{"id":5083,"date":"2019-09-20T13:09:29","date_gmt":"2019-09-20T18:09:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dunwoody.edu\/news\/?p=5083"},"modified":"2019-09-30T14:41:54","modified_gmt":"2019-09-30T19:41:54","slug":"president-rich-wagner-honored-by-minneapolis-st-paul-business-journal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dunwoody.edu\/news\/2019\/president-rich-wagner-honored-by-minneapolis-st-paul-business-journal\/","title":{"rendered":"President Rich Wagner honored by Minneapolis St. Paul Business Journal"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Dunwoody College of Technology President Rich Wagner received an honor that not many get \u2013 Most Admired CEO. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Presented by the Minneapolis St. Paul Business Journal, the\n2019 awards honored 10 leaders from Minnesota companies and organizations who\nare leading the way in their fields and in the State. This was the fourth year\nthat the Journal has held the Most Admired CEOs awards. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI am flattered by this recognition,\u201d Wagner said. \u201cI realize that it is a recognition of the accomplishments of the Dunwoody team. A team that includes an engaged Board of Trustees who support our strategic plan, a leadership team that executes the strategies, Dunwoody\u2019s faculty and staff who believe in Dunwoody\u2019s mission, and who show up every day delivering excellence in the classroom. And most importantly our students and alumni, the makers and doers who bring their hopes and aspiration for a better life to Dunwoody and use their Dunwoody education to launch their careers, create industries, and change the world.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Wagner has been President of Dunwoody College for the past\n10 years. During that time, he led the College out of the Great Recession and\ninto a position of growth, while staying true to Dunwoody\u2019s foundation of\nproviding students with life-changing opportunities through innovative,\nhands-on, real-world learning in STEM-related fields. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In fact, during Wagner\u2019s tenure the College has expanded its offerings to better meet the needs of industry. This has included a School of Engineering offering bachelor’s degrees in Electrical, Mechanical, and Software engineering; a Bachelor of Architecture degree; a four-year Interior Design degree; and five other bachelor-completion degrees. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the same time, Wagner has also led initiatives to provide\nmore women and more students from under-served and under-represented\ncommunities access to a Dunwoody education and the immediate jobs and great\ncareers it provides. Since 2014, those initiatives have increased the\nenrollment of women by nearly 65 percent and the enrollment of students of\ncolor by 34 percent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wagner has also been committed to working with industry to provide\nthe skilled workforce needed to address Minnesota\u2019s skills gap. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

All of these things have resulted in tremendous growth and\nexpanded opportunities for the College. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSince 2014 Dunwoody\u2019s enrollment grew from 1,070 to 1,358, an increase of 27 percent during a time where most institutions of higher education are struggling with declining enrollment,\u201d Wagner said. \u201cThis growth is in high demand programs. Last year 99 percent of our graduates were placed in the field for which they were trained and the average salary for our two-year graduates was nearly $50,000.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can read more about Wagner in the Sept. 20 special\nedition of the Minneapolis\nSt. Paul Business Journal<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Other 2019 recipients were: Jeanne Crain, President and CEO\nof Bremer Financial Corp.; Marty Davis, President and CEO of Cambria; Marcus\nFischer, CEO of Carmichael Lynch; Lili Hall, President and CEO of Knock Inc.;\nEric Jolly, President and CEO of Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundations; Tim\nMurnane, CEO of The Opus Group; John \u201cOzzie\u201d Nelson Jr., CEO of Nelson; Liwanag\nOjala, CEO of CaringBridge; and Bob Sheehy, CEO of Bright Health. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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