Georgia Highlands College named Mary Transue the new Vice President of Advancement and Executive Director of the GHC Foundation in late November. She filled the vacancy left by Raymond Carnley who accepted a position with Middle Georgia State College as the Vice President of University Advancement and Executive Director of the MGSC Foundation. “I am […]

Check out the GHC Libraries before you head off for winter break. We’ve got some fantastic books for your reading enjoyment! Happy Holidays from your library staff!

Redmond Family Care Center leaders have notified us that they are seeing significant numbers of patients with the flu at Redmond Family Care Centers in West Rome and Cedartown.  In fact, several staff members currently out with the flu. Dr. Ed Meier, ROH’s Medical Director, has reported that patients being seen for non-flu treatment are […]

GHC’s graduation ceremony is scheduled for Saturday, May 16, 2015. If you know a graduating student who meets the speaker eligibility requirements outlined below, you have the ability to nominate that student by submitting a letter of endorsement to SpeakerNomination@highlands.edu . The student eligibility requirements are: • Must be a graduate of the 2014-15 academic […]

The Toys for Tots Challenge has ended and thanks to everyone that contributed. We will find out soon which local college will be declared the winner.

In November, Our House, Polk County’s battered women and children’s shelter, sent a call to the community regarding desperately needed items for shelter residents. Georgia Highlands College’s chapter of AAWCC (American Association for Women in Community Colleges) answered the call by sponsoring a college-wide donation drive to provide the needed items to Our House. Items […]

Want to wear blue jeans to work in January? Here’s how: President Don Green is launching a fun, new initiative allowing employees to wear jeans to work any day of the month in January but you have to pay to play! (Participation is optional of course) To participate in “Jeans in January”, employees can pay […]

Eligible employees of the University System of Georgia participate in one of two qualified retirement plan options: (1) the Optional Retirement Plan/Regents Retirement Plan – a defined contribution plan; or (2) the Teachers Retirement System of Georgia – a defined benefit plan. The plan year for the Optional Retirement Plan, or Regents Retirement Plan, is […]

An issue has been identified with the Find a Doctor online tool located on the BCBSGa microsite ( www.bcbsga.com/usg).  When a member performs a provider search, the site should automatically provide the correct network based on the healthcare plan the member is enrolled in. This functionality is not working properly on USG’s BCBSGa microsite. This […]