The Elftmann Student Success Center (ESSC) received first place in the 2015 NCLCA/LSCHE Website Excellence Awards competition, which was announced earlier this month. The Website Excellence Award is awarded annually to a postsecondary learning support center that’s website exhibits accuracy, support and strong student engagement. The competition–co-sponsored by the Learning Support Centers in Higher Education (LSCHE) […]
The Minnesota State Fair is often thought of as a place to eat fried cheese curds, groove to a concert in the Grandstand and visit the livestock barns, but for the second year in a row attendees were also able to learn how to weld at the Careers in Welding trailer. The 53-foot trailer, which […]
Principal Math Instructor Eeris Fritz and her 90-year-old father Axel M. Fritz Jr. placed a memorial brick in honor of Eeris’ grandfather, Axel M. Fritz Sr., earlier this summer. Axel Sr. was a 1920 welding graduate from Dunwoody Industrial Institute. His diploma–which hangs in Eeris’ office–was signed by Charles A. Prosser, a pioneer in vocational […]
Dunwoody’s Computer Technology Department recently hosted an Arts-n-Crafts, Robots and Computing Summer Camp–a weeklong educational camp for junior high school students ranging in grades from 5th – 8th. The camp brought 20 students to Dunwoody’s campus where they learned the basics of computing through multiple arts and crafts projects–including the assembly of Lego robots and the […]
On Thursday, August 6, Elizabeth Abraham shared her personal journey – from an early career as a psychologist to the current CEO and Owner of a precision micro-parts manufacturing company. Abraham was the featured speaker in August for the C. Charles Jackson Leadership Lecture Series at Dunwoody College of Technology. Abraham related her powerful personal story […]
Representatives from American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) stopped by Dunwoody College of Technology on July 7 to hand deliver a $2,000 scholarship check. The check will be awarded to a student (or potentially more than one student) entering his/her second year of the Heating & Air Conditioning Engineering Technology program. The […]
Dunwoody’s Robotics & Manufacturing department hosted the College’s first ever STEM Camp June 23-25. The camp—sponsored by Boston Scientific—introduced STEM programs/careers like mechanical, civil, electrical, software and industrial engineering to 37 high school juniors and seniors. During the camp, students were able to participate in group lectures and brainstorming exercises, watch faculty-led demonstrations and explore the […]
Earlier this spring, ABRA Auto Body partnered with the Collision Repair Education Foundation (CREF) and awarded 10 collision repair students with tool grants. With the help of Automotive Collision Repair & Refinishing Principal Instructor Bruce Graffunder, Dunwoody student Anthony Pung learned he was one of those students during a class lecture: The grant—open to high […]