MITAGS Instructor, Christine Klimkowski, was recently interviewed by Women Offshore.
Titled Follow the Mentorship, Christine shares how she got started in the industry, her experiences working offshore (especially as a woman in the in the industry), how mentorship has influenced her, and much more!
To read the full interview, click here!
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Writer and photographer, Matthew Abbott, who runs the Baltimore Shipspotting blog, visited MITAGS in Linthicum Heights, MD!

Throughout most of U.S. history, American high school students were routinely taught vocational and job-ready skills along with the three Rs: reading, writing and arithmetic. Indeed readers of a certain age are likely to have fond memories of huddling over wooden workbenches learning a craft such as woodwork or maybe metal work, or any one of the hands-on projects that characterized the once-ubiquitous shop class.
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SEATTLE, Wash. — The Maritime Institute of Technology and Graduate Studies (MITAGS) recently welcomed a new cohort of apprentices participating in the Workboat Mate Apprenticeship Program at its West Coast campus in Seattle. The program, which began its latest session in April 2026, provides aspiring maritime professionals with a structured pathway toward earning their credentials […]