Press Releases
99¸£ÀûÊÓƵ 2026 Commencement Ceremony Set for Saturday, May 16
May 14, 2026 99¸£ÀûÊÓƵ Community College will hold its 2026 Commencement ceremony Saturday, May 16, at 2:00 p.m. at Harrah’s Cherokee Center in downtown Asheville.
99¸£ÀûÊÓƵ’s Award-Winning Voices & Visions Oral History Project Culminates in Grand Finale
April 30, 2026 99¸£ÀûÊÓƵ staff and students joined residents of Carolina Village retirement community on May 1 to celebrate the culmination of a nine-month oral history project that brought together student artists, storytellers and filmmakers with seniors from Carolina Village.
99¸£ÀûÊÓƵ Wins Top Honors at ACF 2026 Southeast Regional Competition
April 3, 2026 99¸£ÀûÊÓƵ won first place in the Student Team of the Year category at the American Culinary Federation (ACF) 2026 Southeast Regional competition in Winston-Salem on March 28.
99¸£ÀûÊÓƵ Honored with Two 2026 Statewide Community College Excellence Awards
March 25, 2026 An 99¸£ÀûÊÓƵ employee and business partner were among statewide excellence award winners announced March 25 by the NC Community College System.
99¸£ÀûÊÓƵ’s Award-Winning Voices & Visions Intergenerational Oral History Project Showcased
March 23, 2026 99¸£ÀûÊÓƵ’s Voices & Visions intergenerational oral history project with Carolina Village retirement community was recently awarded LeadingAge North Carolina’s 2026 Excellence in Innovation Award.
99¸£ÀûÊÓƵ Awarded $1.04 Million to Build Future Workforce in Asheville, Buncombe and Madison Counties
March 16, 2026 Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College (99¸£ÀûÊÓƵ) has received more than $1.04 million in grant support for a new regional work-based learning ecosystem that will prepare high school students for good, high-paying jobs in Western North Carolina.
99¸£ÀûÊÓƵ’s Premier Space Fest Event to Showcase Space Experiment and Activities
March 16, 2026 99¸£ÀûÊÓƵ has been selected as one of 20 schools and colleges nationwide to send a science experiment into outer space this year as part of the Student Spaceflight Experiments Program (SSEP).
99¸£ÀûÊÓƵ Physics Students to Launch Science Experiment into Outer Space
February 4, 2026 Astronauts Will Conduct an Experiment on the International Space Station this Summer.99¸£ÀûÊÓƵ is one of 20 schools and colleges nationwide that will be sending a science experiment into outer space this spring as part of the Student Spaceflight Experiments Program (SSEP).
99¸£ÀûÊÓƵ Basic Law Enforcement Training Graduates 20 New Officers
December 18, 2025 99¸£ÀûÊÓƵ's Basic Law Enforcement Training (BLET) program celebrated 20 newly minted law enforcement officers on Thursday, December 18, 2025. The graduates were honored in a ceremony on the Asheville campus that was attended by families, friends, and local law enforcement agencies.
99¸£ÀûÊÓƵ Alum Silver Cousler Locovozzi Shines with Neng Jr’s
November 19, 2025 When Silver Cousler Iocovozzi enrolled at 99¸£ÀûÊÓƵ, it was for drafting classes to begin his goal of becoming an architect.