15th Annual Multicultural Festival

15th Annual Multicultural Festival

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…

Meyers nominated for Education-Workforce Partner Award

Meyers nominated for Education-Workforce Partner Award

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…

Manatee Tech students volunteer for United Way Day of Caring

Manatee Tech students volunteer for United Way Day of Caring

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 Tech to host FL Farmworker Career Development Conference

Manatee Tech to host FL Farmworker Career Development Conference

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…

Romine elected vice-chair of state Training Center Directors Association

Romine elected vice-chair of state Training Center Directors Association

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…

Record number of Manatee Tech students gave blood on 9/11

Record number of Manatee Tech students gave blood on 9/11

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: One of the Freshest Businesses in Southwest Florida

Sugar Cubed: One of the Freshest Businesses in Southwest Florida

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…

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