A-B Tech in collaboration with its Foundation and Alumni Association will host the second annual Job Fair, from 2 to 6 p.m. May 16 in the Coman Gym on the College's Asheville campus. The event is open to current A-B Tech students, alumni, and the public.
A-B Tech Community College signed its a Memorandum of Understanding with Appalachian State University to allow students who participated in the Honors Program at A-B Tech a fast track into the Honors College at Appalachian, giving them the opportunity to graduate with Honors.
The A-B Tech Chorus spring concert will be at 7:30 p.m. May 5 in Ferguson Auditorium. Featuring selections from Mozart’s Requiem, jazz numbers and soloists, the concert is free and open to the public.
A-B Tech’s Fine Arts Department will hold its annual juried Student Spring Art Show from May 2 to 25 at the Asheville Area Arts Council’s gallery, The Artery, at 346 Depot Street in the River Arts District.
A-B Tech Drama announces production dates for the company’s 16th production, Shakespeare’s iconic tragedy Hamlet. A-B Tech alumna Hayley Karbowski plays Hamlet and Peter Carver directs. Shows will be at 7:30 p.m. April 24-27 and May 1-4 in the Simpson Lecture Hall on the College’s Asheville campus. Tickets are $5 for A-B Tech students, $10 for other students and $15 for adults.
In its drive toward assuring student success, A-B Tech Community College initiated a volunteer and intern program last fall to support students and staff. The College’s Volunteer and Intern office is recruiting volunteers to fill the increased demand in additional roles.
A-B Tech Community College’s Business Computer Technologies department will present its 2013 student showcase from 12:30 to 2 p.m., Friday, May 10 on the first floor of the Balsam Computer Technology Center on the Asheville campus.
A-B Tech Community College’s Fine and Performing Arts Department will feature watercolor workshops by Ann Vasilik during the Visiting Artist summer workshop series in July. Classes are sponsored by the A-B Tech Foundation. Proceeds will benefit the College’s Student Art Scholarship.
A-B Tech Community College graduate and local business owner Chris Sparks has been nominated for a prestigious Eisner Award, what many in the industry consider to be the Academy Awards of comics.
Among the hustle and bustle activities associated with college life at A-B Tech, there are different varieties of shoes gracing the halls that don none of the traditional student footwear of sneakers, sandals and boots. Instead, pads and a little covering of fur cushion these campus visitors.