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Thanks to the generosity of sponsors, golfers, volunteers and supporters across our community, the FVTC Foundation Golf Outing, held August 5, raised more than $120,000 to support student success at Fox Valley Technical College. The impact of the Golf Outing extends far beyond a day on the course. Funds raised will provide more than 200 Golf

On a warm summer day in July, a group of Residential Building Construction students could be found perched on the roof of a home they had built from the ground up. It’s not your typical classroom setting, but it perfectly reflects the hands-on approach that defines the program.   Students begin by learning concepts in the classroom, practice those skills in the shop and then apply them on a full-scale home build.

Jasmine Jackson’s path to becoming a nurse began long before she stepped into a classroom. Growing up in Chicago, she became a caregiver at an early age when she helped her ailing grandmother with such things as meals and laundry. “I’ve always been a caretaker,” she shares. “It just comes naturally; I want to make