Dr. Betty Young, inaugurated as the fourth president of A-B Tech in May 2008, officially left the college March 6 to become president of Coleman College in Houston, Texas. Her departure ended a short tenure marked by upheaval. A-B Tech’s trustees announced that they had accepted Young’s official resignation during a special meeting on campus […]
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A-B Tech president resigns to take college president’s job in Houston
Dr. Betty Young, inaugurated as president of Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College in May 2008, will officially leave the college on Friday to become president of Coleman College in Houston, Texas. Her departure ends a short tenure marked by upheaval at the college.
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A-B Tech campus remains unsettled in wake of president’s announced resignation
Nearly two months after the president of A-B Tech announced her plan to resign, Dr. Betty Young remains on the job. The college’s vice presidents presented transition plans to the Board of Trustees on Monday, but one report riled a number of faculty members.
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A-B Tech begins planning for new college president
Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College has begun planning for a new college president in the wake of last month’s announcement that current President Dr. Betty Young would resign.
A-B Tech president to resign, cites campus discontent
Dr. Betty Young announced Dec. 23 that she will resign as president of Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College. Hired in 2007, Young was inaugurated in May 2008. Her resignation followed a six-and-a-half-hour closed-door meeting with the college’s board of trustees the day before, which came on the heels of another closed-door session last month. Personnel issues […]
A-B Tech president Betty Young’s resignation memo
Dr. Betty Young, the president of Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College who was hired last year and inaugurated in May, announced on Dec. 23, 2008, that she would resign. Young’s announcement does not say when her resignation would take effect. In an e-mailed memo sent to college faculty and staff, Young cited her goals and accomplishments, […]
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Citing ‘discontent’ on campus, A-B Tech president resigns
Dr. Betty Young, the president of Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College who was hired last year and inaugurated in May, announced Tuesday that she would resign.
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A-B Tech trustees hold closed meeting
Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College’s Board of Trustees and its president met behind closed doors for six-and-a-half hours on Monday, then adjourned with a collective “no comment.”