Why four students chose to change career paths and head back to college. Better pay. More job opportunities. The ability to work outside. A more defined career path. Those are just a few of the reasons why—despite already having bachelor’s degrees—Kyle Knutson, Chris Johnson, Stanley Silverberg, and Briana Johnson decided to go back to college. […]
Tag: Surveying & Civil Engineering Technology
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 […]
After studying Greek astronomer Eratosthenes’ methods to calculate the circumference of the earth, students in the Geodetic & Controls Surveys class recreated the process using ancient–276 BC–methods and modern technology. Second-semester students Wyatt Spencer, Jake Blue, Jeremy Brunell, Joe Irey, BJ Klenke and Brandon Davis gathered background information about Eratosthenes from the book “Elementary […]
Dunwoody’s Surveying & Civil Engineering Technology students are using state-of-the-art Topcon equipment thanks to RDO Integrated Controls. RDO Integrated Controls provided the program with four Topcon HiPer SR GNSS receivers and Telsa data collectors with Magnet software at a low cost rental for the school year. The HiPer SR is a Global Navigation Satellite System […]
Starting in August 2014 Surveying & Civil Engineering Technology will be offered as a daytime program at Dunwoody College. The program has been offered at Dunwoody since the early 1920s, but starting in 2001 classes only became available in the evenings. Surveying & Civil Engineering Technology Principal Instructor Kelly Ness says the switch to days will […]