Volume XL, Number 24

www.abac.edu

January 28, 2002

Tuesday, January 29

10:00 a.m.-Student Union Event--AT&T

6:00 p.m.-Fillies vs. Santa Fe (Gressette Gym)

7:30 p.m.-Christian Student Fellowship (Chapel)

Wednesday, January 30

11:00 a.m.-Student Support Services Workshop (Cordell Conf. Room A)

Thursday, January 31

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

7:30 p.m.-Christian Student Fellowship (Chapel)

Friday, February 1

5:30 p.m.-Basketball: Fillies vs. Georgia Perimeter

(Gressette Gym)

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

8:00 p.m.-An Art Odyssey: Brazilian Guitar Quartet

(Ocilla First United Methodist Church)

Saturday, February 2

7:00 a.m.-Child Care Conference (Cordell Conf. Room)

Noon-Child Care Conf. Luncheon (Dining Hall)

2:00 p.m.-Basketball: Fillies vs. Atlanta Tech (Gressette Gym)

4:00 p.m.-Basketball: Stallions vs. Atlanta Tech (Gressette Gym)

Sunday, February 3

7:00 p.m.-Gospel Choir (Chapel)

Monday, February 4

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

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

The Arts and Entertainment Series continues on Friday with the internationally acclaimed Brazilian Guitar Quartet. The group is slated to play at the United Methodist Church in Ocilla at 8 p.m.

In Brazil, the group is often referred to as the "Dream Team" -- four of the most brilliant guitarists living in that country. The Brazilian Guitar Quartet features Paul Galbraith, who won the silver medal at the Segovia International Guitar Competition in the United Kingdom at the age of 17.

Other group members include brothers Edelton and Everton Gloeden and Tadeu Do Amaral--each with a lengthy and distinguished career of successful recordings and outstanding performances.

The quartet utilizes both eight-string and six-string guitars on classical and Brazilian folk songs. Uniquely, Galbraith plays the eight-string upright, resting the guitar on an endpin similar to a cello.

For more information or to purchase tickets, call the Arts Station at 386-3558. Tickets are $20 for adults and $17 for students. Admission for ABAC students is free with a valid ID.

Bid on a Cake for Forensics

Here is your chance to bid on a fabulous cake from B.J. Smith and her ARAMARK culinary experts. Bids will be accepted beginning Wednesday at 9 a.m. and will close at noon on Friday. Bids begin at $50 and must be submitted to Dr. Larry Allen at lallen@abac.edu. Cakes will be delivered to the highest bidder on Feb. 4 at lunchtime. All proceeds will go to the ABAC Forensics Team. The cakes you can bid on are as follows: Italian torte, German chocolate, one-fourth sheet chocolate with strawberry filling, one-half sheet chocolate with strawberry filling, one-fourth sheet white with blueberry filling, and one-fourth sheet white with cherry filling.

New ABAC Video Available

Evening and Off-Campus Programs Director Angie Palmer is coordinating the distribution of the new non-traditional student video titled It's Never Too Late to go to College. The video contains many great testimonies from non-traditional students about their experiences at ABAC.

Dillard Named Coordinator

Dr. Gail Dillard has been named the ABAC Faculty Development Coordinator. In announcing the decision, Vice President of Academic Affairs Bettie Horne said Dillard "has a great deal of experience in this area and will bring a number of strengths to the position."

In her new role, Dillard will be responsible for identifying and publicizing development opportunities for faculty members, arranging for activities on campus, overseeing the efforts of a soon to be in place grants writer for faculty, and coordinating the efforts for orientation of newly hired and adjunct faculty.

Dillard has been a faculty member in the Division of Humanities since 1990.

Fillies Home on Tuesday

The Golden Fillies will host Santa Fe at 6 p.m. on Tuesday at Gressette Gym. The game will be broadcast on WTIF 107.5 FM. The Fillies and the Stallions will host Georgia Perimeter for a 5:30 p.m. twin-bill on Friday in Gressette Gym. On Saturday, the Fillies and Stallions will be at home against Atlanta Tech beginning with the Fillies game at 2 p.m.

Rear Window Tuesday

Rear Window, the classic Alfred Hitchcock thriller, will be shown at 7 p.m. on Tuesday in Room 322 of Conger Hall. There is no charge to attend. The Baldwin Film Group presents the 1954 film as a part of its weekly series. The movie is rated PG and runs for 112 minutes.

Polished Professional Series Begins

The Polished Professional Series is now available at Abraham Baldwin. Classes will begin Thursday and run through March. Preregistration is required.

This series is designed for executives and employees at every level. Business owners, managers, and secretaries can improve their professional image. Participants will learn the basics for professional protocol, communication, and public speaking, as well as how to produce powerful presentations. Classes in the series include the following: Business Etiquette, Fearless Speaking, and Powerpoint 2000 for Windows.

Participants may enroll in any course independently or complete the series. The fee for the entire series for ABAC faculty and staff is $80. For additional information, contact the Public Service and Business Outreach Center at 386-3267.

Arts Station Project

The Arts Station will conduct a two-week community service project in Turner County beginning Feb. 4. The project will involve all 200 after school program students in the county. The aim of the project is to produce a large tile collage on a theme Salute to the Community, which will be installed in Ashburn's Heritage Park. This activity gives the students an opportunity to give back to the community by creating an original piece of art and a marker in the history of their schools.

Funded by the 21^st Century Grant, the project is one of many in which the Arts Station will play a vital role. The project will be coordinated, supervised, and installed by Polly Kalinova. If you would like to volunteer to assist with the collage, call 3558.

Note of Sympathy

The ABAC Family expresses sympathy to Rebecca Arnold whose grandmother, Frances Abbott, passed away recently. Please keep this family in your thoughts and prayers.

Care and Concern

Fran Kinchen's husband, Isaiah, is recuperating at home following hospitalization for a mild stroke. Louise Foote's mother underwent heart valve replacement surgery on Jan. 22. Retired Professor of History Ann Hammons is recovering from double knee replacement surgery. Please keep all these members of the ABAC Family in your thoughts and prayers.

Note of Thanks

A special thank you to members of the ABAC Family for all the notes, cards, calls, and expressions of sympathy at the death of my aunt, Lois Paulson. Aunt Lois was more than an aunt, she was like a mother to me. It's great to be a part of such a caring family. May God bless each of you.

Barbara Snyder

Positions Open

Georgia Southern:

Educational Program Specialist, English

(deadline 2/15)

Coordinator of Booster Accounts (deadline 2/15)

Contact the Office of Human Resources for details.

Abraham Baldwin Family

Mike Vollmer was the guest speaker at the Colquitt County Chamber of Commerce annual meeting on Jan. 24. Attending the banquet from ABAC were Dr. Gail Dillard, Melvin Merrill, Nancy Coleman, Diane Kilgore, Angie Palmer, and Mike Chason. ABAC on the Square Director Kay Powell introduced Vollmer at the banquet.

Wasdon Graydon was a judge for the Matt Wilson Elementary School spelling contest on Jan. 17.

Katrina Williams served as the master of ceremonies for the King Day breakfast in the dining hall on Jan. 21. Wasdon Graydon introduced the guest speaker, Sherrie Day Phillips, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Homer Day.

Lorie and Jimmy Felton, along with six landscape students, assisted in the move-in day at the Grow and Mow Expo Trade Show on Jan. 14 and attended the Expo Jan. 15-16.

Bryan Golden was recently inducted into Pi Alpha Alpha National Honor Society for Public Affairs and Administration by the Columbus State University Chapter. Selection is limited to students who have completed at least 75 percent of the course work required for the MPA degree and who have at least a 3.75 GPA. Golden also spoke to the Tifton Sertoma Club on Jan. 17. His topic was Security Contrasts Between the U.S. and Israel.

Robert Moore and Julie Conner coordinated a basketball clinic presented by the Stallions and Fillies on Jan. 22 for Upward Basketball at Northside Baptist Church. Moore was also the guest speaker for the Tift County Commission on Children and Youth Leadership Group on Jan. 24. His topic was Team Building.

Garth Webb attended the Georgia Education Articulation Committee Meeting in Atlanta on Jan. 25.

Lee Petitgout attended the South Carolina Ag Teachers Winter Workshop in Charleston on Jan. 18-20. She also visited ag classes at Elbert County and Morgan County high schools on Jan 24 and 29.