A-B Tech’s Rhymes Donates to Scholarship for Student
Diego Adams, a graduate of Roberson High, was the top scholarship winner.
The Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Association of Asheville and Buncombe County has an annual scholarship program, which was able to provide $15,000 to eight students for 2021.
Qualifying students must be residents of Buncombe County and high school seniors. They also submit an essay showing how they promote community human betterment and speak out on issues affecting the lives of others, among other attributes including academics.
Diego Adams, a graduate of Roberson High, was the top scholarship winner; he received $5,000 to attend the college or university of his choice. On his decision to attend A-B Tech, his scholarship award was boosted by a private donation. Darryl Rhymes, MLK Association board member and Chair of the annual Breakfast Committee, donated $1,500. A trained singer, Rhymes raised this money through a concert whose donations went to the Association’s scholarship fund. He did this because A-B Tech is near and dear to his heart, where he is the Director of Employment and Employee Relations.
“I am extremely humble as the MLK Jr. Youth Scholarship award winner,” Adams said. “Accepting this award has made an enormous opportunity to further my education, to reach my goals and dreams. I am deeply committed to accepting the challenge of hard work and the amazing future ahead.”
Learn more about the scholarship at mlkasheville.org.
About A-B Tech
Founded in 1959 in the heart of Asheville, A-B Tech is the largest higher education institution in Western North Carolina, serving approximately 23,000 students a year in Buncombe and Madison counties. One of 58 community colleges in the NC Community College System, A-B Tech offers more than 125 degrees, diplomas and certificates, as well as a wide range of workforce training and continuing education programs. A-B Tech includes the main Asheville campus, A-B Tech Enka (home of the A-B Tech Small Business Center and Business Incubation Program, Craft Beverage Institute of the Southeast and N.C. BioNetwork), A-B Tech Madison, A-B Tech Woodfin, the Goodwill Center and the ABCCM Transformation Village in West Asheville, and a new South location under construction at Biltmore Park West in 2023.
Learn more at abtech.edu.
