Press Releases
A-B Tech Basic Law Enforcement Training Graduates Largest Class in a Decade, Class Scores 100 Percent Passing Rate on State Exam
June 17, 2025 A-B Tech’s Basic Law Enforcement Training (BLET) program is graduating its largest class in 10 years on Wednesday, June 18, with 28 students ranging in age from 20 to 52.
High School Students Cultivate Character, New Skills in Nurse Aide Certificate Program
June 10, 2025 In A-B Tech’s Ferguson Center for Allied Health and Workforce Development, seven Career and College Promise (CCP) high school students are tucked behind floor-to-ceiling curtains, practicing their nursing skills.
A-B Tech High School Equivalency Graduates Overcome a Difficult Year
June 9, 2025 Resiliency was on display as A-B Tech celebrated its 2025 High School Equivalency Graduation on June 5, which drew a crowd of about 500 people.
NC Attorney General Jeff Jackson Joins A-B Tech BLET Physical Fitness Training
May 16, 2025 NC Attorney General Jeff Jackson and several staff members visited the A-B Tech Woodfin on Friday, May 16, to participate in Basic Law Enforcement Training (BLET) Physical Fitness Training.
A-B Tech Celebrates 2025 Commencement on May 10
May 9, 2025 NC Governor Josh Stein will deliver remarks at A-B Tech Community College’s 2025 Commencement ceremony on Saturday, May 10, at Harrah’s Cherokee Center in downtown Asheville.
Culinary Alum Roman Nourse Presented with A-B Tech’s ‘You Make a Difference’ Award
May 1, 2025 In the weeks following Helene, A-B Tech alum Roman Nourse took the words “food runner” to a new level. The energetic sous chef, who works at Givens Estate, put his culinary and project management skills to use by acting as a volunteer chef, project manager, and delivery driver for organizations providing food to those in need.
A-B Tech Honors Biltmore Culinary Apprentice Graham Edwards on National Apprenticeship Day
April 30, 2025 A-B Tech is observing National Apprenticeship Day on April 30 by highlighting culinary arts graduate Graham Edwards, 20, who celebrated the end of a year-long chef apprenticeship at the Biltmore Estate in March.
A-B Tech Students Showcase Art at REVOLVE in River Arts District: Artists’ Reception Friday, April 4
April 2, 2025 Student artists at A-B Tech are moving off campus this spring and into the River Arts District with a new exhibit at Revolve on Riverside Ave that showcases two years of multi-genred work.
First Biltmore Culinary Apprentice Graham Edwards Honored for Completing Program
March 14, 2025 Dressed in his signature white chef’s jacket, A-B Tech culinary student Graham Edwards, 20, met with fellow chefs and staff from A-B Tech and Biltmore on Thursday, March 13, to celebrate the completion of his year-long chef apprenticeship program.
A-B Tech Partnership with Per Scholas Provides Free IT Support Training
February 12, 2025 The BlackRock Foundation has awarded a $1 million, two-year grant to Per Scholas North Carolina, a nationally recognized nonprofit dedicated to advancing economic mobility through building sustainable and inclusive tech talent pipelines.