Calendar of Events

Monday, November 18

11:00 a.m.-Student & Enrollment Services Ribbon Cut

(Student Center)

5:00 p.m.-SGA Town Meeting (Cordell Conf. Room)

Tuesday, November 19

8:00 a.m.-ABAC Public Safety Workshop (Cordell Conf. Room A)

Noon-IAAP Meeting (Magnolia Room)

6:00 p.m.-Student Union Show—Syteck & Davis (Dining Hall)

Wednesday, November 20

11:30 a.m.-Student & Enrollment Services Luncheon

(Magnolia Room)

6:00 p.m.-Chris Marsh Lecture (Cordell Conf. Room)

7:00 p.m.-Christian Student Fellowship (Chapel)

7:30 p.m.-MASDA Fashion Show (Dining Hall)

Thursday, November 21

7:30 a.m.-Red Cross Board Meeting (Magnolia Room)

9:30 a.m.-Ladies’ Civil War Fashions (Cordell Conf. Room C)

11:00 a.m.-Student Support Services Workshop

(Cordell Conf. Room A)

11:30 a.m.-Faculty/Staff Luncheon (Magnolia Room)

7:30 p.m.-ABAC Music Program Fall Concert

(TCHS Performing Arts Center)

7:00 p.m.-Christian Student Fellowship (Chapel)

Friday, November 22

2:00 p.m.-Faculty Development Workshop (Cordell Conf. Rm A)

Monday, November 25

6:00 p.m.-Basketball: Fillies vs. North Florida (Gressette Gym)

Day Wins ABAC Beauty Revue

Allison Day, an early childhood education major from Ocilla, was selected as the winner of the 35^th annual ABAC Beauty Revue. Day was sponsored by the Student Georgia Association of Educators.

Other finalists were Tasha Bagley, an animal science major from Sparks; Holly Brady, an animal science/biology major from Thomasville; Heather Walker, a business major from Tifton; and Allison Whitehead, a business administration major from Ashburn.

Stacey Jones, an agriculture education major from Folkston, won the Essay Award, and Deisy Del Toro, a law major from Gainesville, received the Contestants’ Award among the 43 participants in the event. The Revue was sponsored by the ABAC Ambassadors.

Ribbon Cut Today

Make your plans to be in the J. Lamar Branch Student Center at 11 a.m. today for the ribbon cut on the new Enrollment Services Office. The complete Registrar’s Office operation is now located at the One-Stop Shop, along with personnel from the Admissions Office and Business Office. The very first student to use the new operation will be introduced. There will be light refreshments and tours of the office.

Concert Band, Choir on Thursday

ABAC’s Concert Band and Concert Choir will present their annual Fall Concert on Thursday at 7:30 p.m. at the Tift County High School Performing Arts Center. There is no charge for admission.

The Concert Band, directed by Eugene Wyles, will perform L. Aime Maillart’s “The Dragoons of Villars,” an example of early 19^th century Romanticism. The piece was taken from an opera of the same name and transcribed for band performances. The band will also perform “Brighton Beach,” a concert march in British style composed by William P. Latham; “Anthem for Winds and Percussion,” a contemporary piece written by Claude T. Smith; “From Whom All Blessings Flow,” a hymn tune set in a symphonic setting for bands by Ed Huckeby; and “America the Beautiful,” composed by Samuel Augustus Ward and arranged by Carmen Dragon. While the band plays this song, ABAC’s Director of Public Relations Mike Chason will read I Am Your Flag.

The Concert Choir, directed by Wayne Jones, will perform a “mixture of folk songs, art songs, and pieces related to Christmas.” Selections include the following: a Slavic piece called “Crn-Bel,” “Still, Still, Still,” “Of the Father’s Love Begotten,” a 13^th century plainsong; “O Magnum Mysterium,” a sacred Latin piece composed by Morten Lauridsen of the Los Angeles Master Chorale; and a Russian piece called “Veniki.”

Pork Chops on Wednesday

The Ag Division student groups will feature a pork chop plate dinner on Wednesday. The cost is $6 per plate. Contact Dr. Larry Allen for tickets. All plates can be picked up at the Yow Building between 4-6 p.m. Proceeds are used to support cookouts at athletic events, the division day, and other campus activities.

Nashville Info Session Tuesday

ABAC will offer an information session on Tuesday at 6 p.m. at the Berrien County Chamber of Commerce in Nashville for students who may want to attend the ABAC classes in Nashville this spring. Three classes will be offered in Nashville during the spring semester, Composition I, College Algebra, and United States History II. For more information, contact Dr. Gail Dillard at 7154.

Thanks for Your Help

Thanks to everyone who pitched in and did a great job at the fall Open Campus Day. Admissions Director Angie Palmer reports 108 visitors attended the session. This number included 49 prospective students. Thanks to all who made our visitors feel welcome.

Heroes of October 13

Science-Math Division Chair Ray Barber reports on a handful of heroes who saved the day in Britt Hall on Sunday, October 13. Heavy rain and a clogged main internal building drain resulted in the accumulation of large quanitites of water in the vertical storm drains of Britt Hall. When the overflowing started, these heroes arrived on the scene. Kim Scarborough, Billy Joe Brannen, Dr. Earl Bennett, Jerry Edwards, Jim Folds, Phyllis Bennett, Mr. and Mrs. Ken Giager, Nancy Brannen and her daughter, Keri, Kirby Ireland, Joel Bruce, Steve Moore, and Jack Larry prevented a major building disaster.

Barber said thanks to this devoted team, the cost of supplies that were damaged and discarded was limited to about $300. It could have been worse, much worse. Give a word of appreciation to these ABAC heroes the next time you see one of them on campus.

Quiz Bowl Rolls

ABAC’s Quiz Bowl Team ended up with an overall record of 15-1 in a recent tournament at Valencia Community College in Orlando. Coach Erin Campbell’s team finished second in the competition to Bainbridge College. Jeff Newberry has joined the team as the assistant coach. Congratulations to these ABAC students and their coaches.

Patterson Paintings in Library

ABAC faculty member Hazelyn Patterson has paintings which will hang in the Baldwin Library until Dec. 4. Please stop by and see them.

Movie on Wednesday

The Baldwin Film Group will present McCabe and Mrs. Miller on Wednesday at 7 p.m. in Conger 317. Students, faculty, and staff are invited to this free event.

Care & Concern

Rebecca Harnage is recuperating at home after undergoing outpatient surgery. Margie Senkbeil’s husband, Gene, is hospitalized at Tift Regional Medical Center due to complications from diabetes. Please keep these members of the ABAC Family in your thoughts and prayers.

Contributions Update

As of Nov. 14, the ABAC employee contributions to the State Charitable Contributions Campaign totaled $5,526 with 63 participating. Thanks to all who have contributed toward this year’s campaign. A single $1 donation is not too little to contribute. After all, if we each do a little we can accomplish great things. If you would like to make a last minute donation, please call Bam Pirkle or Bertha Daniel at 7232. On behalf of all the agencies that will benefit from your donations, thanks to the ABAC faculty and staff for “caring to share.”

ABAC Family

Dr. Herbert Shippey’s story “Uncle Septimus’ Beard,” an amusing tall tale for children, appeared in the August issue of Cricket, a children’s magazine worthy of adult perusal too.

Wayne Jones attended the Performing Arts Exchange Conference and Expo in Atlanta on Sept. 24-29. The Arts Connection books most of its performers and acts for the season as a result of this conference.

Celebrating Birthdays

November

19 Lonnie Gibson

20 LaDonna Lott

21 Gary Dicks

21 Cynthia Hendrix

25 Brenda Graham

25 Mandy Vassey

Polly K. Huff attended the International Festival and Events Convention and Expo in Louisville, Ky., on Nov. 4-11. While at the convention, she also attended and completed a certification course in Sponsorship Sales in the Chicago IEG Marketing Seminar Series. The Arts Connection books performers and acts, networks with festivals and events worldwide, and builds its sponsorship strategies as a result of the conference.

Dr. Ed Seagle gave a PowerPoint presentation of his dissertation entitled Characteristics of the Turfgrass Industry in 2020: A Delphi Study with Implications for Agricultural Education Programs to the 2002 annual meetings of the American Society of Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America, and Soil Science Society of America held in Indianapolis, Ind., on Nov. 11.

Robin Poor spoke to horticulture students at Etowah High School on Nov. 11.