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Auto Refinishing

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Tuesday | October 20, 2026

Faculty Spotlight: Q&A with Dan LaPlant

The Auto Collision Repair and Refinishing program offers students a unique blend of hands-on training, technology and artistry, and instructor Dan LaPlant is proud to help lead the way. “We’re a very hands-on program, but there’s also a great deal of shaping, color theory and all these other things that bring in the artistic side,”

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Monday | February 9, 2026

Focus on Careers: Auto Collision Repair & Refinish

Auto collision repair is about a lot more than fixing dents. The way Joe Kircher sees it, auto collision repair is about having a knack for technical precision, an openness to evolving technology and a meticulous eye for craftsmanship. As department chair of the Auto Collision Repair and Refinish Technology program at Fox Valley Technical

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Tuesday | November 19, 2013

From Hot Rods to a Hot Career: Auto Refinishing

Melissa Scheuerman Fall 2013 Twenty-one-year-old Melissa Scheuerman used her recent Fox Valley Technical College degree to turn her love of hot rod cars into a professional career. The Neenah resident graduated from FVTC’s Auto Collision Repair & Refinishing Technician program just last spring. Today, she is already working as a painter’s helper on her way to becoming