University System News: The Atlanta Journal-Constitution The drought is over: Georgia is national champion again By Chip Towers INDIANAPOLIS – “Look at the confetti falling from the roof! Look at the confetti falling from the roof!” Surely, the angels in heaven were hearing that from the great Larry Munson on Monday night as the Georgia […]
Monthly Archives: January 2022
USG e-clips for January 12, 2022
University System News: The Atlanta Journal-Constitution With flush state coffers, Kemp backs $1.6B in tax refunds By Greg Bluestein Gov. Brian Kemp plans to dip into the state’s flush coffers in the thick of his reelection campaign to finance tax refunds for state taxpayers, boost funding for the higher education system and explore deeper cuts […]
USG e-clips for January 13, 2022
University System News: The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Kemp delivers agenda-setting State of the State address By Greg Bluestein Gov. Brian Kemp delivered a State of the State address on Thursday that outlined his election-year agenda ahead of a challenging battle for a second term. …SALARY HIKES State employees will get a $5,000 pay increase in Kemp’s […]
USG e-clips for January 14, 2022
University System News: 13WMAZ ‘A lot of opportunity’: Middle Georgia State’s Dublin campus gets funds aimed at easing nurse shortage Altogether, the state has funded $5.7 million in improvements to Middle Georgia State University’s nursing program in Dublin. Author: Raime Cohen Governor Brian Kemp is allocating $900,000 to Middle Georgia State University’s Dublin’s campus to […]
MLK Holiday 2022
Good Morning, Monday, 01/17/2022 is the observed MLK Holiday. Please note that we are allowed 8 hours holiday pay for 01/17/2022. 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 01/16-01/22 to make the required 9 […]
New Outlook Feature – Phish Alert Button
You may notice a new KnowBe4 Phish Alert button in your inbox today. You can use this button to report any suspicious or potentially dangerous emails. If you get a suspicious email, click the Phish Alert button and the email will be deleted from your inbox and forwarded to our IT team for analysis. See […]
Menlo Middle School students visit GHC to learn how to ‘Take Charge’ of their college experience
More than 80 seventh- and eighth-grade students from Menlo Middle School, located in Chattooga County, visited Georgia Highlands College (GHC) on Wednesday to learn about college and how to make the most of their future college experience. Separated into two groups, students toured the Floyd campus in Rome, including each of the academic buildings, the […]
GHC plans to expand this summer with new Marietta location on Northchase Parkway
Starting this summer, Georgia Highlands College (GHC) brings even greater access to one of the most affordable colleges in the state and country to Marietta. GHC’s newest location will be at 1090 Northchase Parkway. The former GHC Marietta location was a small site opened on the Southern Polytechnic State University campus in 2005 (now Kennesaw […]
Georgia Highlands College Presidential Search Committees Named
The Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia (USG) has named the two committees to conduct a national search for the next president of Georgia Highlands College (GHC). Dr. Dana Nichols currently serves as interim president. “GHC’s next leader has a great opportunity to build on its mission to help students in northwest […]
USG e-clips for January 10, 2022
University System News: The Red & Black School and football: Jan. 10 marks national championship and start of semester Jack Duffey For the UGA community, Jan. 10 marks one of the biggest days of the year. Georgia football will compete for a national championship against Alabama, and it is also the first day of classes […]