welding

Welding is a critical area that supports the success of Wisconsin manufacturers and Fox Valley Technical College’s Welding and Fabrication programs are at the heart of this thriving sector. In a recent Focus on Careers conversation with WHBY’s Hayley Tenpas, department chair Craig Schmidt outlines the three different educational options for students. He also explains

Last week, Fox Valley Technical College welcomed 52 girls to campus for GirlTech, a five-day summer camp that gives middle schoolers a chance to explore careers in science, technology, engineering and math. Girls ages 9 to 13 spent July 21-25 exploring welding, soldering, diesel engine work, virtual reality and artificial intelligence. The activities were led

Instructors encourage more women to pursue careers in Welding and Truck Driving Jessie Lloyd (left) and Julie Matulle On any given morning at the Fox Valley Technical College Wautoma Regional Center, you’ll find Jessie Lloyd in the welding lab teaching high school students how to run a bead or perfect their welds.  You may also see

Through school, clubs & networking, 20-year-old Abby Frisk is living college life to the fullest Abby Frisk Abby Frisk isn’t one to shy away from a learning opportunity. She’s a firm believer that the more you put into something, the more you get out of it. That’s why she’s jumped into college with both feet. 

Several areas of the college are working together to create a more environmentally friendly campus through organic land care. While the campus landscape rests under a blanket of frost and snow this winter, it’ll get an extra boost of organic nourishment produced by a team of FVTC staff and students. It’s part of a sustainable

Career Program: Industrial Welding TechnologyCurrent Residence: AppletonAge: 19Attended FVTC: Fall 2020 – Current Why did you choose the Industrial Welding Technology career program? Ever since I was little I knew I wanted to do something around a machine shop. I was never really sure which position I would want to pursue until the day that I saw the way welders made sparks

Spring 2021 Olivia Arreola Olivia Arreola is on the path to becoming a Welding Engineer thanks to her work ethic and determination to succeed.  Olivia Arreola is a welder today because she had a point to prove.  When she was a junior at Wautoma High School, she casually mentioned to some classmates that she was

Fall 2019 2019 Hortonville grad ready to take on a career in welding.  When Ben Borchardt took an advanced manufacturing class at Hortonville High School, he found an aptitude for welding. One of his teachers took note, too: “Mr. Radtke noticed my skills and showed me how to make a career out of it,” Ben

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