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Students in IT courses at Chippewa Valley Technical College learn technical and professional skills to understand, interpret, analyze, and distribute important data.

Monday, June 5, 2023

Adult student finds passion by taking free IT course at CVTC

Carter Migala, 18, of Chippewa Falls, wonders what his life would be like if he continued drinking alcohol and doing drugs in middle school. Today, he’s a recent high school graduate and already has several health care-related college credits under his belt from Chippewa Valley Technical College.

Tuesday, May 30, 2023

Chi Hi student turns life around, earns CVTC credits before high school graduation

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Wednesday, May 24, 2023

Students receive scholarships this spring at CVTC

Tim Cook, 39, of rural Menomonie, graduates Thursday with an associate degree in nursing from Chippewa Valley Technical College after spending nearly 15 years designing prototypes.

Wednesday, May 17, 2023

Prototype designer scraps job for career in nursing

Noble Melvin, 17, tunes up a motorcycle in his class at Chippewa Valley Technical College. Students in the Basic Rider Motorcycle course use the bikes to learn to ride.

Tuesday, May 16, 2023

Neillsville student graduates with high school, college diplomas

Chousie Yang, 20, of Eau Claire, is a first-generation college student and will give the commencement speech at Chippewa Valley Technical College on May 18, when she graduates with an associate degree in business management.

Wednesday, May 10, 2023

First-generation college student to give graduation speech at CVTC

Devyn McCormick, 25, right, earned his General Equivalency Degree in only a few days at Chippewa Valley Technical College. He was so close to earning his high school diploma from Chippewa Falls Senior High School in 2016 but fell short. Now, with his GED in hand, he will apply to the U.S. Navy.

Monday, May 8, 2023

Third Time's a Charm

David Sternisha, right, a shipping supervisor at Ellsworth Cooperative Creamery, is taking a Spanish class offered by his organization to help employees communicate on the job.

Friday, May 5, 2023

CVTC instructor helps employees at Ellsworth creamery communicate

Photo of Horticulture students plant trees to honor Arbor Day

Wednesday, May 3, 2023

Horticulture students plant trees to honor Arbor Day

Photo of CVTC receives largest one-time donation of $500k

Tuesday, April 25, 2023

CVTC receives largest one-time donation of $500k

Photo of HS partnership awards event showcases collaboration

Friday, April 21, 2023

HS partnership awards event showcases collaboration

Tim Barnet, 30, of Eau Claire, placed 432 of 6,200 people throughout the country to participate in a cyber security competition. He was one of 25 students in Josh Huhmann’s class who participated in the three-day competition.

Thursday, April 20, 2023

Phishing for knowledge

Photo of CVTC colleague first in WI to earn SEM endorsement

Wednesday, April 12, 2023

CVTC colleague first in WI to earn SEM endorsement

Stephanie Klint, college student and mother of three, picks up a much-needed computer from Chippewa Valley Technical College Tuesday, April 4. United Way of the Greater Chippewa Valley collaborates with local organizations to secure refurbished computers and sell them for $30 to people who qualify.

Monday, April 10, 2023

United Way, CVTC put computers in hands of people in need

Vince Mussehl, CVTC director of Library Services, is appointed to the national Open Educational Resources SPARC Committee to represent two-year colleges.

Thursday, April 6, 2023

CVTC library director taps past, named to national OER committee

Law enforcement agencies in Dunn County use Chippewa Valley Technical College in Menomonie for training purposes.

Tuesday, March 28, 2023

Training in Progress

Brooklyn Sommerfeld, left, a Chippewa Falls Fire & Emergency Services paramedic, and Joan Lawcewicz, an investigator with the Chippewa Falls Police Department, became fast friends after an emergency call pushed them together, literally. The women say having a friend in their high-stress field of emergency services is comforting.

Monday, March 20, 2023

Chance encounter on the job leads to lasting friendship

Photo of CVTC appoints members to District Board of Trustees

Thursday, March 16, 2023

CVTC appoints members to District Board of Trustees

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Wednesday, March 15, 2023

Learn what CVTC has to offer at its Spring Open House

Sarah Hughes, 31, of Eau Claire, had been working at Eau Claire Area Chamber of Commerce for a couple years before deciding to go to Chippewa Valley Technical College for marketing and associated degrees.

Monday, March 13, 2023

Career doesn’t stop woman from pursuing additional degrees

Sergio Figueredo, 29, a student in the English Language Learners courses at Chippewa Valley Technical College, jumped at the chance to learn CPR through the College because he wants to be able to help in an emergency.

Friday, March 10, 2023

CVTC ELL students learn CPR to help their communities

Photo of CVTC dentist, hygienist help Dominicans during mission trip

Monday, March 6, 2023

CVTC dentist, hygienist help Dominicans during mission trip

Photo of CVTC recognized by FAA as drone training center

Friday, March 3, 2023

CVTC recognized by FAA as drone training center

Photo of CVTC, partners awarded $4.9M for health care training

Wednesday, February 22, 2023

CVTC, partners awarded $4.9M for health care training

Photo of Public notice of upcoming accreditation review visit by the ACEN

Tuesday, February 14, 2023

Public notice of upcoming accreditation review visit by the ACEN

Photo of CVTC releases free textbook for nursing assistant students

Monday, February 13, 2023

CVTC releases free textbook for nursing assistant students

This ball of fluff, affectionately named Kitty, is lucky to be alive after curling up under the hood of a Chippewa Valley Technical College work truck, only to be discovered by two maintenance technicians who quickly found the kitten a good home.

Sunday, February 12, 2023

Pretty ‘paw’some

Photo of CVTC colleague receives EC Chamber’s young professional award

Saturday, February 11, 2023

CVTC colleague receives EC Chamber’s young professional award

After years of searching for a career that feels right, Phill Schladweiler, 41, of Eau Claire, is studying architecture and working as an intern for a local firm.

Tuesday, February 7, 2023

Wounded Army vet finds passion for architecture

Sommer Smith, 34, of Colfax, does homework in her hospital bed after undergoing open-heart surgery on the first day of her college classes in August 2022.

Thursday, February 2, 2023

CVTC student undergoes open-heart surgery first day of class, finishes semester

Students, staff and faculty from Chippewa Valley Technical College and UW-Eau Claire learn first-hand about the Civil Rights Movement by traveling to Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee and Missouri.

Monday, January 23, 2023

Immersed in history

Logan Gundry, 20, of Fall Creek, is the only American male ski jumper to compete in the FISU World University Games in Lake Placid, NY, this week.

Friday, January 20, 2023

Former CVTC student, EC Flying Eagle competes in world games event

Photo of CVTC President’s List for fall 2022 term

Wednesday, January 18, 2023

CVTC President’s List for fall 2022 term

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Monday, January 16, 2023

CVTC seeks board applicants

Each week when college students are on campus, Jen Sell, Chippewa Valley Technical College at River Falls campus manager, travels to the River Falls Community Food Pantry and picks up food for students in need. The items are located in the College’s Learning Center.

Friday, January 13, 2023

River Falls food pantry, CVTC pair up to fight hunger

Carrie Kittleson has overcome abuse and homelessness and is set to graduate from Chippewa Valley Technical College at River Falls with a nursing degree on December 20.

Thursday, December 15, 2022

CVTC River Falls nursing student to graduate after starting out in women’s shelter

Madeline Avery, 19, already has a firefighter job under her belt, but after she graduates from Chippewa Valley Technical College as a FireMedic on December 20, she hopes to continue her education in the field.

Wednesday, December 14, 2022

Young firefighter to graduate from CVTC with plans for future

With three kids in tow, French-born Séverine Stein moved from France to Eau Claire to be with her husband. It was a tough transition, but the one constant for her has been baking. To start her own bakery, she wanted to know the business end. On Tuesday, Dec. 20, Stein will graduate from Chippewa Valley Technical College with a technical diploma in entrepreneurship.

Monday, December 12, 2022

Immigrant to graduate from CVTC as baker entrepreneur

Adam Gilson, 38, graduates on Tuesday, Dec. 20, from Chippewa Valley Technical College, with a degree in Substance Use Disorder Counseling after two stints in prison. He’s nine years sober and ready to help others get on the right track.

Thursday, December 8, 2022

From solitary confinement to commencement

Ryan Douglas, Chippewa Valley Technical College Law Enforcement Academy graduate and Lieutenant of field operations for Chippewa Falls Police Department, stands in front of a squad from the department he has served for 20 years. He appreciates his career and is happy to inspire others coming into the field.

Monday, November 28, 2022

Police lieutenant looks back on career to inspire new recruits

Andrew Thayer, 30, of Altoona, tried a few different jobs and a couple different Chippewa Valley Technical College programs before landing on IT Software Development. In his second semester, he’s working as a Student Ambassador at CVTC while making his way through the program.

Friday, November 18, 2022

One CVTC grad is back for the third time on a quest to find his passion

Photo of CVTC gathers local experts to offer tips on starting a business

Monday, November 7, 2022

CVTC gathers local experts to offer tips on starting a business

Photo of Stopping an invasive plant species in its tracks

Friday, November 4, 2022

Stopping an invasive plant species in its tracks

Photo of CVTC manufacturing, mechanical design programs receive national accreditation

Wednesday, November 2, 2022

CVTC manufacturing, mechanical design programs receive national accreditation

Photo of Learn what CVTC has to offer at its Fall Open House

Tuesday, October 25, 2022

Learn what CVTC has to offer at its Fall Open House

Photo of Equity is main focus during Wisconsin Open Education Symposium

Thursday, October 20, 2022

Equity is main focus during Wisconsin Open Education Symposium

Photo of CVTC's levy decreases for 2022-2023

Wednesday, October 19, 2022

CVTC's levy decreases for 2022-2023

Photo of CVTC hosts free care for veterans event

Monday, October 17, 2022

CVTC hosts free care for veterans event

Photo of CVTC at Menomonie set for facelift after 30 years

Wednesday, October 12, 2022

CVTC at Menomonie set for facelift after 30 years

Photo of One Bucket at a Time

Wednesday, October 5, 2022

One Bucket at a Time

Dan Messerschmidt, 19, is in his second year of the Diesel Truck Technician program at Chippewa Valley Technical College. Messerschmidt said he appreciates the new Transportation Education Center, and he believes it will help him grow as a technician.

Tuesday, September 27, 2022

CVTC diesel student details building's educational impact

Photo of CVTC to host open house for new Transportation Education Center

Friday, September 23, 2022

CVTC to host open house for new Transportation Education Center

Logan Severson, 22, of Menomonie, graduated from CVTC in 2020 and landed a coveted cybersecurity analyst job with Menards in Eau Claire.

Tuesday, September 20, 2022

CVTC IT grad lands work as cybersecurity analyst

Ashley Jacque, an agronomy management student at Chippewa Valley Technical College, contemplates yield numbers of a farm in Menomonie, Thursday, Sept. 8.

Thursday, September 8, 2022

It's Corn: CVTC students learn yield counting during field tour

Photo of CVTC instructors recognized for excellence

Thursday, September 1, 2022

CVTC instructors recognized for excellence

Mark Engevold (inset) was one of the first to take classes at the old Emergency Service Education Center in the late 1990s. He's excited for students to experience the new building and technology.

Tuesday, August 30, 2022

Deputy Sheriff remembers being first graduating class in old CVTC building

Photo of CVTC President’s List for summer 2022 term

Tuesday, August 23, 2022

CVTC President’s List for summer 2022 term

Photo of CVTC President, Provost chosen as Aspen Institute Fellows

Monday, August 22, 2022

CVTC President, Provost chosen as Aspen Institute Fellows

Photo of New Provost, VP of Academic Affairs Announced

Thursday, August 18, 2022

New Provost, VP of Academic Affairs Announced

Ashley McCauley, right, hugs her brother, Jordan Wolf, after he complete 10 steps on stilts, unassisted, at 54 feet, 1 inch, to break the world record. McCauley, a Chippewa Valley Technical College graduate, finished the feat less than an hour before Wolf.

Tuesday, August 9, 2022

'Balance over fear': CVTC grad breaks world stilt walking record

Six high school students from Bloomer are among nearly 20 others who signed their intent to start CVTC's Business Management Academy in the fall semester.

Friday, August 5, 2022

High school freshmen enter CVTC Business Management Academy

Photo of One heck of a buzz: EC man, CVTC instructor combine talents to save bees

Thursday, August 4, 2022

One heck of a buzz: EC man, CVTC instructor combine talents to save bees

INSET: Seven years ago, Lydia Rubenzer, right, attended a two-day cosmetology camp at Chippewa Valley Technical College and took instruction from Emily Dittmer. MAIN: Today, Rubenzer is a Cosmetology student at the College, and she is set to graduate in December, only six months after she graduated from Elk Mound High School.

Monday, August 1, 2022

A familiar course: Cosmetology student returns to program that piqued her interest years ago

Sunem Beaton-Garcia, Chippewa Valley Technical College president, congratulates those who have served on our boards.

Wednesday, July 27, 2022

CVTC honors former board members

Photo of CVTC library offers 1 million items as part of consortium

Tuesday, July 19, 2022

CVTC library offers 1 million items as part of consortium

Isaiah Jackson, right, a CVTC Cosmetology student, took third place for barbering in the national SkillsUSA competition in Atlanta, recently.

Monday, July 11, 2022

Making the final cut: cosmetology student takes third in national competition

Photo of CVTC honored with credentialing success award

Tuesday, July 5, 2022

CVTC honored with credentialing success award

Josh Huhmann, IT-Network Specialist instructor with CVTC, attended the National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education (NICE) conference and expo June 5-7 in Seattle to accept the certificate for being designated as a National Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense.

Thursday, June 30, 2022

CVTC accepts certificate at cybersecurity conference

Photo of CVTC students score national scholarships

Wednesday, June 29, 2022

CVTC students score national scholarships

Hope Perry, 24, of Chippewa Falls, will graduate on July 17 from Chippewa Valley Technical College with an associate degree in radiography and is set to work in the same hospital and department her grandfather worked in 21 years ago.

Monday, June 27, 2022

Radiography student to follow in grandfather’s footsteps

Photo of CVTC President's List announced for spring 2022 term

Wednesday, June 22, 2022

CVTC President's List announced for spring 2022 term

Photo of Regional Higher Education Partnership Evolves

Friday, June 10, 2022

Regional Higher Education Partnership Evolves

John Klecker, 18, of River Falls, will graduate from high school on Sunday, June 5. Two weeks earlier, Klecker graduated from Chippewa Valley Technical College's residential construction program.

Thursday, June 2, 2022

Bragging rights: RF student graduates college before high school

Photo of Electrifying education: Line workers gather at CVTC to brush up on skills

Tuesday, May 31, 2022

Electrifying education: Line workers gather at CVTC to brush up on skills

Photo of CVTC budget approved, expenditures down 18 percent

Friday, May 27, 2022

CVTC budget approved, expenditures down 18 percent

Photo of RCU donates $100k to CVTC emergency service education

Thursday, May 26, 2022

RCU donates $100k to CVTC emergency service education

Katie Wilson, center, is switching careers to law enforcement after working as a health educator for 13 years. She will graduate from Chippewa Valley Technical College's Law Enforcement Academy on Saturday, May 21.

Wednesday, May 18, 2022

Former health educator graduates from CVTC, becomes police officer

Isaiah Williams, 21, receives his High School Equivalency Diploma from Chippewa Valley Technical College after more than a year of being clean and sober from drugs.

Tuesday, May 17, 2022

Altoona man receives HSED from CVTC after being clean, sober

From left, Kenji Lor, a junior, looks on as his teammates John Sullivan, junior; Toby Reule, junior; and Owen Gulick, junior; all students from River Falls High School, assess a glitch in their mechanical design. They figured it out in time to win first place at Chippewa Valley Technical College’s DesignX competition, recently. Zoe Chamberlin, senior, part of the first-place team, is not pictured.

Friday, May 13, 2022

River Falls High School students compete for CVTC DesignX award

Camryn Billen, 23, didn’t grow up on a farm. She never drove a tractor until attending Chippewa Valley Technical College. But this week she will graduate with an associate degree in agronomy. Billen would like to work for an organization in Madison writing agriculture policy to advocate for farmers in Wisconsin.

Wednesday, May 11, 2022

Fighting for farmers: city girl finds passion in farm policy, earns degree in agronomy

Vanessa Pechacek, 20, of Hudson, paints in the basement of a River Falls home that she and seven classmates built in nine months. She is graduating Thursday, May 19, with a technical diploma in residential construction from Chippewa Valley Technical College in River Falls. She landed a job in the field before graduation, and one day she hopes to build her own house.

Monday, May 9, 2022

Building a future: RF student switches colleges, educational path for happiness

Photo of More than $325,000 in scholarships awarded to CVTC students

Wednesday, May 4, 2022

More than $325,000 in scholarships awarded to CVTC students

Jeni Thorpe, executive assistant and Human Resources officer at Eau Claire Energy Co-op, learns about using tools of the trade during the EPD: Bird’s Eye View course offered at Chippewa Valley Technical College.

Tuesday, May 3, 2022

Bird's Eye View

Photo of Property tax decrease included in CVTC budget proposal

Friday, April 29, 2022

Property tax decrease included in CVTC budget proposal

Horticulture students at Chippewa Valley Technical College filled buckets with rich soil to fill the holes around newly planted maple trees. Instructor Susan Frame said students plant tree every years to honor the college’s designation as a Tree Campus USA organization.

Wednesday, April 27, 2022

Green Thumb: CVTC horticulture students plant trees for Arbor Day

Erica Mitchell, 37, teaches Native American students in the Eau Claire Area School District about their heritage through a dedicated schools program – the same one she was a member of in high school.

Tuesday, April 26, 2022

CVTC student lands dream job showcasing heritage

Odessa Martell, center, and Los Yej Vang, Chippewa Falls High School students in the special education program, helped Chippewa Valley Technical College students prepare lunch for CVTC’s Culinary Management program’s 620 West restaurant, Wednesday. The Chi-Hi students are in Culinary Management’s pilot program, Foodservice Fundamentals, which instructors say is a success.

Wednesday, April 20, 2022

Cooking up life skills

Chrissy Grasley, 28, of Tilden, is named 2022 Wisconsin Technical College System’s student ambassador from CVTC.

Monday, April 18, 2022

Student ambassador finds new appreciation for CVTC

Photo of CVTC hosts annual spring plant sale

Friday, April 15, 2022

CVTC hosts annual spring plant sale

Photo of CVTC recognizes schools for dual-credit partnership

Thursday, April 14, 2022

CVTC recognizes schools for dual-credit partnership

Photo of Ascendium supports future workforce with scholarships

Wednesday, April 13, 2022

Ascendium supports future workforce with scholarships

Karen Jubie, a communication instructor with Chippewa Valley Technical College in River Falls, gathered nine other instructors and staff members to pack food into bags recently for Feed My Starving Children – an organization that sends food to those in need.

Monday, April 11, 2022

Need to feed: CVTC colleagues pack food for the hungry

Photo of CVTC honors business partner, alumni at Spring Gala event

Friday, April 8, 2022

CVTC honors business partner, alumni at Spring Gala event

James Sedlmayr, 40, Durand Fire Department assistant chief and CVTC emergency services instructor, received the 2021 Wisconsin State Firefighter Association Firefighter of the Year in February.

Wednesday, April 6, 2022

Durand firefighter, CVTC instructor honored with state award

Photo of CVTC, universities reaffirm commitments to student success

Tuesday, April 5, 2022

CVTC, universities reaffirm commitments to student success

Samantha Lueck, 31, of Eau Claire, is the first radiography student from Chippewa Valley Technical College to be accepted to the American Society of Radiologic Technologist Student Leadership Development Program. Lueck will begin her three-year term with a June kick-off in Florida.

Wednesday, March 30, 2022

Lueck is CVTC's first radiography student named to national leadership program

Travis Christman, 2006 Chippewa Valley Technical College nursing program graduate, accepts Chief Nursing Officer role for HSHS Sacred Heart and St. Joseph’s hospitals.

Tuesday, March 29, 2022

CVTC grad lands dream role sooner than expected

Jordon Drake, 31, of Menomonie, takes mechatronics courses at Chippewa Valley Technical College’s Menomonie campus to support his new maintenance position at ConAgra Foods.

Monday, March 28, 2022

ConAgra Foods employee sets sights on new position with CVTC’s help

Joshua Walters, 32, a client of Hope Gospel Mission, is one of several students making their way through the first-of-their-kind IT courses to receive a Google IT certificate and Chippewa Valley Technical College credits toward an associate degree.

Monday, March 21, 2022

CVTC IT classes offer opportunity to try a new field

Register and attend the Spring Open House and apply to CVTC to be eligible for a $250 scholarship, amazon gift cards and CVTC swag.

Wednesday, March 16, 2022

Learn what CVTC has to offer at its Spring Open House

Camee Hladilek, a fourth-semester respiratory therapy student at Chippewa Valley Technical College, clears the patient simulator’s tracheostomy and listens to the lungs, while UW-Eau Claire speech-language pathology students talk with the patient about her speaking valve.

Monday, March 7, 2022

CVTC, UWEC learn by combining skills in simulation lab

Photo of EC woman, CVTC simulation coordinator bond over manikin

Thursday, February 17, 2022

EC woman, CVTC simulation coordinator bond over manikin

Chippewa Valley Technical College has been teaching students in the IT-Network Specialist program techniques to shore cyber defense for years. Recently, an IT instructor took on the task of gaining a national designation as a stand-out college to learn cybersecurity.

Tuesday, February 15, 2022

CVTC is designated a National Center for Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense

Ten students and staff at CVTC went on a Civil Rights Pilgrimage to learn more about history.

Monday, February 14, 2022

Civil rights pilgrimage reveals true history for CVTC students, staff

Students in the Residential Construction program at Chippewa Valley Technical College not only help prep the space for the Chippewa Valley Home Builders Home and Garden show set for Thursday, Feb. 17, 2022, but they build their own items to raffle. The experience helps students put their skills to the test.

Friday, February 4, 2022

CVTC students build outdoor garden items to raffle at home and garden show

Jordan Smith, 28, a K9 handler in his St. Croix County patrol deputy uniform; and Josh Stenseth, also a canine handler with the St. Croix County Sheriff’s Office, visits Chippewa Valley Technical College in River Falls to speak with criminal justice students about the profession.

Tuesday, February 1, 2022

Learning by Example

Photo of Government Education Website Uses CVTC As An Example

Friday, January 28, 2022

Government Education Website Uses CVTC As An Example

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Tuesday, January 25, 2022

Building on best practice

Students and instructors in health care education programs at Chippewa Valley Technical College in River Falls and Eau Claire are learning all about their new simulation mannequins as students come back to school for the spring semester.

Wednesday, January 19, 2022

CVTC welcomes new health care simulation mannequins

Photo of Students Named to CVTC President’s List for Fall 2021 Term

Monday, January 17, 2022

Students Named to CVTC President’s List for Fall 2021 Term

Caitlin Ottman, 34, from Bloomer, stands with her mother, Maureen Kuhn, after Ottman received her diploma during the Chippewa Valley Technical College commencement Tuesday, Dec. 21.

Wednesday, December 22, 2021

CVTC Nursing Grad Gives Support and Gets It Back Two-fold

Danho (Roger) Achiepo, from Ivory Coast, West Africa, graduated Tuesday, Dec. 21, with an associate’s degree as an IT-Network Specialist.

Wednesday, December 22, 2021

Man from West Africa Learns English, Graduates with IT Degree in Four Years

Gabe Kilmurray, 45, of Eau Claire, graduates with his associate’s degree in nursing from Chippewa Valley Technical College, Tuesday, Dec. 21. He completed the program while helping to raise his six children, all younger than the age of 7.

Tuesday, December 21, 2021

Sleepless Nights

Thuy Dung Hoang moved from Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam to Spring Valley in 2014. Since then, she has learned English, and on Tuesday, Dec. 21, she finished her associate’s degree in nursing with a 3.83 GPA from Chippewa Valley Technical College in River Falls.

Monday, December 20, 2021

Dedicated to Her Dream

Melissa Chiodo spoke to CVTC criminal justice students recently. The chief of Inver Grove Heights Police Department in Minnesota was featured in a documentary titled Women in Blue that was released in 2020. She was asked to address students to give them a real-life perspective of the profession.

Sunday, December 19, 2021

New Crew of Blue

Stephanie Caress, left, 26, of Glenwood City, graduated from the Chippewa Valley Technical College Law Enforcement Academy Thursday, Dec. 16. She will continue her career with the St. Croix County Sheriff’s office as a patrol deputy. Her sister, Samantha Caress, 28, is a patrol deputy with Dunn County Sheriff’s office.

Thursday, December 16, 2021

Deputy S. Caress reporting for duty

Sunem Beaton-Garcia, Chippewa Valley Technical College president, gives remarks during a news conference with Gov. Tony Evers Tuesday morning. CVTC received a $10 million competitive grant to address the region’s manufacturing workforce shortage.

Tuesday, December 14, 2021

CVTC Awarded $10 Million Workforce Innovation Grant

Sunem Beaton-Garcia, Chippewa Valley Technical College president, is no worse for the wear after her driving lesson on the vehicle skid pad at the college. Sunem, who is used to weather in her former home state of Florida, took CVTC’s annual winter driving course, which ended with a behind-the-wheel portion Friday, Dec. 10.

Friday, December 10, 2021

CVTC President Takes College’s Winter Driving Class with ELL Students

Kerri Shakal, a special education paraprofessional in the School District of Cadott Community, shared with the class a few books she has read in relation to diversity.

Tuesday, December 7, 2021

CVTC’s Autism for Educators provides series of courses for paraprofessionals

Compeer Financial executives were on campus Monday to present the grant and speak with students about opportunities at Compeer Financial.

Monday, December 6, 2021

CVTC Receives More Than $75K from Compeer Financial Agriculture and Rural Initiative

Yer Khang is a 26-year-old Hmong student at CVTC working to achieve a degree as an executive assistant.

Friday, December 3, 2021

Eye on Diversity

The Gene Haas Foundation awarded CVTC a $40,000 scholarship grant to give students in machining and manufacturing programs additional financial stability.

Thursday, December 2, 2021

Gene Haas Foundation Awards CVTC $40K Grant

Photo of CVTC Recognized Globally for Open Education Resources

Wednesday, December 1, 2021

CVTC Recognized Globally for Open Education Resources

Maria Gabriela Mouzawak, an immigrant from Venezuela, learned English with the help of CVTC and her employer, Rise Baking Company, in River Falls.

Monday, November 22, 2021

‘Rise’ing to the occasion

Photo of CVTC Named in Top 150 for Community Colleges

Thursday, November 18, 2021

CVTC Named in Top 150 for Community Colleges

Ginger Liddell, 17, is back on track after dropping out of high school and making some poor choices. She is taking classes at Chippewa Valley Technical College and wants to become an addictions counselor.

Saturday, November 13, 2021

Girl Self-Corrects, Finds Path to College

Chippewa Valley Technical College colleagues take giving back seriously. Josh Myers, second from right, said supporting each other meant helping out in the community.

Thursday, November 11, 2021

So Much More Than a Day of Caring

Nathan Kelly, 20, took a traveling welding job that led him to Tesla’s Gigafactory after graduating from CVTC. His job in Texas will be complete in November.

Wednesday, November 10, 2021

River Falls Native Works on Tesla Gigafactory

From left, CVTC Culinary Management student Erica Jones; CVTC Culinary Management Chef Instructor Kevin Brown; Silver Spring Foods CEO Eric Rygg; and CVTC Executive Dean of Business, Arts, and Sciences Lynette Livingston revealed the recently acquired Culinary Management Mobile Lab Wednesday, Nov. 10, that was donated by Silver Spring Foods.

Wednesday, November 10, 2021

Food on Wheels

Disruption in supply chain operations are affecting people in ways they never imagined.

Tuesday, November 9, 2021

Spoiler Alert: 4 Ways Supply Chain Services Affect Your Life

Students from CVTC and UWEC joined forces to help take out the invasive Buckthorn plant on the University's campus.

Thursday, November 4, 2021

Bully Buckthorn meets its match

Photo of CVTC Hosts Inaugural WTCS OER Symposium

Friday, October 29, 2021

CVTC Hosts Inaugural WTCS OER Symposium

Vanessa Carr, 17, a senior at Altoona High School, is enrolled in the welding high school academy program at Chippewa Valley Technical College. When she completes the class in December, she will have earned college credits in a program she loves.

Friday, October 15, 2021

Weld Done

Ariana Down Larson gives a heartfelt speech about time with her fellow Law Enforcement Academy graduates.

Thursday, October 7, 2021

CVTC Grads Are Ready To 10-41 (Begin Duty)

Sunem Beaton-Garcia, CVTC President, uses a laser to cut the ceremonious ribbon for the MEC Automated Fabrication Lab addition at Chippewa Valley Technical College.

Tuesday, October 5, 2021

Manufacturing Education Center Shares Fab Lab Addition

The public was invited to attend the second EV Experience, an electric vehicle event, hosted by Chippewa Valley Technical College.

Monday, September 27, 2021

Electric Vehicles Showcased During Local Event

Deanna Hoyord, CVTC health care simulation technician, demonstrated the college’s new virtual reality simulator last week. She said it truly transports students into patient-centered scenarios.

Tuesday, September 14, 2021

CVTC Debuts Virtual Reality Simulator

Photo of CVTC Instructors Recognized for Excellence

Tuesday, September 7, 2021

CVTC Instructors Recognized for Excellence

Jerry Goodson, collision repair and refinishing instructor at Chippewa Valley Technical College and World Skills USA coach, was asked to impart his wisdom during the International Bodyshop Industry Symposium earlier this month.

Friday, September 3, 2021

CVTC Instructor Presents During International Symposium

Zaid Abdullah, an automation engineering student at Chippewa Valley Technical College, demonstrated rewiring an electrical box at the Manufacturing Education Center at CVTC. Abdullah moved to the United States from Iraq to further his education.

Thursday, September 2, 2021

Non-Trad Student Goes All-In On Education

Ron Hartl (left), practices taking photos with the drone in flight while instructor Shawn Creviston looks on. Hartl received his drone safety license in July and completed the commercial course last week.

Wednesday, September 1, 2021

Local Drone Operators Obtain Newly Required Safety Test License

The grant money will be used to develop and expand flexible, accessible and innovative dual enrollment opportunities for rural and underserved students.

Monday, August 30, 2021

CVTC receives $1.7 million emergency relief fund grant

Sami Melssen, HSHS Sacred Heart and St. Joseph’s hospitals' manager of respiratory therapy, said her education at Chippewa Valley Technical College gave her the skills to continue through the COVID-19 pandemic.

Sunday, August 29, 2021

Respiratory Therapists talk about skills, safety and helping sick people

Last school year, more than 4,000 CVTC students experienced at least one course with no textbook cost for an average student savings of approximately $246.

Saturday, August 28, 2021

CVTC Saves Students $1 Million in Textbook Costs

Sunem Beaton-Garcia, president of CVTC, and her husband, Carlos Garcia, talk with their young son about skills in relation to education.

Friday, August 27, 2021

Talking to Kids About Life After High School

Chippewa Valley Technical College agronomy students check crops and soil.

Friday, August 20, 2021

CVTC agriculture instructor, program takes state award

Brian Bauer, Chippewa Falls Middle School teacher, prepares to scan his clay image for 3D printing, while Hans Mikelson, CVTC manufacturing engineering instructor, helps by sending information to the scanner.

Thursday, August 19, 2021

Teachers get hands-on, 3D printing education

Sunem Beaton-Garcia, president of Chippewa Valley Technical College, is the first Latina and first woman president for the college.

Tuesday, August 17, 2021

From Immigrant to President

CVTC programs are designed with the input of employers throughout the CVTC district to prepare graduates for today’s jobs with 92 percent employed within six months of graduation and associate degree graduates earning an average annual salary of $48,175.

Tuesday, August 10, 2021

CVTC students benefit from Chilson Subaru car donation

Mitzy Wright, OSHA area director in Eau Claire, signs the ambassador alliance agreement as CVTC President Sunem Beaton-Garcia waits her turn. The agreement is an indefinite extension of a formal collaboration the two organization have had in place since 2006.

Monday, August 2, 2021

CVTC, OSHA solidify partnership to train employers, workers on workplace safety

An Eau Claire firefighter helping with the fire suppressant demonstration at the L.E. Phillips Fire Safety Center on CVTC’s west campus Thursday proved how quickly a fire can be extinguished with F-500 – an encapsulating agent that does not contain harmful PFAS chemicals.

Friday, July 23, 2021

Snuffed Out

Photo of CVTC Launches Second Open RN Textbook

Thursday, June 24, 2021

CVTC Launches Second Open RN Textbook

Flanked by recruits in the CVTC Law Enforcement Academy, leaders from CVTC, Market & Johnson and SDS Architects toss the ceremonial shovels of dirt to mark a construction kick-off event for the CVTC Emergency Service Education Center project approved in the April 2020 referendum.

Thursday, June 17, 2021

Work Begins on CVTC Emergency Services Project

CVTC graduate Olivia Harmer stands with her father, Paul Harmer, whose advice helped lead her to CVTC and turning her life around after a period of struggles.

Tuesday, May 25, 2021

New Focus Helps CVTC Grad Turn Life Around

Siblings Keri and Sean Bonfoey of Chippewa Falls found that finishing the CVTC IT-Network Specialist program brought them closer together.

Tuesday, May 25, 2021

IT Program Brings Sibling CVTC Grads Closer

Melissa Miller, a graduate of CVTC’s Supply Chain Management program, sites at her desk at Valley Companies, a supply chain and logistics-oriented trucking company.

Monday, May 24, 2021

CVTC Graduating First Class of Supply Chain Students

Calvin Cox, left, and Jake Rivard.

Monday, May 24, 2021

First Group Finishes CVTC Associate Degree Academy

As part of a photography class in the CVTC Graphic Design program, student Cole Spickler created this photo with multiple images of himself in the same setting.

Friday, May 14, 2021

CVTC Students Find New Talents in Graphic Design

Installing the first solar panel on what will be an 80 kW system at CVTC’s Energy Education center are, from left, CVTC students Derek Highstrom of Siren, Chris Hanley of Menomonie and Sam Deckendorf of Barron.

Monday, May 10, 2021

Donation to Expand Solar Energy Capacity at CVTC

Photo of CVTC District Board Names Next President

Thursday, May 6, 2021

CVTC District Board Names Next President

Representatives of CVTC, Market & Johnson, SDS Architects BWBR Architecture perform a traditional groundbreaking at the site of CVTC’s new Transportation Education Center, Monday, May 3.

Tuesday, May 4, 2021

Construction of CVTC Transportation Center Underway

From left, Ryan Sterry, Menomonie High School technical education coordinator; Ken Skar, owner of Vincent Tool; Tom Karis, owner of Menomonie Machine Tool; and Jeff Sullivan, CVTC dean of apprenticeships, engineering, manufacturing and IT.

Monday, May 3, 2021

Building Interest in Machining

CVTC Residential Construction Program Director Brian Barth, left, talks with Matt Schumacher of C&M Construction at the site of construction of a new twin home in Eau Claire this spring. CVTC is now working with private contractors who are the owners of the class home construction project.

Monday, May 3, 2021

CVTC Building Houses, Partnerships

Lori Ann Simmons

Saturday, May 1, 2021

CVTC Instructor Pens Open Statistics Textbook

Scott Hoffmann, WIN Technology CEO

Friday, April 30, 2021

CVTC Honors Business Partner, Alumni

Susan Warner of Augusta, left, is sworn in as new Eau Claire County Register in Probate by Judge Emily Long Feb. 1.

Thursday, April 29, 2021

CVTC Graduate Appointed County Register in Probate

Photo of CVTC Names Finalists in President Search

Tuesday, April 20, 2021

CVTC Names Finalists in President Search

Posing after presentation of the Futuremaker Partner Award at CVTC are from left, CVTC Karen Kohler, executive director of institutional advancement; Bruce Barker, president of CVTC, and Market & Johnson representatives Dan Market, chairman and Jerry Shea, president.

Wednesday, March 17, 2021

WTCS, CVTC, Honor Market & Johnson as ‘Futuremaker’

Nadia Sigler, left, of Ellsworth and Jessah Schnack of Eau Claire are learning the paralegal profession with on-the-job training as interns at the law firm of Weld Riley, S.C. in Eau Claire.

Friday, February 26, 2021

CVTC Paralegal Interns Gain On-the-Job Training

CVTC Nursing students wearing protective gear are pictured at one of the stations they staffed at a COVID-19 vaccination clinic at Eau Claire North High School recently.

Wednesday, February 24, 2021

CVTC Students Assisting with COVID Vaccinations

CVTC Instructor Mark Schwartz explains to a group of registered nurses how to approach an auto accident scene and some hazards to look out for as part of an RN-EMT class at the Emergency Service Education Center Wednesday, January 27. The class will enable the RN’s to work as part of ambulance EMS teams in their communities.

Friday, January 29, 2021

CVTC Class Allows RN’s to Work as First Responders

Photo of CVTC Adjusts Start of Spring Semester

Thursday, January 21, 2021

CVTC Adjusts Start of Spring Semester

Photo of Chippewa Valley Technical College Experiences Network Disruption

Wednesday, January 20, 2021

Chippewa Valley Technical College Experiences Network Disruption

Curtiss Anderson, a technical operations manager at Premium Waters in Chippewa Falls, works on an electrical controller training unit in the Mechatronics lab at CVTC in December.

Friday, January 8, 2021

Single CVTC Classes Help Workers Upgrade Skills

Photo of Referendum Projects to Benefit Local Industry, Workers

Tuesday, December 29, 2020

Referendum Projects to Benefit Local Industry, Workers

Photo of CVTC President Barker Announces Retirement

Wednesday, December 16, 2020

CVTC President Barker Announces Retirement

Photo of CVTC Agriculture Programs Earn National Honor

Thursday, December 3, 2020

CVTC Agriculture Programs Earn National Honor

Led by instructor Matthew Staudenmaier, CVTC Landscape, Plant and Turf Management students observe and learn about the proper technics for planting trees during a service-leaning project at Mount Simon Park in Eau Claire when the group planted three trees in October.

Wednesday, December 2, 2020

CVTC Students Plant Trees at Mt. Simon Park

The Piera family of Eau Claire, originally from Brazil, pose inside their Banbury Place kitchen in Eau Claire, the home of the their Montebelo Brazilian Cheese bread company. From left are Geraldo Jr., Miriam, Tanara and Geraldo, Sr. All but Tanara either completed or are currently enrolled in CVTC’s English Language Learner program and Geraldo, Jr. is a CVTC IT-Software Developer student.

Tuesday, November 24, 2020

Cultural Adaptation

Alliance Plastics Engineering Manager Scott Peterson, left, and machinist Alyis Herbst, both CVTC Machine Tooling Technics graduates, check out a design in the programming of a wire EDM machine at Alliance Plastics in Chippewa Falls, Peterson and general manager David Goldbach were instrumental in developing a new shielding product to fight the COVID-19 spread now commonly seen at counters through

Monday, November 23, 2020

Local Company’s Shields Protecting Workers, Patrons

Photo of Working from Home Presents Cyber-Security Risks

Monday, November 23, 2020

Working from Home Presents Cyber-Security Risks

Photo of CVTC Marks Veterans Day

Tuesday, November 10, 2020

CVTC Marks Veterans Day

Photo of CVTC-Led Open Nursing Textbook Project Honored

Tuesday, October 13, 2020

CVTC-Led Open Nursing Textbook Project Honored

CVTC Respiratory Therapy Instructor Don Raymond, left, works with students in a medical simulation lab at CVTC in this 2018 file photo. Raymond, along with fellow instructor Theresa Meinen and several alumni, serve on the board of directors of the Wisconsin Society for Respiratory Therapy.

Tuesday, September 22, 2020

CVTC Faculty, Alumni in State WSRC Leadership

Juli Baker, right, works with students in the English Language Learner class at CVTC in this 2018 file photo. Many students who enter CVTC’s ELL program first receive services from Literacy Chippewa Valley, which has a strong partnership with CVTC.

Tuesday, September 22, 2020

CVTC, LCV Partner to Provide Valley Literacy Services

Liz Smith poses in CVTC River Fall campus Nursing lab in September. She expects to graduate from the program in May, while her daughter, Charlie, has taken dual credit classes to prepare herself to start the program next year.

Wednesday, September 16, 2020

Mother, Daughter Launch Nursing Careers at CVTC

Photo of CVTC-Led Effort Publishes First Open Nursing Textbook

Thursday, September 10, 2020

CVTC-Led Effort Publishes First Open Nursing Textbook

Cornell High School student Abigail Clark works on a science experiment with another student at the CVTC Chippewa Falls Campus during the College Transfer Academy’s first year. The Academy has gone fully online this year, expanding the number of schools and students participating.

Wednesday, September 9, 2020

CVTC Expands College Transfer Academy

Photo of CVTC Honors Top Educators

Tuesday, August 25, 2020

CVTC Honors Top Educators

Deb Van Den Heuvel programs a CNC machine in the CVTC Machine Tooling Technics lab during one of her final weeks in the program before graduating. Students working in labs are required to wear masks and maintain social distancing to the extent possible.

Friday, July 31, 2020

CVTC Grad’s Career Change is ‘Something for Myself’

Jake Ingli, a CVTC Agronomy Management student from Plum City, now living in Ellsworth, inspects the growth of corn at a CVTC field on the east side of Menomonie earlier this summer. Students have returned to hands-on learning at CVTC when necessary, and outdoor work provides the perfect opportunity.

Sunday, July 19, 2020

At CVTC, Open Air Classes Perfect for Social Distancing

Photo of CVTC Budget Prepares to Implement Referendum Passage

Monday, June 1, 2020

CVTC Budget Prepares to Implement Referendum Passage

Blake Sam adds seed to a corn planter at Sam’s Produce in rural Arkansaw. He plans on continuing with the family business after his graduation from CVTC’s Agronomy Management program.

Monday, May 18, 2020

CVTC Grad Prepared to Carry On Family Business

Teala Mayer, one of the first nine graduates from CVTC’s Culinary Management program, works in the Culinary kitchen earlier this academic year.

Monday, May 18, 2020

Young Baker Finds CVTC Culinary Program a Perfect Fit

CVTC Mechanical Design student Rick Heuer works on a project at the River Falls Campus last year. He is graduating after four semesters, despite the fact that he had no computer skills when he started.

Friday, May 15, 2020

At CVTC, Hoof Trimmer Becomes Mechanical Designer

Susan Sunde works from home on a simulator after the COVID-19 pandemic forced her and other CVTC students to online learning this spring semester. Sunde graduates from the Automation Engineering Technology program this month.

Friday, May 15, 2020

CVTC Grad Finds Another New Direction

Space inside the burn room of the CVTC Fire Safety Center is set up as a decontamination location for emergency service vehicles during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Thursday, April 9, 2020

CVTC Offers Fire Facility for COVID-19 Fight

A worker prepares meals at the Midwest Meals facility in Eau Claire. CVTC Culinary Management students will be completing their kitchen work at home using materials assembled by the company, including packaging like those shown here.

Monday, March 30, 2020

CVTC Taking Innovative Approach to Remote Classes

Personal protection equipment and other medical supplies are stacked at CVTC just before being delivered to the 11 counties in CVTC’s district as they prepare to fight the COVID-19 outbreak.

Wednesday, March 25, 2020

CVTC Joins Fight Against Virus

Menomonie eighth graders sign agreements to take part in the Business Management Associate Degree Academy as high school freshmen next year at a signing day ceremony March 11. By completing the program over four years, the students can earn an associate degree when they graduate from high school.

Friday, March 13, 2020

Menomonie Eighth Graders to Start College Next Year

CVTC Culinary Management student Samantha Bauer of Eau Claire stirs a roux that was to become an ingredient in a soup in the CVTC culinary kitchen. Bauer is one of the students excited about a program partnership with Midwest Meals that could earn her a scholarship.

Friday, February 14, 2020

Company Finds Product Development Partners at CVTC

CVTC Respiratory Therapy program alumni Samantha Gruen, left, and Megan Wermske sit inside a helicopter ambulance holding a medical simulation mannequin when they trained to become flight therapists with the University of Minnesota Masonic Children’s Hospital. They are trained to help premature babies during emergency medical transports.

Tuesday, December 3, 2019

CVTC Alumni Flying High in New Careers

Russell Boos, a journeyman steamfitter from Mondovi, shows a group of area high schools students a side of the Pablo Center that few people see. During Apprenticeship Exploration Day, Boos took them to rooms containing the inner electric, plumbing, heating and ventilation infrastructure and talked about the role of the skilled trades in building the center.

Thursday, November 14, 2019

Apprenticeship Opportunities Open Students’ Eyes

Matt Rindahl, a dental hygienist with the Houston Dental Clinic in Tomah, prepares to help Army veteran Steve Prince of Chippewa Falls at the Give Vets a Smile Day event at the CVTC Dental Clinic Nov. 2. Rindahl, a 2016 CVTC Dental Hygienist program graduate is a Navy veteran.

Tuesday, November 5, 2019

Vets Find Free Dental Care and More at CVTC

Two women look for safety hazards set up in the HVAC lab at CVTC’s Energy Education Center during a Hazard Hunt as part of the 2019 Safety Day.

Friday, October 25, 2019

Safety Day Spotlights Workplace Hazards

Photo of CVTC Seeks Public Input on Facilities Needs

Friday, September 27, 2019

CVTC Seeks Public Input on Facilities Needs

North High School freshmen, from left, Janaya Goldbach, Alaina Halvorsen and Averyon Sands sign their commitments to the Business Management Associate Degree Academy at CVTC Wednesday, September 18. Students who complete the program will graduate from high school with both a high school diploma and an associate degree from CVTC.

Wednesday, September 18, 2019

Associate Degree Academy Kicks Off with Signing Day

CVTC instructor Dan Burns prepares to teach a class on Strategic Management in the new LINC area on the second floor of CVTC’s Business Education Center. Liberal use of glass walls and windows allows for an open feel and for people to observe what is going on in the classrooms.

Tuesday, August 27, 2019

CVTC Starts New Year with New Business Area

CVTC Gas Utility Construction & Service program students Tyler Bee of Elmwood, center, and Den Henning of Eau Claire test a pressurized line for leaks while instructor RC Jensen, left, looks on, at the CVTC West Campus this summer. For training purposes, the line was pressurized with air, not natural gas.

Thursday, August 8, 2019

CVTC Gas Utility Program Starts, with Help from Utilities

Photo of Benedict Joins CVTC Board

Thursday, August 1, 2019

Benedict Joins CVTC Board

Portia Maves poses with a Harley-Davidson motorcycle she worked on at the CVTC Marine, Motorcycle and Outdoor Power Products Technician program lab. After surviving breast cancer, Maves decided to pursue a lifelong dream to become a motorcycle mechanic. She was one of seven graduates on the program honored at the CVTC Summer Commencement Thursday, Aug. 1.

Thursday, August 1, 2019

Cancer Survivor Starts New Lease on Life at CVTC

Photo of CVTC Student-Built Home Voted One of the Best in Parade of Homes

Thursday, June 27, 2019

CVTC Student-Built Home Voted One of the Best in Parade of Homes

CVTC graduate Bob Juhnke of River Falls, left, accepted congratulations from Automation Engineering Technology Instructor Jim Koehn prior to the Spring Commencement in Eau Claire May 17. Last year, Juhnke was among the graduates at the River Falls campus, but he continued with CVTC completing an associate degree in the program.

Tuesday, May 21, 2019

From Blacktop to Black Robe: Grad Turns Life Around

CVTC graduate Michelle Johnson poses with her children, Tim and Grace Johnson after the commencement ceremony May 17.

Tuesday, May 21, 2019

Years at CVTC a Time of Rebirth for Graduate

CVTC Horticulture Club members pose with the Tree Campus USA banner by a newly planted tree at the Energy Education Center. Standing at right is Brad Johnson, urban forestry coordinator for the DNR’s western district.

Wednesday, May 8, 2019

CVTC Earns another Tree Campus USA Recognition

Randy Kruger of Marshfield, right, talks with Millie Lenseling of Menomonie and Ken Schmitt of Chippewa Falls and his son, Tim, about Kruger’s Tesla X Model fully electric vehicle at the Experience Electric Vehicles event at CVTC’s Energy Education Center Saturday, April 27.

Tuesday, April 30, 2019

Turnout for Electric Vehicle Event Shocks Sponsors

CVTC Gas Utility Construction & Service instructor RC Jensen, left, shows a tool used in the trade to incoming program student Michael Carolfi of Wisconsin Rapids while Michael’s parents, Berni and Dave, look on at the CVTC West Campus Open House Thursday, April 25.

Tuesday, April 30, 2019

CVTC Showcases Two Top Facilities

Instructor RC Jensen demonstrates testing for natural gas leaks in the CVTC Air Conditioning, Heating and Refrigeration lab. Jensen will teach students skills needed to construct and maintain natural gas lines in a new Gas Utility Construction & Service program starting in June 2019.

Tuesday, March 26, 2019

CVTC to Offer New Gas Utility Program

Deb and Dan Dahl and their son, Isaac, 10, view a student-built game in which a couple of toy soldiers try to knock down metal barriers in the Automation Engineering Technology lab during CVTC’s Manufacturing Show March 7. Student Jordan Bothwell of Mondovi, right, explained systems involved in creating the game.

Monday, March 11, 2019

Careers Take Center Stage at Manufacturing Show

CVTC Healthcare Academy students examine an image on the Anatomage Table at the CVTC Chippewa Falls campus March 1. From left are Bryanna Bonander of Cornell, Lydia Culver of Bloomer, Taylor Anders of Fall Creek and Allie Bresina of Altoona.

Friday, March 1, 2019

Students Learn Anatomy with High-Tech Table

Photo of CVTC Named Military-Friendly School

Friday, January 25, 2019

CVTC Named Military-Friendly School

Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers takes a look at a recipe using eggs students were learning about in the Culinary Management program area Wednesday, Jan. 23. Evers toured several CVTC programs during a visit the day after his first State-of-the-State address. To Evers’ left is CVTC President Bruce Barker.

Thursday, January 24, 2019

Evers Brings State-of-State Tour to CVTC

Tony Hess of Lake Hallie works on a timer relay circuit in the Industrial Mechanic lab at CVTC in December 2018. Hess also work at Allied Dies in Chippewa Falls, which is preparing him to be the in-house mechanic when he finishes school.

Tuesday, January 8, 2019

Expanded Program Draws Future Industrial Mechanics

Lance and Jennifer Leisgang of Black River Falls were one of two couples in CVTC’s Organizational Leadership program to graduate at the Fall Commencement at CVTC Tuesday, Dec. 18. With their credits from the program transferrable, they plan to continue their education at UW-Stout.

Friday, December 21, 2018

Local Couples Graduate Together at CVTC

CVTC Nursing-Associate Degree graduate receives an affectionate hug from her aunt, Amy Lokken, at the CVTC Nursing-Associate Degree Pinning Ceremony at the CVTC River Falls campus Dec. 17. Lunderville chose Lokken to award her pin.

Thursday, December 20, 2018

Pinning Ceremony Gives Closure to CVTC Nursing Grads

CVTC Entrepreneurship instructor Ben Zugay speaks to about 120 people interested in starting their own businesses at the Start a Business: Step One event at CVTC Nov. 6.

Tuesday, November 13, 2018

Entrepreneurs Take First Step at CVTC

Ciara Smith, a CVTC Dental Hygienist student from Arcadia, checks out an infected tool that U.S. Army veteran David Franzwa of Mondovi came to have extracted at the Give Vets a Smile Day event at the CVTC Dental Clinic Saturday, Nov. 3. This year, the event featured an expanded list of free services for vets, from additional health services to haircuts and chair massages.

Tuesday, November 6, 2018

Vets Find Free Dental Care and More at CVTC

CVTC Automation Engineering Technology student Lucas Gont of Chippewa Falls troubleshoots a circuit at the Cardinal FG table at the CVTC Fall Career Fair Wednesday, Oct. 24. Looking on from left are Kevin Nolan and Scott Brunner from the company’s Menomonie plant. Cardinal FG is seeking students and graduates from Gont’s program.

Monday, October 29, 2018

Businesses in Recruitment Mode at CVTC Career Fair

Altoona High School seniors Zac Kratt, left, and Blake Brown work on a device designed for them to use science and math skills to predict outcomes of materials testing during Manufacturing Day activities at CVTC Oct. 5. Altoona and Durand High School students took part in a pilot project on Industrial Mechanic skills at the annual event held at CVTC’s Manufacturing Education Center.

Monday, October 15, 2018

Local Students Explore Careers at Manufacturing Day

Mark Schwartz, who serves as the ambulance chief in Bloomer, has joined the faculty at Chippewa Valley Technical College and will be working with local emergency services departments to meet their training needs.

Thursday, October 11, 2018

CVTC’s Schwartz to Work with Local Emergency Services

Buddhist monks from the Drepung Loseling Monastery work on a mandala sand painting at CVTC in Eau Claire in March 2016. The public is invited to come to CVTC and observe the monks creating a new mandala Oct. 1-4.

Friday, September 14, 2018

Buddhist Monks to Create Sand Painting at CVTC

CVTC Culinary Management instructor Kevin Brown shows a rotating deck oven while giving a tour of the new state-of-the-art teaching kitchen. At left is new program student Judy Ewer, a Gilman native and former Lake Holcombe resident.

Tuesday, September 4, 2018

Culinary Debut Highlights New CVTC Year

Dirt flies as representatives from Chippewa Valley Technical College and the Chippewa Valley Home Builders Association break ground for a new house in Eau Claire to be built by the CVTC students looking on. The finished house will be part of the CVHBA Parade of Homes in June 2019.

Tuesday, September 4, 2018

CVTC Student-Built House to Join Parade of Homes

Amber Williams, who is originally from Gilman, adjusts an X-Ray machine at the new Marshfield Clinic hospital in Eau Claire while co-worker Cacie Michels, a Chippewa Falls McDonell High School graduate, looks on. The two were among 24 graduates of the CVTC Radiography program honored at the summer commencement.

Friday, August 3, 2018

CVTC Speeds Up Graduation as Hospital Opens

CVTC STEM Race Camp participants, from left, Hunter Moritz of Menomonie, Rebecca Hansen of Brooklyn Center, Minn., and Evan Eslinger of Chippewa Falls, work together to make adjustments to their car in preparation for the final races, at the CVTC Manufacturing Education Center June 21.

Tuesday, June 26, 2018

Students Use Racecars to Explore the World of STEM

Workers from Market & Johnson prepare to attach a steel joist as work continues on a 7,200 sq.-ft. addition to the River Falls campus of Chippewa Valley Technical College. Work is scheduled to be completed by the start of the fall semester in August.

Monday, June 18, 2018

CVTC Expanding in River Falls

CVTC graduate Jennifer Georgeson is joined by her husband and fellow graduate, Garrett Georgeson, and the parents who adopted her at age 16, Robert and Kimberly Cropp of Durand, after the CVTC spring

Thursday, May 24, 2018

Graduate Finds Another Home at CVTC

CVTC graduate Melanie Carey holds her son, Xander, 6, who was born just four days before she started in the Nursing program. Her husband, Jeff, and their other sons Reider (left) and Chris joined mom

Tuesday, May 22, 2018

Graduate Labored to Start Her CVTC Career

John Koehler, who attended Eau Claire Memorial High School, addresses a group of CVTC students and community members as the leader of Reflections of Vietnam, a project of the Vietnam Veterans Chapter 351 of Appleton, at CVTC’s Business Education Center in Eau Claire April 24. The group shared personal stories and displayed memorabilia from the war.

Wednesday, April 25, 2018

Vets Bring Reflections of Vietnam to CVTC

Recent CVTC Electrical Power Distribution program graduate Kadin Westphal of Fall Creek helps Noah Nelson, 11, of Chippewa Falls learn how to climb a power pole at the CVTC Energy Open House April 19. Looking on is Noah’s father, Aaron, a 2010 graduate of the EPD program and now an Xcel Energy line worker.

Monday, April 23, 2018

2018 Energy Open House Showcases CVTC Programs

CVTC 2018 Distinguished Alumni Award winner Mel Jahnke, left, talks about his time at CVTC and his career as a computer consultant with Justin Zoromski, emcee of the CVTC Alumni Association’s Spring Gala Thursday, April 12.

Tuesday, April 17, 2018

CVTC Honors 2018 Alumni, Business Partner

CVTC Law Enforcement Academy students practice active countermeasures during a 2016 Academy session.

Tuesday, March 27, 2018

CVTC, UWEC Agreement to Help Law Enforcement Students

Photo of CVTC’s Sullivan Honored as Tech Ed Leader

Wednesday, March 21, 2018

CVTC’s Sullivan Honored as Tech Ed Leader

Photo of Grant Funds Available for Worker Training

Wednesday, March 14, 2018

Grant Funds Available for Worker Training

Cadott High School Senior Vanessa Hanson reaches inside a bovine reproduction system simulator during the Ag Skills Competition at Chippewa Valley Technical College March 6.

Wednesday, March 14, 2018

High School Students Join 2018 CVTC Ag Skills Event

CVTC Welding students Noah Keck of Baldwin, left, and Sam Olson of Eau Claire talk with Katelyn Gollberg, HR administrator for USEMCO Inc., a sanitary equipment manufacturer from Tomah, at the CVTC Spring Career Fair March 7.

Thursday, March 8, 2018

CVTC Career Fair Draws Interest from Afar

CVTC Automation Engineering Technology student Soren Sigurdsen, right, shows Eau Claire Regis High School senior Declan Dooley how to operate an automated miniature billiards game at the CVTC Manufacturing Show March 1.

Monday, March 5, 2018

Careers, Technology on Display at Manufacturing Show

Photo of New agreement guarantees UW-Eau Claire admission to CVTC transfers

Monday, March 5, 2018

New agreement guarantees UW-Eau Claire admission to CVTC transfers

Ashley Sessions, a CVTC Dental Hygienist student from Elk Mound, wipes the chin of 6-year-old Jaxson Schickling of Eau Claire after cleaning his teeth at Give Kids a Smile Day at the CVTC Dental Clinic Friday, Feb. 9. The annual event provided free dental care and health check-ups to children.

Friday, February 9, 2018

Dental Pros, Students, Work to ‘Give Kids a Smile’

Panelists at CVTC’s Safety Day Thursday, Feb. 8 discussing workplace safety culture are, from left, Nancy Haldeman of Bush Brothers Beans in Augusta, Scott Rud of Mason Companies of Chippewa Falls, Kate Carlson of Phillips Medisize in Menomonie and Sonja Leenhouts of Kerry Ingredients in Owen.

Friday, February 9, 2018

CVTC to Expand OSHA Training Services

Ladysmith High School student Henry West tries his hand at a miniature billiards game while fellow Ladysmith student Paul Kroening, left, and CVTC Automation Engineering Technology student Casey Schellhorn look on at the 2017 CVTC Manufacturing Show.

Wednesday, January 31, 2018

CVTC Event Showcases Manufacturing

Jodi Lepsch, who will be the instructor for the CVTC Beekeeping class beginning in March, examines a frame from a beehive.

Thursday, January 25, 2018

CVTC to Offer Beekeeping Class

New Durand Police Officer Jared Baldwin, center, is joined by Durand Chief of Police Stan Ridgeway, left and officer Clynt Ebling prior to the CVTC Law Enforcement Academy graduation Dec. 20.

Friday, January 5, 2018

New Durand Officer Graduates from CVTC Academy

CVTC Mechanical Design students Trent Fransway of Chippewa Falls, left, and Noah Edlin of Boyceville work on a project together at the CVTC Manufacturing Education Center in Eau Claire last December.

Friday, January 5, 2018

STEM, Creativity Hallmarks of New CVTC Program