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MACAS Awards Ceremony to be held at AASU April 10
SAVANNAH, GA—April 5, 2005—An impressive 543 ethnic minority students will be honored April 10 during Armstrong Atlantic State University's third annual Minority Academic Achievement Scholars (MACAS) awards ceremony. These students will be recognized for having earned a grade point average of 3.0 or better during the 2004-05 academic year. The keynote speaker will be Mayor Otis Johnson, the first African American student to attend Armstrong Atlantic State University (AASU). The ceremony will begin at 5:00 p.m. in AASU's Fine Arts Auditorium. It is open to the public.
"MACAS recognizes honor students that have forged ahead to display their academic proficiency with pride," said Michael Snowden, director of minority affairs at AASU.
The MACAS awards ceremony was developed as a forum to commemorate the academic success of its minority students. During the program awards will be presented to students within three categories of achievement: Academic Excellence Award (grade point average of 4.00); Academic Achievement Award (grade point average between 3.50 and 3.99 ); and Academic Honor Award (grade point average or 3.0 or better).
For further information about the awards program, contact AASU's student affairs office at 912.927.5271.