MANATEE — The 16th Annual Hispanic Heritage Festival drew an Oct. 17 crowd of more than 1,000 at Manatee Technical College. Tropicana awarded $50,000 in scholarships to 10 farmworker students as part of PepsiCo’s 50th Anniversary 50 for 50 Give Back. Tropicana scholarships went to the MTI Foundation for 10 farmworker students ages 18 to…
LAKEWOOD RANCH — Lentz Laurent stayed home sick from his Port-au-Prince, Haiti, school on Jan. 12, 2010. He was in bed in a room he shared with three others that Tuesday afternoon when his bed began to shake. Thinking it was his younger cousin, trying to wake him, he called out, trying to get his…
A dancer from the Sarasota School of Arts and Science participates in the annual Hispanic Heritage Festival in 2013. HERALD FILE PHOTO ttompkins@bradenton.com BRADENTON — The 16th annual Hispanic Heritage Festival will be held from 4-8 p.m. Saturday at Manatee Technical College, 6305 State Road 70 East, 1 mile west of Interstate 75, exit 217B….
MANATEE — Manatee Technical College — along with other technical colleges and centers statewide — may be eligible for grants to support new programs, under a proposal unveiled by Gov. Rick Scott on Monday. The “rapid-response” competitive grant program is a $20 million proposal that will be included in the governor’s proposed 2016-17 budget. It…
The East County school can now track the weather in real time and make weather predictions with the help of a WeatherSTEM station they received for free. by: Amanda Sebastiano Staff Writer Has the rain ruined your plans because you didn’t know inclement weather was coming? If you live near Manatee Technical College’s State Road 70 campus,…
MANATEE — A nationally known clinic founded by the former co-host of the TV series “Wild Kingdom” will offer free prescription eyeglasses, free teeth cleaning, fillings and extractions, and free overall medical care to 2,000 Manatee residents. Stan Brock, who was co-host on the popular 1960s TV series “Wild Kingdom,” told Manatee County commissioners Tuesday…
Teachers, students and community invited (Bradenton, FL—September 17, 2015) Manatee Technical College has been selected as the first site in Manatee County to receive a WeatherSTEM package. The WeatherSTEM package is a weather station and a community centered weather network that includes curriculum in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM). Edward Mansouri, the inventor of…
BY MEGHIN DELANEY EAST MANATEE — Making everything from microchips to potato chips, there are more than 10,000 manufacturing jobs in Sarasota and Manatee counties, and students learning those skills at Manatee Technical College are among the next set of incoming workers. “Manufacturers are the wealth generators,” said Peter Straw, the executive director of the…
By Herald-Tribune / Sunday, October 4, 2015 Submitted by Maura Howl, Manatee Technical College: Dr. Anita Rose from the Small Business Development Center at USF, Paulo Reis from PGT Industries, Peter Straw from the Sarasota-Manatee Area Manufacturers Association, and Brian Winchell of SAK Enterprises spoke to an audience of over 400 students at Manatee Technical…
By Michael Pollick Published: Thursday, October 1, 2015 at 11:21 p.m. Last Modified: Thursday, October 1, 2015 at 11:21 p.m. About 800 students in Manatee and Sarasota counties will get a peek into the world of manufacturing today, on a field trip organized each year by the Sarasota & Manatee Manufacturers Association. The effort is…
BRADENTON — The Florida Department of Health in Manatee County (DOH-Manatee), in partnership with Manatee Technical College and Manatee County Emergency Medical Services, invites the public to participate in a free Hands-Only™ CPR training on Sept. 29 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., at Manatee Technical College’s SR 70 campus. The event is part of…
MTC to roll out “Barracuda Business,” an MTC version of Shark Tank (Bradenton, FL—September 28, 2015) October 2 is National Manufacturing Day. Manatee Technical College will host three guest speakers to discuss the state of manufacturing on the Suncoast from 9:00 to 10:00 a.m. Featured will be Paulo Reis of PGT Industries; Brian Winchell,…
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