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Student Services

 

Services, Perks, and Bargains

As an A-B Tech student, you have a number of services, perks, and bargains at your fingertips. 

Services

Perks

Bargains - A-B Tech offers the following services to the general public at discounted rates

SERVICES

Personal Counseling – Free to Current Students
Do you have test taking anxiety?  Having problems juggling home and school?  Need to talk with someone regarding how to effectively communicate with your instructor, friends, or family?  A-B Tech provides free, confidential counseling and related services for students through the Counseling Center located in the K. Ray Bailey Student Services Center. Students are encouraged to use counseling services at any time if they have personal, academic, or career concerns. The professional counseling staff, after initial assessment, will refer students who need specialized or long-term services to appropriate resources within the community. For more information, visit the Personal Counseling web page.

Career Development Services – Free to Current Students
Thinking of changing your major?  Need to declare a major?  Not sure what you want to do when you finish school?  Career Development Services provides assistance to current and enrolling A-B Tech curriculum students in choosing a major, making career decisions, developing their educational plans to meet their career goals and preparing for employment.  For more information and to make an appointment, please refer to Career Development Services web pages.

Temporary Disabilities Help – Free to Current Students
Broke your arm and can’t take notes?  A-B Tech’s Disability Services Office is available for temporary disabilities help.  Please call Student Services at 828.254.1921 ex. 7520 for more information or visit the Disability Services web pages.  To download a Request for Services form, click here.

PERKS

Free Art Museum Passes Available
A-B Tech’s Student Services Department purchased several passes to the Asheville Art Museum.  Any student with a current library card can check out up to six passes at a time from the Holly Library.  The Asheville Art Museum offers several forms of art work from photography to paintings.  They also have other artistic media forms and films.  These passes are a great way to explore the world of art in our backyard, at no cost to the student, making them a great way to enjoy an afternoon or perhaps a few extra hours between classes.  Passes can be used for a variety of events, such as guest speakers and traveling exhibitions.  For more information please contact Ms. Sue Donato at ext. 7572 or SDonato@abtech.edu.  Information about the Asheville Art Museum can be obtained on their web-site.  www.ashevilleart.org

Student Business Incubator Program
The Student Business Incubator Program is a 12-month extracurricular activity designed to provide a nurturing, supportive environment to A-B Tech students who want to start their own business and guide them toward becoming sustainable, contributing members of a strong economic community.  This program is administered by the A-B Tech Small Business Center/Business Incubator and is located at A-B Tech’s Enka campus.

Students interested in participating in this program must submit an application and go through a selection process where they are expected to interview and present a thorough business plan.  Four student run businesses are then selected to participate in this program, which runs from July - June of each year.  Applications for the 2010-11 Student Business Incubator Program are due in mid-February 2010 (please check the website for dates and for more information - http://abtech.edu/sbc/sbi_student_incubator.asp). 

2009-2010 information sessions will be held on the following dates and times:

September 2:   noon – 1 pm

September 3:  3:30 – 4:30 pm

January 20: noon – 1 pm

January 21:  3:30 – 4:30 pm

All sessions will be held in Holly Library room 121.

For more information about the Student Business Incubator Program, please contact Jill Sparks at jsparks@abtech.edu or 254-1921 Ext. 5849.

BARGAINS

A-B Tech Dental Teaching Clinic
Visit the Dental Hygiene Teaching Clinic for great savings on preventative dental treatment, with inexpensive cleanings, x-rays, sealants.  All visits are by appointment only.  For more information, contact the clinic:

Dental Hygiene Teaching Clinic
311 Rhododendron Building, Asheville Campus
828.254.1921, ex. 255

A-B Tech Spa
Visit the A-B Tech spa to received discounted Cosmetology, Esthetics, Manicuring, and Massage services.  For more information, a current price list, spa hours and to make an appointment, email spa@abtech.edu.

A-B Tech Culinary Lunches and Dinners
Enjoy a dining experience beyond your expectations.  In the fall and spring semesters our hospitality program showcases the most attentive service paired with the finest foods prepared by an award-winning culinary arts program.  For more information, visit the Hospitality Dining Productions web page.

 

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