The University of Wisconsin–Fox Valley is a two-year college within the 26 campus University of Wisconsin System. It is located on 41-acre (17 ha) in Menasha, Wisconsin. With a student body of over 1,700, the school is the second largest of the 13 that make up the University of Wisconsin Colleges. UW Fox belongs to the UW Colleges Northeast Region, along with UW Manitowoc and UW Fond du Lac. The dean for the Northeast Region is Martin Rudd. The school is also known as UW Fox or UW–Fox Valley.
The campus offers a wide range of courses to begin any one of over 200 academic majors, leading to either an Associate’s degree with emphases in 25 areas, or the Guaranteed Transfer Program under which students are guaranteed admission to a four-year University of Wisconsin System campus of their choice if they meet certain academic requirements. UW Fox also collaborates with several four-year universities to offer Bachelor’s degrees in organizational administration, leadership development, industrial management, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, and American studies, with all classes held on the Menasha campus.
UW–Fox Valley has a student-instructor ratio of 23:1; the average class size is 26.6 students. At least 80% of the faculty have a Ph.D. or equivalent degree. The school also offers over 30 extracurricular activities for continued learning outside the classroom.
Housed at the University of Wisconsin – Fox Valley and published annually since 1974, Fox Cry Review is one of the oldest literary magazines at a two-year college. Today, Fox Cry Review enjoys a statewide reputation for quality. While this reputation led to its inclusion in the Wisconsin Publishers’ Showcase at the 2005 Wisconsin Book Festival, the magazine’s principal value derives from its consistent ability to attract work from talented regional and national writers. Numerous writers with national reputations have also been published in Fox Cry Review, including Abby Frucht, Virgil Suárez, Ryan G. Van Cleave, Simon Perchik, and Antler. In addition, the magazine has published work by former poets laureate of three states: Mary Crow, Colorado; Walt McDonald, Texas; and Ellen Kort, Wisconsin.