Established 1912, 1967 Students About 50,000 Phone +1 920-735-5600 Graduation rate 36.3% (2014) | President Dr. Susan May Campus Urban Total enrollment 10,888 (2011) | |
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Type State Technical College Undergraduate tuition and fees Local tuition: 4,289 USD (2015), Domestic tuition: 6,177 USD (2015) Similar Northeast Wisconsin Technical, University of Wisconsin–Oshkosh, University of Wisconsi, Moraine Park Technical, Lakeshore Technical College Profiles | ||
Happy fox valley technical college
Fox Valley Technical College (also Fox Valley Tech and FVTC) is the technical college for the Appleton, Wisconsin area. It is a member of the Wisconsin Technical College System.
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- Happy fox valley technical college
- Public safety training center at fox valley technical college
- Accreditation
- Presidents
- History
- Key dates in FVTC history
- Recognition
- References
Serving about 50,000 people each year, FVTC provides occupational training for specific careers as well as technical, adult basic, and continuing education. In addition, it offers customized employee training.
The school offers more than 200 associate degree, technical diploma, and certificate programs as well as instruction related to 20 apprenticeship trades. It has credit transfer agreements with more than 30 four-year colleges and universities.
The main campus is in Appleton with a second campus in Oshkosh. FVTC has smaller regional centers in Chilton, Clintonville, Waupaca, and Wautoma. It also operates a Public Safety Training Center in Greenville.
Public safety training center at fox valley technical college
Accreditation
FVTC is accredited by The Higher Learning Commission and the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools. FVTC maintains its accreditation with the Higher Learning Commission through the Academic Quality Improvement Program (AQIP) process. FVTC has been NCA-accredited since 1970.
Presidents
History
Starting in 1912, city vocational schools were formed at six locations (Appleton, Brillion, Kaukauna, Menasha, Neenah, and Oshkosh) in the current district. In 1967, the Wisconsin Legislature divided the state into sixteen districts, which led to the formation of Fox Valley Technical Institute (FVTI). In 1987, the college (along with all of the state technical colleges) was renamed and it became known as Fox Valley Technical College.
Key dates in FVTC history
Recognition
The school's Association of Information Technology Professionals (AITP) student club has won several national awards at AITP's national convention. FVTC's club competes on equal terms against clubs from major four-year national colleges even though it is a two-year community college which only offers Associate's degrees.
FVTC's AITP club won its first national award when it took first place award in Graphic Communications at the 2009 national convention. For 2010, the club won the "Graphics Communications Contest" and "Top Faculty Certification Scores – ACP" categories, finished second against 124 colleges in the "PC Troubleshooting" category, and took third in the "AITP Student Chapter Banner Contest". Fox Valley's AITP club was awarded the "Outstanding AITP Student Chapter of the Year (2008-2009) – Region 5".
In 2011, the club won a first place award for the third straight year. It took first place in the "Professional Banner" category and second place in the "Artistic Banner" category. Club advisor Brenda Wilz was awarded the "2011 AITP Faculty Advisor of the Year".