Volume XL, Number 25

www.abac.edu

February 4, 2002

Monday, February 4

5:30 p.m.-Basketball: Fillies vs. Atlanta Metro (Gressette Gym)

7:30 p.m.-Basketball: Stallions vs. Atlanta Metro (Gressette Gym)

Tuesday, February 5

1:00 p.m.-Baseball: Stallions vs. North Florida (Stallion Field)

7:30 p.m.-Christian Student Fellowship (Chapel)

Wednesday, February 6

9:00 a.m.-Discover the Magic of Customer Service

(Cordell Conf. Room A)

2:00 p.m.-Ga. Middle & Secondary School Committee Meeting

(Cordell Conf. Room C)

7:30 p.m.-Basketball: Stallions vs. South Georgia Tech

(Gressette Gym)

Thursday, February 7

7:30 a.m.-Ga. Middle & Secondary School Committee Meeting

(Cordell Conf. Room)

11:30 a.m.-Faculty/Staff Luncheon (Magnolia Room)

7:00 p.m.-TCHS Chorus Rehearsal (Dining Hall)

7:30 p.m.-Christian Student Fellowship (Chapel)

Friday, February 8

7:30 p.m.-TCHS Chorus Valentine's Dinner Theater

(Dining Hall)

Saturday, February 9

8:00 a.m.-National ACT (Student Life Hearing Room)

2:00 p.m.-Basketball: Fillies vs. Andrew (Gressette Gym)

4:00 p.m.-Basketball: Stallions vs. Andrew (Gressette Gym)

6:30 p.m.-Kiwanis District Rally (Dining Hall)

Sunday, February 10

7:00 p.m.-Gospel Choir (Chapel)

The ABAC Quiz Bowl Team traveled to Tallahassee Community College on Jan. 25 to compete in the annual Southeast Region VI Quiz Bowl Tournament. In a field of 30 teams from Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, and Georgia, the ABAC team finished in third place. Sponsor Erin Campbell said this was the team's best showing yet against an increasingly competitive pool of teams.

The ABAC team was represented by Robby Powell, Amanda Richards, Jason C. Stuart, Beverly Walker, and Kati Wheeler. Richards earned all-star recognition for earning the third highest individual points in the entire field with her score of 450+ points.

Valentine's Day Roses

Make someone's Valentine's Day special with roses from the ABAC Ambassadors. Orders can be placed by calling the Public Relations Office at 3264. Pre-Valentine's Day prices are as follows:

One rose $4.50

Three roses $12

Six roses $20

Dozen roses $30

Baseball in the Air

Catch the Golden Stallions' baseball game at home on Tuesday in a 1 p.m. doubleheader against North Florida.

Stallion Named Best in State

The student newspaper at Abraham Baldwin has been named the best among all two-year colleges in Georgia. The Stallion received a total of 16 awards at the recent Georgia College Press Association's (GCPA) Better Newspaper Conference.

In addition to winning first place for General Excellence, signifying the overall best newspaper of the year, in the Junior Division, The Stallion also received eight other general category awards. These awards included the first place Improvement Award, first place for General Advertising Excellence, first place for Layout and Design Excellence, first place for Best Campus Community Service--Sports, first place for Best Campus Community Service--Features, second place for Best Campus Community Service--News, third place for General Photography Excellence, and third place for Best Campus Community Service--Editorial.

In individual categories, The Stallion claimed eight awards. Nikki Inge of Hinesville won first place for Best Review. Vickie Harsey of Enigma won first place for Best News Article Based on Objective Reporting. She also received second place awards for Best Entertainment Feature and Best Feature Story. Katie Davis of Tifton won third place for Best Column, and James Gibson of Americus received third place for Best Editorial or Feature Photograph. Second place for Best Feature Story went to Harsey and Chris Brady of Moultrie. Bo Moore of Tifton took third place for Best Sports Photograph. Moore, former editor of The Stallion and current Managing Editor of The West Georgian at the State University of West Georgia, was re-elected as president of the GCPA Board.

Basketball Tonight The Golden Fillies and the Golden Stallions will host Atlanta Metro tonight beginning at 5:30 p.m. in Gressette Gym. Tonight represents Community Night. All members of the community will be admitted free of charge. Also tonight, members of the spring sports teams will be introduced at halftime.

The Stallions will also be at home on Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. against South Georgia Tech. The Fillies and Stallions will play a home twin-bill on Saturday beginning at 2 p.m. against Andrew College. Come out and support ABAC basketball.

Meet and Eat in Moultrie

ABAC faculty members are invited to a Meet and Eat at Colquitt County High School on Feb. 11. Two vans will leave the campus at 2:15 p.m. and return by 5:30 p.m. Over 50 faculty members, counselors, and administrators at CCHS will be welcoming us to their school. The purpose of the gathering is to make new friends and learn something about their interests and needs. Respond to Sue Wilson by email no later than Feb. 8 if you can make this very important trip. For more information call Wilson at 3974.

Basketball School Nights

Special guests at the Stallions' game against South Georgia Tech on Wednesday night will be the Eighth Street championship boys' basketball team and the TCHS boys' basketball team. All students from Eighth Street Middle School and TCHS will be admitted free that evening. On Saturday in the games against Andrew College, students from Tiftarea Academy, Matt Wilson Elementary School, and J.T. Reddick Elementary School will be admitted free.

ABAC Receives $4,965 Grant

The Georgia Humanities Council recently awarded Abraham Baldwin a grant in the amount of $4,965 to fund the project "Celebrating Cultural Diversity."

According to Project Director Charlotte Pfeiffer, "Celebrating Cultural Diversity" will explore the reflection of culture in literature, the visual arts, and music. The project will consist of programs on the African-American, Chinese, Hispanic, Indian, Japanese, and Native American cultures. The audiences for the programs will include middle school, high school, and college students as well as adults in six south Georgia counties: Berrien, Cook, Crisp, Irwin, Tift, and Turner. Events are planned through the end of April.

In celebration of Black Awareness Month, the first program of the project will feature an exhibit by African-American artist Henry Pernell Johnson Feb. 2 - 14 in Cordele and Feb. 19 - 28 at ABAC. The exhibit is open to the public.

Poet, short story writer, and novelist Anthony Grooms will also be a featured guest in February. During February and March, four ABAC professors will participate in Women's History Month with the presentation of the lecture series, "Literature as It Reflects Culture." This portion of the program will feature talks on the writings of Japanese author Ariyoski Saawako, Native American author Louise Erdrich, Hispanic author Isabel Allende, and Indian author Jhumpa Lahiri. Other guests will include Mihoko Tsutsumi, a musician from Japan, Hispanic author Judith Ortiz-Cofer, and Chinese artist Dr. Lee-jan Jan.

This project is supported by the Georgia Humanities Council and the National Endowment for the Humanities and through appropriations from the Georgia General Assembly. For additional information, contact ABAC's Division of Humanities at 386 - 3250.

Arts in Schools Residency

The Arts Station is sponsoring an Arts in Schools residency Tuesday through Thursday this week in Tift, Ben Hill, and Turner counties. Jazz singer Bonnie Earl will perform for schools in these counties. For anyone interested in attending, Earl will perform at Tift County High School's Performing Arts Center on Wednesday at 8:30 and 10:05 a.m. Call Polly Kalinova at 3558 for details.

Care and Concern

Fran Kinchen's husband, Isaiah, was readmitted to Tift Regional Medical Center for a reoccurrence of high blood pressure last week. Joel Bruce's son-in-law was admitted to Shands Hospital in Gainesville, Fla., for emergency open heart surgery on Jan. 31. Margaret Brogdon's husband, Tim, was hospitalized at South Georgia Medical Center after suffering a mild heart attack. Louise Foote's mother is recuperating after valve replacement surgery. Please keep all these members of the ABAC Family in your thoughts and prayers.

Note of Sympathy

The ABAC Family expresses sympathy to Vivian Pearman whose mother, Vetta McAllister, passed away on Jan. 29.

Sympathy is also extended to Hazel Purvis whose brother-in-law, Carol Purvis, passed away recently. Please keep both these families in your prayers.

Landscape Program Begins Feb. 7

The ABAC Landscape Certificate Program is now available. Classes begin Thursday and run through April.

This 30-hour program includes the following classes: Plant and Soil Basics--Landscaping I, Identifying and Selecting Plant Materials--Landscaping II, Landscape and Garden Design--Landscaping III, and How to Plant and Maintain Landscapes--Landscaping IV. Preregistration is required.

Participants may enroll in any course independently or complete the series to earn the certificate. The fee for the complete series for ABAC faculty and staff is $100. In order to earn the Landscape Certificate, a student must complete the entire series of courses, attending at least 75 percent of each class.

For information, contact the PSBOC at 386-3267.

Note of Thanks

Thanks to the following for making the Jan. 26 administration of the National SAT one of our best yet: Annie Sims, Phyllis Kester, Arlene Bailey, Margie Senkbeil, Sherin Nixon, Ellen Resta, Debbie Riner, Bernice Hughes, Mike Goss, Rita Wade, and Vonda Doss. A total of 206 from 15 different school districts took the test. Thanks also to Anita Williams, Bernice Corbin, and Public Safety.

Dr. Maggie Martin

Free For You

Public Service and Business Outreach Director Diane Kilgore has announced that the upcoming Focus on Central Asia seminar will be free to ABAC faculty, staff, and students. The seminar meets from 4:30-6:20 p.m. on Feb. 22 and 9 a.m.- 3 p.m. on Feb. 23. Your only cost will be a $6.25 buffet lunch on Feb. 23. For more information about the program, call Dr. John Dunn in the Social Science Division at 3259. To sign up, contact Kilgore at 3267.

Abraham Baldwin Family

Polly Kalinova was presented an honorary plaque at the annual Girl Scout Science Fair on Jan. 26 where she served as a judge.

Tammy Groover was elected vice chair in January for the Ryan White AIDS Consortium in Valdosta.

Carlos Howard visited Dougherty, Calhoun County, Terrell, Tattnall, Americus, Fitzgerald, Monroe, and Central of Macon high schools during the past two weeks.