Tech Talk
A-B Tech Selected as New Second Chance Pell Experimental Site, to Offer Postsecondary Education in Prison
April 27, 2020 The U.S. Department of Education announced A-B Tech is included in the expansion of the Second Chance Pell Experimental Sites Initiative to provide need-based Pell grants to people in state and federal prisons.
15th Annual Plant Sale April 30
April 26, 2020 We are joining the COVID-19-approved ASAP Farmers Market on Thursday, April 30. The market takes place from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon on campus and is open to the public! We will be set up there with our plants; however, it will be a reduced selection.
A-B Tech’s Donaldson Wins Prestigious Cooke Scholarship
April 24, 2020 The Jack Kent Cooke Foundation today announced that A-B Tech student Christian Donaldson was selected as a recipient of the prestigious Cooke Undergraduate Transfer Scholarship.
The A-B Tech Creative Studio: Call for Submissions
April 9, 2020 The A-B Tech Creative Studio houses three virtual spaces where campus employees may submit either visual art or creative writing. The arts connect us.
A-B Tech Works to Protect First Responders
April 1, 2020 As A-B Tech strives to focus on the “community” aspect of its mission during the coronavirus pandemic, members of the college’s Emergency Services division are helping to protect area first responders from exposure by donating Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and other supplies, providing certified face mask fittings, and creating critical training videos.
A-B Tech Students and Faculty Honored With 2020 NCCIA Scholarships
March 25, 2020 Charlie Wallin has been selected as the recipient of the Carol Jones Memorial Faculty Scholarship from the North Carolina Computer Instruction Association (NCCIA). In addition, three A-B Tech students were honored with scholarships.
Webinar: Preparing Your Business for the Threat of the Coronavirus
March 18, 2020 The A-B Tech Small Business Center is facilitating a free webinar titled, Preparing Your Business for the Threat of the Coronavirus, from 2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. Wednesday, March 25.
Cosmetology Pass Rates
March 13, 2020 All programs in the Spa Therapies and Operations department, chaired by Tambra Luppino, had a 100 percent pass rate for first-time test takers for 2019. This accomplishment has been met by Cosmetology, Cosmetology Instructor, Esthetics Technology, and Manicuring/Nail Technology.
Hospitality Management Students Greeted by Alum on AC Tour
March 10, 2020 Hospitality Management students in Walter Rapetski’s front office operations class went on a tour of the Asheville AC Hotel, one of more than 70 properties owned by John McKibbon.
ARC Event is Human Library on March 11
March 10, 2020 A-B Tech’s Addiction, Recovery, and Coping (ARC) 2020 event will be from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., Wednesday, March 11, in the Mission Health/A-B Tech Event Center.