson Peter Anderson Erik Andreska Nicholas Arneson […]
Pre-Media Technologies students designed and printed a new mural now on display outside the Interior Design classrooms. Before the start of spring 2014 semester Interior Design Program Manager Colleen Schmaltz approached Pre-Media Technologies Instructor Shelly Fitterer about creating a mural to display her students’ interior design work. Fitterer said Schmaltz’s request came at the perfect […]
The golf hole Dunwoody Architectural Drafting & Design students designed and built won the award for 2014 Top Hole Design at the eighth annual U.S. Bank Skyway Open Feb. 21-23. —————————————————-Architectural Drafting & Design students design golf hole for Skyway Open The golf hole Dunwoody’s Architectural Drafting & Design students designed and built will […]