By Michael Pollick As Southwest Florida sheds the last vestiges of the Great Recession — with a resurgence in the manufacturing and the housing industries — a long slumbering problem affecting businesses is being felt once again. You have probably heard local homebuilders complaining that the skilled laborers needed to get their industry back to…
For the 10th straight year, Manatee Technical Institute students won more medals than any other school in the nation at the 49th annual SkillsUSA Championship. MTI had 61 national champions and won 18 gold, 25 silver and 18 bronze medals at the competition, which was June 24 to 28 in Kansas City. “MTI aims to…
MTI graduates 1,660 and extends streak By RICHARD DYMOND — rdymond@bradenton.com MANATEE — A total of 1,660 Manatee Technical Institute graduates walked across the stage Sunday at the Bradenton Area Convention Center to receive diplomas and many proudly wore gold, silver and bronze medals around their necks. The medals — 62 of them — were…
For the tenth straight year, Manatee Technical Institute students won more medals than any other school in the nation at the 49th Annual SkillsUSA Championships in Kansas City. To put it in perspective, there are about 10,000 school districts and 4,000 tech centers, colleges and universities in the U.S.; some have one or two national…
Traci Adams, a Manatee Technical Institute student studying medical assisting, is used to learning how to take care of others. But over the past few weeks, Adams has had to accept care as a patient during a health ordeal that put her in the hospital.While Adams was suffering through an emergency surgery and recovery time…
Vivian Lewis did not know where to turn. In 1999, her marriage was on the rocks, and the homemaker without a full-time job wondered how she would make it on her own. But through Florida’s Displaced Homemakers Program run through the Sarasota Women’s Resource Center, Lewis gained the skills to make it on her own….
Traci Adams, along with her parents and her husband Shannon have been through an ordeal in the past week. Traci, a Manatee Technical Institute student in the Medical Assisting program, started having stomach pains that she ignored at first, but when they became more serious she decided to go to the hospital to get checked…
MTI’s students left for Kansas City on Sunday to compete in the National SkillsUSA Championships. SkillsUSA is a national nonprofit organization serving teachers and high school and college students who are preparing for careers in trade, technical and skilled service occupations, including health occupations. During the week-long event, nearly 6,000 career and technical education students…
Gary Fee is President and Chairman of Outside Sales Support Network (OSSN), an industry trade association that provides education and training programs for travel industry professionals including Travel Agents, Home Based Travel Agencies, Contractor Sellers of Travel, and Outside Sales Travel Agents. Mr. Fee paid a personal visit to Ms. Owens’ Hospitality and Tourism class…
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…
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…
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…
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