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    Friday, October 17, 2025
    Waukesha County Technical College & the Ingleside Hotel, Waukesha
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The Distinguished Alumni Award recognizes a truly outstanding Wisconsin Technical College graduate. It is very satisfying to read the nominations describing the great work and lives of our successful graduates.

Award timeline and nomination information can be found at the bottom of this page.




1998 Mark Senti, Chippewa Valley

1999 Earl Mihlbauer, Gateway & Statewide

2000 Marilyn Grainger, Waukesha

2001 Vernon Jung, Jr. Moraine Park

2002 Todd LoCascio, Northeast WI

2003 Don Jobe, Western

2004 Robin Roberts, Madison

2005 Allan Kehl, Gateway

2006 Donna Voigt, Waukesha

2007 Brent Kindred, Northeast WI

2007 Mary Krueger, Northcentral

2008 David Funkhouser, Waukesha

2009 Mark Schmitz, Madison

2010 Barbara Brown, Moraine Park

2011 Guy Bradshaw, Gateway

2012 Scott Glinski, Mid-State

2013 Jeff Urlaub, Chippewa Valley

2014 Scott Groholski, Mid-State

2015 Lee Lo, Northcentral

2016 Jeff and Brian Wieser, Western

2017 Dr. Adina Ness, Madison

2018 Larry Turba, Mid-State

2019 Dan Hartwig, Lakeshore

2020 Wayne Bushman, Mid-State

2021 Ousmane Kabre, Madison

2022 Dr. Kricket Koehn, Nicolet

2024 Chet Laskowski, Mid-State


From the Distinguished Alumni nominations, we select one extraordinary person based on five criteria.

The Distinguished Alumni criteria are:

  1. the role that a technical college education played in the nominee's career and personal life;
  2. the nominee's accomplishments in their professional field;
  3. the nominee's community involvement;
  4. the nominee's support for the technical college system; and, finally,
  5. the nominee's commitment to continuing education and life-long learning.


Awards Timeline

Announcement: June 9th

Nominations Due: July 21st

Ratings Due: September 1st

Presented: Fall Meeting



Nomination Forms

Distinguished
Alumni Form

Board Member of
the Year Form

Media
Form

TEC(h)
Form

Nomination Information

Your nomination submission must include an essay explaining why the nominee should receive the award based on the stated award criteria.

Nomination essays must be formatted as follows:

  • Size 12 Font
  • Typed
  • Double-spaced
  • Two (2) Pages or Less

Submissions that do not follow this format will be disqualified.



Award nominations must be received no later than July 21st, 2025.


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