News       
from ABAC

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

 

Green Bar Divider

 

IMMEDIATE                                                                                                                                                                                                JUNE 2, 2006

 

Left  - right: Joey Whitley, Chair of the Irwin County Commission; Haley Gibbs, GEAR UP Student and honor graduate; Jay Roberts, State Representative; Jalisha Reid, GU Student; Kimberly Keen, GU Coordinator; Quacentia Lewis; GU Student Anthony McElhaney, GU Student; Jack Kingston, U.S. Congressman; Kathy Rowe, GU Student and honor graduate; Bernardino Orosco, GU Student; Jeremy Gordy, GU Student; Whitney Royal, GU Student and honor graduate; Lamar Royal, Mayor of Ocilla: and Tom Call, Interim President of ABAC.

 

 

KINGSTON VISITS ABAC GEAR UP PROGRAM

 

TIFTON – United States Congressman Jack Kingston visited Ocilla recently to get a first-hand look at the Gaining Early Awareness/Readiness for Undergraduate Program (GEAR UP) run by Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College.

Kingston spoke with GEAR UP staff, students, and teachers about the success duringthe program’s seven-year history. Kimberly Keen of ABAC serves as Coordinator of the program.

Also on hand for the event were Irwin County Commission Chair Joey Whitley; State Representative Jay Roberts; Ocilla mayor Lamar Royal; and ABAC Interim President Tom Call.

                                                                                                            ###