Seven students and their Snow Devil 1012 plow will compete in the Fifth Annual Institute of Navigation (ION) Autonomous Snowplow Competition in Rice Park this weekend. The competition runs Jan. 24-25 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. in Rice Park, Downtown St. Paul, Minn. According to the ION Autonomous Snowplow Competition website: “The purpose of this […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
A group of Surveying & Civil Engineering Technology students created a club to gain additional surveying experience outside the classroom. The club’s first project was a geocache; a drone is next on the list. The students meet informally for about a half hour each week to discuss current and future objectives. The idea for the […]