ABAC ENROLLMENT APPROACHES ALL-TIME HIGH

Approximately 2,803 students are attending classes at Abraham Baldwin College this fall semester, according to ABAC Registrar Tom Call. He said late registration and the usual dropping and adding of classes could change the final total.

This figure represents ABAC's second highest all-time enrollment. During the 1992 Fall Quarter, 2,851 students were enrolled.

"I think this is terrific," ABAC President Mike Vollmer said. "Just walking around the campus I've met students from all over Georgia, other states, and several countries. Our residence halls are jam-packed, and I think we are headed toward a great year."

Call said there are 2,653 students attending classes on the ABAC campus in Tifton and at ABAC on the Square in Moultrie. Another 150 are attending classes at the South Georgia Regional Educational Consortium (SGREC) in Valdosta. ABAC is one of the four sponsoring colleges of the SGREC. This is the third consecutive year that ABAC's enrollment has increased.

Call said students are carrying an average class load of 11.71 semester hours compared with 11.40 hours last year.

Director of Residence Life Bernice Hughes said 737 students are staying in the residence halls, up from 725 last year. ABAC usually has the largest residential population of any two-year college in Georgia.

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