Veterans Day Celebration

Each year Dunwoody recognizes our student Veterans on Veterans Day with a celebration. Recent celebrations have included talks by John Kriesel, a Veteran of the Iraq War and the author of Still Standing; Donald Pfeffer, a Veteran of the Viet Nam era and the Director of the Higher Education Veterans Programs/Minnesota Department of Veterans Affairs; and a free lunch for all Veterans.

Our Proud History

Dunwoody opened its doors in 1914 just as World War I was beginning and about two years before the United States entered the war. The Institute (as it was known as the time) trained 6,500 men for service in World War 1 between April 1917 and December 1918. During the first year of U.S. involvement in World War II and the year of build-up prior to Pearl Harbor (1940-1942), Dunwoody trained 9,000 individuals for the U.S. government and defense-related industries. By the time WWII ended, about 15,000 total individuals had been trained on campus.

The nation’s institutions of higher education have not been asked to mobilize in the same way as with the two World Wars, but Dunwoody has continued count veterans among its faculty, staff and students. The College’s applied approach to education shares many attributes with military training, which has made and continues to make it an attractive place for veterans to study or work.