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…
(Bradenton, FL—April 21, 2016) On April 21, 2016, MTech Mobile Device Management president and founder Tony Fernandez selected two Manatee Technical College students to work with him to redesign his company’s logo. Douglas Forsythe and Terrell Fields, both 20, were chosen by Fernandez through a competitive process. The final design will grace the company’s new…
(Bradenton, FL—April 20, 2016) Cantrell Hall was filled with about 700 family members and friends as Manatee Technical College inducted 136 students into the National Technical Honor Society on April 19, 2016. “Only the top two percent of students in the United States are nominated for membership,” Vickie Miller, NTHS advisor and MTC guidance…
MANATEE — Showing up on time, doing coursework and giving instructors respect earned 18-year-old Matt Pryor a spot in the National Technical Honor Society. “That’s what it’s like in the working world,” said Pryor, a student in the major appliance repair program, before a Tuesday night ceremony at Manatee Technical College where he was one…
(Bradenton, FL—April 18, 2016) Four health occupations students from Manatee Technical College qualified to compete at the International Leadership Conference of HOSA-Future Health Professionals when they competed at the state level in Orlando April 14-17, 2016. Twelve MTC students represented Florida HOSA Region 5 at the 39th Annual FL-HOSA State Leadership Conference. The students competed…
BRADENTON — Milena Cervantes wept tears of frustration during her first week at Manatee Technical College. Having not yet grasped the English language, Cervantes relied heavily on an instructor in the school’s Nails Specialty program to interpret lessons for her. “I felt frustrated,” she recalled in Spanish. “I said ‘I won’t be able to do…
Earl Stockton of Mote Marine Laboratories, representatives from Tropicana, and two alumni from Manatee Technical College were presented awards at the annual advisory committee dinner meeting at Manatee Technical College on April 7, 2016. Director Doug Wagner presented a certificate of appreciation to Tropicana for the company’s contribution to Florida’s first Remote Area Medical expedition…
(Bradenton, FL—April 8, 2016) Manatee Technical College air-conditioning, refrigeration and heating technology students visited Air & Energy’s new downtown Bradenton headquarters for a first-hand look at their chosen industry this week. MTC students were given the opportunity to learn from Air & Energy skilled tradesmen and talk to people in all different aspects of the…
Earl Stockton of Mote Marine Laboratories, representatives from Tropicana, and two alumni from Manatee Technical College were presented awards at the annual advisory committee dinner meeting at Manatee Technical College on April 7, 2016. Director Doug Wagner presented a certificate of appreciation to Tropicana for the company’s contribution to Florida’s first Remote Area Medical expedition…
A decade after Christine Olson’s daughter died in a traffic accident, the founder and president of the nonprofit To Inform Families First (TIFF) recognized those who helped her build an organization dedicated to promoting emergency contact registration. Olson’s daughter, Tiffany, died in a traffic accident in December 2005. It took more than six hours for…
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