{"id":1666,"date":"2016-01-07T10:33:27","date_gmt":"2016-01-07T16:33:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dunwoody.edu\/blog\/?p=1666"},"modified":"2016-01-07T10:33:27","modified_gmt":"2016-01-07T16:33:27","slug":"automotive-deans-service-celebrated-department-continues-toys-for-tots-donation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dunwoody.edu\/news\/2016\/automotive-deans-service-celebrated-department-continues-toys-for-tots-donation\/","title":{"rendered":"Automotive Dean\u2019s service celebrated at annual potluck, department continues Toys for Tots donation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-1667\" src=\"http:\/\/dunwoody.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/IMG_5033-2-cropped-small.jpg\" alt=\"Dunwoody Automotive students loading up their lunch plates at the annual holiday potluck event in the Warren building\" width=\"359\" height=\"226\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dunwoody.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/IMG_5033-2-cropped-small.jpg 500w, https:\/\/dunwoody.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/IMG_5033-2-cropped-small-300x189.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 359px) 100vw, 359px\" \/>For the past two decades or so, Dunwoody\u2019s Automotive Department has celebrated the holiday season in a memorable way. The Warren Building is festively decorated; long banquet tables are packed with crock-pot treats; Toys for Tots donations are collected; and students celebrate the end of their final exams and presentations.<\/p>\n<p>This year, however, the annual holiday potluck was even more special than usual as students, staff and faculty bid farewell to Automotive Dean Jon Kukachka who is set to retire January 15.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Kukachka leaves Dunwoody with fond memories<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"  alignright wp-image-1670\" src=\"http:\/\/dunwoody.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/IMG_5029-2-small.jpg\" alt=\"Dunwoody Automotive students loading up their lunch plates at the annual holiday potluck event in the Warren building\" width=\"362\" height=\"241\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dunwoody.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/IMG_5029-2-small.jpg 500w, https:\/\/dunwoody.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/IMG_5029-2-small-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 362px) 100vw, 362px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe holiday potlucks are definitely something that Automotive graduates remember about their time here,\u201d Kukachka said. \u201cI am going to miss events like these. The students have always been very special to me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kukachka&#8211;who has provided the College with over 30 years of service&#8211;has been the program\u2019s dean since 2010.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"  alignleft wp-image-1668\" src=\"http:\/\/dunwoody.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/IMG_5017-cropped-small.jpg\" alt=\"Retiring Dunwoody Automotive Dean Jon Kukachka speaking to Automotive students at the annual holiday potluck event \" width=\"380\" height=\"271\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dunwoody.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/IMG_5017-cropped-small.jpg 500w, https:\/\/dunwoody.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/IMG_5017-cropped-small-300x214.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 380px) 100vw, 380px\" \/>\u201cI have tried to be the kind of dean that students would not be afraid to talk to,\u201d he said. \u201cI wanted students to know that they could come to me about anything\u2014good or bad\u2014whatever was on their mind,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Faculty applaud student\u2019s Toys for Tots donation<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>While the farewell was bittersweet, Kukachka<em> was<\/em> pleased to learn that the Automotive department did well in another\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.toysfortots.org\/default.aspx\">\u00a0Toys for Tots<\/a> fundraiser.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe department has been donating to Toys for Tots ever since Dunwoody got involved with the program in the late \u201880s or early \u201890s,\u201d Kukachka said. \u201cIt has become a tradition that the Auto Department does well so every year we try to instill that drive into our students.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This year a friendly competition was implemented throughout the College with a first place prize of $150 awarded to the department who raised the most dollars and\/or collected the most toys.<\/p>\n<p>During the potluck, Automotive donations were totaled, revealing a grand total of about $2,000 in cash and toys\u2014more than any other department.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1669 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/dunwoody.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/IMG_5068-2-small.jpg\" alt=\"Dunwoody Automotive students standing next to toys being donated to Toys for Tots \" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dunwoody.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/IMG_5068-2-small.jpg 500w, https:\/\/dunwoody.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/IMG_5068-2-small-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Program faculty decided to continue the season of giving by also donating their $150 winnings to the toy drive.<\/p>\n<p>Kukachka says that this is the most the Automotive department has ever raised, making it a department\u2014and quite possibly a Dunwoody\u2014record.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dunwoody College wishes Kukachka all the best<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis year\u2019s potluck was very special to me,\u201d Kukachka said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI will miss the people\u2014both students and coworkers. I came here in 1980 wondering if I had made the right decision to change occupations. I know now that yes, I made the right decision to work at Dunwoody.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On behalf of Dunwoody\u2019s students, faculty and staff, the College wishes Kukachka all the best on his retirement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For the past two decades or so, Dunwoody\u2019s Automotive Department has celebrated the holiday season in a memorable way. The Warren Building is festively decorated; long banquet tables are packed with crock-pot treats; Toys for Tots donations are collected; and students celebrate the end of their final exams and presentations. 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