Press Releases

EMS Open House to Offer Glimpse into Paramedic Training

April 20th 2021 Virtually tour the high-tech Woodfin training facility and learn how to become a paramedic where you will do something different every day, for every call during Open House Thursday, April 22, with sessions at 10 a.m. and 5 p.m.

Circle of Success: The Entrepreneurial Mindset with Ice House

April 16th 2021

Therapeutic Culinary Certificate Prepares Students for Jobs in the Healthcare Culinary Field

April 15th 2021 A-B Tech’s Therapeutic Culinary certificate can be earned in three semesters and is designed to offer students an in-depth overview and training in specialized dietary needs through therapeutic cuisine.

Empathy or Complicity?: Southern Jews and Black Civil Rights

April 12th 2021 A-B Tech is collaborating with the Carolina Center for Jewish Studies and Carolina Public Humanities to provide a virtual public talk by Dr. Josh Parshall titled "Empathy or Complicity?: Southern Jews and Black Civil Rights,” from 4 to 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday, April 21.

Electric Vehicle Charging Stations Open at A-B Tech

January 27th 2021 A-B Tech Community College has new electric vehicle charging stations provided by a grant from the NC Clean Energy Technology Center at NC State through the 2020 Clean Fuel Advanced Technology project.

Transitional Studies at A-B Tech named a finalist in $750,000 U.S. Department of Education Challenge

January 20th 2021 A-B Tech has been named a finalist in the Rethink Adult Ed Challenge, a national competition to advance pre-apprenticeships.

Classes Starting this Month to Train for Pratt & Whitney

January 4th 2021 A-B Tech’s Advanced Manufacturing Center will run two classes starting in January that can lead to a job at Pratt & Whitney’s turbine airfoil production facility being built in Asheville and scheduled to open in early 2022.

A-B Tech Small Business Center Wins Award for Client Success Story

December 3rd 2020 A business created by A-B Tech Small Business Center client CarolAnn Bauer received an annual award from the North Carolina Community College System Small Business Center Network.

Mancuso Named Chair of Body of Knowledge for Professional Society

November 24th 2020

A-B Tech Community College President John Gossett ‘02EDD Receives I.E. Ready Distinguished Leader Award

November 10th 2020 John Gossett ‘02EDD, president of Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College, says that throughout his career, he has sometimes felt like Forrest Gump -- always lucky enough to be in the right place at the right time and surrounded by extraordinary people.

Hotel Industry Foundation Starts New Two-Year Hospitality Scholarship Program

November 2nd 2020 A-B Tech is one of 10 pilot schools in the country to be selected

Enka-Candler Tailgate Market Teams with A-B Tech for Holiday Market

October 19th 2020 The Enka-Candler Tailgate Market is launching its first Holiday Market in the A-B Tech Enka parking lot. The market will be from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 14 and from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 15.