Volume XL, Number 41
www.abac.edu
June 10, 2002
Monday, June 10
Today-Natural Resources Conservation Workshop
Tuesday, June 11
Today-Natural Resources Conservation Workshop
Wednesday, June 12
Today-Natural Resources Conservation Workshop
11:30 a.m.-Faculty/Staff Luncheon (Magnolia Room)
Thursday, June 13
Today-Natural Resources Conservation Workshop
Friday, June 14
Today-Natural Resources Conservation Workshop
10:00 a.m.-IAAP Annual Meeting (Cordell Conf. Room)
2:00 p.m.-CLEP Exam (Student Life Hearing Room)
7:00 p.m.-IAAP Banquet (Dining Hall)
Saturday, June 15
7:30 a.m.-IAAP Annual Meeting (Cordell Conf. Room)
12:30 p.m.-IAAP Luncheon (Dining Hall)
7:00 p.m.-IAAP Banquet (Dining Hall)
Sunday, June 16
8:00 a.m.-IAAP Annual Meeting (Cordell Conf. Room)
Monday, June 17
9:00 a.m.-Faculty PDA Training (Cordell Conf. Room A)
1:00 p.m.-Faculty PDA Training (Cordell Conf. Room A)
Tuesday, June 18
8:00 a.m.-Farm Safety Camp (Cordell Conf. Room)
Noon-IAAP Meeting (Magnolia Room)
Wednesday, June 19
8:00 a.m.-Faculty PDA Training (Cordell Conf. Room A)
10:00 a.m.-CPA Satellite Program (Cordell Conf. Room C)
11:30 a.m.-Faculty/Staff Luncheon (Magnolia Room)
1:00 p.m.-Faculty PDA Training (Cordell Conf. Room A)
3:00 p.m.-Staff Forum Meeting (Cordell Conf. Room A)
Thursday, June 20
8:30 a.m.-Faculty PDA Training (Cordell Conf. Room A)
2:00 p.m.-Faculty PDA Training (Cordell Conf. Room A)
Friday, June 21
6:00 p.m.-Abell/Erickson Wedding Rehearsal (Chapel)
7:00 p.m.-Police Academy Graduation (Cordell Conf. Room)
Saturday, June 22
7:00 a.m.-Tifton Aquatics Club Swim Meet (ABAC Pool)
9:00 a.m.-Church of God in Christ Meeting (Cordell Conf. Room)
5:00 p.m.-Abell/Erickson Wedding (Chapel)
6:00 p.m.-Abell/Erickson Wedding Reception (Dining Hall)
The faculty/staff luncheon returns this Wednesday from 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. in the Magnolia
Room of the Donaldson Dining Hall. ARAMARK Director B.J. Smith said the cost is still $5 for
faculty and staff members, and a delicious buffet is planned. The luncheon is available to any
faculty or staff member who would like to meet with their friends in a comfortable location with
a great meal. The luncheon will be on Wednesday through the end of the summer term.
Strickland Schedule Change
Publications Director Helen Strickland will be on campus this week on Tuesday and Friday
until noon. She will return to regular Tuesday schedule next week.
ABAC Goes to Atlanta
The Brass Quintet and the Dixieland Band from Abraham Baldwin will perform at the inaugural reception for University System of Georgia Chancellor and Mrs. Thomas Meredith on Tuesday at 7 p.m. at the Four Seasons Hotel in Atlanta.
Members of the Brass Quintet include Don Coates, Chair of the Music Program at ABAC and Director of ABAC's Jazz Band; Jamason Odom, an agriculture major from Fitzgerald; Don Wauchope, a research chemist for the Agriculture Research Service of the United States Department of Agriculture; Thomas Peacock, a music major from Athens; and Jason Carr, a biology major from Tifton.
Members of the Dixieland Band include Coates; Eugene Wyles, Director of ABAC's Concert Band; Woody Leonard, Band Director at Tift County High School; Gail Wyles of Sylvester, Peacock; and Jake Hill, a music major from Quitman.
Meredith will be inaugurated as the 10th chancellor in the history of the University System of
Georgia on Wednesday at 2 p.m. in the House of Representatives Chamber at the Georgia State
Capitol.
Change for Health Center
The ABAC Health Center has been administratively moved to operate under the Division of
Nursing. Interim Vice President of Student and Enrollment Services Tom Call said that
combining the resources of these two areas will have a positive impact on ABAC's nursing
students, as well as the students who utilize the Health Center. The Health Center will remain in
its current location.
New Job for Jones
Associate Professor of Music Wayne Jones as been selected as the interim director of the
Abraham Baldwin Arts Connection beginning July 1. The Arts Connection, formerly known as
the Arts Station, will undergo a period of expansion and rebuilding. Jones will continue his
responsibilities as the Director of Choral and Vocal Music. Dr. Susan Roe will take over Jones'
classroom teaching duties.
Zip Code in Use
Randy Carter from the ABAC Post Office said the new zip code of 31793-2601 is now in use.
The remainder of the ABAC address is the same. Please do not destroy stationery, business
cards, and other items simply because of zip code. Make the change when you reorder.
Next FOCUS June 24
The next edition of this prized publication will appear in your boxes on June 24. If you have information for the FOCUS, please turn it in to the Public Relations Office by noon on June 20.
Save Money June 18
The Human Resources Office will have a meeting on June 18 at 10 a.m. in the Student Courtroom in the J. Lamar Branch Student Center for all persons interested in the Georgia Higher Education Savings Plan. Representatives will be available to explain the plan and to answer any questions you might have.
New Boss for Middle Georgia
Dr. Richard J. Federinko has been named
president of Middle Georgia College. He will
assume his new post on July 1. Federinko
had served as president of Chattahoochee
Valley Community College in Phenix City,
Ala., and was a finalist for the ABAC
president's position.
Two New Murals
Take time to visit the two new murals in the
Donaldson Dining Hall. Jason Huggins won a $200 prize for his theme for the large mural, and
Rhonda Lott won a $100 prize for her design of the smaller mural located in the dining hall
lobby. Donna Hatcher and her students put in untold hours of work to make the murals a reality.
The project was funded by the ABAC Foundation and ARAMARK Dining Services.
Care and Concern
Don Coates' wife, Dianne, underwent surgery last week at Tift Regional Medical Center. Dina
Willis' father-in-law, Charles Harvey Willis, is recuperating after undergoing heart surgery at
Tift Regional. Please keep both these families in your thoughts and prayers.
Notes of Thanks
Thank you so much for the nice reception. It was wonderful to have all of you there. You are the reason that it is so hard for me to leave ABAC!
Working at ABAC has been a positive experience for me, both professionally and personally. I feel that I have learned so much from my ABAC experience that will help me in the future, but finding other colleagues that can measure up to you will be impossible.
Please call on me if I can every help you in any way. ABAC has been a wonderful place to work!
Lisa Forshee
I would like to thank the ABAC Family for all the cards and kind words that many of you sent or have spoken in the passing of my father-in-law. Losing a loved one is difficult, but the kind thoughts by many of you have helped us in the grieving process. Thank you all for your concern.
Don Coates
The National SAT was administered to 130 students on June 1. Thanks to Lisa Forshee, Phyllis Kester, Rita Wade, Debbie Riner, Arlene Bailey, Ellen Resta, and Margie Senkbeil for helping make the last National SAT of the 2001-02 testing season a success.
Dr. Maggie Martin
Congratulations!
Congratulations to Cam and Kristi Reagan who are the proud parents of a new baby girl,
Christian Marie, born on June 3. She weighed seven pounds, 12 ounces and was 20 inches long.
News from the Loyds
Please keep Rowena Loyd, wife of former ABAC President Harold Loyd, in your thoughts and
prayers. She had a pacemaker installed in her heart on Thursday. After the Loyds visited Tifton
in May, Ms. Loyd spent two days at Emory University Hospital with a blood pressure problem.
She has been in and out of the hospital in Brookfield, MO, since that time.
Note of Sympathy
The ABAC Family expresses sympathy to Garth Webb whose sister, Betty Colley, passed away
on May 31. Sympathy is also extended to Kitty Ray whose father, Alvin J. Castleberry, passed
away on May 26. Please keep both these families in your thoughts and prayers.
Positions Open
ABAC:
Admissions Director (deadline 6/14)
Contact the Office of Human Resources for details.
Abraham Baldwin Family
Dr. Maggie Martin attended the Georgia Cooperative Health Education Program's Learning to Live With Disabilities: Facing the Challenge held in Dublin on May 16. She also attended RACSA and GCPA's Assessment and Accreditation Workshop held at Clayton State on May 22.
Angie Palmer and Mike Chason spoke on opportunities for nontraditional students and the new four-year degrees available at ABAC at the Tifton Lions Club on June 4.
Mike Chason was the master of ceremonies for the Tift County High School graduation exercises on May 25.
Annie Sims administered the Institutional SAT to nine students on June 25.
Lee Petitgout attended the FFA-FCCLA Joint Camp in Covington on June 4-5. She also represented ABAC at the South Carolina FFA Convention held at Clemson University on June 5-8.