The latest news at Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College, the community's college, dedicated to student success. http://www.abtech.edu/news/default.asp November 9, 2009 – A-B Tech instructors Kelly McEnany and Valerie Watts attended the 12th annual World View Symposium on "21st Century Skills for the Global Economy" Oct. 14-15 in Chapel Hill.http://www.abtech.edu/news/2009-November/readarticle.asp?articles/085_world_view.txtNovember 9, 2009November 6, 2009 – Two A-B Tech students earned first place in the North Carolina state final of the 2009 NetRiders Skills Challenge conducted by Cisco Networking Academy. Brandon Hunnicutt and Matt Blakely beat 42 teams over two rounds of state competition to move on to the North American Theater Finals.http://www.abtech.edu/news/2009-November/readarticle.asp?articles/090_it_competition.txtNovember 6, 2009November 4, 2009 – New members were inducted into A-B Tech's Alpha Upsilon Eta Chapter of Phi Theta Kappa, the international honor society of two-year colleges, during a ceremony in Ferguson Auditorium Oct. 26.http://www.abtech.edu/news/2009-November/readarticle.asp?articles/095_phithetakappa.txtNovember 4, 2009November 4, 2009 – A-B Tech's chapter of Phi Beta Lambda received seven awards, including three first-place wins, at the state Fall Leadership Development Conference Oct. 23-24 in Greensboro. http://www.abtech.edu/news/2009-November/readarticle.asp?articles/100_phibetalambda.txtNovember 4, 2009