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Michael D. Chason
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ABAC 30 -- 2802 Moore Highway
Tifton, GA 31793-2601
Phone 229-391-5055
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mchason@abac.edu

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IMMEDIATE                                                                                                             DECEMBER 14, 2006

MAW WINS DONALDSON AWARD AT ABAC GRADUATION

          TIFTON—Michael Maw of Tifton, a double major in agronomy and agricultural communication, received the highest honor presented to a graduating student from Abraham Baldwin College at Thursday’s graduation ceremony. On behalf of the ABAC Alumni Association, ABAC President David C. Bridges presented Maw with the George P. Donaldson Award for outstanding scholarship and leadership.           

             Maw’s award included a plaque and a check for $500 from the ABAC Ag Alumni Council.  The award is based on a combination of academics and extracurricular activities.   Donaldson served as president of ABAC from 1947 - 61.             

A total of 162 students participated in the Gressette Gym ceremony, which featured a speech by the Honorable John Ellington, Judge for the Court of Appeals of the State of Georgia.  Ellington graduated from ABAC in 1980.

While at ABAC, Maw has been involved in a variety of campus activities, ranging from news editor for The Stallion student newspaper, to the ABAC Ambassadors and the Baptist Collegiate Ministries while maintaining a perfect 4.0 grade point average.

He was named the J.G. Woodroof Scholar at Honors Day, received the Discipline Award in journalism and the Divisional Award of Distinction in Agriculture. He has also received the James and Joyce Kirk Scholarship two years in a row.

He is a former State FFA vice president and has been awarded an American FFA degree and received the Star Agri-Science Award from the National FFA.

Following graduation, Maw will attend the Focus on the Family Institute in Colorado Springs, Colo., for one semester before enrolling at the University of Georgia in the fall of 2007 to pursue double baccalaureate degrees in crop and soil resources and agricultural communications. He is the son of Bryan Maw and Jeanne Tyson of Tifton.

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