By Mark Gunderman, CVTC Communications Specialist The Dental Clinic at Chippewa Valley Technical College (CVTC) will again be offering a chance for veterans to receive free dental care this year. Home page photo: Dental hygienist Danielle Van Ark of Smiles in Motion in Eau Claire provided dental care to Mike Becker of Star Prairie, WI during […]
Dedication as Parent, Student Pays Off for CVTC Grad
By CVTC News Bureau The phone wasn’t ringing for Cheri Bremness. After a six-month job search, she landed one interview – because of a connection her mother made. That can happen when your resume says you haven’t been working for five years. But Bremness expects things to start to turn around for her after her […]
CVTC kicks off Tree Campus USA efforts on Earth Day
By CVTC News Bureau An Earth Day event today (April 22) at Chippewa Valley Technical College served as the public springboard for an effort to gain Tree Campus USA recognition for the college. Horticulture Club students gave away tree seedlings in observance of Arbor Day (April 24) to meet one of the criteria for Tree […]
CVTC honors Plank-Ottum
By CVTC News Bureau As a second-generation owner of Plank Enterprises in Eau Claire, Natasha Plank-Ottum is working a bit outside of the career she prepared for as a December 1998 graduate of the associate degree nursing program at Chippewa Valley Technical College. Plank-Ottum’s interest in people’s health has not changed, however. She started an […]
Tech colleges going green with natural gas truck
By CVTC News Bureau Most people aren’t in a position to notice it, but those Kwik Trip trucks they pass on the highway are running more quietly – and more cleanly – than most trucks on the road. So are some trucks operated by Menards and other companies running big rigs. The difference is in […]
Well earned: Program awards college credit for life, work experience
By Bob Brown, editor The CVPost Earning a college degree has been on Lisa Keyes’ “bucket list” since long before the term became a tired cliché. It’s been almost 25 years since Keyes graduated from Menomonie High School. In that time she has worked for 3M for nine years in Menomonie and the Twin Cities, […]