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For IMMEDIATE
Release December 7, 2009
ABAC President
David Bridges (right) gave Chancellor Erroll B. Davis, Jr., a driving tour of
the campus during his visit.
Chancellor
Says ABAC Has ‘Statewide Brand’
TIFTON—University
System of Georgia Chancellor Erroll B. Davis, Jr., says Abraham Baldwin
Agricultural College has a “statewide brand” that sets it apart from other
state colleges in the System.
“Unlike
most of the other access sector colleges in the System, ABAC has a unique
statewide brand,” Davis, who visited the ABAC campus on Monday, said. “ABAC graduates have gone out and done well
in a variety of different fields.”
ABAC
attracts over 3,300 students from 152 of Georgia’s 159 counties, 17 other
states, and 11 countries. Over 1,100
students live on campus. Davis visited
with ABAC student leaders as well as faculty members, administrators, and
community leaders during his day-long visit.
“I
try to get out of Atlanta at least three times a month for the specific purpose
of visiting the campuses in the System,” Davis said.
Davis
said he expects the number of students in the System to continue to climb.
“In
spite of diminishing resources, we have had explosive growth,” Davis said. “The University System is an investment for
this state. Educated people provide
value to the State of Georgia. Through
our colleges and universities, we are providing for the future of this state.”
Davis
predicts an additional 100,000 students in the System by 2020. He hopes many of them enter the System
through institutions such as ABAC.
“We
want students to go to the access sector of the System,” Davis said. “That’s why we have to make an institution
such as ABAC as attractive as possible to students.”
Davis
said the System can educate a student for approximately one-third of the cost
at an access institution in comparison to the University of Georgia.
“The
access sector is the fastest growing sector as far as the number of credit hours,”
Davis said.
The
spring semester at ABAC begins on Jan. 11, 2010.
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