{"id":4752,"date":"2019-05-17T14:11:05","date_gmt":"2019-05-17T19:11:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dunwoody.edu\/news\/?p=4752"},"modified":"2019-07-09T12:18:38","modified_gmt":"2019-07-09T17:18:38","slug":"academic-excellence-jeremy-berg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dunwoody.edu\/news\/2019\/academic-excellence-jeremy-berg\/","title":{"rendered":"Academic Excellence Award Winner \u2013 Jeremy Berg, Industrial Engineering Technology"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Feeling disenchanted with his previous college experience, Jeremy Berg discovered the rewards of a Dunwoody hands-on technical education. A self-described tinkerer, Berg has always been interested in how things work.<\/p>\n

When Berg first visited campus, the first thing he noticed was how incredibly hands on the courses were. Berg graduated from the Automated Systems and Robotics program in December and is currently enrolled in the Industrial Engineering Technology bachelor\u2019s degree program.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn my previous experiences of college, there was more of a theory focus,\u201d Berg said. \u201cAt Dunwoody, you actually get to put that theory into action.\u201d<\/p>\n

For Berg, his strongest motivating factor to succeed at Dunwoody was the need to do more. He participates on the award-winning Autonomous Snowplow team, which took first place at the ION Autonomous Snowplow Competition. Additionally, he participates in the Student Government Association, the Peer Tutoring Team, and will lead the Dunwoody chapter of the Institute of Industrial & Systems Engineers beginning this fall.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI wasn\u2019t expecting to enjoy tutoring as much as I did.\u201d Berg said. \u201cEeris Fritz recruited me near the end of my first semester specifically for my program, but as I got more into it, I was working with students from various programs pretty consistently. I like to go step-by-step to figure things out with others, even if it\u2019s a new subject for me personally. I always want to do better and learn more, but also to help others get there.\u201d<\/p>\n

During his Dunwoody experience, Berg found inspiration working with both his classmates and instructors.<\/p>\n

\u201cInstructors such as E.J. Daigle help point students like myself in the right direction. I feel so much support from my instructors,\u201d he said. \u201cAll of them have industry experience and will teach you what you need to know to work effectively, but they also give you the latitude to do more.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve been fortunate to be Jeremy\u2019s instructor for two separate classes over his last two years at Dunwoody,\u201d said E.J. Daigle, Dean of Manufacturing & Robotics. \u201cIt\u2019s been an absolute pleasure to work with Jeremy. It\u2019s not uncommon for him to show up at 6:30 a.m. and not leave campus until that night. I swear, he spends more time on-campus than off.\u201d<\/p>\n

Berg is always is working on something creative and innovative. His projects at Dunwoody have ranged from a SCARA Robot programmed to play the Super Mario Bros. theme song,\u00a0to a repurposed cartoning machine for his ongoing manufacturing capstone project.<\/p>\n