STEM 411 is live!

STEM 411 is an online ticketing system with chat and question features to answer students’ STEM questions staffed by STEM instructors and learning assistants. Students will be able to live chat and ask questions through a ticketing system. The STEM courses supported in STEM 411 are Chemistry, Precalculus, and Calculus. More subjects will be added later. […]

Considering Retirement?

If you are considering retirement in the near future, please schedule an appointment with Human Resources. We want you to have all the information you need to make a decision that will best fit your needs. Benefits Continuation into Retirement policy If you are considering retirement, you will want to include your healthcare benefits at […]

Vendor Set-up Requests

The Purchasing Office in conjunction with Accounts Payable now has a new email address for forwarding new vendor set-up requests. The new email address is purchasing@highlands.edu  Please forward all new vendor set-up requests along with the necessary documentation to the new email address. Once the vendor is set-up in the system an email will be […]

Biweekly Payroll Reminder

Good Morning, Timesheet Approval for All Biweekly Employees  Biweekly Employees: Please enter all time worked for the February 09 – February 22, 2020 pay period by 4:00pm, Thursday, February 20th.  Additionally, all absence requests must be entered by 4:00pm, Thursday, February 20th.  Employees no longer need to approve their own timesheet, however, employees will not […]

Internal Posting – Senior Tutor (Cartersville/Floyd)- Extended Deadline: 02/24/2020

This position provides non-classroom one-on-one and group tutoring to students for proactive or remedial purposes. For detailed information or to apply: Log into OneUSG Connect From Recruiting, click the “Apply for Jobs” tile Select “View All Jobs” to view internal job postings Please contact April Godfrey at agodfrey@highlands.edu if you do not have an “Apply […]

Monthly Payroll

Good Morning, Time Sheet Approval for All Monthly Employees   Monthly Employees & Managers: Please have all absence requests entered and approved by 4:00pm, Wednesday, February 19, 2020.   All absences must be requested and approved for them to be paid. A link, https://www.usg.edu/oneusg/training, to the OneUSG training webpage, which has videos that might help with any […]

February EAPHelplink Seminar – Setting Realistic Expectations

Online Seminar: Managing Workplace Stressors | Available on Demand Starting Feb 18th Get information and strategies to address and manage professional stressors effectively. YOUR EMPLOYEE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM – Available any time, any day, your Employee Assistance Program is a free, confidential benefit to help you balance your work, family, and personal life. WHATEVER YOU NEED, […]

USG e-clips for February 14, 2020

University System News:   Atlanta Business Chronicle New Georgia FinTech Academy director has ambitious goals for 2020 By Janet Jones Kendall  – Contributing Writer Within the year, Georgia FinTech Academy Executive Director Tommy Marshall hopes a minimum of 800 students take at least one academy course, to place more than 200 interns and over 200 […]