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Michael D. Chason Director of Public Relations ABAC 30 -- 2802 Moore Highway Tifton, GA 31793-2601 Phone 229-391-5055 Fax 229-391-4781 mchason@abac.edu

IMMEDIATE MARCH 17, 2005

BOZEMAN A FAN OF ABAC ON THE SQUARE

TIFTON— After being away from the classroom setting for several years, Joey Bozeman from Moultrie started thinking about college. The thought of a jam-packed lecture hall on a huge campus did not seem appealing.

That’s when the Abraham Baldwin College location in Moultrie called ABAC on the Square proved to be a perfect fit.

“I wanted to go to college badly but I never would have gone to a big campus,” Bozeman said. “I tried Moultrie Tech, but I just wasn’t comfortable. At ABAC on the Square it was inviting, not intimidating.”

Kay Powell, Director of ABAC on the Square said, “When Joey first started here he was in my freshman seminar class. He was very quite and shy. But as the semesters went by he became more and more confident. He rose to the challenge that his classes put him under.”

Bozeman’s self-esteem grew in leaps and bounds. He went from thinking “I can’t do this” to “this isn’t bad after all” to “yes, I can.

“Going to ABAC opened me up to doing things I never would have done before,” said Bozeman. “Now, I go up to people I don’t even know and talk to them because the campus has a hometown atmosphere. That is what I liked best about my time there.”

Bozeman had another big change come his way last summer when one of his classes was dropped at the Moultrie location.

“Ms. Powell said I could take the class at the main campus in Tifton. At first I wasn’t sure about that. But when she said the class would be small, I went. I felt better, too, when I recognized some other people from Moultrie.”

Shortly after his first class on ABAC’s main campus, he moved to Tifton to continue his education. Bozeman graduates in May with an Associate’s degree in Allied Health and begins his studies at the Medical College of Georgia to eventually obtain a Master’s degree in Occupational Therapy.

Bozeman would like to return to Moultrie upon completion of his degree and practice in a therapy clinic.

“I would recommend ABAC on the Square and the main campus of ABAC to anyone interested in college,” Bozeman said. “It helped my self-esteem in a big way and was quite an eye-opener.”

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