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Michael D. Chason Director of Public Relations ABAC 30 -- 2802 Moore Highway Tifton, GA 31793-2601 Phone 229-391-5055 Fax 229-391-5056 mchason@abac.edu

IMMEDIATE OCTOBER 6, 2005

Front row (l – r): Christy Stanfill, Pedro Perez, Hannah Dasher, Katy Lewis, Megan Brannen, Whitney Lightfoot, Renee Smith, and Ellis Washington, III. Back row (l – r): Miles Drummond, Trey Mims, Jacob Forehand, Trey Davis, Anna Daniel, Ernesto Ortiz, Ross Cargle, Michael Maw, and Josh Harrell.

ABAC AMBASSADORS SELECTED FOR 2005-06

TIFTON--Seventeen students at Abraham Baldwin College have been selected to participate in one of the most prestigious organizations on campus, the ABAC Ambassadors.

Students serving as Ambassadors include Megan Brannen, a sophomore animal science major from Statesboro; Ross Cargle, a sophomore special education major from Tifton; Anna Daniel, a sophomore pre-veterinary major from Jackson; Hannah Dasher, a sophomore liberal arts major from Springfield; Trey Davis, a freshman pre-law/political science major from Doerun; Miles Drummond, a freshman English major from Tifton; and Jacob Forehand, an agriculture business major from Brooklet.

Other Ambassadors are Josh Harrell, a freshman music major from Tifton; Katy Lewis, a sophomore pre-dentistry major from Moultrie; Whitney Lightfoot, a sophomore allied health major from Tifton; Michael Maw, a sophomore agriculture transfer major from Enigma; Trey Mims, a freshman mathematics major from Cornelia; Ernesto Ortiz, a sophomore political science major from Tifton; Pedro Perez, a sophomore engineering major from Moultrie; Renee Smith, a freshman agriculture education major from Waycross; Christy Stanfill, a freshman education major from Fitzgerald; and Ellis Washington, III, a sophomore political science major from Tifton.

Brannen serves as president; Forehand, vice-president; Dasher, secretary; and Harrell,

treasurer of the organization. Smith serves as parliamentarian, and Mims is the historian.

Through a process involving application, letters of recommendation, and interviews, college administrators choose students whom they believe to be motivated and who show leadership potential to serve as Ambassadors.

The Ambassadors assist the offices of public relations and admissions, representing and promoting the college at a variety of community and college events. They work to maintain positive relationships between students, faculty, staff, alumni, and the community.

To continue in the organization, students must maintain at least a 2.5 cumulative grade point average on a 4.0 scale and commit at least 30 hours per semester to their service as Ambassadors. Ambassador advisors are Director of Public Relations Mike Chason and Public Relations Administrative Assistant Pam Leonard, and Director of Recruitment, Ali Csinos.

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