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from ABAC

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

 

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 IMMEDIATE                                                                                                                                                                                   JUNE 4, 2007

 ABAC FRESHMEN WILL BE FIRST ABAC LAKESIDE RESIDENTS

TIFTON – The freshman class of 2007 will experience something completely different at Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College when it becomes the first group of students to live in the brand new suites at ABAC Lakeside.

Student suites for ABAC Lakeside, the 489-bed complex on the north shore of Lake Baldwin, are priced at $1,925 per semester for two-person suites where each occupant has a private bedroom and $1,650 per semester for four-person suites where occupants share a bedroom.

            The suites include a bathroom and kitchenette with a refrigerator, sink, and microwave. Common rooms and a convenience store are also located in the building.

Sophomores can stay at the 835-bed ABAC Place apartment complex in the center of campus where each student has a private room at a cost of $2,270 per semester for a four-bedroom, two-bath apartment.   Prices include all utilities.

            All first year students at ABAC must live on campus unless they are living with and commuting daily from the legal residence of a parent, legal guardian, or grandparent within 50 miles of Tifton.  Other exceptions to the rule exempt students if they are married, a single parent, 21 years of age prior to Sept. 1, or they have attended another college for a minimum of two semesters.

Anyone living on campus must also purchase a meal plan in the Donaldson Dining Hall each semester.  Freshmen living on campus must purchase a meal plan with a minimum cost of $975.  Sophomores living on campus at ABAC Place must purchase a meal plan at a minimum cost of $325.

 The meal plan can be used at the dining hall and the John Hunt Town Center convenience store.   For more information, contact the admissions office at (229) 391-5001 or the student housing office at (229) 391-5140.

Fall semester classes at ABAC begin Aug. 20.

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