{"id":1713,"date":"2016-01-26T11:41:54","date_gmt":"2016-01-26T17:41:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dunwoody.edu\/blog\/?p=1713"},"modified":"2016-01-26T11:42:19","modified_gmt":"2016-01-26T17:42:19","slug":"construction-management-program-receives-60000-grant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dunwoody.edu\/news\/2016\/construction-management-program-receives-60000-grant\/","title":{"rendered":"Construction Management program receives $60,000 grant"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Photo courtesy of NAHB Student Chapter’s Facebook page<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Dunwoody College of Technology is thrilled to announce the Construction Management program has received a $60,000 grant from the National Housing Endowment Foundation\u2019s Homebuilding Education Leadership Program (HELP)<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The National Housing Endowment is a philanthropic arm of the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB), which aims to increase education and training opportunities for future leaders in the residential construction industry. HELP awards grants to leading colleges and universities in an effort to create or improve residential construction management programs.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe applied for the grant because we did not have a strong residential construction focus in the classroom,\u201d said Heather Gay, Construction Management Program Manager. \u201cAs a result, students weren\u2019t going into the residential field. There was an interest, but we just didn\u2019t have that knowledge in the classroom. This grant, and our program’s recent faculty hires<\/a>, will change that.\u201d<\/p>\n

Specifically, the $60,000 donation will be used to:<\/p>\n