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Michael D. Chason
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ABAC 30 -- 2802 Moore Highway
Tifton, GA 31793-2601
Phone 229-391-5055
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IMMEDIATE                                                                                                                                                                                    MARCH 9, 2006

 

 

Dr. Elazer Barnette

 

 

BARNETTE TO INTERVIEW FOR PRESIDENT AT ABAC MARCH 16

 

      TIFTON - Dr. Elazer Barnette will interview for the position of President at Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College on March 16.

  Barnette is currently participating in a year-long mentorship at Middle Tennessee State University in Murfreesboro, TN with the American Association of State Colleges and Universities Millennium Leadership Institute.

      Before joining this program, he served as the Dean and Professor of Technology Education in the School of Technology at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University from 1998- 2005. He has also held the position of Chairperson and Associate Professor of Technology Education in the Department of Graphic Communication Systems and Technological Studies from 1996-1998 at the institution. He served at the college for 15 years.

      Barnette served as the state supervisor and educational consultant of Technical Education in the Division of Vocational Education for the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction in Raleigh, NC from 1983 – 1990. Barnette has worked in school systems in North Carolina and Ohio in his professional career.

      Barnette received his Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial Arts Education from West Virginia State College in Institute, WV; as well as a Master’s of Education in Occupational Education and a Doctorate of Industrial Arts Education, with a minor in Adult and Community Education, from North Carolina State University. 

      Barnette is one of five candidates interviewing on the ABAC campus. The other candidates include Dr. David C. Bridges, Assistant Dean of the University of Georgia’s College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences Tifton campus; 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 at Piedmont (S.C.) Technical College.

                       

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