VOLUME L ISSUE 27 FEBRUARY 6, 2012 Azalea String Quartet Performing at ABAC Tuesday at 7 p.m. The First Tuesday Con- cert at ABAC will feature “A Night of Chamber Music” with the Azalea String Quartet on Tuesday at 7 p.m. in the Chapel of All Faiths on the ABAC cam- pus. There is no cost to attend this event. The quartet is composed of Nina Lutz and Brent Wil- liams on the violin, Laura Burns on the viola, and Ste- ven Taylor on the cello. Each member of the quartet teaches their respective instruments at Valdosta State University in the De- partment of Music. They are also principal players of the Valdosta Symphony Orchestra. The quartet will perform “Quartet No. 3, Opus 73” by Dimitri Shostakovich and “Quartet in A minor, Opus 13” by Felix Mendelssohn. The ABAC First Tuesday Concert Se- ries takes place on five selected first Tuesdays during the year. Dr. Susan Roe, associate professor of voice at ABAC, directs the series. All First Tuesday con- certs are presented to the com- munity as a gift from the college through the School of Liberal Arts and the Georgia Council for the Arts. Roe said that persons who want to support the First Tuesday concerts can make contributions to the ABAC Foun- dation and designate them for the First Tuesday Concert Se- ries. Other First Tuesday events will be held on March 6 with "A Night of Classical Guitar”, fea- turing Matt Cochran and April 3 with "A Night of Broadway Mu- sic" featuring ABAC faculty, students, and voice majors. For more information, Roe can be reached at [email protected]. The Azalea String Quartet will perform Tuesday at 7 p.m. The ABAC Phi Theta Kappa honors society increased their membership from 38 to 60 members in less than a year. PTK is an inter- national academic honors society that invites students who have earned a cumulative aca- demic grade point average of 3.5 or higher after completing 15 semester hours of aca- demic courses to join the local honor society. President Huong Pham (left) and advisor Kim Talley are pictured speaking to the group last week at their meeting. Phi Theta Kappa Honors Society Increased Membership by 57% Percent
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VOLUME L ISSUE 27 FEBRUARY 6, 2012
Azalea String Quartet Performing at ABAC Tuesday at 7 p.m.
The Azalea String Quartet will perform Tuesday at 7 p.m.
The ABAC Phi Theta Kappa honors society increased their membership from 38 to 60 members in less than a year. PTK is an inter-national academic honors society that invites students who have earned a cumulative aca-demic grade point average of 3.5 or higher after completing 15 semester hours of aca-demic courses to join the local honor society. President Huong Pham (left) and advisor Kim Talley are pictured speaking to the group last week at their meeting.
Phi Theta Kappa Honors Society Increased Membership by 57% Percent
Stallion Day/Open Campus Day SATURDAY
If you have any questions about Stallion Day contact Brooke Jernigan at [email protected] or 391-5018.
TIME ACTIVITY LOCATION
8:00 – 9:00 Check-in & Tours Donaldson Dining Hall
9:00 - 9:30 Welcome & Overview of the Day Donaldson Dining Hall
Public Relations Director Ashley Mock has been named the
Director of Public Relations at ABAC by
President David Bridges.
Bridges made the ap-
pointment on February
1. Mock, who married
C.J. Mock of Valdosta
in November, was
made Interim Director
of Public Relations in
June 2011 with the re-
tirement of Mike
Chason.
“Ashley has been with
us for five years now,
and she has handled her duties and
responsibilities very well,” Bridges
said. “I am confident that she will con-
tinue to do a great job moving the
college forward.”
Mock joined ABAC on June 19, 2007
with a bachelor of fine arts in communi-
cation degree with an emphasis in pub-
lic relations from Valdosta State Univer-
sity. She received her master of arts in
communication degree from VSU in July
2011.
“I fell in love with ABAC the first day
on the job,” Mock said. “I look forward
to the opportunity to continue to spread
the word about ABAC.”
Fillies Start Season Off Strong
The ABAC Fillies softball team had a four
game sweep this weekend at the Darton
Tournament. They beat Andrew today 6-5
and Wallace College 8-5 on Saturday fol-
lowing two wins on Friday. Their record is
now 5-3. Come out and support the Fillies
at their double-header home game Feb. 16
at 2 p.m. and 4 p.m.
Run for the Nurses Join the School of Nursing and Health Sciences on
Feb. 25 for a 1 mile fun walk/run, 5K run, and 10K run event to assist in the future education
of nurses through scholarships at ABAC. The 5K race will benefit the Lisa Purvis Allison Spirit of Nursing Scholarship Fund. Visit
www.abac.edu/nursing or email Rebecca Arnold at [email protected] for more info.
“Tea For Three” Exhibit Open at the Georgia Museum of Agriculture and Historic Village The “Tea For Three” exhibit will remain open until March 21. Exhibit hours are 9 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday.
Fulbright Scholar Visits ABAC
Dr. Willibroad Dze-Ngwa (center) got an
opportunity to meet President Bridges (left)
during his visit to campus last week. Zsu-
zsanna Boegre (right), ABAC Fulbright
Scholar showed the visiting Dze-Ngwa
around campus. Dze-Ngwa spoke on the
educational, economic, and political sys-
tems of his home country, Cameroon to
interested faculty and students.
The FOCUS is a weekly electronic publication produced by the ABAC Public Relations Office . Please submit information by Thursday at noon to Ashley Mock at [email protected] for inclusion in the next FOCUS.
ABAC Birthdays 7 Rebecca Cofer 7 Ernest Kelly 12 Karen Dell 12 Todd Hicks
Fillies Pancake Breakfast Feb 25 at Applebee’s Support the ABAC fillies softball team at
their annual Pancake Breakfast at Applebee’s. Contact Donna Campbell or a softball player for tickets. Breakfast con-
sists of pancakes, sausage, and a variety of drinks. The cost is $6.00 per ticket.
