Together We Read Events Planned On Campus
John Ehle, Author of The Road
A-B Tech will be hosting several events during this year's presentation of "Together We Read," Western North Carolina's region-wide reading and discussion program.
For the fourth annual program, participants chose The Road, John Ehle's novel about the people who built the railroad in WNC.
The kickoff will begin with a book signing by Ehle and railroad music by the Annie Talley Band at 1:30 p.m. Oct. 2 in Ferguson Auditorium in the Laurel Building on the Asheville Campus. A Readers' Theatre Presentation will be at 2 p.m. followed by a tribute to John Ehle by authors Fred Chappell, Maggie Lauterer, Robert Morgan and Charles Price and then Ehle will speak.
A book discussion with Sandi Goodridge, English/Communications instructor, will be at 2 p.m. Oct. 3 in the Holly Learning Resources Center in Room 121.
Featured at noon on Oct. 4 in LRC Room 121 will be Train Talk with Clint Smoke, retired chair of Fire Protection Technology. April Birchfield, Social/Behavioral Sciences instructor, will hold a discussion on convict labor in WNC at noon Oct. 5 in Laurel 108.
Participants may bring a lunch for either of these sessions.
WNC Railroads with state Rep. Ray Rapp will be at 6:30 p.m. Oct. 5 in Sycamore 201.
For more information on Together We Read, visit www.togetherweread.org
SimMan Grant
President K. Ray Bailey listens to the heartbeat of a SimBaby during the announcement of a Duke Endowment grant of $395,760 to establish a simulation technology laboratory for nursing and allied health education to be housed at A-B Tech's Enka Site. The lab will allow nursing students to learn lifesaving skills on medical mannequins that provide instant feedback and a risk-free way to practice. Scheduled to open in mid-2006, the lab is being developed through a partnership between the College, Mission Hospitals, and Western Carolina University. Standing with President Bailey, from left are Mary Piepenbring, director of the Health Care Division of The Duke Endowment; Chancellor John Bardo of Western Carolina University; a representative from Laerdal Medical Technology; and Joseph Damore, President and CEO of Mission Hospitals.
Hospitality Education Benefit
Guests enjoyed fine food and wine at the Hospitality Education Department's benefit, "An Evening With Mark Rosenstein," Sept. 25 at the Market Place Restaurant. Rosenstein, the owner and executive chef for the Market Place, prepared a five-course menu, featuring locally grown foods. Participants liked the evening so much, they suggested to make it an annual event. "The Hospitality Education fundraiser, An Evening with Mark Rosenstein, was a tremendous success at every level. Guests came...ready for an evening of good food and conversation and seemed delighted to be supporting the Hospitality Education Department and College," said Hospitality Education Chair Sheila Tillman.