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Wednesday | May 24, 2017

Grad Employment Remains Strong

David Nessler Graduates of Fox Valley Technical College continue to strengthen our region’s economy according to the college’s latest Graduate Employment Research Report (PDF). NEWS RELEASE May 24, 2017 FVTC Graduates Continue to Boost Workforce Latest graduate employment report reveals promising futures   Oshkosh native David Nessler knew that a technical education would serve as more than just

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Monday | May 22, 2017

BizSquad Students Lend Skill to Local Firms

The Business division at Fox Valley Technical College hosted its 6th BizSquad Report as part of an end-of-semester celebration on the Appleton campus. The event highlighted four area businesses that received assistance from FVTC’s business students. BizSquad is an experiential learning immersion that utilizes a pool of students each semester from FVTC’s Information Technology, Marketing, Business Management, Accounting, Paralegal, and Administrative

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Friday | March 10, 2017

Thriving on Information

Spring 2017 IN PHOTO: Dan Pichler, Thrivent (center) converses with student Prachi Khare and instructor Steve Ebben. As a Fortune 500 nonprofit financial services organization, Thrivent Financial relies on a top-notch information technology (IT) team to serve its members and to grow the company’s business. “These days almost everything we do to serve our members is in some

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Tuesday | January 24, 2017

IT Careers Looking Good

Field of information technology Barbara Haase The pathway to success in the field of information technology is wide open as illustrated in a recent article published in the Waupaca Post. In the January 11 article, “Growing market for computer skills,” FVTC graduate Barbara Haase tried a few different routes in education and career exploration before finding her path

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Friday | November 4, 2016

Turning to Technology

Fall 2016 Carolyn Becker When Carolyn Becker wanted to change careers and work with advanced technology, she looked to FVTC’s Information Technology programs. Carolyn Becker was a successful yet unsatisfied finance professional. “I was not passionate about what I was doing,” says the 29-year-old Middleton, Wisconsin native. “I did enjoy, however, learning about technology and

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Thursday | June 2, 2016

Studying Abroad Helps Students Think Globally

Programs Cultivate Vital Workplace Skills IT students gather in front of the Google European Headquarters in Ireland By Jessica Thiel,Student Intern, Professional Communications Program Forget about the stereotypical college spring break. In March 2016, a group of Fox Valley Technical College students passed up partying in favor of a study-abroad opportunity in Dublin that afforded them access

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Tuesday | February 9, 2016

New Partnership Designed to Keep IT Strong

Dan Kretz, IT instructor at FVTC, visits with students atRoosevelt Middle School as part of the new Megabites program. News Release In the Middle of Technology Middle school students are learning computer skills through a new partnership aimed at keeping the regional IT sector strong. Anchored by support from the J. J. Keller Foundation, middle school

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Tuesday | November 10, 2015

Programming Success: Information Technology

Fall 2015 When two Fox Valley Tech IT students met in class, their friendship launched a booming business. When Dustin White and Jim Dobinski met 15 years ago in Web Development and Programming classes at Fox Valley Technical College, White was a recent high school graduate and computer enthusiast and Dobinski was an experienced businessman.

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Wednesday | September 30, 2015

IT Grad Hosting Residence Display

Mark Ferrell, a double-major graduate in Information Technology from Fox Valley Technical College, will be providing an Artist in Residence display of photographs beginning on Saturday, October 3, at Atlas Coffee Mill, 425 W. Water Street in Appleton. The year-long exhibit of depictions from around the country will feature nature, cultural concepts, and more from the Appleton