{"id":3169,"date":"2017-07-20T12:11:44","date_gmt":"2017-07-20T17:11:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dunwoody.edu\/blog\/?p=3169"},"modified":"2017-07-20T12:11:44","modified_gmt":"2017-07-20T17:11:44","slug":"radiologic-technology-graduates-honored-at-pinning-ceremony-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dunwoody.edu\/news\/2017\/radiologic-technology-graduates-honored-at-pinning-ceremony-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Radiologic Technology graduates honored at Pinning Ceremony"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5>Eight students recently graduated from Dunwoody\u2019s Radiologic Technology program.<\/h5>\n<hr \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3170\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3170\" style=\"width: 474px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-3170\" src=\"http:\/\/dunwoody.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/IMG_0183-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"Class of Spring 2017 Rad Tech grads with their instructors\" width=\"474\" height=\"316\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dunwoody.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/IMG_0183-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/dunwoody.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/IMG_0183-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dunwoody.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/IMG_0183-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dunwoody.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/IMG_0183.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3170\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Class of Spring 2017 Rad Tech grads and their instructors<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Eight of Dunwoody\u2019s Radiologic Technology students officially graduated on Thursday, July 13, at a Pinning Ceremony where they were honored for the successful completion of the program.<\/p>\n<p>After a day of celebration, the program graduates completed the AART National Exam the following day. All eight students passed the exam.<\/p>\n<p>The College\u2019s Rad Tech graduates earn an Associate of Applied Science degree over two years (four semesters and two summer sessions). During this time, students rotate between 10-15 different clinics and hospitals in the Twin Cities area, including North Memorial Hospital. The variety of clinical sites allows students to work with real patients in every healthcare setting and situation\u2013from level-one trauma centers to geriatric hospitals\u2013before graduating. There are two graduating cohorts per year\u2013one in July and one in December.<\/p>\n<h6>\u00a0Students graduate with honors<\/h6>\n<p>During the Pinning Ceremony, Rad Tech faculty and staff also recognized students with various awards. Congratulations to the following graduates:<\/p>\n<p><em>Dunwoody Clinical Excellence Award: Brittney Tompkins<br \/>\n<\/em>This award is given to a student who exemplifies the ideal behavior in a clinical environment. This student works well with students, staff technologists, and other clinical instructors in their clinical setting. The student receiving the Clinical Excellence Award personifies the type of student that Dunwoody and the Radiologic Technology Program would want every student to strive to be in their clinical setting.<\/p>\n<p><em>Best Patient Care Award: <\/em><em>Brandi Hanisch<br \/>\n<\/em>This award is given to a student who demonstrates superior care to the patients that they work with during their clinical rotations. The student selected for this award ensures that the patient comes first and that all the needs and concerns that a patient may have are taken care of.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><em>Academic Achievement Award: Justin Larson<br \/>\n<\/em>This award is given to one graduating student from each of the academic platforms at Dunwoody. The nominees for the award have a high attendance rate and have a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher. Other considerations for the award are based on work ethic, extra-curricular participation, the pursuit of excellence, self-awareness, and leadership.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><em>Best Team Player Award: Shelby Wittibslager<br \/>\n<\/em>This award s given to a student who exemplifies the meaning of the phrase \u201cteam player.\u201d This student takes it upon themselves to seek out work and help out in all areas in the Radiology Department, and also works well with other students, department technologists, and clinical instructors. They are the first person to lend a willing hand when help is needed.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eight students recently graduated from Dunwoody\u2019s Radiologic Technology program. Eight of Dunwoody\u2019s Radiologic Technology students officially graduated on Thursday, July 13, at a Pinning Ceremony where they were honored for the successful completion of the program. After a day of celebration, the program graduates completed the AART National Exam the following day. All eight students [&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":[40],"class_list":["post-3169","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-events","category-student-news","tag-radiologic-technology"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Radiologic Technology graduates honored at Pinning Ceremony - 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\/radiologic-technology-graduates-honored-at-pinning-ceremony-2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Radiologic Technology graduates honored at Pinning Ceremony - Dunwoody College News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Eight students recently graduated from Dunwoody\u2019s Radiologic Technology program. Eight of Dunwoody\u2019s Radiologic Technology students officially graduated on Thursday, July 13, at a Pinning Ceremony where they were honored for the successful completion of the program. After a day of celebration, the program graduates completed the AART National Exam the following day. All eight students [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/dunwoody.edu\/news\/2017\/radiologic-technology-graduates-honored-at-pinning-ceremony-2\/\" \/>\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=\"2017-07-20T17:11:44+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/dunwoody.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/IMG_0183-1024x682.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\\\/radiologic-technology-graduates-honored-at-pinning-ceremony-2\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dunwoody.edu\\\/news\\\/2017\\\/radiologic-technology-graduates-honored-at-pinning-ceremony-2\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Newsroom\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dunwoody.edu\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/95bb0ca1c8b3a5edc4cac18382a445e2\"},\"headline\":\"Radiologic Technology graduates honored at Pinning Ceremony\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-07-20T17:11:44+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dunwoody.edu\\\/news\\\/2017\\\/radiologic-technology-graduates-honored-at-pinning-ceremony-2\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":441,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dunwoody.edu\\\/news\\\/2017\\\/radiologic-technology-graduates-honored-at-pinning-ceremony-2\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\\\/\\\/dunwoody.edu\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/07\\\/IMG_0183-1024x682.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Radiologic Technology\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Events\",\"Student News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dunwoody.edu\\\/news\\\/2017\\\/radiologic-technology-graduates-honored-at-pinning-ceremony-2\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dunwoody.edu\\\/news\\\/2017\\\/radiologic-technology-graduates-honored-at-pinning-ceremony-2\\\/\",\"name\":\"Radiologic Technology graduates honored at Pinning Ceremony - Dunwoody College News\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dunwoody.edu\\\/news\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dunwoody.edu\\\/news\\\/2017\\\/radiologic-technology-graduates-honored-at-pinning-ceremony-2\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dunwoody.edu\\\/news\\\/2017\\\/radiologic-technology-graduates-honored-at-pinning-ceremony-2\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\\\/\\\/dunwoody.edu\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/07\\\/IMG_0183-1024x682.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-07-20T17:11:44+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dunwoody.edu\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/95bb0ca1c8b3a5edc4cac18382a445e2\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dunwoody.edu\\\/news\\\/2017\\\/radiologic-technology-graduates-honored-at-pinning-ceremony-2\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/dunwoody.edu\\\/news\\\/2017\\\/radiologic-technology-graduates-honored-at-pinning-ceremony-2\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dunwoody.edu\\\/news\\\/2017\\\/radiologic-technology-graduates-honored-at-pinning-ceremony-2\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dunwoody.edu\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/07\\\/IMG_0183.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dunwoody.edu\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/07\\\/IMG_0183.jpg\",\"width\":1280,\"height\":853,\"caption\":\"Class of Spring 2017 Rad Tech grads and their instructors\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dunwoody.edu\\\/news\\\/2017\\\/radiologic-technology-graduates-honored-at-pinning-ceremony-2\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dunwoody.edu\\\/news\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Radiologic Technology graduates honored at Pinning Ceremony\"}]},{\"@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":"Radiologic Technology graduates honored at Pinning Ceremony - 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\/radiologic-technology-graduates-honored-at-pinning-ceremony-2\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Radiologic Technology graduates honored at Pinning Ceremony - Dunwoody College News","og_description":"Eight students recently graduated from Dunwoody\u2019s Radiologic Technology program. Eight of Dunwoody\u2019s Radiologic Technology students officially graduated on Thursday, July 13, at a Pinning Ceremony where they were honored for the successful completion of the program. After a day of celebration, the program graduates completed the AART National Exam the following day. All eight students [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/dunwoody.edu\/news\/2017\/radiologic-technology-graduates-honored-at-pinning-ceremony-2\/","og_site_name":"Dunwoody College News","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/dunwoodycollege","article_published_time":"2017-07-20T17:11:44+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"http:\/\/dunwoody.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/IMG_0183-1024x682.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\/radiologic-technology-graduates-honored-at-pinning-ceremony-2\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/dunwoody.edu\/news\/2017\/radiologic-technology-graduates-honored-at-pinning-ceremony-2\/"},"author":{"name":"Newsroom","@id":"https:\/\/dunwoody.edu\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/95bb0ca1c8b3a5edc4cac18382a445e2"},"headline":"Radiologic Technology graduates honored at Pinning Ceremony","datePublished":"2017-07-20T17:11:44+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/dunwoody.edu\/news\/2017\/radiologic-technology-graduates-honored-at-pinning-ceremony-2\/"},"wordCount":441,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/dunwoody.edu\/news\/2017\/radiologic-technology-graduates-honored-at-pinning-ceremony-2\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/dunwoody.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/IMG_0183-1024x682.jpg","keywords":["Radiologic Technology"],"articleSection":["Events","Student News"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/dunwoody.edu\/news\/2017\/radiologic-technology-graduates-honored-at-pinning-ceremony-2\/","url":"https:\/\/dunwoody.edu\/news\/2017\/radiologic-technology-graduates-honored-at-pinning-ceremony-2\/","name":"Radiologic Technology graduates honored at Pinning Ceremony - Dunwoody College News","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/dunwoody.edu\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/dunwoody.edu\/news\/2017\/radiologic-technology-graduates-honored-at-pinning-ceremony-2\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/dunwoody.edu\/news\/2017\/radiologic-technology-graduates-honored-at-pinning-ceremony-2\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/dunwoody.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/IMG_0183-1024x682.jpg","datePublished":"2017-07-20T17:11:44+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/dunwoody.edu\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/95bb0ca1c8b3a5edc4cac18382a445e2"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/dunwoody.edu\/news\/2017\/radiologic-technology-graduates-honored-at-pinning-ceremony-2\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/dunwoody.edu\/news\/2017\/radiologic-technology-graduates-honored-at-pinning-ceremony-2\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/dunwoody.edu\/news\/2017\/radiologic-technology-graduates-honored-at-pinning-ceremony-2\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/dunwoody.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/IMG_0183.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/dunwoody.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/IMG_0183.jpg","width":1280,"height":853,"caption":"Class of Spring 2017 Rad Tech grads and their instructors"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/dunwoody.edu\/news\/2017\/radiologic-technology-graduates-honored-at-pinning-ceremony-2\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/dunwoody.edu\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Radiologic Technology graduates honored at Pinning Ceremony"}]},{"@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\/3169","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=3169"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dunwoody.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3169\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3171,"href":"https:\/\/dunwoody.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3169\/revisions\/3171"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dunwoody.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3169"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dunwoody.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3169"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dunwoody.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3169"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}