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Bartlesville's Tri-County Tech took time Friday morning to celebrate Thursday's announcement that it was one of five recipients of the 2018 Malcolm Baldrige Quality Award for 2018.  Superintendent, Lindel Fields told his audience at the reception that when Tri-County decided in 2009 to go after the award, that the main process was about un-learning what it had been doing.

 

Aide to Congressman Kevin Hern, Brian O'Hara presented an achievement certificate from the congressman to Fields -- the first certificate Hern has presented during his term.

 

Deputy Superintendent and Chief Quality Officer, Dr. Tammie Strobel led the Tri-County team in its effort to implement to Baldrige framework.  She says the award tells the public that Tri-County is responsible with the resources entrusted it to it and that tax dollars are a good investment.

 

Strobel says the Tri-County staff took a laser-focus on the goal of being named a Baldrige winner.

 

The actual presentation will be made in April.  Four other organizations will be recognized -- a community college, a small business, a non-profit, and a hospital.  Earlier this year, Tri-County tech was named for the third time to the Forbes Best Places to Work list of medium-sized businesses.  Tri-County is one of only two Oklahoma businesses to make the list.