An expanding partnership between Manatee Technical College and State College of Florida means more opportunities — and more locations — for students to fulfill some of the core course requirements. After hosting one class successfully at MTC’s main campus on State Road 70 this spring, SCF is advertising two more classes for the MTC location…
BRADENTON- A grant from the Gulfcoast South Area Health Education Center will allow high school students to explore health care career fields during a free summer camp at Manatee Technical College. The health careers summer camp will be held from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. June 13-20 at the MTC East Campus. A maximum of 20…
Jeff Dirling, a captain at the North River Fire District, remembered a time following 9/11 when a surge of Americans rushed to become firefighters. Patriotism was at an all-time high and the job of being a first responder was front-and-center after the heroic efforts of firefighters at the World Trade Center in 2001. “Everyone thought…
(Bradenton, FL—May 18, 2016) Manatee Technical College (MTC) Workforce Training Initiative will offer a Class “D” Security Officer training course beginning June 3, 2016. Upon completion of the 40-hour course, students will be eligible to apply for a class “D” security license and employment. Recruiters will be on campus upon completion of class. This…
(Bradenton, FL—May 18, 2016) Manatee Technical College will offer a summer camp for high school students interested in exploring careers in healthcare. MTC was awarded a grant from the Gulfcoast South Area Health Education Center to offer the six-day camp, making it free for students to attend. The health careers summer camp will be…
Manatee Technical College is hosting a job fair for Manatee County Government on May 11, 2016, from 1:30-5:30 p.m. Positions available range from entry level to management. Interested applicants will have the opportunity to meet hiring managers and representatives from various departments, including Manatee County EMS and the 12th Judicial Court. Attendees will also have…
Manatee Technical College presented awards to alumni and volunteers during its annual advisory committee dinner meeting on April 7. Director Doug Wagner presented a certificate of appreciation to Tropicana for the company’s contribution to Florida’s first Remote Area Medical expedition and continued support of MTC’s farmworker career development program. Scott McGarrity and Fernando Olvera accepted…
(Bradenton, FL—May 2, 2016) Manatee Technical College inducted 24 students into the National Adult Education Honor Society on April 28. The ceremony for the school’s adult general education students was held in the Bayshore High School Auditorium, next door to the Adult Education Center. The students chosen for this honor are in the top…
Technology gurus and entrepreneurs gathered at the BarCamp Sarasota event. Logan Miller and Jack Pullman fiddled with the complex metal contraption before them, adjusting a few spots so the robot would lift the other robot as it was programmed to do. The two boys and their friends who watched their work attentively all attend different schools,…
MANATEE — A Manatee Technical College graduate with a lifelong passion for nails took home a gold medal at the 2016 SkillsUSA Florida State Leadership and Skills Conference this week. “The truth is I didn’t expect it,” Milena Cervantes said Thursday. “I thought, ‘OK, you won a competition and now you know you’re going to…
(Bradenton, FL—April 28, 2016) Manatee Technical College students won 45 gold medals, 23 silver and 18 bronze medals at the 2016 Florida SkillsUSA Conference. Close to 1,000 students and over 100 high schools and colleges competed at the state event in Lakeland, April 25-27. Manatee Technical College students won 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place…
A school administrator on the verge of retiring after helping students train for health occupations has died. Priscilla Haflich, 81, assistant director at Manatee Technical College and site administrator for the East Campus in Lakewood Ranch, died early Friday. She began her 31-year career at the school in 1984 as the financial aid coordinator, a…
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