Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College

September 12

The A-B Tech Foundation has initially awarded 48 scholarships for the 2006-07 academic year. The A-B Tech Foundation has scholarship information on the college website at www.abtech.edu/foundation. Each month in Tech Talk these students will be featured in a profile.

September 8

During an eight-week course, eight students were able to design and build a new bus shelter on the corner of Livingston and Deport streets.

September 8

Mountain Area Workforce Development Board honored 65 individuals who were among the first in the state to receive Career Readiness Certificates during a ceremony Aug. 9 at the Mountain Area JobLink Career Center.

September 6

A ribbon-cutting ceremony and a small business class marked the opening of A-B Tech's new location in the Asheville Mall Sept. 6.

A-B Tech has announced that the following students have been named to the President's List for the summer semester. To qualify, students must be enrolled in an academic program, carry at least twelve credit hours of curriculum courses numbered 100 or above, and have a 4.0 quality point average for the semester under consideration.

A-B Tech has announced that the following students have been named to the Dean's List for the summer semester. To qualify, students must be enrolled in an academic program, carry at least eight credit hours of curriculum courses numbered 100 or above, and have a minimum 3.75 quality point average for the semester under consideration.

September 1

The Diversity Committee is teaming up with the Holly Learning Resources Center to present the Diversity Friday Film Festival starting in the fall semester. Open to A-B Tech students, faculty and staff, films followed by discussion, will be from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Fridays in the LRC in room 121.

September 1

John Owen Tilson, an A-B Tech trustee for nearly 13 years, died Aug. 22. He was retired from Graybar Electric and was appointed to the A-B Tech board by the Madison County Commissioners.