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Calendar of Events
Monday, September 9
4:30 p.m.-Ag Ed Teachers Meeting (Cordell
Conf. Room)
7:00 p.m.-Baldwin Players Auditions (Conger
319)
7:30 p.m.-Tift County 4-H Banquet (Dining
Hall)
Tuesday, September 10
8:00 a.m.-Variable Life Insurance Class
(Cordell Conf. Room C)
7:00 p.m.-Baldwin Players Auditions (Conger
319)
Wednesday, September 11
10:00
a.m.-Technology Day at ABAC (Cordell Conf. Room A)
Noon-Technology Day Luncheon (Magnolia
Room)
6:00 p.m.-Student Union Show--Gilligan Loves Maryann (Dining Hall)
Thursday, September 12
11:00 a.m.-Student Support Services Workshop (Cordell
Conf. Room A)
11:30 a.m.-Faculty/Staff Luncheon (Magnolia
Room)
1:00 p.m.-Ag Alumni Meeting (Alumni Office)
7:30 p.m.-Arts Series—Atlanta Symphony Orchestra (TCHS Performing Arts Center)
Friday, September 13
5:00
p.m.-Washington/Edmondson Wedding Rehearsal (Chapel)
Saturday, September 14
8:00 a.m.-Child Care Providers Training
(Cordell Conf. Room A)
3:00 p.m.-Washington/Edmondson Wedding
(Chapel)
Sunday, September 15
3:00 p.m.-HEP Orientation (Cordell Conf. Room
A)
Monday, September 16
6:00 p.m.-Student Union Show—Del Suggs (Dining Hall)
Atlanta
Symphony Thursday
The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra will perform Thursday at the Tift County
High School Performing Arts Center in the first installment in this year’s Arts
and Entertainment Series from the ABAC Arts Connection. Season subscriptions for this series are
available at a cost of $50, $15 for students under 18, and free to ABAC
students. Call 3558 to sign up.
Baldwin
Players Tonight
Auditions for the fall production of the Baldwin Players will be held tonight
and Tuesday at 7 p.m. in Conger 319.
Baldwin Players Director John Galyean said The Birthday Party by Harold Pinter will run Nov. 7-9 at 7:30 p.m.
in Conger 319. Call Galyean at 3099 for
info.
Technology
Day on Wednesday
Vendors from Compaq, Cingular, Radio Shack, Staples, and other local
computer service and sales companies will be in the Cordell Conference Room to
display their products on Technology Day on Wednesday. Displays will be open from 10 a.m.-noon and
1-3 p.m. They will be closed from noon-1
p.m. Faculty members will definitely
want to visit the Southern Business Communications vendor who will display some
new technology for use in the classroom, including the latest Smartboard, Symposium,
and StarPanel interactive panels.
Steve Bush of Brighthand Consulting will share his experiences with
personal digital assistants (PDAs) in the classroom from 3-4 p.m. in Section C
of the Cordell Conference Room in a presentation titled The Dog Ate My PDA .
Ceremony
on Wednesday
A
brief ceremony will be held at 8:30 a.m. on Wednesday at the flag pole in front
of Tift Hall to commemorate the tragic events of Sept. 11, 2001. All faculty, staff, and students are invited
to attend. Feel free to dress in your
most patriotic red, white, and blue.
The ceremony should end at 8:45 a.m. The Chapel of All Faiths will be open all day
for quiet reflection.
Only
a Few Remain
Tickets for the Tom M. Cordell Distinguished Lecture Series featuring
Janisse Ray on Sept. 23 are running in short supply in the Public Relations
Office. There is no charge for the
tickets, but due to limited seating capacity in the Cordell Conference Room,
you must pick up your tickets prior to the event. Ray is the author of Ecology of a Cracker
Childhood. The book is being used in the
Freshman Seminar classes at ABAC.
Poetry
Reading Wednesday
ABAC’s literary magazine, Pegasus,
will host a memorial service for the 9/11 tragedy on Wednesday from 3-4 p.m. in
the Student Courtroom on the third floor of the J. Lamar Branch Student
Center. You are invited to bring your
own writings or relevant writings by other s for open-mike readings to memorialize
this tragic event. For information, contact Dr. Su Senapati, 7219, or Dr.
Herbert Shippey, 3092.
Ambassadors
on Board
The
ABAC Ambassadors are a group of students who assist the college at various
activities throughout the year. They are
particularly useful for the Public Relations and Admissions offices in
spreading the great word about ABAC. New
Ambassadors include Laura Bland, an undeclared major from Tifton; Deisi Del
Toro, a communications/theatre major from Gainesville; Mary Beth DeMott, a
family and consumer sciences education major from Moultrie; Amanda Hayes, a
communications major from Lenox; Emily McGill, a pharmacy major from Tifton; Joel
McKie, an agribusiness major from Abbeville; Kevin Mitchell, a political
science major from Ocilla; Matthew North, a business administration major from
Hahira; Erick Palacios, a business administration major from Cedartown;
Jennifer Raynor , a business administration major from Fitzgerald; C.J.
Robinson, a nursing major from Omega; Judy Shiflet, a business major from
Tifton; Trish Stephens, an agricultural education major from Tifton; and Brett
Tucker, an agricultural engineering major from Ocilla.
Ambassador
advisors are Mike Chason, Pam Leonard, and Bruce Applewhite. Applewhite coordinated the annual fall
retreat last weekend at Lake Blackshear.
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Birthdays September 9 Herb
Hendrix 10 Ed Seagle 12 Cristella Contreras 12 James Daniell 13 Erin Campbell 13 David King 15 Wanda McWhorter 16 Katie Harrison 16 Sandra Powell |
Standing
Room Only
A
standing room only crowd greeted the initial First Tuesday presentation of the
Abraham Baldwin Arts Connection on Sept. 3.
The next First Tuesday is scheduled for Oct. 1. Mark your calendar.
It’s
Official!
Information Technology and Services Executive Director Chrystle Ross has announced that the official software for
institutional administration support is Microsoft Office. OITS will provide targeted training beginning
this month. If you know of specific
tasks which you need to be able to perform using Microsoft Office products
which you will need assistance with, please bring them to the attention of the
OITS staff. Training classes will be set
according to your needs.
Deadline
is Today
Any ABAC employee may nominate one eligible staff member for the Staff
Forum Award by today at 5 p.m. The
nomination form must be completed and returned to Amy Willis. The next Staff Forum meeting is scheduled for
Sept. 18 at 3 p.m. in the Cordell Conf. Room.
Care
and Concern
Former ABAC Nursing faculty member Sandie
Delk has returned home from a visit to Emory University Hospital. Please
continue to keep her in your thoughts and prayers.
Baldwin
Film Group
The Baldwin Film Group will sponsor The
Maltese Falcon on Wednesday at 7 p.m. in Conger Hall, Room 317. Everyone is welcome. There is no admission charge. The film is not rated and runs 101 minutes.
For more information, contact Dr. Marc Steinberg or Jeff Newberry.
Alumni
Board Here Friday
The
officers and board of directors of the ABAC Alumni Association will meet Friday
at 10 a.m. in the Development/Alumni Office.
If you see these former students on campus, please welcome them back to
their alma mater.
Note
of Thanks
ABAC’s Faculty and Staff,
Thank you for your prayers, calls, and cards my family and I received
after my brother’s death. We certainly
treasured your thoughtfulness.
Wasdon
Graydon
Positions
Open
ABAC:
◘ Temporary
Instructor/Assistant Professor of Chemistry (deadline 10/18)
◘ Instructor/Assistant
Professor of Mathematics (deadline
(10/18)
Contact
the Office of Human Resources for details.
ABAC
Family
President Mike Vollmer was the guest
speaker at the Tifton Rotary Club on Sept. 4.
He spoke on ABAC on the Move.
Carlos Howard visited Brookwood and Jones County high schools last week. He also attended the Creekside College Fair and
the Cedar Grove Senior Night.
