Manufacturing

Instructors encourage more women to pursue careers in Welding and Truck Driving Jessie Lloyd (left) and Julie Matulle On any given morning at the Fox Valley Technical College Wautoma Regional Center, you’ll find Jessie Lloyd in the welding lab teaching high school students how to run a bead or perfect their welds.  You may also see

Event provides a glimpse of future careers for middle and high school students Around 200 middle and high school students from across Wisconsin visited the Appleton campus on Friday, Feb. 16 to compete in a variety of events related to career and technical skills. It was part of the annual SkillsUSA Regional Competition, which allows

FVTC seeing more prospective students asking about the option With October being Manufacturing Month in Wisconsin, and National Apprenticeship Week coming next month, the time feels right to talk about red-hot careers in the manufacturing sector. Garrett Kaminski, associate dean of Manufacturing, Agriculture and Construction Technologies was recently interviewed by Hayley Tenpas during WHBY’s Focus

Three female students pull back curtain on working in a male-dominated field Preparing for a career in the traditionally male-dominated field of manufacturing, some might be tempted to call Ariana Noss, Jennifer Bordeau and Morgan Brux trailblazers. But don’t tell them that. With each one pursuing a Machine Tool Technician technical diploma at Fox Valley Technical College while already

Pacey Berken’s award-winning chair was inspired by his grandparents When Pacey Berken chose his final project in the FVTC Woodworking Technology program, he was thinking of his grandparents. “My grandparents put me through the program, so I figured they should get a little return on their investment,” the 2022 graduate explains. “I wanted to design a chair

Grad has impressive career journey as a journeyman tool & die maker Ben Rehme, journeyman tool and die maker at AriensCo in Brillion has been named the recipient of the Fox Valley Technical College 2023 Outstanding Alumni Award. Ben earned an associate degree in Industrial Welding in 2012. “In high school, I liked technical education classes but

Wood Manufacturing Technology featured in trade publication Fox Valley Technical College’s Wood Manufacturing Technology program recently captured the attention of the Woodwork Career Alliance (WCA) of North America, an organization that supports workforce development in the woodworking industry. The WCA spent some time with program instructors to better understand what students in Woodworking Technology learn during their immersive one-year

Career Program: Manufacturing Engineering TechnologyOriginally From: Brownwood, TXCurrent Residence: NeenahAttended FVTC: Spring 2019 – Current Why did you choose the Manufacturing Engineering Technology career program? I’ve always been interested in engineering, but I could never choose between electrical and mechanical, so I went a completely different path my first time in college and chose Statistical Quality Control and Nondestructive

Innovative partnership benefits students, employers & community, meeting regional needs Two miles down the road from their high school, nine Clintonville juniors and seniors attend classes at the FVTC Clintonville Regional Center. They’re learning valuable hands-on skills in industrial maintenance, and earning college credit at the same time.  “These classes are giving me skills that