For Ukrainian-born A-B Tech Student and Fashion Designer Nataliia Chorna, Embroidery Signifies Home

January 11, 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 5, 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 17, 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 20, 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 9, 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 30, 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 30, 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 13, 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.

The Rhapsodist Accepting Submissions For The 2024 Issue

September 5, 2023 Asheville, N.C. — A-B Tech’s student and faculty literature and art publication, The Rhapsodist, is accepting submissions for the 2024 issue.

A-B Tech Takes Two Golds in 2023 Best of Asheville Awards

September 21, 2023 Asheville, N.C. — A-B Tech was honored to receive two gold Best of Asheville Awards for 2023. A-B Tech was voted Best College/University and Best Vocational School.

Craft Beverage Institute of the Southeast® 10th Anniversary (2013-2023)

September 21, 2023 When the Craft Beverage Institute of the Southeast® at A-B Tech (CBI) opened its doors to students in the fall of 2013, its Brewing, Distillation, and Fermentation program was the first two-year, accredited degree of its type in the nation.

Sweet On Sour Presented by A-B Tech Community College

September 18, 2023 Frugality doesn’t always wind up being a contributing factor in the story of someone’s career. But in the case of Jen Currier—head of Wicked Weed Brewing’s mixed culture program, where she oversees the production of sour beer, cider, and wine—it helped her craft her own unique career path.