{"id":2831,"date":"2017-04-18T17:42:31","date_gmt":"2017-04-18T22:42:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dunwoody.edu\/blog\/?p=2831"},"modified":"2017-04-18T17:42:31","modified_gmt":"2017-04-18T22:42:31","slug":"engineering-drafting-design-graduate-danny-treat-to-speak-at-dunwoody-commencement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dunwoody.edu\/news\/2017\/engineering-drafting-design-graduate-danny-treat-to-speak-at-dunwoody-commencement\/","title":{"rendered":"Engineering Drafting &#038; Design graduate Danny Treat to speak at Dunwoody Commencement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-2832\" src=\"http:\/\/dunwoody.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_1374-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"2017 Commencement student speaker Danny Treat\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dunwoody.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_1374-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dunwoody.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_1374-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dunwoody.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_1374.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Dunwoody College of Technology is pleased to announce that this year\u2019s student speaker for Commencement will be <a href=\"http:\/\/dunwoody.edu\/manufacturing\/engineering-drafting-design\/\">Engineering Drafting &amp; Design<\/a> graduate Danny Treat.<\/p>\n<p>Treat has always had a lot of interests in life \u2013Dunwoody College of Technology has given him the focus and drive he needed to steer those interests onto a promising career path.<\/p>\n<p>Growing up in San Diego, Treat struggled with traditional high school but then found success at a charter school that emphasized real work experience.<\/p>\n<p>With interests that spanned a wide spectrum of fields, Treat explored multiple options at a community college before admitting he just wasn\u2019t ready for more school.<\/p>\n<p>Treat was interested in several service-learning programs available through non-profit organizations. He eventually settled on a three-month commitment with <a href=\"https:\/\/catholiccharitiesusa.org\/efforts\/?key=0&amp;track=Ggrant&amp;iq_id=86353292-VQ6-92676591534-VQ16-c&amp;gclid=COLosJj6q9MCFQIRaQodZsIFCg\">Catholic Charities<\/a>, helping rebuild homes in New Orleans. He continued that work with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalservice.gov\/programs\/americorps\">AmeriCorps<\/a>, eventually serving as one of the project managers and volunteer coordinators.<\/p>\n<p>A hands-on learner, Treat enjoyed the carpentry and construction aspects of the job, but he also liked the idea of helping design a project. With those interests in mind, Treat enrolled at the University of New Orleans in the naval architecture and marine engineering program.<\/p>\n<p>But the four-year, traditional college model wasn\u2019t a good fit. \u201cThere was no \u2018hands-on\u2019 learning,\u201d Treat said, adding that it wasn\u2019t until the final year of the program that you got to do the \u201cfun stuff.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>By this time, Treat had met his now fianc\u00e9e who was from the Twin Cities and wanted to move back to start her teaching career.<\/p>\n<p>After moving to Minneapolis Treat found work installing closets and looked into joining the electrical union. Then his fianc\u00e9e\u2019s mother, who happens to be a career counselor, suggested Dunwoody as an option.<\/p>\n<p>So Treat attended an Open House and checked out a number of programs eventually landing on Engineering Drafting &amp; Design.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen I saw the 3D printers and heard about the program, I knew that was it,\u201d Treat said.<\/p>\n<p>It was a decision he never regretted. \u201cI felt more at home here than I did at either the community college or the four-year university,\u201d Treat said. \u201cI connected more.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Treat was impressed with all of the hands-on work and has excelled in all of his coursework. Treat is also one of the 2016-17 Owen Scholarship recipients.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI haven\u2019t had a day when I haven\u2019t wanted to come to school,\u201d Treat said. After completing his current internship with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.protolabs.com\/?utm_campaign=us-sos&amp;utm_source=google&amp;utm_content=branded-pl-name&amp;utm_medium=cpc&amp;utm_term=new-users-unfamiliar&amp;gclid=CIPOsPj5q9MCFYO4wAodvdcLLQ\">Proto Labs<\/a>, an on-demand manufacturer of custom prototypes using CNC machining, injection molding, and 3D printing, Treat will start a new position as a Drafter for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.northamerica-daikin.com\/\">Daikin<\/a>, one of the world\u2019s leading air conditioning manufacturers.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/dunwoody.edu\/students\/commencement\/\">Commencement will take place at 11 a.m. on Saturday, May 20, at the Minneapolis Convention Center<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dunwoody College of Technology is pleased to announce that this year\u2019s student speaker for Commencement will be Engineering Drafting &amp; Design graduate Danny Treat. Treat has always had a lot of interests in life \u2013Dunwoody College of Technology has given him the focus and drive he needed to steer those interests onto a promising career [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[68,178],"tags":[284,332],"class_list":["post-2831","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-events","category-student-news","tag-commencement","tag-graduation"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Engineering Drafting &amp; Design graduate Danny Treat to speak at Dunwoody Commencement - Dunwoody College News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/dunwoody.edu\/news\/2017\/engineering-drafting-design-graduate-danny-treat-to-speak-at-dunwoody-commencement\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Engineering Drafting &amp; Design graduate Danny Treat to speak at Dunwoody Commencement - Dunwoody College News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Dunwoody College of Technology is pleased to announce that this year\u2019s student speaker for Commencement will be Engineering Drafting &amp; Design graduate Danny Treat. Treat has always had a lot of interests in life \u2013Dunwoody College of Technology has given him the focus and drive he needed to steer those interests onto a promising career [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/dunwoody.edu\/news\/2017\/engineering-drafting-design-graduate-danny-treat-to-speak-at-dunwoody-commencement\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Dunwoody College News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/dunwoodycollege\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-04-18T22:42:31+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/dunwoody.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_1374-300x200.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Newsroom\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@dunwoodycollege\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@dunwoodycollege\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Newsroom\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dunwoody.edu\\\/news\\\/2017\\\/engineering-drafting-design-graduate-danny-treat-to-speak-at-dunwoody-commencement\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dunwoody.edu\\\/news\\\/2017\\\/engineering-drafting-design-graduate-danny-treat-to-speak-at-dunwoody-commencement\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Newsroom\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dunwoody.edu\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/95bb0ca1c8b3a5edc4cac18382a445e2\"},\"headline\":\"Engineering Drafting &#038; Design graduate Danny Treat to speak at Dunwoody Commencement\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-04-18T22:42:31+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dunwoody.edu\\\/news\\\/2017\\\/engineering-drafting-design-graduate-danny-treat-to-speak-at-dunwoody-commencement\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":475,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dunwoody.edu\\\/news\\\/2017\\\/engineering-drafting-design-graduate-danny-treat-to-speak-at-dunwoody-commencement\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\\\/\\\/dunwoody.edu\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/04\\\/IMG_1374-300x200.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Commencement\",\"Graduation\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Events\",\"Student News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dunwoody.edu\\\/news\\\/2017\\\/engineering-drafting-design-graduate-danny-treat-to-speak-at-dunwoody-commencement\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dunwoody.edu\\\/news\\\/2017\\\/engineering-drafting-design-graduate-danny-treat-to-speak-at-dunwoody-commencement\\\/\",\"name\":\"Engineering Drafting & Design graduate Danny Treat to speak at Dunwoody Commencement - Dunwoody College News\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dunwoody.edu\\\/news\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dunwoody.edu\\\/news\\\/2017\\\/engineering-drafting-design-graduate-danny-treat-to-speak-at-dunwoody-commencement\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dunwoody.edu\\\/news\\\/2017\\\/engineering-drafting-design-graduate-danny-treat-to-speak-at-dunwoody-commencement\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\\\/\\\/dunwoody.edu\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/04\\\/IMG_1374-300x200.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-04-18T22:42:31+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dunwoody.edu\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/95bb0ca1c8b3a5edc4cac18382a445e2\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dunwoody.edu\\\/news\\\/2017\\\/engineering-drafting-design-graduate-danny-treat-to-speak-at-dunwoody-commencement\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/dunwoody.edu\\\/news\\\/2017\\\/engineering-drafting-design-graduate-danny-treat-to-speak-at-dunwoody-commencement\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dunwoody.edu\\\/news\\\/2017\\\/engineering-drafting-design-graduate-danny-treat-to-speak-at-dunwoody-commencement\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dunwoody.edu\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/04\\\/IMG_1374.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dunwoody.edu\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/04\\\/IMG_1374.jpg\",\"width\":1000,\"height\":667,\"caption\":\"2017 Commencement student speaker Danny Treat\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dunwoody.edu\\\/news\\\/2017\\\/engineering-drafting-design-graduate-danny-treat-to-speak-at-dunwoody-commencement\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dunwoody.edu\\\/news\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Engineering Drafting &#038; Design graduate Danny Treat to speak at Dunwoody Commencement\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dunwoody.edu\\\/news\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dunwoody.edu\\\/news\\\/\",\"name\":\"Dunwoody College News\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dunwoody.edu\\\/news\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dunwoody.edu\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/95bb0ca1c8b3a5edc4cac18382a445e2\",\"name\":\"Newsroom\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dunwoody.edu\\\/news\\\/author\\\/newsroom\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Engineering Drafting & Design graduate Danny Treat to speak at Dunwoody Commencement - Dunwoody College News","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/dunwoody.edu\/news\/2017\/engineering-drafting-design-graduate-danny-treat-to-speak-at-dunwoody-commencement\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Engineering Drafting & Design graduate Danny Treat to speak at Dunwoody Commencement - Dunwoody College News","og_description":"Dunwoody College of Technology is pleased to announce that this year\u2019s student speaker for Commencement will be Engineering Drafting &amp; Design graduate Danny Treat. Treat has always had a lot of interests in life \u2013Dunwoody College of Technology has given him the focus and drive he needed to steer those interests onto a promising career [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/dunwoody.edu\/news\/2017\/engineering-drafting-design-graduate-danny-treat-to-speak-at-dunwoody-commencement\/","og_site_name":"Dunwoody College News","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/dunwoodycollege","article_published_time":"2017-04-18T22:42:31+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"http:\/\/dunwoody.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_1374-300x200.jpg","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"Newsroom","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@dunwoodycollege","twitter_site":"@dunwoodycollege","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Newsroom","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/dunwoody.edu\/news\/2017\/engineering-drafting-design-graduate-danny-treat-to-speak-at-dunwoody-commencement\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/dunwoody.edu\/news\/2017\/engineering-drafting-design-graduate-danny-treat-to-speak-at-dunwoody-commencement\/"},"author":{"name":"Newsroom","@id":"https:\/\/dunwoody.edu\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/95bb0ca1c8b3a5edc4cac18382a445e2"},"headline":"Engineering Drafting &#038; Design graduate Danny Treat to speak at Dunwoody Commencement","datePublished":"2017-04-18T22:42:31+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/dunwoody.edu\/news\/2017\/engineering-drafting-design-graduate-danny-treat-to-speak-at-dunwoody-commencement\/"},"wordCount":475,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/dunwoody.edu\/news\/2017\/engineering-drafting-design-graduate-danny-treat-to-speak-at-dunwoody-commencement\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/dunwoody.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_1374-300x200.jpg","keywords":["Commencement","Graduation"],"articleSection":["Events","Student News"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/dunwoody.edu\/news\/2017\/engineering-drafting-design-graduate-danny-treat-to-speak-at-dunwoody-commencement\/","url":"https:\/\/dunwoody.edu\/news\/2017\/engineering-drafting-design-graduate-danny-treat-to-speak-at-dunwoody-commencement\/","name":"Engineering Drafting & Design graduate Danny Treat to speak at Dunwoody Commencement - Dunwoody College News","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/dunwoody.edu\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/dunwoody.edu\/news\/2017\/engineering-drafting-design-graduate-danny-treat-to-speak-at-dunwoody-commencement\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/dunwoody.edu\/news\/2017\/engineering-drafting-design-graduate-danny-treat-to-speak-at-dunwoody-commencement\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/dunwoody.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_1374-300x200.jpg","datePublished":"2017-04-18T22:42:31+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/dunwoody.edu\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/95bb0ca1c8b3a5edc4cac18382a445e2"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/dunwoody.edu\/news\/2017\/engineering-drafting-design-graduate-danny-treat-to-speak-at-dunwoody-commencement\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/dunwoody.edu\/news\/2017\/engineering-drafting-design-graduate-danny-treat-to-speak-at-dunwoody-commencement\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/dunwoody.edu\/news\/2017\/engineering-drafting-design-graduate-danny-treat-to-speak-at-dunwoody-commencement\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/dunwoody.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_1374.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/dunwoody.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_1374.jpg","width":1000,"height":667,"caption":"2017 Commencement student speaker Danny Treat"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/dunwoody.edu\/news\/2017\/engineering-drafting-design-graduate-danny-treat-to-speak-at-dunwoody-commencement\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/dunwoody.edu\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Engineering Drafting &#038; Design graduate Danny Treat to speak at Dunwoody Commencement"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/dunwoody.edu\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/dunwoody.edu\/news\/","name":"Dunwoody College News","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/dunwoody.edu\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/dunwoody.edu\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/95bb0ca1c8b3a5edc4cac18382a445e2","name":"Newsroom","url":"https:\/\/dunwoody.edu\/news\/author\/newsroom\/"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dunwoody.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2831","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dunwoody.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dunwoody.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dunwoody.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dunwoody.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2831"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dunwoody.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2831\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2833,"href":"https:\/\/dunwoody.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2831\/revisions\/2833"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dunwoody.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2831"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dunwoody.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2831"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dunwoody.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2831"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}