GHC takes annual Honors Ceremony to online format

To continue recognizing students for their academic achievements over the past year, Georgia Highlands College brought its 2020 Honors Ceremony to a virtual format. “This was our 48th annual Honors Ceremony, so it was a tradition that we did not want to be impacted by social distancing guidelines,” Director of Student Life John Spranza said. […]

Notifying TRS of Life Changes

·         Marriage, ·         Birth of Children, ·         Divorce, or ·         Death of Spouse. The Change of Beneficiary form should be completed to report beneficiary or name changes to TRS. It is important to keep beneficiary information on file with TRS up-to-date. In the event of your death, a monthly benefit, or a lump-sum payment, is due to your beneficiary(ies) […]

Next Week in Wellness

Mark your calendars for the upcoming Wellness events: Date Time Sponsor Activity Monday, 6/15 10:00 – 11:00 am GHC Wellness/KEPRO Managing High-Performance Virtual Teams Tuesday, 6/16 12:00 – 12:30 pm USG Well-being Core Yoga Tuesday, 6/16 1:00 – 2:00 pm GHC Wellness/KEPRO Effective Stress Management  Tuesday, 6/16 2:30 -3:30 pm USG Well-being Distrupting Negative Thoughts […]

Virtual art exhibition showcases GHC student work

Despite moving to remote operations this spring, Georgia Highlands College has continued its annual student art exhibit in a virtual format, allowing students to place their work on display and giving others the opportunity to see students’ talent and creative efforts. “Usually we have a spring exhibition of work that had been produced in the […]

New Issue of the Highlander available now!

Read about the great things happening at GHC all in one place! #TakingCharge You can flip through the most recent issue of the Highlander by visiting highlander.highlands.edu today! A few highlights: GHC alumnus earns job as software engineer at Home Depot GHC student and member of National Guard completes semester while aiding in COVID-19 fight […]

Fall Virtual Orientations

In May, the Orientation Committee introduced the plans for our orientations this summer. Our summer orientations are now complete and we are moving into the Fall orientations. We used the smaller orientations in the summer to help plan for our larger ones in the fall. There are a few changes that we want to be […]

USG e-clips for June 11, 2020

University System News: The Montgomery Independent City receives 10,000 face shields donated from the Global Center for Medical Innovation and Aflac Staff report On Monday, Mayor Steven L. Reed accepted 10,000 donated face shields on behalf of the City of Montgomery from the Global Center for Medical Innovation (GCMI) and Aflac. Once the COVID-19 virus […]

USG e-clips for June 10, 2020

University System News: Athens CEO UGA Online Leadership Program Equips Public Health Leaders for COVID-19 Response Staff Report COVID-19 was not on their radar in October 2019 when 28 emerging public health leaders from across the Southeast began a leadership skills program created by the University of Georgia. Within months, however, the first fellows in […]