Volume XLI, Number 3 www.abac.edu August 5, 2002

Calendar of Events

Monday, August 5

11:00 a.m.-Pedestrian Mall Concrete Cracking (front of Carlton Center)

11:30 a.m.-Vollmer Luncheon (Magnolia Room)

Friday, August 9

8:30 a.m.-GA Dept. of Education Workshop (Cordell Conf. Room A/B/C)

6:00 p.m.-Smith/Lashley Wedding Rehearsal (Chapel)

Saturday, August 10

7:30 a.m.-Child Care Conference (Cordell Conf. Room A)

6:00 p.m.-Smith/Lashley Wedding (Chapel)

7:00 p.m.-Smith/Lashley Wedding Reception (Dining Hall)

Monday, August 12

8:00 a.m.-GA Chiefs’ Association Management Class (Student Courtroom)

Noon-New Faculty Luncheon (Magnolia Room)

6:00 p.m.-Evening New Student Orientation (Cordell Conf. Room A)

Tuesday, August 13

8:00 a.m.-GA Chiefs’ Association Management Class (Student Courtroom)

9:00 a.m.-New Faculty Workshop

1:30 p.m.-Fall Faculty/Staff Preview & Planning Conference (Cordell Conf. Room)

6:30 p.m.-Faculty/Staff Social—A Celebration Across America (Dining Hall)

Wednesday, August 14

8:00 a.m.-GA Chiefs’ Association Management Class (Student Courtroom)

9:00 a.m.-Conducting Performance Appraisal (Cordell Conf. Room C)

1:30 p.m.-Advising Update (Cordell Conf. Room B/C)

2:00 p.m.-Mandala Move-In

Thursday, August 15

Today-New Student Orientation

8:00 a.m.-GA Chiefs’ Association Management Class (Student Courtroom)

6:00 p.m.-Evening Adjunct Faculty Orientation (Cordell Conf. Room A)

Friday, August 16

Today-Registration

8:00 a.m.-GA Chiefs’ Association Management Class (Student Courtroom)

5:00 p.m.-Ports/Boone Wedding Rehearsal (Chapel)

Saturday, August 17

8:30 a.m.-Defensive Driving (Cordell Conf. Room C)

4:00 p.m.-Ports/Boone Wedding (Chapel)

5:00 p.m.-Ports/Boone Wedding Reception (Dining Hall)

Sunday, August 18

2:00 p.m.-Mandala Move-In

Monday, August 19

Today-Fall Semester Classes Begin

Have Your Picture Made

Photos will be made for the annual Faculty/Staff Directory on Aug. 13 from 1-1:30 p.m. and from 2:30-3 p.m. in the Cordell Conference Room lobby. Please have your picture made for the directory so everyone will be included.

Grand Opening Today

The Grand Opening for the Pedestrian Mall will be held today at 11 a.m. with an event that begins in the Cordell Conference Room and ends with a “concrete cracking” in front of the Carlton Center. All faculty, staff, and students are welcome to attend.

Fall Conference August 13

The annual Fall Conference for the faculty and staff at Abraham Baldwin begins at 1:30 p.m. on Aug. 13. Breakout sessions are planned after a one-hour general session. The conference continues on Aug. 14. The first day culminates with a 6:30 p.m. social in the Donaldson Dining Hall. The cost is only $2 per person with a maximum charge of $10 per family.

Entertainment at the social will include a brass ensemble featuring songs with patriotic and regional themes. There will also be a zany game show titled Partners in Crime, and the talented “BSU crew” will be helping your kids with activities. Please come dressed in your red, white, and blue attire. Notify Brenda Doss at 3489 or bdoss@abac.edu of your intentions to attend the social by Aug. 8. Checks should be made payable to ABAC.

Funeral for Collins

Services were held July 29 for ABAC basketball recruit Maurice Collins. The 18-year-old from Houston, Texas, was trying out for the Golden Stallions when he suddenly collapsed on the floor of Gressette Gym on July 23. Collins later passed away at Tift Regional Medical Center. President Mike Vollmer and Men’s Basketball Coach Robert Moore were in attendance at the funeral.

Orientations on the Way

New student orientation will be held for students at ABAC on the Square in Moultrie Tuesday at 6 p.m. Evening student orientation for students attending the main campus will be held Aug. 12 at 6 p.m. in the Carlton Center. The final orientation for first-time entering students will be held Aug. 15, and registration is scheduled for Aug. 16. Classes begin on Aug. 19.

Mandala Move-In Days

Director of Student Life Bernice Hughes has announced that the Mandala Move-In Days will be held from 2-6 p.m. on Aug. 14 and during the same timeframe on Aug. 18. Last year’s move-in days were a great help to students and parents. You can participate in this year’s event by contacting Hughes’ office at 386-3233. The move-in days are sponsored by the Mandala Movement Partners and Student Life and Housing.

Learning Support Relocates

The Office of Learning Support is now located in Conger 213. The phone number will remain the same. Humanities Division Chair Bobbie Robinson has relocated to King Hall, former home of Learning Support.

Celebrating

Birthdays

August

6 Beth Thornton

9 Jewrell Rivers

10 Geoff Clement

10 Sandra Grimsley

10 Gene Sawyer

10 Kay Weeks

10 Eugene Wyles

11 Jimmy Felton

11 Barbara Wood

12 Jerry Davis

12 Jonathan Harrington

12 Sharry Sackor

12 Duane Weeks

13 Clyde Jordan

15 Joel Bruce

15 Charles Turner

16 Oscar Patton

17 Brenda Keller

17 Donnie Stone

18 Bobbie Baldree

18 Jeff Seela

19 Debra Campbell

Helen on Monday and Wednesday

Helen Strickland will be on campus this afternoon and on Wednesday from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. instead of her regular Tuesday schedule. See her during these times for your publication needs.

Next FOCUS August 19

The next edition of this prized publication will appear in your boxes on Aug. 19. At that time the FOCUS will begin appearing on a weekly basis. Please have all information for the FOCUS in to the Public Relations Office by noon on Thursday prior to the next Monday publication.

Cordell Lecture September 23

Janisse Ray will be the featured speaker at the next edition of the Tom M. Cordell Distinguished Lecture Series on Sept. 23 at 7:30 p.m. in the Cordell Conference Room. Ray is the author of Ecology of a Cracker Childhood. This is the book that the freshman orientation classes will be reading this semester. Pick up a copy at the Bookstore. Enjoy it yourself, and plan to be in attendance when Ms. Ray speaks at ABAC.

Congratulations!

Eugene and Gail Wyles are proud to announce the birth of their fifth grandchild, Ian Conner Wyles. He was born July 26 and weighed nine pounds. The proud parents are 1996 ABAC graduates Eric and Jennifer (Lott) Wyles. Congratulations to all!

System Supplement on Web

The latest issue of The System Supplement is now available on the USG website at http://www.usg.edu/pbs along with back issues of this and other System

publications.

Scholarship Recipients Announced

Betty McCorvey and Missy Hutto attended the Watson-Brown Foundation’s Scholarship Awards Luncheon in Thomson on July 27. The Foundation awarded $1,065,000 to 337 college students attending 77 different colleges and universities across the country. Seven ABAC students received this prestigious scholarship in the amount of $3,000 each. ABAC was the only two-year institution with scholarship recipients.

Current ABAC students receiving the Watson-Brown Foundation Scholarship were Joseph T. Chastain, James M. Handley, Amanda Lewis, Kristy Shiver, Molly Snow, Shellie Story, and Jennifer Wood. Former ABAC students Robert Boatwright, Rebecca Canady, Meghan Davis, Sherrie Hines, Matthew Howell, Marcus Owen, Mary Jane Snow, and Grant Waldrop also received scholarships.

Care and Concern

Lonnie Gibson underwent surgery at Colquitt Regional Medical Center on July 26 to repair a hernia. He is recuperating at home.

Former ABAC nursing faculty member Sandie Delk has been hospitalized twice this summer with medical problems that, at this point are undiagnosed. She is at home and under the care of several physicians. Please keep them in your thoughts and prayers.

Note of Sympathy

Sympathy is expressed to Philip Hightower whose grandfather, Floyd Fletcher, passed away on July 23. Sympathy is also extended to Jeff Gibbs whose mother, Judy Gibbs, passed away on July 28. Please keep these members of the ABAC Family in your thoughts and prayers.

The ABAC Family was also saddened to learn of the death of ABAC student James B. Nugent. He was killed in a car accident on July 29.

Notes of Thanks

I want to sincerely thank everyone from the ABAC Family for your support during the tragic time for myself and the ABAC men’s basketball team. Your emails, calls, letters, cards, and hugs were very touching. Your thoughtfulness and support truly means a lot. Thanks,

Coach Robert Moore &

The ABAC Stallions

Thank you very much for the cards, numerous phone calls, flowers, and prayers after Ann’s mother passed away. Your kindness has meant so much to us.

Jimmy & Ann Grubbs

A very special thanks to the staff for selecting me as the Summer Term Staff Forum Award recipient. Words truly cannot express how honored I feel. It is so comforting to work with such a thoughtful and caring group. Have a blessed day,

Pathelyn Smith

Positions Open

ABAC:

◘ Director of Evening & Off-Campus Programs

(deadline 8/9)

◘ Senior Secretary, Office of Development & Alumni

Relations; Salary $19,000-$21,000 (deadline 8/12)

Contact the Office of Human Resources for details.