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Michael D. Chason Director of Public Relations ABAC 30 -- 2802 Moore Highway Tifton, GA 31793-2601 Phone 229-391-5055 Fax 229-391-5051 mchason@abac.edu

IMMEDIATE April 21, 2009

Don Coates, Andrea Willis and Patsy Hembree were recognized

for 35 years of service at Honors Day. Hembree was unavailable for the photo.

ABAC Retirees Honored, Service Awards Presented

TIFTON – Six retirees were honored and 34 other faculty and staff members received awards at the service awards recognition during Honors Day at Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College.

Retirees included Nancy Coleman, Margie Senkbeil, Dr. Herbert Shippey, Brenda Keller, Lyn Smith and Andrea Willis. 

Coleman was the Director of Alumni Relations at ABAC who joined the staff on Sept. 23, 1985 and retired on Aug. 1, 2008. Senkbeil was the administrative assistant in the Office of Financial Aid whose first day on the job was May 16, 1994. She retired on Aug. 1, 2008. 

Shippey was a professor in the Division of Humanities who joined the faculty on May 16, 1994 and retired on Aug. 1, 2008. Keller was the Senior Administrative Assistant in the ABAC Police Department who joined the staff on March 22, 1979 and retired on Jan. 1, 2009.

Smith was the Assistant Director of Financial Aid who joined the staff on July 1, 1974 and retired on April 1, 2009. Willis was the Chair of the Division of Health, Physical Education, and Recreation who joined the faculty on Sept. 1, 1974 and will retire on June 1.

 Patsy Hembree, Information Systems Coordinator; Don Coates, Associate Professor of Music; and Willis were recognized at the event for 35 years of service to ABAC.  Recognized for 30 years of service were Mike Chason, Director of Public Relations; Dr. Chrystle Ross, Chief Information Officer; and Dr. Kay Weeks, Professor of Speech and English.

Others recognized at the ceremony for years of service included: 25 Years: Teresa Williams, Dr. Larry McGruder, and Shirley Wilson; 20 Years: Janet Weaver, Dr. Mary Ellen Hicks, Wayne Jones, and Cindy Barber; 15 Years: Kim Scarborough, Rebecca Arnold, and Brenda Bailey; 10 Years: Phillip Hightower, Beverly Wesley, Dr. Eric Cash, Dr. Renata Elad, Anthony Fitzgerald, Wanda Golden, Katrina McCrae, Dr. Sukanya Senapati and Debbie Cromer; 5 Years: Teri Mathis, Sandra Sellers, Keisha Spears, Deborah Pyles, Lee Ann Taylor, Shawn Cox, Emily Cheek, Dawn Davis, and Nancy Anthony.

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