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Academic Excellence Winner – Michele Stenzel, Design & Graphics Technology

“It’s pretty simple. I just want to do something I love. And so far, I have surprised myself at what I can do.” Michele Stenzel looks at the world through a creative lens, often finding an outlet through crafting, painting, photography, or house projects. If she can put an artistic spin on it, she will. […]

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Graphic Design & Production name change reflects program outcomes

Dunwoody College’s two-year graphic design degree program has changed its name to Graphic Design & Production to better reflect the experience it provides to students. Adding the term “production” to the name reinforces that Dunwoody’s program graduates designers who have hands-on experience with producing their designs and are capable of designing across a spectrum of […]

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Packaging new skills: graphic design students tackle client projects

Dunwoody’s Design & Graphics Technology department takes pride in graduating designers who have a holistic understanding of the design process — from working with and establishing rapport with clients through the final production. A key way design students learn this process is through the second-semester Packaging Design course, which takes students through the entire process […]

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Dunwoody earns First Place in annual AICC Competition second year in a row

Dunwoody students earned First Place in AICC’s Annual Corrugated as Art competition along with a $500 cash prize, and an all-expense paid trip to the Association of Independent Corrugated Converters (AICC)’s Annual Meeting in Las Vegas. When Pre-Media Technologies student Kristin Warehime found out that the theme of this year’s AICC Corrugated as Art student […]

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Dunwoody’s Pete Rivard becomes AIGA MN Director of Education

Dunwoody Pre-Media Principal Instructor Pete Rivard has taken on a new leadership role as the Director of Education for the Minnesota Chapter of AIGA, the professional association for design. AIGA, the professional association for design, was founded in New York in 1914 and has since spread across the nation, boasting 70 chapters and over 25,000 […]

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Dunwoody students sweep national packaging design competition

  A team of Dunwoody College of Technology Design & Graphics Technology students won first place in both categories of the Association of Independent Corrugated Converters (AICC) Annual Student Packaging Design Competition “Design to an Opportunity.” The 2014 competition was a three-part structural and graphic design project and 27 colleges nationwide participated. The Dunwoody team–Stephanie […]

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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. […]