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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 229-391-5051 mchason@abac.edu

IMMEDIATE May 11, 2009

SYLVESTER STUDENTS TO REPRESENT ABAC IN WASHINGTON

TIFTON – Two Honors Program students from Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College have been selected from a nationwide search to make a presentation at the National Collegiate Honors Council (NCHC) conference in Washington, D.C. on Oct. 28 – Nov. 1. The annual conference is a forum for students, faculty, and administrators from Honors Programs to share their research as well as to network with people in their fields.  

Megan Marshall, a pre-medicine major, and Tyler Moree, a chemistry major, submitted a presentation as one of over 600 proposals from colleges and universities around the nation. The two students, both from Sylvester, were selected to participate in the event. The presentation is titled “The World Is Coming to An End, Yet Again”. The team will discuss the fascination many cultures have with end-of-the-world predictions.

“While ABAC students have presented at Georgia and Regional Honors conferences, and in the past ABAC students have attended the NCHC conference, this is the first time our students will present,” Dr. Luke Vassiliou, Honors Program advisor, said. “I am very proud of them considering the big research university students they had to compete against to get accepted; it is great to have students with such ambition and drive representing our college.”

NCHC is the professional association of undergraduate Honors Programs for colleges; Honors directors and deans; and Honors faculty, staff, and students. NCHC provides support for institutions and individuals developing, implementing, and expanding Honors education through curriculum development, program assessment, teaching innovation, national and international study opportunities, internships, service and leadership development, and mentored research.

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