Dunwoody College of Technology honored

CHARLOTTE, N.C.—Global anilox roll supplier Harper Corporation of America is pleased to announce the 2006 winner of the Harper Flexo College of the Year Award: Dunwoody College of Technology, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, went home from this year’s FTA Forum with the prestigious honor.

Art Ehrenberg, vice president of manufacturing operations at Harper Corporation, and Pete Hartman, Harper’s vice president of sales, presented the award and trophy to Dunwoody instructor Joe Muller at the Flexographic Technical Association’s 2006 FTA Forum awards banquet in Louisville, Kentucky, in April.

Second place went to Central Piedmont Community College (CPCC), Harper Campus, in Charlotte, N.C. Two-time winner California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, which was the award-winner in 2004 and 2005, received third place.

“Dunwoody College consistently demonstrates an excellent flexo program,” said Ehrenberg. “They won first place in 2003, and took third place last year.”

“This special award was created in 2002 to encourage excellence in flexographic education,” said Hartman. “Harper is one of many proud industry participants who have contributed to this important educational effort from the association’s foundation.”

Each participating school submitted an entry which was reviewed by a panel of industry veterans and judged on a variety of criteria, including creativity and organization of the information provided, flexo print samples, student perspectives on flexography, interviews with converters, and other information about the school and its printing program.

This year’s judges included Wayne Fortenberry of Bryce Corporation, Bettylyn Krafft of both Krafft Printing Systems and the Phoenix Challenge Foundation, Mark Cisternino of the Foundation of the Flexographic Technical Association (FFTA), Charlotte Jones of the Career and Technology Center of Anderson, and Sonya Long of the Phoenix Challenge Foundation.

The Foundation of the Flexographic Technical Association’s Flexo in Colleges program now sponsors 30 colleges that teach hands-on flexography in North America. In addition, 21 high schools are sponsored by the FFTA.