STEM

FVTC welcomed alumni Olivia Arreola, Valarie Schwartz, and Abby Frisk back to campus to help with the summer camp GirlTech. The camp empowers middle school-aged girls to explore occupations that are particularly emphasized in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math), helping each participant discover their future education and career paths. All three women agree it

College offered 18 different career exploration camps The college is celebrating another summer of fun and learning for campers who participated in one of our 18 career exploration camps. Held every summer for students between the ages of 9-18, we had 229 campers participate in such sessions as Basic/Advanced Fire Camp, Healthcare Immersion, GirlTech, Diesel

In an effort to optimize skill building in STEM, three organizations joined forces to develop the first-ever Junior Achievement career exploration facility on a college campus in Wisconsin. The nonprofit organization teamed up with Community First Credit Union and Fox Valley Technical College to open the Community First Career Exploration & Financial Literacy Center on the college’s

Middle- and high-school aged youth are all over campus this summer, eager to learn about emerging careers while experiencing advanced technologies in a number of areas. About 20 summer camps each year introduce young minds to innovations used in manufacturing, business, culinary arts, public safety, diesel technology, healthcare, horticulture, and more. Foreign language studies and

Spring 2013 Fab Ideas Building skills in advanced manufacturing through FVTC’s Fab Lab brings needed awareness about careers in the region.Fox Valley Technical College’s Fab Lab, short for Fabrication Laboratory, is a one-of-a-kind resource in the region where hands-on technology affirms that the career outlook in advanced manufacturing is actually quite appealing. “Manufacturing isn’t the