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2008
January 2008
- Organizational Changes Announced
- College Purchases New Ambulance with Allied Health Grant
- UNC Chancellor Visits A-B Tech's Enka Campus
- Culinary Students Receive AIR Chefs of Tomorrow Scholarships
- Wyszynski Speaks on Trip to Australia
- President Emeritus Bailey Speaks at UNC Asheville Winter Commencement, Receives Chancellor's Medallion
- Metcalf Named Invitational Award Winner For October
- 40 Attend Bridges Out of Poverty Workshop
- Student Government Association Hosts Annual Children's Holiday Party
- Early College Students Study Careers
- Welding Class Creates Giant Picks for Allied Dental Program
- First Gifts that Give Event a Success
- Little Travels to Russia and Poland for Dental Education
- Instructor's Artwork on Display in Contemporary Art Museum
- A Q&A with Dr. Sharon Morrissey
- Welcome, New Employees
- OnTrack Financial Workshops Offered
- Pet Care Technician Course Graduates 11
- Prestwood Honored as EMT of Year
- Foundation Scholarship Recipient Profiles
- Trees Labeled in A-B Tech Arboretum
- MBA Students from WCU Perform Research for Incubator Companies
- Tech Notes
February 2008
- President-elect Ralls Visits College
- Randolph Joins Board of Trustees
- Culinary Team Wins State Competition
- Welding Students Construct Burn Pan For Emergency Services Academy
- Craggy Students Deliver Special Christmas Greetings
- Douglas Receives Faculty Access Award
- Foundation Scholarship Recipient Profiles
- Continuing Education Faculty, Staff and Students Volunteer With Habitat for Humanity
- Nix and Brackett Named Invitational Award Winners
- Adjunct Instructor's Artwork Featured in Exhibition
- Morrissey Presents Her Final A-B Tech Faculty Update
- Welcome, New Employees
- Poland Joins TCC Staff
- Stans Sluder, A-B Tech's First Welding Instructor, Dies
- Applications Accepted for Student Business Incubator Program
- Dr. Young Welcomes New Students
- Theatre League Seeking Actors and Technical Artists Through Unified Auditions
- Ward Donates 11 Inches of Hair to Locks of Love
- Additional Student Assistance Created Through Writing Center
- Tech Notes
March 2008
- College Records Double-Digit Increase in Enrollment
- A-B Tech Foundation Receives $250,000 Grant From Community Foundation of WNC
- Communications Office Wins National Awards
- The Emotion Project Presented at CIT Meeting
- Dr. Young and Trustees Visit Congressman Shuler
- Foundation Scholarship Recipient Profiles
- Basic Skills Staff Members Receive Training For Holocaust Lessons
- Hospitality Job Fair Scheduled
- Invitational Education Winner Creates Student Writing Center
- Coming Home: WCU Representative Returns to A-B Tech Campus
- Tech Notes
April 2008
- And the winning logo is ...
- U.S. Rep. Shuler Visits Asheville Campus
- Police Department Established At A-B Tech
- A Q & A with Jeffrey Ferezan, Vice President, College Initiatives
- EveryOne-ABTECH@abtech.edu
- Digital Media Student Wins Scholarship at Conference
- Culinary Team Shines At Regional Competition
- President Young Featured In National Education Magazine
- Health Fair Featured at Annual Early Childhood Conference
- Early College Holds Open House
- Foundation Announces Scholarship Recipients
- Foundation Scholarship Recipient Profiles
- New Nursing Aide Program Begins At A-B Tech
- Faculty and Staff Members Invited To Apply to Leadership Institute
- Basic Skills Staff and Students Attend Literacy Ambassador Training
- A-B Tech Community Raises Funds For Asheville MS Walk
- Welcome, New Employees
- A-B Tech Partnership To Be Featured At Nursing Education Summit
- Drama Club Production Features Silent Auction Fundraiser
- Delegation From A-B Tech Travels To Sister City For Partnership
- Former WAVE Speaks At World War II Reception
- Tech Notes
May 2008
- Shuler Announces $350,000 Appropriation For Clean Energy Incubator
- First Class of CIT Officers Graduate
- Grant Allows Holly Library to Add 20 New Laptops for Checkout
- DiFeo and Ellingson Named Academic Excellence Award Winners
- First Adjunct Job Fair Generates Good Contacts
- Allawos Named Invitational Education Award Winner
- Art Museum Passes Available For Students, Staff And Faculty
- Bailey Honored With Phi Theta Kappa Lifetime Achievement Award
- First Responders Learn Defensive Tactics
- A-B Tech Celebrates Earth Day
- Engineering and Applied Technology Staff Attend Hybrid Open House
- English/Communications Holds Scholarship Fundraisers
- A-B Tech Celebrates National Entrepreneurship Week
- Welding Students Create Railing for Fernihurst Renovation
- German Businessmen Visit Small Business Center
- Hipps To Walk 60 Miles For Breast Cancer Foundation
- Fourth Annual Hospitality Job Fair Successful
- Hospitality Skills Training Program Graduates First Class
- HRM Capstone Showcases Student Work
- National Alcohol Screening Event Draws Participants To Coman Center
- Welcome, New Employees
- Nigerian Rotary Club Visits Small Business Center/Incubator
- Phi Theta Kappa Wins Awards At Regional And International Level
- Stars Shine Among Us
- Student Rebuilds Truck For Senior Project
- TCC Companies Present At InnoVenture
- Panel Held On Women In Non-Traditional Roles
- Tech Notes
June 2008
- Young Inaugurated As Fourth President of A-B Tech
- A-B Tech Awards 526 Diplomas and Degrees
- A-B Tech Employees Recognized For Excellence in Public Service
- Transportation Technology Students Attend Career Day At The Races
- BCT Students Showcase Their Talents
- Engineering And Applied Technology Division Receives Grant For Alternate Energy
- Edible Garden Planted Next To Holly Library
- Foundation Scholarship Recipient Profiles
- Guadalajara Incubator Head Visits A-B Tech
- Huskins Students Share Talents
- Madison Huskins Students Perform Reader's Theater
- Criminal Justice Student Published in Academic Journal For Service-Learning Paper
- A-B Tech Student Named Miss North Carolina International
- Hematology Continuing Education Workshop Held
- Welcome, New Employees
- O'Brien Productions At Parkway Center
- A-B Tech Student Wins Marjorie Rawlings Scholarship
- Phi Theta Kappa Relay For Life Team Seeking Support
- Retired Nursing Instructor, Eileen Rowe, Dies
- Silvers Explores The Many Faces of India
- Smith-McDowell House Hosts 2008 Chautauqua Programs
- Incubator Shows Steady Growth
- A-B Tech Recognized by Together We Read
- 'VIP For A VIP' Program Highlights Vehicle Safety
- Tech Notes
July 2008
- Art Student Creates Pepsi Can and 30th Anniversary Bele Chere Poster
- GED Program Graduates 515 Students
- Four Students Accepted For Student Business Incubator Program
- Bricker And Students Attend Crystal Ball Seminar
- College Joins CyberWATCH Consortium For A Stronger Information Security Workforce
- Differentiated Diploma To Be Offered To Randolph Learning Center Students
- Learning Resources Places Benches In Ferguson
- Folkmoot Performance Coming To A-B Tech
- Winners Announced From Foundation Golf Tournament
- Foundation Scholarship Recipient Profiles
- Innovative Education Expo 2008 Focuses On Spanish In The Workplace
- Weinberg To Perform With Gladys Knight Aug. 7 At Biltmore
- Madison Class Artwork Featured In Show
- Madison County Welding Students Build Carts For Board Of Elections
- Welcome, New Employees
- Search and Rescue Exercise Trains More Than 100 Rescue Workers
- Decorative Restoration Students Try Hand At Stone Carving
- Students' Artwork Receives Purchase Awards
- Collector Purchases Student's Sculpture
- Symposium Allows Surgical Technology Students to Watch Open Heart Surgery
- Tech Notes
August 2008
- Dosumu Joins A-B Tech as Instructional Services Vice President
- A Q&A on Designed Teaching and Learning with President Young
- A-B Tech Forms Transfer Agreement for Budding Entrepreneurs
- Rising Sixth-Graders Attend Camp CSI
- Yelton Receives Grant to Study Sustainability
- Folkmoot USA Comes to A-B Tech
- Meet Foundation Scholarship Recipients
- Compensatory Education Students Celebrate Independence Day with Ice Cream Social
- Invitational Education Committee Names New Coordinator, Members
- Korth Elected SGA President
- A-B Tech Student Volunteers as Puppy Walker for Guide Dog Foundation for the Blind
- Welcome, New Employees
- Incubator Tenant Hopes to Turn Cars Green
- Phi Beta Lambda Succeeds at National Competition
- Transfer Process to N.C. Private Institutions Made Easier with Articulation Agreement
- College Hosts Hands-on Youth Summer Camps
- Tech Notes
September 2008
- College Graduates 184 During Summer Commencement
- Technology Applications in Education Course Available to Faculty
- Madison Campus Home to Early College
- Transitional Programs Spotlighted
- Creative Juice Competition Challenges College Students
- Olesiuk Serves as a Course Developer for Designed Teaching and Learning
- Former Trustee's Portrait Unveiled at Madison Campus
- Welding Technology Graduate Finds Niche on WWII Aircraft Carrier
- Meet Foundation Scholarship Recipients
- Fox Receives Empowerment Award for Entrepreneurship Work
- Free Health Program for Teen Girls and Mothers Scheduled
- Invitational Education Ambassadors Assist Students
- Compensatory Education Students Enjoy The Benefits Of Laughter
- Instructor Witnesses Changing Face of ESL Program
- Rebuilding Masonic Lodge Steps Gives Masonry Students Hands-on Experience
- Welcome, New Employees
- Girl Scouts Learn Automotive Basics at A-B Tech
- A-B Tech Relay for Life Team Reaches Goal
- Writing Center Provides Assistance for Students
- Young Entrepreneurs Create Business Plans at Week-Long Camp
- Tech Notes
Current Issue
- Fall Semester Enrollment At Record High
- A-B Tech And Volvo To Receive Distinguished Partners for Excellence Award
- First-Year Seminar Classes Incorporate Career Readiness Certification Into Curriculum
- Inaugural Golf Tournament Earns $5,000 For Early College Student Scholarships
- Schwartz Spearheads Culinary Internship For High School Teachers
- Business Computer Technologies Incorporates DT&L Into High Enrollment Course
- Grove Park Inn Donates $20,000 For Sammons Scholarships
- A-B Tech Invitational Education Committee News
- Young and Knott Selected For Leadership North Carolina
- Mountain Gorilla Veterinarian Speaks At A-B Tech
- New Mentoring Program Designed to Enhance Minority Male Student Success
- Faculty And Staff Talent Shines At Mountain State Fair
- A-B Tech Faculty And Staff Serve As NCCCS Conference Presenters
- Welcome, New Employees
- Instructor Rebuilds Bookcase For Elementary School
- Professional Development Afternoon Focuses On Emergency Preparedness
- Tech Notes