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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

IMMEDIATE MARCH 9, 2006

Dr. David Bridges

BRIDGES TO INTERVIEW FOR PRESIDENT AT ABAC MARCH 22

TIFTON - Dr. David Bridges will interview for the position of President at Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College on March 22.

Bridges is currently the Assistant Dean of the University of Georgia’s Tifton campus of the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences. He has been with the University of Georgia since 1987, serving as Assistant Professor in the Agronomy and Soils Department, teaching both graduate and undergraduate classes.

Since he came to the UGA Tifton campus in 2001, Bridges has developed an academic program which now includes 63 undergraduate students and 48 graduate students.

Bridges began his career as a graduate teaching assistant at Texas A&M University. He has also taught chemistry at Gordon College.

Bridges holds four degrees in the agricultural sciences. He received his Associate’s degree in Agriculture from ABAC; a Bachelor’s degree in Agronomy and Soils from Auburn University; a Master’s in Weed Science from Auburn University; and a Doctorate in Weed Science from Texas A&M University.

Bridges is one of five candidates interviewing on the ABAC campus. The other candidates include Dr. Elazer Barnette, a Protégé in the American Association of State Colleges and Universities’ Millennium Leadership Initiative at Middle Tennessee State University; Dr. Amelia Pearson, Provost and Dean of Instruction at Central Alabama Community College; Dr. Cathy Rozmus, Vice President of Academic Affairs at Georgia Southwestern State University; and Dr. Teresa Smith, Senior Vice President of Administration at Piedmont (S.C.) Technical College.

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