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A-B Tech Volunteer Spotlight
March 3rd 2017 Meet Tom Mock, Transitional Studies Tutor![Connie Learner, the first Jewish Miss North Carolina in 1970, places a tiara on a young girl's head.](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/2020-05/news-connie-lerner.jpg.webp?itok=8d7Zjfaf)
Asheville’s Jewish Women Talk at A-B Tech
February 16th 2017 Sharon Fahrer, a local historian, will present “Asheville’s Jewish Women” in honor of Women’s History Month at 3 p.m., Wednesday, March 15 in A-B Tech Community College’s Ferguson Auditorium. The program is free and open to the public.![Kenet Adamson](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/2020-06/kenet-adamson.jpg.webp?itok=zwIy1qT5)
Adamson Named Dean of Arts and Sciences at A-B Tech
February 6th 2017 Kenet Adamson has been named Dean of Arts and Sciences at A-B Tech Community College. He previously served as the dean, as coordinator of the Program Advising Center, chair of the English and communications department and an English and humanities instructor for the College.![Tech Talk text](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/2022-06/tech-talk-tile.jpg.webp?itok=i8deyLYb)
Second annual Pi-K Walk/Run on March 14
January 31st 2017 The Health Sciences and Mathematics Department is excited to announce the second annual Pi-K Walk/Run. This event is free and we will have pie and raffle off prizes at the end of the Race. The race will start at 2 p.m. on 3/14 on campus.![Michael Carter headshot](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/2020-06/michael-carter.jpg.webp?itok=_1X2kKg3)
Michael Carter Leads New Partnership Between College and HHS
January 31st 2017 Michael Carter has been hired as the education navigator for the SNAP 2 Skills Employment and Training program.![Michael Belanger walking with an elderly man](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/2020-05/news-michael-belanger.jpeg.webp?itok=0HL9nMfc)
A-B Tech Student Captured in Act of Kindness
January 31st 2017 Student Michael Belanger was featured on the news on WLOS 13 after his act of kindness was caught on a cell phone camera. Belanger is an Ingles employee who stopped to help a man into the store by taking him by the hand.![Cabinet filled with food](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/2020-05/news-stocked-pantry.jpeg.webp?itok=7AjZ0aXo)
Food Pantry Stocked for Students
January 27th 2017 The Support Services staff thanks the A-B Tech community for its response to the need for the Food Pantry. “We are inundated with supplies for our students,” said Heather Pack, Associate Director for Support Services.![Four smiling women](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/2020-06/mentoring-success.jpg.webp?itok=UGtFpZbb)
A-B Tech's Volunteer Mentoring Program Success Stories
January 27th 2017 A-B Tech recognizes that non-traditional college students sometimes need non-traditional support strategies, and a vital part of that approach is the A-B Tech Volunteer Mentoring Program.![Phyllis Utley, College Liaison for High School Programs; Dr. Joseph Fox (retired), graduate Jeremy Jackson and Angela Calhoun, Library Assistant.](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/2020-05/news-jeremy-jackson.jpg.webp?itok=B_wFUT8q)
A-B Tech Graduate Jackson Continues His Education
January 24th 2017 Jeremy Jackson, who left A-B Tech in 2014 after earning three degrees, received his bachelor’s degree in Exercise Physiology from the College of Health and Human Performance at East Carolina University in December.![A-B Tech’s Student Culinary Team with their winning plates at the American Culinary Federation’s Southeast Regional Competition. Members of the team are, from left, Emma Wieber, Habiba Smallen, Nina Patterson, Jessica Olin, and Emily Welch.](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/2020-05/news-culinary-regionals.jpeg.webp?itok=aXKb-NEZ)
A-B Tech Culinary Team Headed to Nationals for Record Tenth Time
January 17th 2017 A-B Tech Community College’s Student Culinary Team won its 10h regional title after the competition on January 13-14 at Johnson and Wales University in Charlotte.![Dennis King with East Asian hat](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/2020-06/dennis-kalpack.jpg.webp?itok=7OJuEtqE)