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Homecoming 2008
Proud Past . . . Promising Future
Centennial Celebration
April 3-5, 2008
Schedule of Events

THURSDAY, APRIL 3
10:00 a.m. - Horticulture Club Plant Sale
Chambliss Building Across from the
Water Tower
(Sale ends at 2:00)

*6:00 p.m. - Golden Anniversary Social
Georgia Agrirama Education Center
(Classes of 1957-59)

*7:00 p.m. - Golden Anniversary Dinner
Georgia Agrirama Education Center
(Classes of 1957-59)

7:00 p.m. - Classes of ’51-’52 Dinner
Holiday Inn

FRIDAY, APRIL 4
8:30 a.m. - Golden Alumni Breakfast
Holiday Inn Banquet Room

10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. - Horticulture Club Plant Sale Chambliss Building Across from the Water Tower (Sale ends at 2:00)

9:30 - 11:00 a.m. Campus Displays and Campus Tours
South Parking Lot

*Noon - Golden Alumni Luncheon
Gressette Gym
Induction of the Class of 1958

2:00 p.m. Classes of 1956-‘58 Reunion,
Nickelodeon, Branch Student Center

2:30 p.m. - Classes of 1940-'43
Location to be announced

2:00 p.m. - Classes of 1944-‘48 Reunion
Gressette Gym, Room 207

2:00 p.m. - Classes of 1949-’50 Reunion
Gressette Gym, Room 208

2:00 p.m. - Classes of 1954-‘55
Location to be announced

6:00 p.m. - Candlelight Remembrance Service
Chapel of All Faiths
Alumni and General Public Invited

*7:00 p.m. - Homecoming Dinner and Sock Hop
Special Entertainment by StarBound
Gressette Gym
Alumni and General Public Invited



SATUR
DAY, APRIL 5
8:00 a.m. - Golden Alumni Breakfast
All Classes 1959 and earlier
Holiday Inn Banquet Room

8:30 a.m. - Alumni Board of Directors Breakfast and Meeting
Magnolia Room, Donaldson Dining Hall

9:30 a.m. - Alumni Registration
Rotunda, Howard Auditorium

10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. - Horticulture Club Plant Sale
Chambliss Building Across from the Water Tower

CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION
10:30 a.m. - Convocation and Awards Ceremony
• President’s Centennial Address
• Recognition of Alumni Award recipients, Honorary
Alumnus recipients and Family Legacy recipients
Howard Auditorium

11:30 a.m. - Registration
Rotunda, Howard Auditorium

*Noon - Luncheon and Special Presentation
“ABAC Through the Years” Birthday Tribute
Lighting of the Birthday Cake
Sealing of the Time Capsule
Gressette Gym
Alumni and General Public Invited

Noon - Young Ag Alumni Cookout
Ag Sciences Building

1:00 p.m. - Stallions Baseball Game
Double Header vs. Georgia Perimeter
Stallion Field

2:00 p.m. - History of ABAC Video Presentation
Howard Auditorium

2:00 p.m. - Family and Consumer Sciences Reunion
FACS Classroom, Ag Sciences Building

2:00 p.m. - Baptist Student Union/Baptist College Ministries Reunion
BCM Building

4:00 - 6:00 p.m. - "Merriment at the Lake"
Lake Baldwin
Activities for children and adults
Decade of the Sixties Reunion
Decade of the Seventies Reunion
Decade of the Eighties Reunion
Decade of the Nineties Reunion
Special Interest Groups
Athletic Teams Reunion
Former Faculty/Staff

*6:00 p.m. - Dinner on the Grounds
Lake Baldwin
Alumni and General Public Invited

7:00 p.m. - Jukebox Saturday Night
Lake Baldwin
Alumni and General Public Invited

8:30 a.m. - Fireworks
Lake Baldwin
Alumni and General Public Invited


Click here for Lodging Information.

For more information contact:
Nancy Coleman, Director of Alumni Relations
229-391-4895
Eemail kbarber@abac.edu

BOOK STORE, Branch Student Center
Hours of Operation
Friday 8:00 — 3:00
Saturday 2:00 — 4:00
Special Centennial Commemorative Items Available

To be Scheduled:
Young Ag Alumni Lunch at Lake Baldwin
Golddusters Reunion

Schedule subject to change

*Pre-registration strongly urged.


Thanks to our Centennial Celebration Sponsors!
Gold Level
The Stafford Companies
CiCi’s Pizza
Holiday In
PeachCreek
Stafford Equipment
Wendy’s

Silver Level
Sandra Sumner Kemp

Bronze Level
Courtyard/Fairfield
Days Inn/Ramada Inn/Comfort Inn
Jay and Leigh Phillips
Gary Lee
Sonny’s Real Pit Bar-B-Q
Mr. and Mrs. Bob Reinhardt
Joy Carter Photography

Special Thanks
Tifton-Tift County Tourism Association

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