Free Asheville Art Museum passes are available for employees and students. They can be reserved up to a week in advance for a one-week checkout, based on availability. There is a limit of six passes per person. A set of 25 passes is also available for instructors to take a class. Contact Sue Donato at Ext. 7572 or sdonato@abtech.edu for more information.
A-B Tech's Global Institute for Sustainability Technologies offers the following tip for staff and faculty: Try to turn off at least one light every time you leave your office. This saves the college money by reducing our electrical bill.
Dr. Trent Codd, Mathematics instructor, received praise from a parent of an A-B Tech graduate who transferred to a four-year college. "I wanted to fill you in on all the successes in mathematics which my daughter, Faye (Stevens), has experienced during the last four years at Mt. Holyoke College, in no small measure because of the amazing start which you have to her when she was your student at A-B Tech," wrote Jacqueline Stevens. Faye has received math scholarships, presented a paper during a math conference and teaches students who are struggling with math.
Phi Theta Kappa advisor Lisa York announced raffle winners for the December drawing. The winner of the $40 cake Gift Certificate from True Confections is Ema Solis; the winners of the coffee mugs with gourmet chocolate were Linda Burke and Stephanie O' Brien.
"We will be able to give the DeYoung family $119 thanks to your generosity, and we will award Heather DeYoung with a member scholarship that the chapter earned for our increased membership enrollment," York said.
English/Communications Instructor Jan Caldwell gave a thank you to A-B Tech Police Officer Don Stout for helping her when she had a flat tire. "He was courteous, efficient and pro-active. We are so fortunate that there are so many wonderful, helpful people here at A-B Tech," she wrote.
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Editor: Mona Cornwell, Writer: Martha Ball, Designers: Justin Page, April Sides
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