Trilling honored by North Shore educators by Cathy Prescher Neil Trilling, director emeritus of the Computing Services Division and director of the former Division of Outreach and Continuing Education Extension program best known for its community network, Omnifest, was honored by North Shore United Educators in March. The group presented Trilling with its 1997-98 Award of Excellence, recognizing him as an area educator who has made a significant contribution by motivating young people to do their best. Close to 300 people attended the dinner and award ceremony.
Trilling is in good company.
Past recipients of the award include U.S. Senator Herb Kohl, WISN-TV news anchor and reporter Marty Burns Wolfe, and former Milwaukee Brewers manager Tom Trebelhorn. He chairs the Public Service Commission's Privacy Task Force and was appointed by Governor Tommy Thompson to the State Educational Technology Board. Long active on the instructional technology front, he developed a faculty computer literacy program while at UWM, and has been a consultant for numerous state agencies and businesses. Trilling has received wide recognition as the director of Omnifest, the low-cost computer bulletin board and Internet access network. He was honored by Milwaukee Magazine as one of 25 Milwaukeeans of the Year and by The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel as one of Milwaukee's ten High Impact Players.