News Coverage
UNC Asheville, A-B Tech Renew Partnership Allowing Eligible Students To Transfer With Ease
March 20th 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 (The Center Square) — 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.
For Ukrainian-born A-B Tech Student and Fashion Designer Nataliia Chorna, Embroidery Signifies Home
January 11th 2024 When leaving the Ukraine in June 2022 with her 10-year-old son, A-B Tech student Nataliia Chorna, 42, had to carefully choose what to pack. “We could only take one bag on the plane,” Chorna says, “Another would have cost $300.”
A-B Tech Graduates Will Continue To Blaze A Trail At Wcu With Renewed MOU
February 5th 2024 On Monday, Feb. 5, Western Carolina University Chancellor Kelli R. Brown and John D. Gossett, president of Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College, signed a renewal of the memorandum of understanding between the two institutions that guarantees admission to WCU for all A-B Tech graduates who satisfy certain requirements.
A Jukebox’s Journey To The Asheville Radio Museum
December 17th 2023 Asheville, N.C. — When the Rock-ola 1422 jukebox hit dance floors in 1946, bikinis were the new rage in Paris, “Fibber McGee and Molly” ruled the radio waves, and college kids jitterbugged to the likes of Ella Fitzgerald and the Andrews Sisters.
Built To Scale
November 20th 2023 Asheville, N.C. — According to the dark depths of a fantasy fandom wiki, dragons are “physically enormous,” with a wingspan averaging 115 to 138 feet and a mass of 16 tons. Though “some have been recorded at twice this.”
Ac Reynolds High Students Get Taste Of First Responder Careers During A-B Tech Visit
November 9th 2023 Woodfin, N.C. (WLOS) — Dozens of local high school students who are interested in law enforcement or emergency services careers got a firsthand look at some of the training for those jobs Thursday.
Answer Woman: How Many Students Study Education At Local Colleges, Drop In Enrollment?
October 30th 2023 Asheville, N.C. — A reader asks if local students are still studying education and if there's been a drop in enrollment in this focus area.
Bridge & Tunnel to Open First Brick and Mortar Coffee Shop at A-B Tech
October 30th 2023 Asheville, N.C. — The mobile yellow coffee truck that’s been on the move across Asheville will soon have its first brick-and-mortar coffee shop.
Noted Asheville Chef Ashley Capps Draws on Foundation and Community from A-B Tech as She Juggles Culinary Venture and Motherhood
October 13th 2023 On a recent September morning at a cozy market nestled in the River Arts District, chef Ashley Capps gives her baby girl a bottle while her husband, Chef Travis Shult,z brews a fresh pot of coffee.