News Coverage
A-B Tech helps inmates get college education
June 22nd 2022 Asheville–Buncombe Technical Community College is participating in the Second Chance Pell Experiment, which is making need-based financial aid available to inmates at Craggy Correctional Center and Western Correctional Center for Women.
A-B Tech touts Pell grant experiment; only post-secondary school in the state to do it
June 21st 2022 The mission of the Second Chance Pell Experiment is in the name: It’s about providing second chances.
Chef Stephen Hertz on Carolina Kitchen
June 16th 2022 Culinary Arts Instructor Chef Stephen Hertz is featured on the Carolina Kitchen with WLOS News 13 in a series of four segments featuring A-B Tech instructors.
Spotlight on StoryCraft Producer Sharissa Thomason
June 9th 2022 Published on Blue Ridge Public Radio, June 7, 2022 - As part of StoryCraft BPR’s partnership with Asheville Writers in the Schools and Community (AWITSC), we were introduced to Sh
A taste of Burma in the 828
June 7th 2022 Published in AVL Today - June 7, 2022, In both WNC and across the Southeast, Burmese food is quite elusive — in fact, based on our research, Asheville’s closest Burmese
Amid nursing shortage, Mission Health to fund instructor positions to boost enrollment
May 25th 2022 Amid an ongoing nationwide nursing shortage, Mission Health is funding instructor positions at three Western North Carolina nursing programs to help graduate more future registered nurses (RN).
Pratt & Whitney opening: Boost for local manufacturing; alive and well
May 17th 2022 Published in the Asheville Citizen-Times, May 16, 2022 - Fifty years ago, manufacturing was the undisputed employment king of Buncombe County, and pretty muc
Boyle column: Yep, A-B Tech President John Gossett has had a weird couple of years
May 17th 2022 At this point in the never-ending pandemic, I think it's safe to say we've all had a weird couple of years.
Meet ETSU Student (and A-B Tech Grad) Allen Archer
April 12th 2022 After working several years in the field of aerospace quality, Allen Archer decided to take the knowledge he’d learned on the job and combine it with his interest in various areas of health care to pursue a career in medicine.
125 Afghan evacuees resettled in Buncombe County
March 9th 2022 Learning English Some of the Afghan arrivals have had no exposure to English before arriving in the U.S., while others know “great conversational English,” says Aabye. One man was even embedded with the U.S. Marine Corps as a linguist.