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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 NOVEMBER 20, 2008

Wasdon Graydon will speak at ABAC during the college’s graduation ceremony December 12.

GRAYDON TO SPEAK AT ABAC GRADUATION CEREMONY ON DECEMBER 12

TIFTON—Wasdon Graydon, Director of Sponsored Programs and the Minority Advising Program, will be the guest speaker at the fall graduation ceremony at 6 p.m. on Dec. 12 at Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College.

A 1970 graduate of ABAC, Graydon earned his Bachelor of Science degree in History and Education from Georgia Southern University. He received his Master of Education degree from Valdosta State University. He also has done graduate studies in Higher Education from Georgia Southern University.

Employed by ABAC since Sept. 1, 1973, Graydon is very active in the Tifton community including service as a member of the Board of Directors for First Community Bank of Tifton. In the December 2004/January 2005 edition of “South Georgia Business Magazine,” he was highlighted as one of the 25 Most Influential South Georgians.

In 2001, Graydon received the E. Lanier Carson Leadership Award for College Administrators at ABAC and the President’s Award for Achievement, Leadership and Service. In 1994 he was named Arts Citizen of the Year. Graydon served as a Tift County Commissioner from 1984-1992 and was selected as a member of the Leadership Georgia program in 1991.

Graydon is a member of Everette Temple C.M.E. church, where he serves as Trustee and Sunday School Superintendent. He is the current chair of Interventions and Prevention Services, Inc., Advisory Board, and has served on the Board of Directors of PLIGHT, Inc., Tiftarea YMCA, and J.T. Reddick Scholarship Fund.

Approximately 130 graduates are expected to receive diplomas at the ceremony in Gressette Gym.

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