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The TECh award goes to the heart of what the colleges are all about in our communities. It recognizes key community and industry leaders who demonstrate an exemplary level of partnership with us to promote technical education and economic development.

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

1993 GMC, Janesville
1994 Banta Corporation - Cal Aurand, CEO, Menasha
1995 Doboy Packaging Machinery, New Richmond
1996 J.P. Cullen, Janesville
1997 Miller Electric Manufacturing, Appleton
1998 Kell Container and the Kell Family, Chippewa Falls
1999 Webcrafters and the Frautschi Family, Madison
2000 Dr. H. Victor Baldi, Appleton
2001 Fred W. Lenz, Blue River
2002 J.J. Keller & Associates, Neenah 2003 Ministry Health Care, Milwaukee
2004 SC Johnson, Racine 2005 Aspirus, Wausau
2006 Workforce Connections, La Crosse
2007 OEM Fabricators, Woodville
2008 Judy Jorgensen, Waukesha
2009 ProHealth Care, Inc., Waukesha
2010 QuadGraphics, Inc., Sussex

2011 Pat Schramm, Madison
2012 Kewaunee Power Station - Dominion, Kewaunee

2013 Mike Weller - Miller Electric, Appleton
2014 John Miller - Miller St. Nazianz
2015 Jim Sommer - Service Motor Company, Dale
2016 JP Cullen, Janesville
2017 Greenheck Fan Corporation, Schofield
2018 Rick Recktenwald - WalkerForge, Clintonville
2019 Oshkosh Corp. - Mr. Wilson Jones, Oshkosh
2019 Russ Davis Wholesale, Hammond
2019 Cummins Emission Solutions, Mineral Point
2020 J & D TubeBenders, Inc., Schofield
2020 Fincantieri Marinette Marine, Marinette
2021 Frito Lay, Beloit
2022 Joe Kinsella, Stevens Point

2021 Tech Education Champion Award Video

2022 Tech Education Champion Award Video

From the Technical Education Champions (TECh) nominations, we select one extraordinary champion based on five criteria.

The Technical Education Champion criteria are:

the nominee’s promotion of the local college;
the nominee’s financial support to the district and individuals associated with the college;
the nominee’s utilization of the college for employee training, and by hiring our students;
the nominee’s advocacy on the college's behalf; and,
the nominee’s enhancement of the community as a whole.