News from MITAGS
Mark Heward Announced as Director of MITAGS
Baltimore, MD – December 9, 2022 – The Maritime Institute of Technology and Graduate Studies (MITAGS) announces with great pleasure that Mark Heward has joined our team as Director of MITAGS. Mark came aboard with MITAGS in October 2022, after retiring from a 22-year active service career in the Royal Navy. “We are thrilled […]
MITAGS Celebrates 50 Years
In 2022, MITAGS reached the significant milestone of 50 years in operation as the leading training facility for maritime simulation and mariner license advancement. We took a moment of gratitude to look back at how we have grown as an organization, and we are humbled to think how so many of you have been a […]
Duwamish Valley Youth Corps Visits MITAGS West
On July 22, MITAGS West had the privilege to host the Duwamish Valley Youth Corps of the Duwamish River Community Coalition at the campus for a tour and discussion. Also known as the Duwamish River Cleanup Coalition, the DRCC works to keep the Duwamish River clean and free of pollution for the benefit of […]
MITAGS Receives FY22 Grant Award From Maryland Energy Administration
MITAGS is honored to announce it has been awarded a Fiscal Year (FY) 22 grant by the Maryland Energy Administration under their Maryland Offshore Wind Workforce Training Grant Program, alongside several other Maryland-based contractors, schools, and businesses. With the awarding of these workforce training grants, the goal of the MEA is to position Maryland businesses […]
MITAGS Simulation/Coastal Engineer Colleen Schaffer Speaks at IPF 2022
Colleen Schaffer, P.E., Department Chair of Simulation Engineering at MITAGS, spoke at the International Offshore Wind Partnering Forum, which was held this year in Atlantic City, NJ, on April 26-28. Colleen spoke as a representative of MITAGS during the conference’s Workforce Summit on April 26. The focus of the presentation was to describe how MITAGS […]
MITAGS-West Hosts Seattle Fire Department and US Navy Personnel for Joint Training Exercise
On May 26, 2022, MITAGS-West was privileged to host teams from the Seattle Fire Department and the Navy Guided Missile Cruiser USS Chosin (CG-65). The purpose of the exercise was to help both groups learn how they could work effectively together should a fire break out aboard a Navy ship while being repaired in a Seattle […]