SkillsUSA

Please join us in congratulating Mike Fassbender for receiving the Wisconsin SkillsUSA Post-Secondary Advisor of the Year Award. Mike is an instructor in the FVTC Outdoor Power Equipment Technician program and is not only a dedicated advisor to FVTC students, he is also an enthusiastic supporter of SkillsUSA in Wisconsin. He ensures that these career development opportunities

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

IN PHOTO (from left): Caleb Deyoung, Dominic Opsteen, and Elora Diehl This year’s state SkillsUSA competitions in Madison saw the likes of one college taking first, second, and third place in a single event. That team was Fox Valley Technical College. Dominic Opsteen of Appleton took first-place in the Power Equipment Technology category, while Caleb Deyoung placed second, also from Appleton, and

Fall 2016 Cody Leahy Recent FVTC grad Cody Leahy’s experience included a gold-medal performance at the national SkillsUSA competition. Representing Fox Valley Technical College, Cody Leahy outperformed participants from 13 other schools at the 53rd annual SkillsUSA National Leadership and Skills Conference this past summer in Louisville, Kentucky. “It was a blast!” states Leahy, a 22-year-old Markesan

Fox Valley Technical College students earned recognition for their skills at the 49th Annual National Leadership and Skills Conference in Kansas City, sponsored by SkillsUSA.  Five students earned top 10 finishes, including two gold medal first-place awards, out of nearly 6,000 competing students representing 98 leadership and skills competitions overall at the conference. The college’s winners included Josh Buechel,