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Showing Up For The Showdowns
June 12th 2024 A-B Tech’s Culinary and Baking Students
A-B Tech Works To Shore Up Its Stormwater Infrastructure
May 29th 2024 When it rains on the campus of A-B Tech, stormwater pours off its plethora of parking lots into the neighborhoods, forest, and French Broad River below, taking pollutants with it.
A-B Tech's 2024 commencement at Harrah's Cherokee in Asheville
May 22nd 2024 A-B Tech held their commencement ceremony at Harrah’s Cherokee Center in Asheville, on May 11, 2024.
'Beverage mecca': Why people are flowing to WNC to launch careers in beer, spirits, more
May 13th 2024 Asheville — Philip Pate, a 25-year-old student and Michigan native, studied indoor agriculture and had only visited Asheville for mountain biking before deciding to shift gears and earn a Brewing, Distillation, and Fermentation Associate of Applied Science degree program at Ashev
A-B Tech awards 850 degrees, diplomas, certificates to spring semester students, graduates
May 13th 2024 Asheville, N.C. (WLOS) — A-B Tech held its graduation ceremony on Saturday, May 11, awarding more than 850 degrees, diplomas, and certificates to students this spring semester.Around 380 students walked at Saturday's commencement.
A-B Tech Needs Nurse Aide Instructors to Address Record Demand for Training, Wait List for Classes Grows to 467 Student Applications
May 7th 2024 During National Nurses Week (May 6 - 11), A-B Tech Community College is putting out an SOS for registered nurses who have a passion for teaching.
Knowledge for the Next Generation: Chef Cathy Horton Profile in Edible Asheville
April 24th 2024 Presented By A-B Tech Community CollegeKnowledge For The Next GenerationA Profile of Cathy Horton | Director, The Brumit Center for Culinary Arts and Hospitality + Department Chair, Culinary Arts & Hospitality Management
A week spent with three community colleges: A rural response, automation comes to greenhouses, and advanced manufacturing grows in Asheville
April 2nd 2024 On March 6, 2023, Pactiv Evergreen announced the closure of the paper mill that sat in the heart of downtown Canton.
UNC Asheville, A-B Tech renew partnership allowing eligible students to transfer with ease
March 21st 2024 ASHEVILLE, N.C. (WLOS) — UNC Asheville and A-B Tech have renewed their partnership to help students make an easy transition from the community college to the university.
Community college system, lawmakers consider new funding model
February 20th 2024 Better aligning with growing workforce demands is pushing the conversation in the North Carolina General Assembly to implement changes to the funding model for the state's 58 community colleges.