The Early Years
1974
Mr. Samuel Lauff, Jr. and the Marion County School Board establish the Adult and Community Education Center in the Robert’s Building.
1994
Community Education Center moves into the newly renovated, former Manhattan Shirt Factory building.
1995
Community Education Center becomes the Adult & Community Education Center.
1999
Samuel Lauff, Jr. dedicates the event hall “Brewster Hall” to one of the founding Community Education employees Ms. Jane Brewster.
Transitioning Into Technical Education
2005
Adult and Community Education Center changes it’s name to Community Adult and Technical Education (CTAE), and begins to offer technical education programs.
October 2015
Deborah Jenkins retires as Director of CTAE.
November 2015
Dan Davis become Interim Director of CTAE.
MTC Transforms Into a College
June 2016
The Marion County School Board approves the name change to Marion Technical College. Making MTC the 38th of the 48 Florida school districts to change from adult education center to technical college.
2016
Marion Technical College gets a new logo and a new look.
2017
Marion Technical College expands to include the new MTC – Extension Campus, located at the MTI campus.