A-B Technical Community College celebrated approximately 400 graduates during its 2023 Commencement ceremony on May 13, 2023 at Harrah’s Cherokee Center in downtown Asheville.
A-B Tech President John Gossett presided over the ceremony, and Clark Duncan, senior vice president for economic development of the Asheville Area Chamber of Commerce, delivered the keynote address. Duncan told graduates they are graduating into a booming economy and job market and have bright futures.
“We look forward to commencement as the highlight of our academic year when we gather to celebrate our graduates, their journeys, and their success,” said A-B Tech President John Gossett. “Most of our graduates are first-generation college students who are transforming their own lives and the lives of their families for generations to come.”
A-B Tech awarded nearly 900 degrees and diplomas for the 2022-23 academic year (fall, spring, and summer semesters), and about 400 graduates participated in the ceremony.
“I consider myself honored to be an A-B Tech graduate, said Student Government Association President Ryan Adams-Clark. “The college is filled with faculty and staff who are passionate about what they teach and who they are teaching, and students who are equally elated about their education and futures. It’s an inspiring campus to be on, and I am beyond grateful to have gotten the opportunity to be a part of it in a deeper capacity.”
Among this year’s graduating class are 78 Associate Degree Nursing students who are the first graduates of the new A-B Tech School of Nursing. The college has had nursing programs since its founding in 1959, but the School of Nursing was dedicated in April of this year.
The Class of 2023 also includes 54 area high school students who earned…
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