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	ABAC ALUMNI ASSOCIATION Welcome to the ABAC Alumni Association! The purpose of the Alumni Association is to support activities which strengthen and enrich the educational and extracurricular programs of the college. These programs in turn allow the college and its students and alumni to make a maximum contribution to the economic, social, cultural and spiritual life of Georgia and the nation.  The ABAC Alumni Office seeks to involve the alumni in the work of the college and to involve the college in the lives of its former students. This mission is accomplished by the activities of the ABAC Alumni Association. Nancy Clark Coleman, a 1975 graduate of ABAC, has served as the Director of Alumni Relations since 1985. The ABAC Alumni Association consists of over 40,000 former students who have completed at least 15 quarter hours or 10 semester hours at ABAC. Only those who have earned 30 or more semester hours or 45 or more quarter hours are considered active alumni and are eligible to receive the alumni newspaper, ABAC Today, which is mailed three times a year. There are no dues. The Alumni Association is governed by a Board of Directors consisting of 31 members representing a wide cross section of class years, majors and geographic locations. The board meets four times a year. There are several special interest groups within the Alumni Association. The Golden Alumni Association includes alumni who have graduated 50 or more years ago from ABAC or any of its three proceeding institutions. This very active group meets annually at Homecoming and is represented on the Alumni Association Board of Directors. The Young Alumni, those who graduated within the past 15 years, are also represented on the Board of Directors. The Ag Alumni Council represents alumni from the Division of Agriculture and Forest Resources and includes family and consumer sciences and veterinary medicine. A board of directors guides the activities of the most active group within the association.  The Alumni Association sponsors an annual awards program to recognize alumni who have excelled in their various professions as well as community service and service to ABAC. Award winners are announced at the annual Homecoming Awards Luncheon. The Association presents the George P. Donaldson Award to the graduate who exemplifies the scholarship, leadership and service demonstrated by the former college president. The award is presented at graduation. The Alumni Association also sponsors two Alumni Scholarships. The scholarships, in the amount of $1,000 each, are awarded to the son or daughter of an ABAC alumnus during the annual Honors Day program. The work of the association is funded by gifts made to the ABAC Foundation. The alumni association supports the Foundation’s Annual Fund campaign which is coordinated by the director of alumni relations. The alumni is consistently one of the leading groups in this campaign.  For more information, contact Nancy Coleman in the Alumni Office at 229-391-4895 or email ncoleman@abac.edu.    Homecoming 2008 Photos available online at www.sidneycromerphoto.com. Click on Photo Links - Proofs, then Sports and other Events, and then ABAC Homecoming. Return to the ABAC Office of College Advancement