New Career Open House!

New Career Open House!

Start A New Career In Optometric Assisting In Just 11 Months At Manatee Technical Institute! What will you do? Tour the classroom and see our technology in use Learn about class details Meet instructors and program counselors Meet with local Optometrists and Ophthalmologists to discuss the demand for Optometric Assistants in this economy Meet current…

Digital Design student designs logo for Feed the Need

Digital Design student designs logo for Feed the Need

Students in Marina Proskurina’s Digital Design class were recently given an interesting challenge:  design a logo that graphically depicts the objective of an environmental  sustainability program funded through a grant from  State Farm,  called of the “Feed the Need”    MTI and Braden River High School are jointly participating in the program, with  MTI students building…

MTI inducted 25 into National Adult Education Honor Society

MTI inducted 25 into National Adult Education Honor Society

Twenty-five students were inducted into the National Adult Education Honor Society at Manatee Technical Institute last night.  The Manatee adult education program serves over 1,200 students.  The ones chosen for this honor were in the top two percent of their class. The stories of the new members in this prestigious organization were many.  Luisa Cole’s…

Romine Starts as New MTI Law Enforcement Academy Director (The Bradenton Times)

Romine Starts as New MTI Law Enforcement Academy Director (The Bradenton Times)

Published Friday, May 17, 2013 12:04 am by Staff Report BRADENTON — Jay Romine took over this week as the new director of Manatee Technical Institute’s Law Enforcement Academy. The recommendation to appoint him to the position was approved at Monday’s Manatee School Board meeting. The recently-retired Chief of Police for the City of Holmes…

MTI student wins honorable mention in Congressional art competition

MTI student wins honorable mention in Congressional art competition

Manatee Technical Institute student Marcos Aviles received an honorable mention in the 2013 Congressional Art Competition.  Aviles is a high school student in the digital design program at MTI.  According to Aviles, a junior, “I wasn’t going to enter the contest until my father reminded me that I would never win if I didn’t compete.  Now…

Educational efforts get a boost from multicultural fair (Sarasota Herald-Tribune)

Educational efforts get a boost from multicultural fair (Sarasota Herald-Tribune)

By J. NIELSEN, Correspondent Diverse cultures were celebrated during a festive event that featured entertainment and encouraged continued education. The 14th annual Multicultural Festival and Fashion Show was Friday evening at the new Manatee Technical Institute campus on State Road 70 East. “This is community,” said Albino Hernandez, manager of the Grupo Eco7 band that…

Spotlight on Education: MTI Students Win 1st Place in Ford/AAA Auto Skills (The Bradenton Times)

Published Monday, April 29, 2013 12:06 am by Staff Report BRADENTON – Two of Manatee Technical Institute’s high school Automotive Technology students, Wade Ingram and Skyler Bellows, won first in the State of Florida in the Annual Ford/AAA Student Auto Skills Challenge State Hands-On Competition, held April 19 in Sanford, FL. The MTI students were…

Spotlight on Education: MTI Dominates SkillsUSA State Championships (The Bradenton Times)

Spotlight on Education: MTI Dominates SkillsUSA State Championships (The Bradenton Times)

Published Tuesday, May  7, 2013 12:05 am by Staff Report BRADENTON – The Manatee Technical Institute is continuing to unfold as one of the great success stories in Manatee County public education. Competing at the recent state SkillsUSA championships, MTI students continued their decade of dominance at the event and will now prepare to send…

MTI wins at Florida SkillsUSA

MTI wins at Florida SkillsUSA

(Bradenton, FL—May 6, 2013)   At an awards ceremony on May 3, Manatee Technical Institute presented 84 medals to the MTI students who won first, second or third at the 2013 Florida SkillsUSA Leadership and Skills Conference, which was held in Pensacola April 29 to May 1 (students were still returning on May 2). Manatee Tech…

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