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Dunwoody students earn gold at 2013 SkillsUSA Minnesota Contest

Dunwoody students performed well again this year in the SkillsUSA Minnesota Contest held last weekend at various locations in the Twin Cities, including the Dunwoody campus. The Collision students, advised by Bruce Graffunder and Bob Brandon, made a complete sweep of the awards, taking first through fourth place in the contest. Kevin Wendt advised two […]

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Dunwoody College of Technology selects Pentair for its 2012 Partnership Award

Minneapolis, Minn., Sept. 28, 2012 – Dunwoody College presented Pentair with a Partnership Award at its Evening of Recognition held Thursday, Sept. 27, on campus. The Dunwoody Partnership Award is given annually to an organization or company that makes a significant contribution to Dunwoody’s mission to provide a career-focused, applied education leading to immediate jobs […]

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Midwest Robotics League regional championship May 19-20 at MOA

WHAT: Teams pit 15lb robots against each other in head-to-head matches in an arena. The match lasts 3 minutes or until one robot is knocked out or taps out. The competition is double elimination. The audience will have opportunities to interact with the robots throughout the weekend. The competition will include the reigning NRL National […]

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Autonomous Snow Plow Team to Compete at the 2012 Winter Carnival

The Snow Devils 2, Dunwoody’s Autonomous Snow Plow Team, will be competing in this weekend’s Institute of Navigation’s Autonomous Snow Plow Competition at the 2012 St. Paul Winter Carnival. Last year, Dunwoody’s team took third place out of six teams, and was their first year competing. The competition was The University of Minnesota, two teams […]

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Dunwoody offers Entrepreneurship 101 Workshop for alumni

Have you ever kicked around the idea of starting your own business, but don’t know where to start? Dunwoody will be hosting Entrepreneurship 101 on Saturday, February 11, 2012 for Dunwoody students and alumni. Meet, network, listen and ask questions of our panel who all started their own successful business. The panel is: Ray Crowder, […]

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Dunwoody students compete in the SkillsUSA Nationals Competition

Five Dunwoody College of Technology students participated in the 47th SkillsUSA National Leadership and Skills Conference and Championship held June 18-24, 2011, in Kansas City, Mo. According to the SkillsUSA 2011, the championship event is “a multi-million dollar event that occupies space equivalent to more than 16 football fields.” More than 5,600 students competed in […]

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Triumph at the Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Film Festival

TRIUMPH67, a film produced by Arts and Science Instructor Mohannad Ghawanmeh, will have its world debut at the Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Film Festival (MSPIFF) this weekend. Ghawanmeh is also the lead actor in the film, which explores concepts of family, home, memories and deception through the lives of two Palestinian-American brothers. The film takes place […]

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Dunwoody elects 2011-2012 Phi Theta Kappa officers

Congratulations to Dunwoody College of Technology’s newly elected Phi Theta Kappa officers, President Robert John Weckwerth and Vice President Tristan Zieman. Each will serve a one-year term. Weckwerth is in the construction project supervision program and Zieman is a part of the computer networking systems program. An induction ceremony will be held at 4:30 p.m., […]