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Volume XLII, Number 4 www.abac.edu
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Volume XLII, Number 4 www.abac.edu
Calendar of Events
Monday, August 18
Today-Fall classes begin
Thursday, August 21
Friday, August 22
Saturday, August 23
Sunday, August 24
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ABAC
Receives $500,000 Grants
Abraham Baldwin recently received two federal
grants totaling $500,000 for two Upward Bound programs: Upward Bound Classic in
the amount of $280,000 for the first year and Upward Bound Tiftarea in the
amount of $220,000 for the first year. Both programs will begin operating under
the new funding cycle on September 1.
The
Upward Bound Program, which is federally funded through the United States
Department of Education, is a college preparatory program for high school
students from low-income families and families in which neither parent holds a
bachelor’s degree. The goal of Upward Bound is to increase the number of
students who enroll in and graduate from post-secondary institutions. Kenneth Newkirk directs the Upward Bound
program at ABAC.
Dining
Hall Staff Update
Kristen Popham has been selected as the ARAMARK Dining Services Director
at ABAC. She
will be joined by Dan Miller, the new Assistant Food Service Director, who will
begin work on Friday. Miller, formerly
of Sylvester, currently lives in Fitzgerald with his wife, Carol. Please stop by the Donaldson Dining Hall and welcome
Dan.
Judy Shiflet and Dalla Nascimento will also join the ARAMARK dining staff for fall
semester as student managers.
Popham said the weekly Faculty/Staff Luncheons will begin
on Thursday in the Magnolia Room at
Ambassadors
Deadline August 26
The
deadline for students who want to apply for the ABAC Ambassadors program is
Aug. 26 at
The
Lucky Nine!
Congratulations to the nine prize winners who guessed correctly the
number of slides in President Mike Vollmer’s annual PowerPoint presentation at
the Fall Conference. Each winner
received an ABAC umbrella. The winners
were Shirley Wilson, Mike Curry, Earl Bennett, Ran Fredell, Diantha Ellis,
Brenda Doss, Kay Weeks, Bobbie Robinson, and Tom Call.
Welcome
to the Fall Term!
Fall classes begin
today for an expected record enrollment at Abraham Baldwin. Classes will extend through Dec. 8. Final exams will be held Dec. 9-11. Graduation is set for Dec. 16 at
Highlights of the
semester include the Cordell Distinguished Lecture feature Anthony Grooms on
Sept. 30 at 7:30 p.m. in the Carlton Center, the Sunbelt Ag Expo at Spence
Field near Moultrie on Oct. 14-16, the Baldwin Players production on Nov. 6-8, the
Beauty Revue on Nov. 11, the Concert Band & Concert Choir Fall Concert on
Nov. 20, and the First Tuesday Concerts on Sept. 2, Oct. 7, and Nov. 4.
ABAC is a Finalist
ABAC has been
selected as one of three finalists for the 2003 Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter
Partnership Award Program. Sue Wilson
coordinated the ABAC effort. The award
will be presented at the Ritz Carlton in
ABAC Faculty Promoted
The Board of Regents of the University
System of Georgia recently approved the promotions of 11 faculty members at
ABAC effective Aug. 1.
Julie Conner, Dr. Paul Foote, Susan Johnson,
and Lori Pearman were promoted to the rank of assistant professor from
instructor. Eric Cash, Geoff Clement,
Dr. Renata Elad, Anthony Fitzgerald, Dr. John Galyean, and Dr. Sukanya (Su)
Senapati were promoted to the rank of associate professor from assistant
professor. Dr. Gail Dillard was promoted
to the rank of professor from associate professor.
Tenure Approved for ABAC Faculty
The Board of Regents of the University
System of Georgia recently approved the tenure of six faculty members at ABAC
effective Aug. 1. Those receiving tenure
were Donna Campbell, Geoff Clement, Dr. John Galyean, Dr. Malcolm Rainey,
First Tuesday Series September 2
The First Tuesday Performance Series will
begin its second season at ABAC on Sept. 2. The series, which debuted last
year, will once again feature regional professional artists in concert in the
Chapel of All Faiths on the first Tuesday of every month at
Individual tickets for the performances may
be purchased at the door. The cost is $3 for adults and $1 for students. ABAC
students are admitted free with student ID.
Everyone is encouraged to take advantage of these one-hour performances
offered each month. For additional information about the First Tuesday Concert
Series, contact Dr. Susan Roe, First Tuesday Program Coordinator, at 386-3097.
The first of this
year’s seven concerts will be a free concert featuring the ABAC
music faculty.
ABAC Welcomes New Faculty
& Staff
The start of the fall
semester spells change for 32 new faculty and staff members at Abraham Baldwin.
In addition to a host of newcomers, some ABAC faculty and staff members have
changed positions within the college.
The
Division of Humanities welcomed Maria Cahill, Instructor of English; Robert
Carpenter, Instructor of Spanish; Elizabeth Cranford,
Temporary Full-Time Instructor of English; Keith
Perry, Instructor of Speech Communication; and Michael R. Williams,
Temporary Full-Time Instructor of English.
The
Division of Nursing and Health Services has added Troy Spicer, Assistant
Professor and Nurse Practitioner; Robin Crumley and Dana Simons, Full-Time Temporary Clinical
Instructors/Lab Assistants; and Reba Selph, Senior Secretary, to its
faculty and staff.
Dr.
Albert Kress, Full-Time Temporary Assistant Professor of Chemistry, and Dr. Barnabe “Barry” Miburo, Associate
Professor of Chemistry, have joined the Division of Science and Mathematics. Ran
Fredell, Instructor of Mathematics, joined the ABAC faculty in January
2003.
The Division of Agriculture and Forest
Resources welcomed Larry (Todd) Hicks, Temporary Full-Time Instructor of
Ag Engineering.
Richard Pye, Temporary Full-Time
Instructor of Information Technology, has joined ABAC=s Division of
Business Administration.
The
Division of Health, Physical Education, and Recreation welcomed Todd Sheppard, Assistant Professor and
Men’s Basketball Coach.
James Galt-Brown, Assistant Professor
of History; Mouyyed Hassouna,
Assistant Professor of Political Science; and Andrew Wright, Full-Time Temporary Instructor of History; have
joined the Division of Social Science.
The CAMP/HEP Program (College Assistance Migrant
Program/High School Equivalency Program) welcomed Javier Gonzalez, Director of CAMP/HEP; Marisol Medina, Part-Time Secretary of CAMP/HEP; and Jokabeth Villalobos, Full-Time HEP Spanish Instructor.
Judy McFarland joined GEAR UP (Gaining Early Awareness & Readiness for
Undergraduate Programs) as Program Specialist.
Student and Enrollment Services welcomed Lois Harper, Senior Secretary of Student Life and Housing, and Njeri Pringle, Director of Mitchell Hall.
Debbie Cagle, Senior Secretary at
ABAC on the Square in Moultrie, and Melanie
Johnson, Part-Time Teaching Assistant at ABAC on the Square, have joined
ABAC’s Evening and Off-Campus Program.
Johnny Sumner has joined Fiscal and
Physical Affairs as a Public Safety Officer.
OITS (Office of Information Technology and
Services) welcomed Billy (BJ) Rathburn, Computer Services Specialist I.
Position
changes at ABAC effective for the fall semester include the following:
Dr.
Susan Roe, former Temporary Full-Time Instructor of
Music, is now Assistant
Professor of Voice.
Sandra Giles has returned from
educational leave and will resume her duties as Assistant Professor of English
in the Division of Humanities.
Thanks
to All!
Thanks to all
those faculty and staff members who contributed to the success of last week’s
Fall Planning Conference, including the fantastic USO Tour event.
FOCUS Goes Weekly
This prized
publication will now appear on a weekly basis.
The electronic version will begin in the near future, but for the time
being, the FOCUS will be posted on
the website each week and also a paper copy will appear in your boxes on Monday
mornings. Information for the FOCUS should be emailed to pleonard@abac.edu
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Celebrating Birthdays
August
18 Bobbie
Baldree
21 Wayne
Cooper
21 Javier
Gonazlez
21 Alan
Kramer
22 Rod
Brown
22 Rita
Wade
24 Carolyn
Carter
24 Wayne
Harris
25 Kimberly
Fletcher
Note of Sympathy
The ABAC Family expresses sympathy to Traci
Bryan, whose grandmother, Joanne Fleming Pendley, passed away on Aug. 12. Sympathy is also extended to ABAC retiree Dr.
Homer Day whose sister, Alberta Davis, passed away on Aug. 3. Sympathy is also expressed to the family of
former ABAC faculty member Barbara Morgan, who passed away on Aug. 8. Please keep these families in your thoughts
and prayers.
Care & Concern
Ray Wells continues to be hospitalized in
serious condition at Phoebe Putney. Tammy
Groover is recuperating after undergoing surgery at Tift Regional on Aug.
11. Pattie Clark’s husband, Shawn, was
transferred from Tift Regional to the intensive care unit of a
Notes of Thanks
Thank you to everyone for your concern and
prayers for my successful surgery and recuperation. Everything went well, and I got a good
report. The ABAC flowers are beautiful,
and the cards lift my spirits and make me again thankful to work in such a
caring community.
God bless
you,
Bam Pirkle
ABAC Family and
Friends,
Thank you for remembering me in the loss of
my daddy. Your visits, cards, and words
of comfort have meant so much during this time of sorrow, and my family and I
thank you.
Thank you
again,
Jean
Hightower
ABAC
Family
Mike
Vollmer and Mike Chason were the
guest speakers at the Sylvester Kiwanis Club on Aug. 6 and at the Tifton
Kiwanis Club on Aug. 8.
Tom Call and Melvin Merrill were the guest speakers at the Tifton Rotary Club on
Aug. 13.
Tammy
Groover attended the 2003 HIV Prevention Conference at the Atlanta Hyatt on
July 27-31. In addition to attending
conference events, she also served as a volunteer to assist with conference
registration and plenary sessions.