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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 4, 2009

Ms. and Mr. Baldwin, Whitney Conner and Tom Lanier.

LANIER, CONNER SELECTED MR. AND MISS BALDWIN

TIFTON – Tom Lanier and Whitney Conner have been selected by their peers as Mr. and Ms. Baldwin for 2008-09 at Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College. The students were selected in a campus-wide vote for the most prestigious non-academic honors awarded to ABAC students.

Lanier and Conner were two of seven students selected for Who’s Who at ABAC by a student-faculty committee. To be eligible for nomination, students must have completed at least 30 semester hours at ABAC with at least a 3.0 cumulative grade point average. From that list, the students at ABAC voted for Mr. and Ms. Baldwin.

Lanier, a rural studies major from Dalton, was active in intramurals, served as vice-president of the Residence Hall Association, and was vice-president of the ABAC Ambassadors. The Murray County High School graduate also served as an SGA senator.

Conner, a nursing major from Rochelle, was vice president for membership of the Agri-Business Club, and vice-president for fellowship for Phi Theta Kappa this year. A Wilcox County High School graduate, she was also a member of the FFA, SGA, Circle K, AET, and BCM. She served as an ABAC Ambassador during her freshman year.

Other students named to Who’s Who at ABAC included Candace Claxton, a veterinary medicine major from Vidalia; Sharonda Hunter, a political science major from Columbus; Ashley Massey, a psychology major from Lakeland; Erlencia Mumphrey, a music major from Albany; and Paten Willis, an occupational therapy major from Tifton.

All seven students were also named to Who’s Who Among Students in American Junior Colleges.

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