Jay Romine, director of the Manatee Technical College Law Enforcement Academy, also served as Holmes Beach chief of police for more than 20 years. Jay Romine, director of the Manatee Technical College Law Enforcement Academy, has been selected as an inductee into the 2020 Florida Law Enforcement Officers’ Hall of Fame. The Hall of Fame was created…
(Bradenton, FL—February 20, 2020) Jay Romine, director of the Manatee Technical College Law Enforcement Academy has been selected as an inductee into the 2020 Florida Law Enforcement Officers’ Hall of Fame. The Hall of Fame was created in 2014 to recognize and honor law enforcement officers who put their lives on the line for the…
Two Manatee Technical College Fire Academy students recently received checks from the Richard Smail Jr. Scholarship Fund that Craig and Monica Beyrooti established to honor the heroic actions of a North River Fire District firefighter. Andy Pumayalla and Anthony Torres received $500 each on Jan. 24 at the school in a ceremony marking the establishment…
MTC instructors, Manatee Memorial nurses bring “pinning ceremony” to hospitalized student. by: Your Observer It was the kind of thing Alexis Moss only had seen in movies. She had been confined to a hospital bed with a severe case of the flu and pneumonia for nearly a week. When Moss, 22, walked for the first…
Open House at Manatee Technical College, February 25 (Bradenton, FL—February 4, 2020) Manatee Technical College is holding an open house at its Main Campus, 6305 E. State Road 70, from 6 to 8 p.m. on Tuesday, February 25. Instructors from more than 50 programs will be onsite with information and demonstrations. Financial aid and career…
Swan’s A Life Story Foundation has raised $1.5 million for ALS research, awareness and education. By Sarafina Murphy-Gibson Kevin Swan knows how to throw a party. At his Pirates of the Cureabbean fund raiser last April, he wore a captain’s tricorn hat, mingling with mermaids and watching his guests walk the plank. All for a good…
(Bradenton, FL—January 24, 2020) Cantrell Hall was standing room only at the Manatee Technical College 2020 winter graduation ceremony on January 23. MTC graduated 364 students, of which 157 participated in the ceremony. Graduates represented 38 career-certificate, applied-technology-diploma and apprenticeship programs from the Main and East campuses, as well as GED grads from the Main and West…
(Bradenton, FL—January 17, 2020) The Manatee Technical College Law Enforcement Academy honored four exceptional recruits on January 15. They were among 17 recruits being celebrated for their completion of the academy. Sixteen from this class already have jobs in process. Three of them were recruited at the ceremony. The MTC Academy is one of the toughest to get…
In the past, manufacturing has been referred to as 3-D: dull, dirty and dangerous. Nothing could be further from the truth. Just ask Manatee Technical college students in Gil Burlew’s Advanced Manufacturing and Production course. The only 3D they relate to is the 3D printing used to produce prototypes. They describe modern manufacturing as 4-F:…
(Bradenton, FL—December 12, 2019) Manatee Technical College inducted 54 students into the National Technical Honor Society (NTHS) on December 10, 2019. NTHS is the country’s foremost scholastic honor society for excellence in career and technical education. To be nominated students must be halfway through their program, have an A average, and possess the characteristics of…
(Bradenton, FL—July 30, 2019) Manatee Technical College Fire Academy celebrated 10 award winners on July 25, 2019. Firefighter class #38 was a class of 20 students. What is also noteworthy is six of the 20 were women, and four of them were award winners. Ashley Parcels earned the highest academic achievement award with a 97.3%. Caroline…
Thanks to a partnership of Goodwill Manasota and Manatee Technical College – along with financial and coaching support from Goodwill – Kashani Abnar, 22, was able to earn her GED and take the next step toward a better future. She began working at Goodwill’s Mecca location in April 2017. Like all employees at Goodwill, she…
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