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For IMMEDIATE Release
August 7, 2009
Welcome Week
Activities for Freshmen Begin August 11 at ABAC
TIFTON
– Over 1,000 freshmen will kick off their college careers on Aug. 11 when
Welcome Week begins at Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College.
The annual event, now in its third year,
will introduce new students to the college through a variety of activities and
workshops throughout the week leading up to the start of the fall semester on
Aug. 17.
Freshmen Learning Community students
will get the opportunity to record the Welcome Week experience by creating iMovies. The results
of their efforts will then be shown in an iMovie
Festival.
Activities
during the week include a gigantic welcome rally in Gressette
Gym, a concert, a dance party, ice cream social, volleyball, swimming, a
scavenger hunt, academic information, an ABAC history and tradition session, an
outdoor movie, and a student-led non-denominational worship service.
ABAC alumna Jodie Snow will be the
keynote speaker at the Fall Convocation on Aug. 14 at 11 a.m. in Gressette
Gym. Snow will speak on the three
principles of Welcome Week, “Character, Community, and Competence.” A picnic for
all the students will follow after the session at the ABAC Lakeside student
housing complex.
Dean of Students Bernice Hughes said a
big part of Aug. 15 will be spent doing community service activities in various
locations around Tifton.
"The community service is planned
from 1-4 p.m., and those in need of help should call (229) 391-5140 or e-mail
at bhughes@abac.edu by Aug. 11,” said
Hughes. “When students come here they
become a part of the community, and it is a wonderful opportunity to make that
connection with Tifton.”
Over 3,000 students are expected to
attend classes at ABAC during the fall term.
Almost 1,300 of them will live on campus in either ABAC Lakeside or ABAC
Place.
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