Kim Bland, Manatee Technical Institute, has been elected president of the American Dental Assistants Association. Robin Chacon-Primous, a Manatee Tech graduate, was selected as student trustee of the national organization. Bland is the first person in the 90-year history of the association to have been elected to a second term as president. She is the…
“Down with Diabetes,” a health literacy program developed by Manatee Technical Institute and funded by Florida Blue via the Florida Literacy Coalition, is in full swing in the upper level classes of English for Speakers of Other Languages at Manatee Tech. The students are learning how to detect and prevent diabetes. Late last school year,…
The Farmworker Career Development Program at Manatee Technical Institute is hosting the 15th Annual Multicultural Festival at the Manatee Tech Main Campus on State Road 70 from 4:00 to 8:00 p.m. on Saturday, October 18. The festival will feature live music and dance performances, food for sale from many countries, activities for children, and free health…
Martha Meyers, Manatee Technical Institute, has been nominated for the 2014 Education-Workforce Partner Award by CareerSource Suncoast (CSS). One of the requirements for the award nomination is that the individual is a “champion for workforce collaboration.” “Martha has been instrumental in the success we have had at Manatee Technical Institute. She has been key to…
Alaa Frijah, a Manatee Technical Institute student in the Computer Network Support Services program, volunteered with his class for the United Way Day of Caring on October 2. Their assigned project was painting a large fence in Bradenton’s Village of the Arts. Frijah, 36, worked as store manager and took a lesser paying job so he could go back to school…
Manatee Technical Institute will host the 2014 Florida Farmworker Career Development Conference October 8 to 10, with pre-conference meetings scheduled for October 7. Rod Duckworth, Chancellor for the Division of Career and Adult Education, Florida Department of Education, will be the keynote speaker at this year’s state conference on October 8. The purpose of the…
Martha Meyers, Manatee Technical Institute, was named co-chair of the CareerSource Suncoast Skills Development Council at the September meeting. Meyers was named co-chair of the council with Mark DeHaan of Sun Trust Bank.
Manatee Technical Institute won two Keep Manatee Beautiful awards at the 17th annual awards celebration on September 18 in Lakewood Ranch. The Digital Video Production students won the Media Community Relations award for their creation of a public service announcement for Keep Manatee Beautiful. Instructor Bob Burwell received the award on behalf of the students…
Jay Romine, director of the Law Enforcement Academy at Manatee Technical Institute, has been elected vice-chair of the Training Center Directors Association for the State of Florida. Manatee Tech’s Law Enforcement Academy is one of 40 certified criminal justice training centers in the State of Florida. The Training Centers Directors Association is tasked by the Florida Department…
Zachary Carden, a 24-year-old carpentry student at Manatee Technical Institute, donated blood during a memorial blood drive at the main campus on 9/11. He was one of 111 MTI students and staff who donated over the two-day drive. “The 9/11 blood drive always has the largest turn-out,” said Kelly Ewing, instructor and blood drive organizer for the school, “and this is the…
Sugar Cubed, 1506 13th St. W., Bradenton. The bakery is owned by Dana Johnson, who spent five years as a certified executive pastry chef at Manatee Technical Institute and has received the Best Chef’s America award. Cappuccino streusel muffins, key lime Danish, raspberry crumb cake and gluten-free peanut-butter cookies are among the regular offerings at the…
Manatee Tech will hold a 9/11 blood drive at the Main Campus 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday, September 10 and 11. The goal of the blood drive is to provide a positive way for everyone to pay tribute to the 9/11 victims and honor those who rose up in service. “Each donation…
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