Taking college classes early gives grads a leg up
Charlie Nilsson has been dreaming up business ideas for years. Little did he know that he would be through school and into his career by the age of 19. The Eau Claire Memorial High School graduate began flexing his business prowess in middle school when mowing a neighbor’s yard turned into a lawn care business. Slowly, throughout high school, construction began piquing his interest. “I never thought too much about construction and carpentry until my senior year,” he said. “I ended up building a
CVTC alumna excited to be ‘home’
Colleagues at Chippewa Valley Technical College love nothing more than to see students graduate and walk off into their careers with businesses throughout west-central Wisconsin. But the excitement is two-fold when those students graduate and return to CVTC for a career. Once Emily Keeler experienced CVTC as a student, she knew the atmosphere was perfect for a career. Keeler, 28, a marketing program alumna, is the college’s Development and Grants Officer based in River Falls, but she also travels to
