Scholarships

The Fox Valley Technical College Foundation, Inc. is thrilled to announce that for the first time since forming in 1976, it has awarded more than $1 million in scholarships in a single year.  During the 2023-2024 academic year, more than 1,400 students received financial help to ease the burden of tuition and associated expenses.   “Awarding

By Joy Wick Kara Nowak has a unique perspective on the power of scholarships and student aid.   As a counselor with Fox Valley Technical College’s Student Services for the past nine years and former counselor and current board member with the Doug & Carla Salmon Foundation, she has seen the impact on students financially and mentally. 

By Joy Wick Kamila Hebbring first became aware of Fox Valley Technical College (FVTC) when she started English Language Learning courses about five years ago after moving to Wisconsin from her lifelong home of Tashkent, the capital city of Uzbekistan.   Now a single mom with two young children, Kamila is one step closer to her

NARI shines the spotlight on FVTC students FVTC Interior Design program students got a chance to show off their upcycling skills during a recent event hosted by NARI of Northeast Wisconsin (National Association of the Remodeling Industry). Students in the Fundamentals of Design class were challenged to repurpose an item from the Appleton Habitat for

Fallen firefighter Mitch Lundgaard’s legacy of service lives on through scholarship For Tessa Wilson, the two most important things in life are family and helping others.    Her parents set the example: her father is a retired police officer and Air Force veteran, and her mother is a jail chaplain. “Through my parents I was taught

The Fox Valley Technical College Foundation, Inc. is pleased to announce the students who were awarded scholarships during the fall 2023 semester. Overall, 400scholarships were awarded, totaling $306,825 to help offset their tuition during the spring 2024 semester. View list of fall 2023 recipients (PDF) > Congratulations!

$30,000 grant will help address teacher shortage Thanks to the generosity of the Basic Needs Giving Partnership, the Fox Valley Technical College Foundation, Inc. has received a grant worth $30,000 to address the staffing shortage in the childcare industry. The funds will be used for the Early Childhood Educator Apprentice program, which was launched this year in response to the

The FVTC Foundation awarded nearly $1 million in 2022-23 During the 2022-23 academic year, the Fox Valley Technical College Foundation, Inc. provided more financial assistance to FVTC students than ever before. A record-breaking $988,000 was distributed to students pursuing their education. In total, 1,407 students received scholarships. These funds help students pay for tuition, books and required materials

A scholarship allowed Faith McHugh to graduate debt-free Faith McHugh Faith McHugh did not know what the Promise scholarship was when she first heard of it. But just as the name suggests, the program held a lot of promise for her future. As a student, Faith was eligible for financial aid when she started the Associate Degree Nursing (ADN)