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

For IMMEDIATE Release August 6, 2009

FITZGERALD GRADUATE TO SPEAK AT FALL CONVOCATION AUGUST 14

TIFTON—Jodie Rayl Snow will be the guest speaker for the annual freshman convocation ceremony on Aug. 14 at 11 a.m. in Gressette Gym at Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College.

A native of Fitzgerald, Snow earned an associate degree in Business Administration from ABAC in 2000. She received the J.G. Woodroof Scholar award, the highest academic honor at the college, during the spring of 2000. While at ABAC she also played on the Fillies’ tennis team and was a member of the Honors Program.

Snow went on to receive a Bachelor’s of Business Administration in Management Information Systems degree from the Terry College of Business at the University of Georgia. After receiving her BBA she earned her Juris Doctor from Stetson University College of Law and a Masters of Business Administration from Stetson University.

In April of 2007, Snow was admitted to the Florida Bar. She currently works as an Associate Attorney for McGahee & Perez, PL in Clewiston, Florida. She and her husband live in Belle Glade, Florida.

Snow has agreed to become an inaugural member of the ABAC ACTIONS (Alumni Connecting To Involved and Outstanding New Students) team. ACTIONS is a new alumni-based student recruiting effort designed to help attract academically talented and engaged students to ABAC.  ACTIONS will capitalize on ABAC’s vast network of alumni who have received a quality education from the institution and who also experienced the “ABAC way of life.” ABAC President David Bridges said it is one of the key elements in making ABAC Georgia’s State College of Choice.

Following the convocation, the annual President’s Picnic will be held on the Lakeside Lawn. The event features food, fun, and games for ABAC students, faculty, and staff.

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