Student Success
Coffee and Sweet Bread: El Salvadoran Mariana Flores Finds Pleasure in Everyday Ritual
September 19th 2024 When Student Government Association President Mariana Flores was 14 her family moved from El Salvador to North Carolina. During this time, she was bullied by other students for not speaking English.
SOAR Student Celebrates New Internship
September 13th 2024 When Lowry “Crow” Flaschar first came to A-B Tech in August of 2023, the 19-year-old had just finished high school and wasn’t sure what to do next. The soft-spoken student enjoyed painting, reading, and computers, but struggled with interpersonal skills and hadn’t yet found her career path.
Connestee Falls scholarship awardee sets lofty goals
September 5th 2024 Published on the The Transylvania Times website on September 4, 2024
Wynkoop’s Big Win: BLET Graduate Lenny Wynkoop Aims to Impact Lives
June 21st 2024 For Lenny Wynkoop, 31, completing Basic Law Enforcement Training (BLET) and passing his state exam to become a police officer this spring represents more than just a career change. As a boy, he’d dreamed of being a cop and completed BLET training at A-B Tech ten years ago, but failed the exam.
A-B Tech’s Spring 2024 BLET Class Graduates with Honors
June 20th 2024 A-B Tech’s Basic Law Enforcement Training (BLET) program graduated 16 officers on June 20 who will go on to fill gaps in local law enforcement.
Speed is his Strong Suit: Chef Roman Nourse Wins National Jeunes Chefs Rôtisseurs Competition
June 18th 2024 Roman Nourse, a 2023 Culinary Arts graduate, recently defeated seven chefs from around the country to win the title of U.S. Champion in the prestigious culinary competition the National Jeunes Chefs Rôtisseurs (JCR ) on June 8 in Seattle.
Moving Mountains: 104 Graduate A-B Tech’s High School Equivalency Program
June 14th 2024 More than three hundred people gathered in A-B Tech’s Mission Health Conference Center on Thursday, June 13, some holding squirming children, while others clutched balloons or snapped cell phone photos.
Showing Up For The Showdowns
June 12th 2024 Published in the Edible Asheville Summer 2024 issue
Sky’s the Limit for Human Services Student Jessica Borroel
June 7th 2024 For Jessica Borroel, 42, completing her GED® began as something to pass the time during a two-year prison term.
Chayse Sosa: HSE Graduate and Believer in Second Chances
June 5th 2024 When Chayce Sosa, 43, walked into the testing office at A-B Tech in February she was expecting to score low on her GED® program placement test.