The UBTech Champions Gala was held this month and Mike McKee was honored as the 2025 UBTech Champion. UBTech issued a press release this week sharing the many reasons McKee was chosen: A father of 12, McKee has balanced family life, farming, church service, and numerous leadership roles, including serving on the UBTech Board of Trustees, the Uintah School Board, and as a Uintah County Commissioner for 14 years… “Mike’s commitment to his community is unwavering,” said UBTech President Aaron Weight… “Mike is thought of as a ‘leader and an equal to all’. As a decision maker it wasn’t the bottom line that was important to him, it was how the bottom line impacted the people he served.” The transformation of what at the time was the Uintah Basin Applied Technology College in Uintah County stands as a tribute to the power of collaboration, vision, and unwavering support from community leaders. At the forefront of this transformation was Mike McKee, Weight said. Thanks to his vision and leadership, what would have been a modest facility for the technical college in Vernal grew into a state-of-the-art building that ultimately expanded from an initial $14.5 million budget to $27.5 million, providing invaluable resources for students. To read the entire press release, visit ubtech.edu and select Latest News under the Campus Info tab.
