News Coverage

Perspective | Leading a community college through a pandemic with grace and connection

October 29th 2021 Published in EdNC - Oct. 19, 2021 Written by Dr. John Gossett for the Perspectives column As I look back on my tenure at Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College, my thoughts go to a line from the Grateful Dead: “What a long strange trip it's been.” 

Bolstering the local workforce was the goal of A-B Tech block party

September 29th 2021 Broadcast Sept. 23, 2021 on WLOS ASHEVILLE, N.C. (WLOS) — Asheville–Buncombe Technical Community College hosted a career fair block party Thursday night.

A-B Tech Spring 2022 Nursing Program Application Period Opens September 13

September 9th 2021 LPNs and Nurse Aides Encouraged to Apply

Asheville Area Focus – A-B Tech’s Trailblazer Promise

August 10th 2021 Broadcast on the 828 Listen A-B Tech President’s John Gossett's interview with Kipper Schauer of the Asheville Area Focus radio show. Learn about the Trailblazer Promise, our coming Fall Semester, and about his first year as A-B Tech president.

A-B Tech to Offer COVID-19 Vaccine Incentives

August 9th 2021 Published in the Asheville Citizen-Times August 9, 2021

A-B Tech to offer cyber forensics certification course in fall 2021

July 29th 2021 Broadcast on WLOS July 28, 2021 Cyberattacks are on the rise, and a local community college is training people on how to track down the hackers.

New education partnership to focus on onsite training for housing facility for women

July 26th 2021 Broadcast on WLOS, July 23, 2022

A-B Tech Madison attracting students, businesses through career and technical education

July 22nd 2021 From the News, Record & Sentinel published online July 21, 2021

A-B Tech culinary team to compete for national title in Orlando

July 22nd 2021 Published in the Asheville Citizen-Times, July 21, 2021 Some meals take months to plan.

A-B Tech to use COVID-19 relief funds to provide tuition help

July 12th 2021 Published in the Asheville Citizen-Times,  July 7, 2021

Career and Technical Education could attract more students in a post-pandemic world

July 12th 2021 Published in the Asheville Citizen-Times, July 12, 2021 You still need a plumber during a pandemic. 

A-B Tech Announces Program To Cover Fall Enrollment Costs

July 7th 2021 Broadcast on WLOS, July 6, 2021 Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College announced a new program Tuesday to cover tuition and fees for students who enroll this fall.