Last year, Fox Valley Technical College hosted more than 50o area high school students at its Hands-on, High-Tech open house.

The Woodworking Technology program at Fox Valley Technical College (FVTC) in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, will hold its 36th annual Hands-On, High-Tech open house April 16 and 17.

FVTC, a founding EDUcation member of the Woodwork Career Alliance, is inviting instructors and students from every high school woodworking program within 100 miles of Oshkosh to participate in the event.

Groups of 25 or less at a time will tour the school’s 11,000-square-foot lab. Each group will progress through a series of activities led by FVTC. Each group’s 90-minute lab session will culminate with creating a finished product that each school group can take back with them.

Each group will then spend about 30 minutes in the Residential Building Construction program lab engaged in activities with that course. This year, FVTC will also host local employers and material suppliers in a job exposition that exposes high school students to the wide variety of jobs that are available locally. These jobs include everything from kitchen cabinetry and closets to aircraft and yacht interiors, spiral stairs, high-end architectural millwork, and furniture manufacturing opportunities.

FVTC hosted 32 groups with a total of 532 students over the two days of Hands On, High Tech open house last year.

For more information, contact FTVC instructors Mark Lorge at mark.lorge9989@fvtc.edu or Glenn Koerner, woodworking instructor at koerner@fvtc.edu.

Learn more about FVTC’s Wood Technology program.