New GED® prep class to be offered at MTC Main Campus
A GED® Test Preparation class will be offered at the Manatee Technical College (formerly Manatee Technical Institute) main campus beginning January 22, 2015. Enrollment specifically for the new class will be held on Thursday, January 15 from noon to 7 p.m. Students may also enroll starting at noon on the first day of class. …
First Graduates of Manatee Technical College
First graduates of Manatee Technical College (Bradenton, FL—December 19, 2014) The Dental Assisting Technology and Management Program graduated 15 students on December 11, 2014. Their Pinning Ceremony was held on December 15 in Cantrell Hall of the Main Campus. They were the first graduating class of the newly renamed Manatee Technical College. The second set…
Fire Truck Donation
West Manatee Fire District donated a 1999 Pierce pumper to Manatee Tech’s Fire Science Academy to be used in the school’s Fire Fighter I and II program, as well as the Driver Operator state certification class.
Welding Visits Pierce Manufacturing
Students and instructors from Manatee Tech’s welding program visited Pierce Manufacturing to learn about careers there.
MTI is now Manatee Technical College!
Manatee Technical Institute is now Manatee Technical College. The name change passed unanimously as a consent agenda item at the December 9, 2014, School Board meeting. As soon as it passed, Board Member Mary Cantrell asked everyone in the audience representing Manatee Technical College to stand. As members of the school’s administration, Board of Governors, Alumni…
Students help people in need at Hope Portraits
Manatee Tech barbering student Charles Green trims a boy’s hair at the annual Hope Portrait event at the First Baptist Church in Bradenton on Saturday. Over 40 Manatee Tech students volunteered offering hair cuts, styles, make-up and nail services to 35 people in need who came to get their photo taken for free who could…
Forbes named 2014 Best Instructor by industry group
Brian Forbes, an air conditioning, heating and refrigeration instructor at Manatee Technical Institute, has earned the title of 2014 Best Instructor by The Air Conditioning, Heating and Refrigeration NEWS and the Air Conditioning, Heating and Refrigeration Institute (AHRI). The 15th annual contest recognizes the country’s best educators in the industry. This year, they receive 95…
Dental Clinic for Migrant Children this Friday
Project Contact: Esperanza Gamboa, 941.751.7900, x 1045, gamboae@manateeschools.net Manatee Technical Institute’s Farmworker Education and Services Program will host the Passport to Wellness Dental Project in partnership with MTI’s Dental Assisting Program. Schoolchildren enrolled in the School District of Manatee County Migrant Program are set to receive dental care at the MTI East Campus in…
Students make a difference at Stand Down
Cosmetology, barber, and nail technician students from Manatee Technical Institute gave 86 haircuts and 37 manicures to participants in the Stand Down for Veterans and the homeless on Saturday at the Manatee County Fairgrounds. “It’s important to give back,” said 28-year-old barber student Yamson Foy. Foy is a U.S. Army Veteran who served in Qatar…
Dental Group Drills in Bradenton For President | From the Gulf Coast Business Review
BRADENTON — Kim Bland, program director of the Dental Assisting Technology and Management Program at the Manatee Technical Institute, has been elected president of the American Dental Assistants Association. Bland, according to a release, is the first person in the 90-year history of the association to have been elected to a second term as president….
Be Ready for the Holidays! – Photography 101 or C3: Creative Casual Culinary
Photography 101 or C3: Creative Casual Culinary (Bradenton, FL—October 22, 2014) Manatee Technical Institute is offering two fun classes just in time for the holidays: Photography and Creative Casual Culinary. Both classes start in November. Both are being taught by true professionals in their fields. Photography 101 is being offered by Master Photographer Carmen Schettino. Schettino…
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