To find out more about Student Services, visit Student Services Overview.
Student Support Services
A-B Tech offers counseling and other services to students. For a complete list, please visit the student services page on the college website, supportservices@abtech.edu.
ADA Accommodations
- Contact a staff member via email at supportservices@abtech.edu
- Phone: (828) 398-7581
Testing Center
A-B Tech offers an on-campus testing center, Monday - Friday, 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. testingcenter@abtech.edu
Achievement Center
The Don C. Locke Library is centrally located on the main campus of A-B Tech. It offers a robust collection of books, periodicals, and more. Please visit the Don C. Locke Library on the college website.
A-B Tech also offers comprehensive tutoring and writing assistance via The Carolyn Lisa Johnson Writing Center, located on the lower floor of the Don C. Locke library. Appointments can be made online at The Carolyn Lisa Johnson Writing Center.
Change in Personal Information
Please notify the program faculty as well as Student Services if you have a change in your address, name, or phone numbers of record that you have previously provided. It is critical that we keep this information as up to date as possible to make sure you do not miss out on important information.
Health Clinic
The Health Clinic provides examinations by a licensed physician assistant/nurse practitioner each Tuesday from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. during the fall and spring semesters when classes are in session.
Student fees are $20 per visit (with student ID). Student vouchers are available for a free visit during Health Clinic hours, which makes it a free visit. The cost for employees is $20.
Services include but are not limited to treatment for blood sugar, blood pressure, and cholesterol evaluations, prescriptions, physicals, flu vaccine, minor emergencies, smoking cessation, medical questions, aches, pains, rash, cold, flu, virus care, blood work, STI testing, and more.
For more information, visit the Health Clinic for Students and Employees on the college website.
Food Pantry
To remove one more barrier to obtaining educational goals, 2 food pantries of non-perishable items are available for students.
- Bailey Student Service Center. Available Monday through Friday from 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. To access, simply sign in at the First Stop for Support Services.
- Ferguson Allied Health Workforce Development building in the Health Clinic, room 115.17. Available on Tuesdays from 8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. The Health Clinic is also available during this time. To have access to the food pantry outside those hours, email candacescrump@abtech.edu
Manna Food Bank is another excellent source of access to food. Please see Manna for more information.
MANNA Community Market
- 4th Wednesday of each month from 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. at the parking lots behind Magnolia.
- Free grocery staples, fresh produce, and other perishables from Manna Foodbank. Additional community non-profits will be on hand to offer wrap-around services. This service is open to the community as well as A-B Tech students and employees.
Please contact Heather Pack by emailing heatherdpack@abtech.edu or (828) 398-7141 with questions.