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 Program's First Graduating Student Lands Manufacturing 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 4th 2024 On a bright sunny afternoon in Brevard, I had the distinct pleasure of meeting Trinity Wilbanks. As we sat and talked, that sunny day seemed to pale in comparison to Trinity’s bright smile and captivating personality.
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 Asheville, N.C. (WLOS) — 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.
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 3rd 2024 The A-B Tech 2024 competitive cooking team. In the time it takes most people to cook a simple potluck casserole, a group of five students at A-B Tech’s culinary school can prepare a four-course meal from scratch
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.
Project SEARCH Intern Lands Job at Biltmore Estate
May 30th 2024 When Sam Thompson, 20, started Project SEARCH last September, the shy intern had trouble expressing himself and was prone to mumbling. Now, nine months later, Thompson, who has autism, was brave enough to speak at his own graduation ceremony on May 28 in Ferguson Auditorium.