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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 229-391-5056
mchason@abac.edu

 

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IMMEDIATE                                                                                                                                                                                    FEBRUARY 23, 2006

 

 

 

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ABAC Honors program students (l-r) Rebekah Fox, Chivaun Perez, and Renee Smith at the Georgia Collegiate Honors Council.

 

STUDENT, PROFESSOR NAMED TO GA COLLEGIATE HONORS COUNCIL

 

            TIFTON—  Dr. Luke Vassiliou, assistant professor of English and Director of the Honors program at Abraham Baldwin College, and Renee Smith, a freshman agriculture education major from Waycross, were each recently elected to positions with the Georgia Collegiate Honors Council.

Smith was elected Student Vice President of the Georgia Collegiate Honors Council. This is the highest student office in the state organization, and the first time an ABAC student has held the position. Smith has already shown her commitment to service through her work as an ABAC Ambassador.

Vassiliou was elected Faculty Vice President of the State Council, and his duties include organizing next year’s conference theme and presentations schedule. Smith and Vassiliou are part of the Council’s executive board for the upcoming year as well.

Freshmen honor students Rebekah Fox and Chivaun Perez also presented research with Smith to other Honors program students from colleges around the state. Fox is a foreign language major from Tifton and Perez is an English major from Nahunta. The students’ participation in the conference was made possible by the generous ABAC Foundation funding of Honors Program activities.

For more information on the Honors program, contact Vassiliou at (229) 391-4973 or by e-mail at lvassiliou@abac.edu.

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