MTI students leave for SkillsUSA Nationals

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 will compete hands-on in 98 different trade, technical and leadership fields.

MTI students have won more medals at SkillsUSA National Championships than any other school, technical center or college in the United States for nine years in a row! With 2013 designated as our Year of Wonders, we hope to make it ten years in a row! Please join us in wishing for our students have a great week in Kansas City! Go MTI!

Visit our Awards page to see all of the past medals that MTI students have won at SkillsUSA.

Relay for Life becomes personal for PCT students

A SkillsUSA community service project became personal for Manatee Technical Institute’s Patient Care Technician students when they participated in the Relay for Life event on Saturday. Crystal Robles, a dual-enrollment high school student in the program, was diagnosed with stage-four carcinoma on March 24 after a doctor found a mass on her neck. When Denise…

MTI students to serve Sarasota homeless on Saturday

(Bradenton, FL—April 17, 2013) Manatee Technical Institute’s SkillsUSA Cosmetology Team will be providing hair, nail and skin treatments to clients of the Homelessness Coalition at the Stand Down for the Homeless from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday, April 20, at Payne Park in Sarasota. They expect around 250 homeless men, women and children…

Multicultural Festival Celebration

Celebrating “Cinco de Mayo” on May 3 (Bradenton, FL) The Farmworker Education and Services Program, the Latino community, and Manatee Technical Institute (MTI) are proud to present the 13th Annual Multicultural Festival celebrating “Cinco de Mayo” on Friday, May 3, from 5:30 to 9:00 p.m. at the MTI New Main Campus located at 6305 State…

180 MTI students inducted in honor society

(Bradenton, FL—April 18, 2013) Manatee Technical Institute inducted 180 students into the National Technical Honor Society in Cantrell Hall last night. Induction into the honor society is one of America’s highest awards for excellence in career and technical education. The inductees represent the top tier of students currently enrolled in postsecondary career-preparation programs at MTI. …

MTI students win first in FL in Ford/AAA Auto Skills

(Bradenton, FL—April 22, 2013) Two of Manatee Technical Institute’s high school Automotive Service 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.The MTI student team was one of ten qualifying teams in the state of Florida to compete for…

MTI dental assisting program receives $1,000 from state orthodontic association

The Florida Association of Orthodontists awarded $1,000 to the Manatee Technical Institute Dental Assisting program in recognition of its excellence in providing high quality orthodontic training and state certification and assisting in the certification of alternatively trained orthodontic assistants. Dr. Steven Tinsworth, past president of the association, presented the check to MTI director Dr. Mary…