Please join us in welcoming Imani Embaye, Financial Aid Counselor, to our Georgia Highlands College community. Imani’s primary locations will be the Paulding and Douglasville Sites. Imani was is born in Portland, Oregon and grew up in Desert Hot Springs, CA. She has a Bachelors in Theatre Arts and a minor in Women’s Studies from […]
Monthly Archives: June 2017
CONGRATULATIONS JOHN & MELISSA ROGERS!!!
The Finance and Administration Division is proud to announce the addition of a new member to the Georgia Highlands Family! Friday, June 23, 2017 at 8:13pm John and Melissa Rogers welcomed their sweet baby girl, Kaitlin Elizabeth Rogers into the world. Kaitlin Elizabeth weighed 6lbs 11.4 oz and was 18 3/4 inches. Mom and baby […]
Baseball Players Rack up Post Season Awards
Following a season that saw the Charger Baseball Team win their first GCAA/Region 17 Championship, several Charger players have been recognized with conference, regional, and national awards. Three Chargers Earned National Awards: Sam Sowerbrower – NJCAA Academic All-American Nick Fink – NJCAA Rawlings Gold Glove Award First Base Devin Bilardello – NJCAA Rawlings Gold Glove […]
Six Mile Post Year in Review: GHC student newspaper celebrates a winning year
Georgia Highlands College’s student-run newspaper the Six Mile Post has been quite comfortable going head-to-head against larger schools in the state, bringing home several awards this past year, including first place in General Excellence and first place for Online Newspaper. The student paper started competing against four-year colleges for the first time in 2015. But […]
HealthTrails heating up!
Summer 2017 HealthTrails Web address: https://usgwellbeing.healthtrails.com Program length: 8 weeks; 56 days Program goal: 400 virtual miles Participant start date (first date participants record progress): Monday, June 19 Registration end date: Monday, July 17 Last day of the program: Sunday, August 13 Social/Additional Features Mobile app feature Trail Talk (wall feature) Trail […]
MONEY MONDAY – Sharpening Investment Skills
Money at Work 2: Sharpening investment skills Is your savings strategy on the right track? And if you’re off track, do you know what adjustments to make? TIAA’s workshop leader will provide insight into complex investments and: * Help you assess how much money you may need to fund the future you want * How […]
Jeans in July
Do you want to wear blue jeans to work in July? Here’s how: Employees are allowed to wear jeans to work any day of the month in July but you have to pay to play! (Participation is optional of course) To participate in “Jeans in July”, employees can pay $2 per day or $5 for […]
USG eclips for June 21, 2017
University System News: www.albanyceo.com Finalist Named for Georgia Southwestern State University Presidency http://albanyceo.com/news/2017/06/finalist-named-georgia-southwestern-state-university-presidency/ Staff Report From Albany CEO Board of Regents Chair C. Thomas Hopkins Jr., MD and Chancellor Steve Wrigley announced that the Board of Regents named Dr. Neal Weaver as the sole finalist for the position of president of Georgia Southwestern State University […]
USG eclips for June 20, 2017
University System News: The Augusta Chronicle Official groundbreaking ceremony held for the Georgia Cyber Innovation and Training Center http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/2017-06-19/official-groundbreaking-ceremony-held-georgia-cyber-innovation-and-training-center Tom Corwin Two Augusta business leaders who pitched the idea of the Georgia Cyber Innovation and Training Center to Gov. Nathan Deal just last December will be honored with their names on the building, Deal revealed […]
USG Benefits Administration Implementation Change Effective June 26th
As part of the transition to OneUSG Connect – Benefits, the new benefits administration system, there will be a required period of blackout from 5 p.m. Thursday, June 22 until 12 a.m. on Monday, June 26 for ALL institutions. What does this mean? For the most part, this transition will be seamless for employees. You […]