University System News: The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Stellar Georgia college graduates eager to achieve new goals By Eric Stirgus The graduating class of 2021 has had to adapt more so than any group of students in recent memory. For more than a year, they’ve taken some or all of their classes online due to the coronavirus […]
Monthly Archives: May 2021
Cybersecurity & IT Policy Updates
The following IT policy documents have been updated. Please familiarize yourself with these documents when you have the opportunity and reach out to us by emailing rt@highlands.edu if you have any questions or concerns. IT BYOD Policy Georgia Highlands College (GHC) permits authorized employees to use personally owned computing devices for work. All GHC employees utilizing personally owned devices connected to a […]
Polk County graduates take charge in Dual Enrollment at GHC
Over 20 Polk County School District students received associate degrees from Georgia Highlands College (GHC) through Georgia’s Dual Enrollment program during last week’s commencement. They join a total of 139 Polk students who have taken Dual Enrollment courses with GHC in recent years. “Our partnership between Polk School District and GHC has proven to be […]
Memorial Day Holiday 2021
Good Morning, Monday, 05/31/2021 is the Memorial Day Holiday. Please note that we are allowed 8 hours holiday pay for 05/31/2021. You have two options to make up the 9 required hours for that day. 1. You will need to either work an extra hour during the week of 05/30-06/05 to make up the required […]
2021 GHC Commencement Photos
Photos from the 2021 GHC 3PM Commencement/Pinning can be found on this link. Click the photo below to access the link. Special thanks to our student assistants Natalia Herrera and Izzy Marcotte for volunteering their time to assist with the photos.
Next Week In Wellness
Be sure to mark your calendars for next week’s exciting Wellness events: Date Time Sponsor Activity Monday, 5/24 12:00 pm USG Well-being Money Monday: Developing the Right Asset Allocation Tuesday, 5/25 1:00 pm Kiser Permanente Watch Your Back: Back Care Basics (Password: Thrive123) Wednesday, 5/26 12:00 pm KEPRO Switching Off: Preventing Digital Burnout Thursday, 5/27 […]
Reminder: Employee H-Drives Discontinued on June 1st
The Division of Information Technology is preparing to discontinue the use of employee “H-Drive” accounts. These legacy file shares were provisioned prior to 2018 and provided those individuals with a network location to back up important documents from their GHC-issued devices. Due to the availability of Microsoft OneDrive for Business and the low usage of […]
Green extolls growth of graduation rate at GHC during farewell news conference
AS SEEN IN THE ROME NEWS-TRIBUNE: A graduation rate that has jumped dramatically over the last five years is one of the things Don Green is proud of as he leaves Georgia Highlands College at the end of June. During a virtual interview with Green and GHC interim President Dana Nichols, he said he is […]
2021 GHC Commencement Photos
Photo from the 2021 GHC 10AM commencement can be found on this link. Click the photo below to access the link. Photos from the 3 and 6PM ceremonies will be posted in the coming days.
USG e-clips for May 20, 2021
University System News: 13WMAZ MGSU graduate leaves home country to pursue nursing career Gabriella Taunton-Carcamo left Honduras at 17-years-old speaking little to no English and worked her way to graduating with a nursing degree at Middle Georgia State. Author: Pepper Baker Graduate nurse Gabriella Taunton-Carcamo came a long way to Central Georgia so she could […]