March 12, 2019: Our club was treated to a visit and tour of the American College of the Building Arts.
Founded in the aftermath of hurricane Hugo, the ACBA started in 1999 as a series of workshops and classes in different locations to respond to the lack of artisans made apparent by the rebuilding after Hugo. In 2004, ACBA was licensed by the South Carolina Commission on Higher Education to recruit students for a Bachelor of Applied Science and an Associate of Applied Science in the building arts. In 2009 the College hired Lt. Gen. (Ret.) Colby M. Broadwater III as President of the College. Lt. Gen Broadwater gave us the overview of the program. Continue reading “3/12: Lt. General (Ret.) Colby Broadwater: American College of Building Arts”