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Wednesday | March 13, 2019

Making College Affordable: Promise Kept

Spring 2019 The first FVTC Promise scholarship graduate walked the stage.​ Redgranite native Olivia Arreola graduated in December 2018 from Fox Valley Technical College with an associate degree in Industrial Welding Technology—something the 19-year-old once thought was nearly impossible. “College was not on my radar until I heard about the Promise scholarship,” she says. “It helped

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Tuesday | December 19, 2017

Donor Supports Student IT Help Desk

The student Information Technology (IT) Help Desk on the Appleton campus received a new name thanks to the support of the Bemis Company Foundation. A recent $50,000 gift from the Bemis Company Foundation to the Fox Valley Technical College Foundation will be used to help make education affordable for lower-income families as part of the Foundation’s Promise initiative. In appreciation

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Wednesday | July 26, 2017

Manufacturing Lab Gets New Name

Left to right: Mary Downs, FVTC Foundation; Laura Biehn, Plexus; Dr. Chris Matheny, FVTC; Mike Gross, Plexus; Dr. Susan May, president of FVTC; Karen Osgood, Plexus; and Steve Straub, FVTC A gift to the Fox Valley Technical College Foundation for its Promise program results in the renaming of one of the college’s centerpiece learning labs. Plexus, a global

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Friday | March 10, 2017

Focus on the Foundation: Promising Futures

Spring 2017 The Promise program makes strides in its campaign to fight poverty and grow the region’s economy. The Fox Valley Technical College Promise program is making college affordable and addressing a talent shortage that’s needed to fill over 10,000 jobs in the region. Mary Downs, executive director of the FVTC Foundation and Community Relations, describes how

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Thursday | December 22, 2016

Promise Success Means Brighter Futures

Launched in August, the Fox Valley Technical College Promise concluded its first-year campaign with several notable successes. Designed to help address a regional skills shortage, the Promise offers free college tuition and books for qualifying high school seniors who meet certain criteria and plan to attend the college in fall of 2017. The initiative is

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Friday | November 4, 2016

Focus on the Foundation: Promising Futures

Fall 2016 The FVTC Foundation is helping make college possible. For those who have never considered college because of cost, the Fox Valley Technical College Foundation is promising to deliver on an unprecedented initiative in the region: free tuition for qualified low-income high school graduates through the FVTC Promise. “There are nearly 10,000 well-paid job openings

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Friday | September 16, 2016

Oshkosh Corp. Boosts Promise Program

A $50,000 gift from the Oshkosh Corporation Foundation pushed the fundraising total to more than $250,000 for the Fox Valley Technical College Foundation toward the Promise program. The FVTC Promise program is designed to provide free tuition and books for students planning to attend the college in fall of 2017. High school seniors in the college’s district who qualify for free

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Wednesday | August 3, 2016

A Promise to Something Better

The Fox Valley Technical College Foundation kicked-off its Promise program before a standing ovation and members of the media on August 2. The FVTC Promise is a fundraising campaign designed to provide free tuition and books for students planning to attend the college in fall of 2017. High school seniors in the college’s district who qualify for free or