10.1.2026 – Chippewa Valley Technical College Career Fair
Career Fair at Chippewa Valley Technical College
📅 October 1, 2026
⏰ All day (starting at 8:45 am, closing at 2:15 pm)
🧑🤝🧑 Open to High school and middle school students (school district must be in Xcel Energy utility service territory)
💰 FREE (water stations and lunch provided)
🌎 Chippewa Valley Technical College 620 W. Clairemont Ave, Eau Claire, WI 54701
Join WCC, in partnership with Xcel Energy and Slipstream at the Chippewa Valley Technical College, to attract potential employees to the alternative fuels and cleaner technology fields! The energy industry is experiencing rapid growth, and there is a rising demand for people with expertise in energy-related fields. Sponsored by Xcel Energy, the Career Fair will allow attendees to explore careers from electric power distribution to energy efficiency through a series of exciting hands-on demonstrations and stations. At our seven unique stations, students and educators will have the opportunity to get up close and personal with promising career paths and how they can shape the future. The stations will be offered concurrently for 25-minutes each to keep students engaged and interested throughout the day.
❤️ Big thank you to One Automotive Group (Owned by Eau Claire Nissan) and I-State Truck for bringing electric vehicles to show off to the kids!
📋 Agenda:
8:45 – 8:55 a.m.: Bus drop-off
9:00 – 9:30 a.m.: Welcome remarks in ECC Commons by Xcel Energy, CVTV, and Slipstream.
9:15 – 9:40 a.m.: Transition to first station
9:40 – 10:05 a.m.: Rotation 1
10:10 – 10:35 a.m.: Rotation 2
10:40 – 11:05 a.m.: Rotation 3
11:10 – 11:35 a.m.: Rotation 4
11:40 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.: Free lunch sponsored by Focus on Energy
12:20 – 12:45 p.m.: Rotation 5
12:50 – 1:15 p.m.: Rotation 6
1:20 – 1:45 p.m.: Rotation 7
1:55 – 2:10 p.m.: Closing remarks in the ECC Commons
2:15 p.m.: Buses load
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- Electrical Power Distribution Demonstration hosted by CVTC
- Gas Utility Demonstration hosted by CVTC
- KEEP Solar Installer Challenge hosted by Wisconsin’s K-12 Energy Education Program (KEEP)
- HVACR Demonstration hosted by CVTC, support provided by Auer Steel
- Electric Vehicle Demonstrations hosted by Wisconsin Clean Cities
- Energy Auditing Activity hosted by Focus on Energy
- Thermal Imaging Drone Workshop hosted by Chippewa Falls Senior High School Green Team
Other Resources
- Apply to CVTC
- Learn more about Xcel Energy
- Explore Energy Modeling with Sketchbox!
- Slipstream’s free, browser-based tool helps students see how energy efficiency impacts building performance. Sketchbox runs on seamlessly on Chromebooks with no downloads required and fits naturally into Tech Ed and science classes.
- Thanks to Xcel Energy, educators can access free lessons and one-on-one sessions to bring real-world building science into the classroom.
- Learn more or contact Jenny Brinker at jbrinker@slipstreaminc.org.