ABAC AMBASSADORS SELECTED FOR 2003-04

The 2003-04 ABAC Ambassadors include the following: Front Row (left to right): Nadia Johnson, Katie Murray, Melissa Martin, Jodi Cawley, Jennifer Raynor, and Amanda Hayes. Back Row (left to right): Elton Baldy, Ross Cargle, Trisha Stephens, Julie Lawhon, Melissa Cleary, Kaedy Cawthon, Mack Branch, and Jesse McMillan.

Fourteen students at Abraham Baldwin College have been selected to participate in one of the most prestigious organizations on campus, the ABAC Ambassadors.

Students serving as Ambassadors include Elton Baldy, a sophomore pre-veterinary medicine major from Norman Park; Mack Branch, Jr., a freshman business major from Tifton; Ross Cargle, a freshman special education major from Tifton; Jodi Dawn Cawley, a freshman nursing major from Ashburn; Kaedy Cawthon, a freshman early childhood education major from Jackson; Melissa Cleary, a sophomore agriculture major from Tifton; and Amanda Hayes, a sophomore secondary education major from Lenox.

Also serving as ABAC Ambassadors are Nadia R. Johnson, a sophomore information technology major from Nassau, The Bahamas; Julie Lawhon, a freshman undeclared major from Tifton; Melissa Martin, a freshman animal science major from Bainbridge; Jesse McMillan, a freshman pre-dentistry major from Enigma; Katie Murray, a sophomore agriculture education major from Moultrie; Jennifer Raynor, a sophomore nursing major from Fitzgerald; and Trisha Stephens, a sophomore agriculture education major from Tifton.

Stephens serves as president; Cawthon, vice-president; Raynor, secretary; and Baldy, treasurer of the organization. Cargle serves as parliamentarian, and Hayes is the historian.

Through a process involving application, letters of recommendation, and interviews, college administrators choose students whom they believe to be motivated and who show leadership potential to serve as Ambassadors.

The Ambassadors assist the offices of public relations and admissions, representing and promoting the college at a variety of community and college events. They work to maintain positive relationships between students, faculty, staff, alumni, and the community.

To continue in the organization, students must maintain at least a 2.5 cumulative grade point average on a 4.0 scale and commit at least 30 hours per semester to their service as Ambassadors. Ambassador advisors are Director of Public Relations Mike Chason and Public Relations Administrative Assistant Pam Leonard.

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