Making Changes to Your Benefits – Qualifying Event

To make changes to your benefits resulting from a Life Status Change or Family Status Change, you must: • Notify Human Resources within 30 days of the qualifying event. • Provide proof of your status change event. • Complete and submit your enrollment or election change in ADP. The Most Common Status Changes: • Birth […]

PUBLIC SERVICE LOAN FORGIVENESS PROGRAM

The PSLF Program is intended to encourage individuals to enter and continue to work full-time in public service jobs. Under this program, you may qualify for forgiveness of the remaining balance due on your William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan (Direct Loan) Program loans after you have made 120 qualifying payments on those loans while […]

Lady Chargers Advance to GCAA SEMI-FINALS

The Lady Chargers opened the game with a 16-2 run and came away with the quarter-final GCAA Conference tournament win over the Lady Tigers of Andrew College to advance to the Final Four on Friday in Americus, Georgia. The Lady Chargers turned up the defensive pressure holding the Lady Tigers to just 6 points in […]

USG eclips for February 27, 2018

University System News: www.tiftonceo.com ABAC President Dr. David Bridges on Consolidation & What It Means for Tifton and Southwest Georgia http://tiftonceo.com/video/2018/02/david-bridges-consolation-what-it-means-tifton-and-southwest-georgia/?utm_source=Tifton+CEO&utm_campaign=e75a79055b-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_02_26&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_b977a0f8f6-e75a79055b-303871653 Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College President David Bridges talks about what consolidation means for the Tifton community and the Southwest Georgia Region. www.saportareport.com UN affiliate recognizes new regional center for sustainability in metro Atlanta UN […]

Georgia Higher Education Saving Plan

The Path2College 529 Plan (formerly the Georgia Higher Education Saving Plan), a college savings program offered by the State of Georgia and operated under the Georgia Office of Treasury and Fiscal Services (OTFS), selected TIAA-CREF Tuition Financing, Inc. (TFI) to serve as program manager for Georgia’s college savings plan. TFI is a part of TIAA-CREF, […]

New Instructor of Nursing Education

Please join us in welcoming Regina Minter, Instructor of Nursing Education, to our Georgia Highlands College community.  Regina’s primary location will be the Heritage Hall Campus. Regina is originally from Villa Rica, GA.  She holds a Master of Science in Nursing in Population Health with a Graduate Certificate in Nursing Education.  Regina’s previous position was an Assistant Nurse […]

ASF registration deadline extended

The registration deadline for the annual Alabama Shakespeare Festival trip has been extended to MARCH 15! Please encourage your students to consider one of GHC’s most time-honored traditions! Students, faculty, staff, and their guests may register for the trip by completing the forms found here: https://www.highlands.edu/asf A $50 deposit must be paid in the Business […]

2018 6AAAA Literary Meet Friday, March 2

Once again GHC will host the 6AAAA Georgia High School Association’s 2018 Literary Meet at the Floyd campus on Friday, March 2. More than 200 participants and attendees will begin arriving on campus at 8:30 to participate in several speaking and essay events. The day will conclude with an awards ceremony beginning at 1:00 in […]

USG eclips for February 26, 2018

University System News: www.chronicle.com Colleges With the Largest Endowments, 2017 https://www.chronicle.com/article/Colleges-With-the-Largest/242627 The 809 American colleges that participated in a 2017 survey reported an average return of 12.2 percent (net of fees) for the fiscal year, compared with a –1.9 percent return reported by 805 colleges for the 2016 fiscal year. Seven private nonprofit institutions had […]