Please join us in welcoming Tara Holdampf, Student Success Counselor to our Georgia Highlands College community. Tara’s primary location will be on the Marietta Instructional Site. She comes to us from Atlanta where she was most recently a course facilitator with Emory University’s Goizueta Business School. Tara received her Master’s degree in Clinical Mental Health […]
Monthly Archives: July 2016
TAP APPLICATIONS DUE TODAY
Today is the deadline for Fall 2016. If you have not received an e-mail confirmation that your application has been received by Emily Farmer in Human Resources, please scan and e-mail to efarmer@highlands.edu or FAX to 706-368-7723. Thank you! Emily
USG eclips for July 13, 2016
University System News: www.ajc.com Kennesaw State to eliminate mandatory meal plans for commuter students http://www.ajc.com/news/news/local-education/kennesaw-state-to-eliminate-mandatory-meal-plans-f/nrxms/ Janel Davis, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Kennesaw State University plans to end its requirement that commuter students purchase a meal plan. The decision is part of a response to an audit last month by the state’s University System that found several […]
USG eclips for July 12, 2016
USG Institutions: www.onlineathens.com UGA sets new fundraising record with total of $183.8 million http://onlineathens.com/breaking-news/2016-07-11/uga-sets-new-fundraising-record-total-1838-million By LEE SHEARER The University of Georgia has shattered its one-year fundraising record, thanks largely to $25 million that football boosters gave to help build a new indoor practice field. Overall, UGA announced a fundraising total of $183.8 million in gifts […]
GHC Employee Ambassadors need your help!
The GHC Employee Ambassadors are organizing a silent auction during In-Service, and need help from our crafty GHC Faculty and Staff! If you are willing to donate an item you make and/or sell for the silent auction, please email me: awise@highlands.edu! All money raised from the silent auction will be given directly to the GHC Food […]
MOST CUSTOMER FOCUSED
During July, employees will have the opportunity to recognize the spirit and efforts of their coworkers in some fun categories. We are now looking for nominations for the “Most Customer Focused”. For this award, there will be one male and one female winner. Each person who makes a nomination will be put into a drawing. […]
USG eclips for July 11, 2016
USG Institutions: www.onlineathens.com UGA moves up to No. 17 on Forbes list of top 25 public U.S. http://onlineathens.com/mobile/2016-07-08/uga-moves-no-17-forbes-list-top-25-public-us?utm_source=eGaMorning&utm_campaign=af967c989f-7_11_16&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_54a77f93dd-af967c989f-86731974 By UGA NEWS SERVICENEWS The University of Georgia moved up one spot to rank No. 17 on the Forbes “Top 25 Public Colleges 2016” list released this week. Forbes ranked 660 public and private colleges and universities […]
USG eclips for July 8, 2016
USG Institutions: www.insidehighered.com An ‘Epidemic’ of Academic Fraud NCAA finds two staff members at Georgia Southern committed academic fraud, completing assignments for three football players. The university joins more than a dozen others that have also committed fraud in the last decade. https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2016/07/08/more-dozen-athletic-programs-have-committed-academic-fraud-last-decade-more-likely By Jake New The National Collegiate Athletic Association announced Thursday that it […]
USG eclips for July 6, 2016
USG Institutions: www.ajc.com UGA to graduate first black female with physics Ph.D. http://www.ajc.com/news/news/local/uga-graduates-first-black-female-with-physics-phd/nrsXZ/?utm_source=eGaMorning&utm_campaign=6dd1298847-7_6_16&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_54a77f93dd-6dd1298847-86731974 Raisa Habersham, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution When some 7-year-olds read about the sun potentially engulfing the Earth into a red ball and exploding into a supernova, they’re likely to have nightmares. Then again, not all 7-year-olds are like Whitney Ingram, who was reading […]
New Cashier/Accounting Techician
Please join us in welcoming Tyler Wilson, Cashier/Accounting Technician to our Georgia Highlands College community. Tyler’s primary campus location will be Marietta. He comes to us from Kennesaw where he is pursuing a Bachelors in Business Administration with a focus in Accounting. Fun Fact: Tyler is extremely fascinated about developing curriculum to educate the youth […]