IMMEDIATE OCTOBER 20, 2004

FALL OPEN CAMPUS DAY AT ABAC NOVEMBER 6

TIFTON--Tours of the newly-completed ABAC Place apartments will be a feature of the Fall Open Campus Day on Nov. 6 at Abraham Baldwin College.

Registration for Open Campus Day begins at 10 a.m. in the Carlton Center. Visitors will have a chance to view academic displays and find out more information about financial aid, admissions, and living on campus. The exhibit area closes at 11:15 a.m.

ABAC Ambassadors will direct tours of the campus down the $1.5 million Pedestrian Mall leading to the $7.1 million Ag Sciences building from 10 – 11 a.m.

Campus van tours begin at 10:15 a.m. The tour will cover most of the 421-acre ABAC campus, including the wildlife area, which features deer in the wildlife technology program.

ABAC Place tours begin at 10:15 a.m. and will continue until all the visitors have actually been inside the $32 million project. All 835 private rooms in the apartments are filled.

At 11:15 a.m. a question and answer session will be held in the Carlton Center covering financial aid, admissions, college life, and more. Optional tours of ABAC Place and the campus will be available after the session

For more information on Open Campus Day, interested persons can contact the admissions office at 800-733-3653, or visit the ABAC web site at www.abac.edu.

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