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Calendar
of Events
Monday, September 30
10:30 p.m.-Midnight Mania (Gressette Gym)
Tuesday, October 1
4:00 p.m.-Take Pride in ABAC (Conger Hall)
6:00 p.m.- Student
Union Show—Little Horse (Dining Hall)
7:00 p.m.-First Tuesday Concert Series
(Chapel)
Wednesday, October 2
8:00
a.m.-Georgia Choice Training (Cordell Conf. Room A/B)
Noon-Georgia Choice Luncheon (Magnolia
Room)
Thursday, October 3
11:30 a.m.-Faculty/Staff Luncheon
(Magnolia Room)
3:00 p.m.-State Charitable Contributions
Kickoff (Dining Hall)
6:00 p.m.-Student Union Show—Tom Cotter
(Dining Hall)
Friday, October 4
5:00 p.m.-Hartley/May Wedding Rehearsal
(Chapel)
Saturday, October 5
Today-Speech Tournament
Noon-Spirit of the South Judges Luncheon
(Magnolia Room)
2:00 p.m.-Hunter Safety Course (Cordell Conf.
Room A)
3:00 p.m.-Seated Dessert (Magnolia Room)
4:00 p.m.-Bailey/Eidson
Wedding Reception (Dining Hall)
Sunday, October 6
2:00 p.m.-Hunter Safety Course
Noon-Speech
Tournament Awards Ceremony (Chapel)
Monday, October 7
Today-Regents Meeting Set-Up (Cordell
Conf. Room)
Midnight Mania Tonight!
Gressette Gym will
be the place to be tonight at 10:30 when the faculty and staff take on the
students in their third annual basketball game.
At the present time, the faculty/staff are 2-0. We’ll see what happens tonight.
Other highlights of the evening will include
the Spirit Team, the Sabor Latino Dancers, a shoot
out from half court for $250, a couch potato shoot out to win a recliner, a money
grab from mid-court where a blindfolded student will collect some cash, a
dunking exhibition by the Golden Stallions, and at the stroke of midnight the
introduction of the 2002-03 Fillies and Stallions.
Count on lots of refreshments, lots of fun,
and free doughnuts and orange juice when it is all over at 12:30 a.m. Come early, stay late!
Concert on Tuesday
The
First Tuesday Series on Tuesday at 7 p.m. in the Chapel of All Faiths will
feature David Van Wyk, cellist; Latrelle
Dixon, soprano; Blane Jacobs, baritone; Don Wauchope, French horn; and Jonathan Durkovic,
piano. If you are not a patron of the Arts
and Entertainment Series, the cost is only $3 for adults and $1 for students.
ABAC students will be admitted free with their I.D. cards. For more information, contact Arts Connection
Director Wayne Jones at 3558.
Construction
Zone Update
Construction continues on the Pedestrian Mall. This week, the area beside King Hall will be
ripped up. Please be very careful in
that area. For other
updates on construction on campus, check out the ABAC Construction Zone on the
ABAC website.
Regents Here October 8-9
Chancellor Thomas Meredith and the Board of
Regents of the University System of Georgia will meet on the ABAC campus on
Oct. 8-9. It is the first meeting of the
Board on the ABAC campus since 1984.
The activities will begin with lunch in the
Magnolia Room on Oct. 8, followed by the 1 p.m. start of the actual Board
Meeting in the Cordell Conference Room.
President Mike Vollmer will make a presentation about ABAC. He will be assisted by Dr. Chrystle Ross, the ABAC Ambassadors, and five members of
the Office of Information Technology Services staff. The Regents will each use a PDA as directed
by Dr. Ross and assisted by the Ambassadors and the OITS staff.
At 3 p.m. the Regents will board a chartered
bus and take a tour of the college. Dr.
Larry Allen and students from the Division of Agriculture and Forest Resources
will host brief stops at the animal science area and at the Rodeo Arena. The Regents will also tour the Coastal Plain
Experiment Station that afternoon. Regent John Hunt will host a dinner for the
Regents and their guests at his home that evening.
On Oct. 9, the Regents will begin their day
with a breakfast in the Magnolia Room, followed by a 9 a.m. meeting in the
Carlton Center which will be highlighted by a one-hour presentation on
agriculture from ABAC, Fort Valley State University, and the University of
Georgia. Dr. Allen and ABAC student Ben
Kennedy will present the ABAC information.
The meeting should adjourn at approximately 11:30 a.m.
The University System Knowledge is Power
Tour will immediately follow the Regents meeting from noon-2 p.m. Sponsored by the Intellectual Capital
Partnership Program (ICAPP), the KIP Tour is the ninth in a series of events
which highlights the University System’s current and proposed efforts to
encourage regional and statewide economic development by utilizing the
intellectual capital on the University System of Georgia’s 34 campuses to meet
business needs.
In addition to ABAC, the event on Oct. 9
will highlight the resources of South Georgia College, Valdosta State
University, and Waycross College.
Chancellor Meredith will be the keynote speaker at the event. President Vollmer and the presidents from
South Georgia, Valdosta State, and Waycross will also be speaking briefly about
their institutions.
These two events will take the cooperation
of everyone on campus. Please make our
visitors feel welcome.
Take
Pride in ABAC Tuesday
The third Take Pride in ABAC Day will be held Tuesday at 4 p.m. on the
Carlton Center side of Conger Hall. All
ABAC students, faculty, and staff are invited to attend to help beautify the
college in preparation for the visit by the Board of Regents on Oct. 8-9.
Three
Golden Trash Awards worth $20 each will be hidden somewhere on campus. There will also be ice cold Stallion Water
available, as well as gloves and trash bags.
Do your part to help keep ABAC clean.
Blood
Drive Wednesday
ABAC will host the Fall Blood Drive on Wednesday from 11 a.m.-4 p.m. in
the Nickelodeon of the J. Lamar Branch Student Center. The American Red Cross desperately needs your
assistance due to the shortage of blood in this area. Please help the Red Cross to reach the goal
of collecting 80 units while at ABAC.
As an extra incentive, the Nursing students have contacted local
merchants who will be providing door prizes. Two door prizes will be given away
every 30 minutes. The Health Center will also give free gifts to
everyone who registers to donate blood.
Beauty
Revue November 12
Applications are now available for the 35th annual ABAC
Beauty Revue to be held on Nov. 12 at 7:30 p.m. in the Donaldson Dining
Hall. The event is sponsored by the ABAC
Ambassadors. Applications can be picked
up at the Public Relations Office on the second floor of Tift Hall. The deadline for applications is noon on Oct.
25.
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Celebrating Birthdays September
30 Mike Curry October 1 Neva
Herschell 2 Sue Hammons
3 Angie Palmer
4 Mary Ellen Hicks
5 Etta Lee
5 Melissa Webb
7 Vonda Doss
7 Polly Huff 7 Teresa
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Expo
October 15-17
ABAC will again be one of the exhibitors at the annual Sunbelt Ag Expo
at Spence Field near Moultrie on Oct. 15-17.
The ABAC exhibit will be housed in the building donated by Lanier Carson
of Kelley Manufacturing Company to the ABAC Foundation. Highlights of the week will include student entertainment,
admissions office information, the Horticulture Club putting green, and much,
much more.
McClain Receives New Scholarship
Beverly McClain, a human services technology
major from Tifton, is the first recipient of the new $500 Dorris
Garrison Nelson Memorial Scholarship at ABAC.
The Tift County Council on Child Abuse,
under the coordination of
Lillie McEntyre, president, and Lisa
Reinhardt, past president, created the scholarship, which will be administered
by the ABAC Foundation.
The Tift County Council on Child Abuse is a
volunteer council that raises money to help provide programs and assistance in
order to prevent child abuse.
“The Council decided to start a scholarship
for Human Services majors at ABAC so they can receive a quality education in
the field and go on to pursue careers in which they can help children,”
Reinhardt said. “The scholarship was set up as a memorial to honor Dorris Garrison Nelson of Tifton for her work with
children.”
One scholarship will be awarded annually to
a graduate of Tift County High School or Tiftarea
Academy. The recipient must be a rising ABAC sophomore in the Division of
Social Science with a GPA of 2.5 or higher. Preference will be given to
students majoring in Human Services. The ABAC Scholarship and Awards Committee
will select the recipient each year from the applications received based upon
recommendations from faculty/advisors in the Division of Social Science. To
continue receiving the scholarship, the student must maintain a cumulative
Regents’ grade point average of 2.5 or higher.
ABAC Foundation President Melvin Merrill
said the Foundation enjoys a multifaceted service mission to ABAC and the
community.
“We are pleased to work with members of the
Tift County Council on Child Abuse to achieve their goal and make this
scholarship possible,” Merrill said. “We thank them for establishing the
scholarship and for their dedication to children.”
Care
and Concern
Brenda Graham suffered a broken leg which required surgery last
week. Please keep her in your thoughts
and prayers.
Mercer
Recruiter at ABAC
Mercer University Admissions Recruiter Ray Tatum will be on campus on
Oct. 18, Nov. 19, and Dec. 11. He will
be on the second floor of the J. Lamar Branch Student Center from 11 a.m.-1
p.m.
Arts
Connection in Local Schools
The
Abraham Baldwin Arts Connection in collaboration with the regional Boards of
Education has been bringing quality visual and performing arts to schools in Tift,
Turner, Irwin, Ben Hill and Crisp counties for many years.
This
year's exciting lineup of nationally and internationally acclaimed companies
and actors includes Dancing Bookteller Cathy Kaemmerlen with her interpretation of Amelia Bedelia, Historyteller
William Wilder on Civil War, Aztec and Flamenco dancer and Hispanic culturalist John Jaramillo, the Georgia Mountain Theatre's
productions of Macbeth and Taming of the Shrew, World Music
Consort's Irish tours, and Peachtree Brass.
Also featured will be the Birmingham Children's Theatre's The Country
Mouse and the City Mouse, Wendy Bennett with "Alphabet Soup",
the Valdosta Symphony Orchestra with its selection of patriotic tunes, puppet
master Lee Bryan, creative poet Alice Lovelace, Japanese artist-in-residence Mihoko Tsutsumi, African drummer Baba Raa,
the Ruth Mitchell Dance theatre with Alice in Wonderland, and Cuban
storyteller Tersi Bendiburg,.
Call Arts in Schools Coordinator Polly K.
Huff at the Arts Connection Office at 3558 for information on when those groups
be at your child's school, attending any of the shows,
or if you would like to bring a group of students.
Positions Open
ABAC:
◘ Vice
President of Student & Enrollment Services
(Deadline 11/30)
Contact the Office of Human Resources for details.
ABAC Family
President
Mike Vollmer was the guest speaker at the Tifton Sertoma
Club on Sept. 26. Social Science faculty
member Dennis Bush extended the
invitation.
Carlos Howard represented ABAC at the
Warner Robins College Fair on Sept. 24, as well as PROBE Fairs in the Atlanta
area on Sept. 25-27.
