Calendar of Events

Monday, November 25

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

Tuesday, November 26

8:00 a.m.-Variable Life Insurance Class (Cordell Conf. Room C)

1:00 p.m.-Nursing Division Workshop (Cordell Conf. Room A)

Friday, November 29

6:00 p.m.-Salter/Dillard Wedding Rehearsal (Chapel)

Saturday, November 30

5:00 p.m.-Salter/Dillard Wedding (Chapel)

Monday, December 2

3:00 p.m.-Foote Shower (Magnolia Room)

5:30 p.m.-Basketball: Fillies vs. FCCJ (Gressette Gym)

7:30 p.m.-Basketball: Stallions vs. FCCJ (Gressette Gym)

5:30 p.m.-Writing Proficiency Exam (Cordell Conf. Room)

7:00 p.m.-Ashburn First United Methodist Church Banquet

(Dining Hall)

Tuesday, December 3

7:00 p.m.-Omega Elementary Christmas Banquet (Dining Hall)

Wednesday, December 4

Noon-ABAC Music Students’ Recital (Chapel)

Noon-Real Estate Training Luncheon (Magnolia Room)

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

Thursday, December 5

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

Noon-ABAC Health Club Kick-Off (Dining Hall)

7:00 p.m.-Circle K New Member Dinner (Magnolia Room)

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

7:30 p.m.-Tiftarea Sports Banquet (Dining Hall)

Friday, December 6

6:00 p.m.-New River Baptist Church Dinner (Magnolia Room)

Saturday, December 7

8:00 a.m.-National SAT

4:00 p.m.-Basketball: Stallions vs. Brewton Parker

(Gressette Gym)

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

Sunday, December 8

4:00 p.m.-RA/FYE Christmas Party (Magnolia Room)

6:00 p.m.-Joy Temple Christmas Banquet (Dining Hall)

Monday, December 9

Today-Last day of class

6:00 p.m.-Evening New Student Orientation

(Cordell Conf. Room A)

Holidays Ahead

ABAC will close on Thursday and Friday of this week for the Thanksgiving holidays. The college will reopen on Monday at 8 a.m. The college will be closed Dec. 23-27 for the Christmas holidays and will reopen on Dec. 30 at 8 a.m.

Next FOCUS December 9

The next edition of this prized publication will appear in your boxes on Dec. 9. If you have information for the FOCUS, please turn it in to the Public Relations Office by noon on Dec. 5. That will be the final issue for the 2002 calendar year

Music Recital December 4

The annual fall student music recital featuring music majors at ABAC will be held at noon on Dec. 4 in the Chapel of All Faiths.

ACE on December 3

A new program focusing on learning opportunities for adults called the Adult College Entry (ACE) Program is now available at Abraham Baldwin.

A “Get Acquainted Meeting” for anyone who is interested in learning more about the program will be held Dec. 3 from 6:30–7:30 p.m. in Room 4 in King Hall on the ABAC campus.

The program provides a system of support services that will prepare adults for college entry and success.

In the ACE Program, students will be with other adults who are also just starting college. They will learn valuable skills to help them succeed in college, including note taking, time management, and various study skills in a program tailored to their personal needs and goals.

For additional information about the ACE Program, contact Dr. Gail Dillard at 7154.

Fillies at Home Tonight

The undefeated defending state champion Golden Fillies of ABAC will play their first home game of the 2002-2003 season tonight at 6 p.m. against North Florida. Come out to Gressette Gym and support Coach Julie Conner’s team. The Fillies are 6-0 for the year. The game is scheduled to be broadcast on WKZZ with Bookstore Manager Emory Johnson at the play-by-play microphone. Tune in to 92.5 FM.

Doubleheader on December 2

The Fillies and Stallions will play a basketball home court doubleheader on Dec. 2 beginning at 5:30 p.m. in Gressette Gym. Florida Community College provides the opposition. Both games will be broadcast on WTIF 107.5 FM with Public Relations Director Mike Chason at the play-by-play microphone.

The Fillies and Stallions will play another doubleheader beginning at 4 p.m. on Dec. 7 with the Stallions hosting Brewton Parker and the Fillies taking on Hillsborough.

Admissions to Move

The Admissions Office is scheduled to move from its existing Weltner Hall location to Tift Hall on Dec. 6. Admissions personnel scheduled to make the move include Angie Palmer, Joyce Willis, Bruce Applewhite, Carlos Howard, and Traci Bryan.

Health Club on Campus

ABAC’s first ever Fit for Life Health Club for faculty, staff, and students will hold its kick-off lunch on Dec. 5 at noon in the southwest corner of the dining hall. Health club membership is free, although there may be a small fee for some activities.

Membership includes confidential fitness assessment, optional health screenings, monthly wellness and nutrition seminars, weight management classes, fitness training activities such as tennis, walking, running weight training, aerobics, dancing and competitive sports. Planning committee members include Wanda Golden, Pattie Clark, Herb Hendrix, B.J. Smith, and Diane Kilgore. For more information, contact Kilgore at 3267.

Holiday Music December 3

Dr. Susan Roe has invited all faculty and staff to a celebration of holiday music in the Chapel of All Faiths on Dec. 3 at 4 p.m. She said President and Mrs. Mike Vollmer will provide refreshments after the concert.

New Chimes Installed

Take a listen to the new chimes now installed in the Chapel of All Faiths. The new system will play music at various times during the day, and we expect lots of Christmas music during the month of December. Wayne Jones is coordinating the chimes.

Celebrating Birthdays

November

25 Brenda Graham

25 Mandy Vassey

27 Eric Cash

27 Doug Hicks

28 Carolyn Black

28 Billy Purcell

30 Virginia Warren

December

1 Scotty Funderburk

3 Brenda Doss

4 John Jack

4 Kay Powell

6 Jeff Gibbs

7 Curtis Billings

9 pedro Arroyo

9 Trina Jones

New Face in Moultrie

Debbie Cagle is the new Senior Secretary at ABAC on the Square in Moultrie. She was previously the Public Relations/Foundation Event Coordinator for Colquitt Regional Medical Center for 11 years. She and her husband, Tommy, have five children.

Note of Thanks

I would like to thank everyone for their support during my surgery. It is a real blessing to see how the ABAC Family comes together when someone is in need. The cards, prayers, and flowers were greatly appreciated. I am thankful to be a part of such a great family.

Rebecca Harnage

Thank you for the flowers, cards, and kind words following my surgery last week. I appreciate you all. My hand is healing well, and I’ll be back to normal soon!

Sheila Hughes

I have been saddened by the death of my mother.

But you, friends, have been there with me like a brother.

Friends like you

Help so much when you are blue.

I know I will be alright

Because I have you in sight.

Thanks for caring

And thanks for sharing

Hubert Wood

Thanks to everyone who assisted me with the first Georgia Association of Disability Service Providers in Higher Education (GADSPHE) Fall Southwest Regional Workshop. Special thanks to President Vollmer, who welcomed the group, and to B.J. Smith for providing refreshments. Thanks also for the help from the Student Support Services staff, Media Services, and Public Service and Business Outreach.

Cheryl Biggs

Contributions Campaign Update

The final total of ABAC contributions for the State Charitable Contributions campaign is $6,811. Seventy three faculty, staff. and retirees participated. Of that total United Way of Southwest Georgia was designated for $5,107. Percentages of participation are now being determined, and the winner of the Pizza Party will be announced soon. Thanks to all who participated.

Care & Concern

Jim May’s father underwent heart surgery on Nov. 19 after suffering a heart attack. DiAnn Courtoy’s mother has been hospitalized due to a blood clot in her arm. Please remember them in your thoughts and prayers.

Note of Sympathy

The ABAC Family expresses sympathy to Fran Kinchen whose brother-in-law, David Kinchen, passed away last weekend. Sympathy is also extended to Herb Hendrix whose mother-in-law, Doris Palmer, passed away on Nov. 17. Please keep both these families in your thoughts and prayers.

FCS Hard at Work

The Family and Consumer Sciences Club has decorated the Tifton Mall for Christmas. Be sure to stop by the mall and see the 35 wreaths, 12 topiary trees, and a 12-foot tall Christmas tree. Darby Sewell advises the group.

Positions Open

ABAC:

▪ Senior Secretary, Division of Nursing & Health

Services (deadline 11/29)

Contact the Human Resources Office for details.

ABAC Family

Dr. Bobbie Robinson, Dr. Su Senapati, and Dr. Kelly Swilley from the Division of Humanities presented a panel of papers entitled Women Writing Men at the South Atlantic Modern Language Association held in Baltimore on Nov. 15-17. Robinson presented “A Good Man is Hard to Find: Patricia Cornwell Writes Men,” and Swilley presented “Beaumont, Eliot and the Beast in Sexual Exchange.” Senapati chaired the session and presented “Mocking Birds and Small Gods: Old and New Metaphors for Representing Men.”

Cheryl Biggs attended the Administrative Committee on Learning Disorders meeting at Georgia College and State University on Nov. 12, as well as the GADSPHE board meeting at Georgia State University on Nov. 13.

James Weeks attended a National Science Foundation sponsored workshop at Mt. San Antonio College in Walnut, Calif., on Nov. 13-17. The workshop covered modeling and physics education research and is a part of the Two-Year College Physics Workshops for the 21^st Century.

Eleven ABAC students, Jimmy Felton, and Dr. Ed Seagle were invited to participate in the 2002 IBS Warburg Cup Gold Tournament matching the USA against the Rest of the World Team on Nov. 13-17 at Sea Island’s famous “Five Star” Seaside Golf Course on St. Simons Island. Responsibilities included getting up at 4 a.m. and working on the golf course until 8 a.m. and then following the golfers and raking bunkers and whipping greens until all rounds were finished. President Mike Vollmer walked with Arnold Palmer and Gary Player during Saturday’s competition. Some of the other golf legends in competition were Tom Watson, Curtis Strange, Tom Lehman, Nick Faldo, Tom Kite, Hale Irwin, Ray Floyd, Paul Azinger, and Berhard Langer. This was an excellent experiential learning activity for these students.