The Boards Association presents one award each year on a statewide basis to recognize a print, audio, or visual media effort about Wisconsin Technical Colleges that best meets the following four criteria:
We were honored to review the nominations for several really extraordinary submissions this year, and the committee would be proud to have selected any of the nominations. We received eleven nominations for this year’s Media Award. They are:
Keith Uhlig's story, With one cast, victory published in the May 21st, 2015 Wausau Daily Herald told the story of how an adaptive fishing pole, designed and built by middle school and college students, helps Jim DeBroux fish again. Jim DeBroux is a former Mosinee High School principal who was paralyzed from the neck down after a fall. Northcentral Technical College electromechanical technology students Thor Gunderson, and Justin Schaferan volunteered to refine and manufacture an adaptive fishing pole design idea created by Mosinee eigth graders.
Keith currently resides in Wausau. He is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin Stevens Point and he has worked for the Daily Herald for the past 15 years.
This nomination clearly meets all of the criteria for our media award. We thank Keith Uhlig for his wonderful article.
Year | Winner | City |
1999 | PamTuescher, WMTV-TV15 | Madison |
2000 | John Lee, The Post-Crescent | Appleton |
2001 | Rick Barrett, Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel | Waukesha |
2002 | Scott Wittchow, Action Advertiser | Fond du Lac |
2003 | Phil Rhein, Daily Register | Portage |
2004 | Kathryn Bracho,WBAY-TV2 | Appleton |
2005 | Prema Chandrathil, WISC-TV | Madison |
2006 | Judy Waggoner, Independent Journalist | Menasha |
2007 | Sharon Roznik, The Reporter | Fond du Lac |
2008 | Heather LaRoi, Wisconsin State Journal | Madison |
2009 | Haley Jorgensen, Public Image | Ripon |
2010 | Kevin Tibbles, NBC Nightly News | Chicago |
2011 | Insight Publications | Appleton |
2012 | Lindsay Fiori, The Journal Times | Racine |
2013 | The LaCrosse Tribune | LaCrosse |
2014 | Zac Schultz, Wisconsin Public Television | Madison |
2015 | Michelle Carolla, WMSN Fox 47 | Madison |