Information Technology

When Vaab Xiong opened the email announcing she had been selected as a 2025 Chime Workforce Scholar, she couldn’t believe it. “I cried when I learned I had been selected as a recipient,” she explains. “I was thrilled to be chosen.” Vaab is one of just 200 college students nationwide to receive this year’s award.

With the support of his family, the FVTC Clintonville Regional Center and his instructors, Gary Crawford not only earned his high school diploma, but he is also pursuing an IT career and is already employed in his field while he finishes his degree.

It might not be the first career choice that comes to mind if you enjoy building things, but Joe Wetzel, department chair of Information Technology at FVTC says the Software Developer program is exactly that — building things.  Joe recently joined WHBY’s Hayley Tenpas to explain how this field is like working with ‘digital clay’.

Aniya Stamper will provide the student address at the FVTC Spring 2025 Commencement Ceremony on Sunday, May 18. Career Program: Web Development & Design SpecialistOriginally From: FloridaCurrent Residence: AppletonAge: 21Years of Attendance at FVTC:  Fall 2023-Spring 2025 Why did you choose to study this field? As an academic journey through my pursuit of science, I’ve explored scientific fields such

A week in Costa Rica during January sounds like a dream come true for most of us. Relaxing in the tropical air, sightseeing, learning about the culture and sampling local cuisine.    For Alexis Faul, it was all of that, and much more. In January 2025, she participated in a study abroad learning experience focusing

The future of the social media platform TikTok is changing by the day. However, unless the U.S. Supreme Court overturns a proposed ban, or there is other federal intervention, the platform will go dark for 170 million US users on January 19. Under federal legislation approved last spring, TikTok’s Chinese parent company ByteDance was ordered

With Cybersecurity being top of mind for companies and businesses, Focus on Careers on WHBY recently highlighted the FVTC Cybersecurity Specialist program. Information Technology instructor Wendy Diem joined WHBY host Hayley Tenpas to discuss the Cybersecurity Specialist associate degree program. She explained what students learn in this program and the innovative tools they use, like the DMZ (demilitarized zone) environment

BizSquad celebrates 10 years of real-world learning The 2024 BizSquad Team In the fall of 2014, seven Business and IT students convened as part of a brand-new class at Fox Valley Technical College. Not quite a club, yet not exactly an internship, it was an exercise in working together to help area businesses—and BizSquad was

Career Program: Software DeveloperOriginally From: Palmares, Alajuela, Costa RicaCurrent Residence: AppletonAge: 21Years of Attendance at FVTC: Fall 2022 – Spring 2024 Why did you choose to study this field? I’ve always been passionate about science and technology. I chose to study software development because I wanted to understand how technology works and how I can use it to build everything