Calendar of Events

Tuesday, August 27

11:00 a.m.-Student Support Services Workshop

(Cordell Conf. Room A)

Noon-Ambassadors Applications Due (Public Relations office)

3:00 p.m.-Red Hill Athletic Center Grand Opening

Wednesday, August 28

6:00 p.m.-Student Union Show—Tom Cotter (Dining Hall)

Thursday, August 29

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

1:00 p.m.-Humanities Council Grant Writing Workshop (Cordell Conf. Room A)

Saturday, August 31

5:00 p.m.-Holt Family Reunion (Dining Hall)

Monday, September 2

Today-Labor Day Holiday

Search Committee for VP

President Mike Vollmer has appointed Dr. Caroline Helms as chair of the Search Committee for the Vice President of Student and Enrollment Services. Tom Call is presently serving on an interim basis in that position. Other members of the Search Committee are Dr. Larry Allen, Bernice Hughes, Mike Curry, Angie Palmer, and SGA President Candice Clark.

First Tuesday Coming Up

The new Abraham Baldwin Arts Connection will stage a fabulous lineup during the annual Arts and Entertainment Series which begins with the Atlanta Symphony visit on Sept. 12. Buy your tickets today from the Arts Connection Office in the Carlton Center or call Director Wayne Jones at 3558.

A special addition this year will be the First Tuesday Series which begins on Sept. 3. You will recognize some familiar ABAC faculty/staff faces in that series. Performing in the initial First Tuesday concert at 7 p.m. in the Chapel of All Faiths will be Don Coates, Wayne Jones, Dr. Susan Roe, Becky Rodgers, Eugene Wyles, and Sheri Wyles Gabrowski.

The cost is $50 per person for six events in the Arts and Entertainment Series and seven free events in the First Tuesday Series. Payroll deduction forms are available.

Auditions September 9-10

Auditions for the fall production of the Baldwin Players will be held Sept. 9-10 at 7 p.m. in Conger 319. Baldwin Players Director John Galyean said the production of The Birthday Party by Harold Pinter will be Nov. 7-9 at 7:30 p.m. in Conger 319. For more information on auditions, call Galyean at 3099.

The Birthday Party centers on the inhabitants of a rundown seaside resort house. Four men, two women, and many technicians are needed for the production. Galyean said that Pinter is known as the master of post-WWII British theatre. The perplexing “pauses” in his scripts are well known as is his ear for dead-on naturalistic dialogue and realistic settings, harshly placed against dreamlike and grotesque happenings.

Red Hill Center Grand Opening

The grand opening for the $1 million Red Hill Athletic Center, honoring retired ABAC tennis coach Norman “Red” Hill, will be held Tuesday at 3 p.m. The public is invited to attend.

During Hill’s 34 years as head coach, the Golden Stallions captured two national championships, one in 1984 and the other in his final match in 1999. He was named National Coach of the Year on three occasions.

ABAC President Mike Vollmer said the ABAC Foundation, through gifts from individuals and corporate donors, provided all of the funding for the 6,000 square foot Center, which was designed by architects McCall and Associates of Valdosta and built by Barber Contracting of Moultrie. The Center will provide first class locker rooms and a training room for ABAC’s men’s and women’s tennis teams as well as for the baseball and softball squads. Offices for coaches and dressing facilities for umpires are also located in the Center.

State Representative Newt Hudson and other local elected officials helped spearhead the effort to secure state funding for the lighting of Stallion Field and Fillie Field to complement the new building. Future phases of the Athletic Complex plan include a 400-seat grandstand, a concession area, a press box for Stallion Field, a 64-space paved and landscaped parking lot, and an indoor practice area.

The lobby will contain displays of the two men’s tennis national championship trophies, as well as those from 37 consecutive trips to the national tennis tournament, baseball state championships dating back to World War II, and three national softball titles.

Hill retired from ABAC in 1999 after 34 years of service to the college. At one time the winningest active men's college tennis coach in the United States, Hill earned a national collegiate record 849 tennis victories. Hill's teams qualified for the NJCAA national tournament in all 34 years he coached. He was the fourth person ever inducted into the NJCAA Men's Tennis Hall of Fame in 1993 and received the Achievement in Sports Award from the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame.

Hill attended Georgia Southwestern from 1956- 57 where he was an all-state baseball and tennis player. He was recently inducted into the Georgia Southwestern Hall of Fame.

ABAC in the News

Lisa Lewis from the Public Relations Office posts all ABAC news releases on the ABAC website. If you would like to keep up with the campus news stories that are being sent to area media, go to www.abac.edu/news/

Tickets on September 3

Tickets for the Tom M. Cordell Distinguished Lecture Series featuring Janisse Ray on Sept. 23 will be available on Sept. 3 in the Public Relations Office. There is no charge for the tickets, but due to limited seating capacity in the Cordell Conference Room you must pick up tickets prior to the event.

Address Changes

When you have an address change, please notify Sandra Grimsley, Payroll; Jane Thompson, Human Resources; and Hazel Purvis, Academic Affairs. All three areas should be notified to ensure receipt of payroll and other college mailings

FOCUS Every Week

This prized publication now returns to your boxes every Monday. Information for the FOCUS should be sent to the Public Relations Office by noon on the Thursday previous to Monday publication.

Thanks to All

Thanks to all those folks who assisted in the second annual Mandala Move-In Days. Those participating on Aug. 14 were Marsha Anderson, Bruce Applewhite, Mike Chason, Geoff Clement, Julie Conner, Tom Conner, Michael Curry, Bertha Daniel, Dr. Gail Dillard, Wendy Harrison, Patsy Hembree, Charles Huff, Polly Huff, Sheila Hughes, Trina Jones, Diane Kilgore, Dr. Maggie Martin, Dr. Donna Miller, Robert Moore, Angie Palmer, Jimmy Palmer, Robin Poor, Brenda Sellers, Kiplan Smith, Pathelyn Smith, Beth Thornton, Lennie Vollmer, Rita Wade, Katrina Williams, Teresa Williams, and Floyd Wright.

Those participating on Aug. 18 were Pedro Arroyo, Cheryl Biggs, Traci Bryan, Rocio Cardenas, Christella Contreras, Olga Contreras, Dr. Gail Dillard, Vonda Doss, Jimmy Felton, Lorie Felton, Anthony Fitzgerald, Evelyn Folds, Jim Folds, Brenda Graham, Wasdon Graydon, Wendy Harrison, Dr. Caroline Helms, Herb Hendrix, Charles Huff, Polly Huff, Sheila Hughes, Missy Hutto, Cindy Jones, Alan Kramer, and Dr. Maggie Martin.

Also assisting on Aug. 18 were Sam Martinez, Dr. Donna Miller, Evelyn Perez, Judy Perry, Dr. Chrystle Ross, Marla Ross, Mike Ross, Sunny Ross, Darby Sewell, Jeff Sewell, Judy Shiflet, Megan Shiflet, Lyn Smith, Pathelyn Smith, Beth Thornton, Lennie Vollmer, Mike Vollmer, Becky Waid, Dr. Doug Waid, Dewayne Weeks, Katrina Williams, Mike Williams, Teresa Williams, Andrea Willis, Vernon Willis, Hallie Willis, and Paten Willis.

Baldwin Woman’s Club

The first meeting of the Baldwin Woman’s Club will be from 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. on Wednesday in the BSU Building. Membership is open to faculty or staff members, as well as spouses of faculty/staff members. Dues are only $10 per year. Contact President Louise Foote for information at 3223.

Wild Adventures Here Sept. 6

A representative from Wild Adventures theme park in Valdosta will be selling September through December passes for $29.95 and $6 for a parking pass at the J. Lamar Branch Student Center from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. on Sept. 6.

Weight Room Hours

Here are the hours for the weight room on the second floor of Gressette Gym for the 2002 fall semester:

Monday 5-10 p.m.

Tuesday 6-10 p.m.

Wednesday 5-10 p.m.

Thursday 6-10 p.m.

Friday 5-10 p.m.

Saturday 10 a.m.-6 p.m.

Sunday 1-9 p.m.

Holidays Ahead

Here are your official ABAC holidays for the remainder of 2002 and 2003. The college will be closed on these days.

September 2 Labor Day

Celebrating

Birthdays

August

26 Jim Folds

27 Rhea Wagahoff

28 Susan Groff

September

2 Joseph Njoroge

November 28-29 Thanksgiving

December 23-27 Christmas

January 1, 2003 New Year’s Day

January 20 Martin Luther King Day

July 4 Independence Day

September 1 Labor Day

November 27-28 Thanksgiving

December 24-31 Christmas

Positions Open

ABAC:

◘ Parttime Clinical Instructor

Division of Nursing & Health Services

Need for Fall Semester, $25 per hour

Contact the Office of Human Resources for details.

ABAC Family

Dr. John Galyean, Dr. Jeff Gibbs, and Mike Chason participated in the annual Literacy Volunteers of America Trivia Contest on behalf of ABAC on Aug. 20. They looked good, they felt good, but they didn’t win.

Mike Chason spoke to three classes at Worth County High School on Aug. 22 concerning the Eagle in You, Attitude, and Pathway to ABAC.