FVTC's AITP club won its first national award when it took first place award in Graphic Communications at the 2009 national convention.[6] 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".[7] Fox Valley's AITP club was awarded the "Outstanding AITP Student Chapter of the Year (2008-2009) – Region 5".[7]