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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 NOVEMBER 22, 2006

Standing back row, left to right: Matthew Harrell, Takevia Sawyer, Ashton Harper, Willie Dean, Jacob Forehand, Ben Howard, Misty Hartsfield, and Lorenzo Perez.

Seated middle row, left to right: Josh Harrell and Miles Drummond.

Seated front row, left to right: Reneé Smith, Skye Wade, Regina Holliday, Marlen Contreras, Gabriela Muñoz, Taylor Hand, and Jill Dunn.

ABAC AMBASSADORS SELECTED FOR 2006-07

TIFTON--Seventeen students at Abraham Baldwin College have been selected to participate in one of the most prestigious organizations on campus, the ABAC Ambassadors.

Students serving as Ambassadors include Marlen Contreras, a freshman mass communications major from Moultrie; Willie Dean, a freshman middle grades education major from Tifton; Miles Drummond, a sophomore English major from Tifton; Jillian Dunn, a sophomore pre-veterinary medicine major from Tifton; Jacob Forehand, a sophomore business administration major from Brooklet; Taylor Hand, a freshman undeclared major from Tifton; and Ashton Harper, a freshman business administration major from Ocilla.

Other Ambassadors are Josh Harrell, a sophomore voice major from Tifton; Matthew Harrell, a freshman history major from Tifton; Misty Hartsfield, a freshman pre-veterinary medicine major from Norman Park; Regina Holliday, a freshman animal science major from Dublin; and Ben Howard, a freshman pre-dentistry major from Sycamore.

Gabriela Munoz, a sophomore social work major from Pelham; Lorenzo Perez, a freshman computer science major from Moultrie; Takevia Sawyer, a freshman nursing major from Ashburn; Renee Smith, a sophomore agriculture education major from Waycross; and Skye Wade, a freshman business administration major from Woodstock, also serve as Ambassadors for the college.

Forehand serves as president; Hand is vice-president; Holliday is secretary; and Contreras serves as treasurer of the organization. Matthew Harrell serves as parliamentarian, and Perez is the historian.

Through a process involving application, letters of recommendation, and interviews, college administrators choose students whom they believe to be motivated and who show leadership potential to serve as Ambassadors.

The Ambassadors assist the offices of public relations and admissions, representing and promoting the college at a variety of community and college events. They work to maintain positive relationships between students, faculty, staff, alumni, and the community.

To continue in the organization, students must maintain at least a 2.5 cumulative grade point average on a 4.0 scale and commit at least 35 hours per semester to their service as Ambassadors. Ambassador advisors are Director of Public Relations Mike Chason, Public Relations Administrative Assistant Pam Leonard, and Coordinator of Student Recruitment Ali Csinos.

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