INTERNAL POSTING – Assistant Vice President – Academic Retention and Resources

AVPARR must lead collaborative efforts to advance the College’s Strategic Plan with a focus on strategies to support teaching and learning, student success, retention, and completion. The AVPARR will also develop and maintain articulation agreements. This position has college-wide responsibilities that require travel between all campuses and to off-site locations. This position reports to Provost/Chief […]

USG e-clips for March 8, 2021

University System News: accessWDUN Georgia public universities promise fall will be “normal” By The Associated Press Classrooms, dorms, cafeterias and stadiums are likely to be full again this fall at Georgia’s public universities. The University System of Georgia on Wednesday announced that it has asked all campuses to plan for normal operations during the fall […]

Summer and Fall 2021 Orientations

Charger Orientations will be delivered in a virtual format for our new Summer & Fall 2021 students, but we will seek to replicate the in-person ones as much as possible, and there will be optional, in-person “welcome to campus” events before the start of the Fall term. Currently, Pre-Orientation is down to make edits and […]

New Academic Affairs Policies Have Been Posted

Please visit https://sites.highlands.edu/policy-manual/ to review the new academic affairs policies that have been posted as follows: Academic Progress Academic Renewal Junior/Senior Course Transfer Posthumous Awards Intellectual Property Process Please timeline updates to: Post Tenure Review Pre Tenure Review Promotion Tenure If you have any questions or concerns, please let me know. Melanie Largin – mlargin@highlands.edu […]

Join GHC Library’s Monthly Book Club!

Get ready GHC, because the library has launched a book club and you’re invited! Each month we have a monthly read, and then a Zoom session to talk it out. The book for this month is Julia Quinn’s The Duke and I. To get a copy of the book and receive details for our monthly […]

FMLA- FAMILY AND MEDICAL LEAVE

FMLA allows employees to balance their work and family lives by taking reasonable unpaid* leave for certain family and medical reasons. The FMLA seeks to accomplish this in a manner that accommodates the legitimate interests of employers, minimizes the potential for employment discrimination on the basis of gender, while promoting equal employment opportunity for men […]

Telehealth Options

Telehealth Options Both Anthem and Kaiser Permanente offer telehealth options. If you have nonemergency healthcare concerns, telehealth can be a good option. While COVID-19 cannot be confirmed through virtual or remote care, provider teams can help with screening symptoms, assign risk, answer questions and recommend the next steps. USG is continuing to cover all telehealth […]

USG e-clips for March 5, 2021

University System News: Albany Herald ASU President Marion Fedrick named to statewide COVID-19 board From staff reports Albany State University President Marion Fedrick has been appointed to Georgia’s COVID-19 Health Equity Council. The Georgia Department of Public Health created this council to help DPH increase the effectiveness of its public health programs statewide, ensure equity […]