Biweekly Payroll Reminder

Good Morning, Timesheet Approval for All Biweekly Employees  Biweekly Employees: Please enter all time worked and all Absence Request for the October 29 – November 11, 2023  pay period by 4:00pm, Thursday, November 9th .  Employees no longer need to approve their own timesheet, however, employees will not be paid for any time or absences […]

Ethics: Who’s watching you? IT: A commitment to freedom of speech, privacy, and academic freedom

A college’s Office of Information Technology has extensive reach in monitoring, updating, storing and protecting an institution’s information systems. This broad range of power comes with  immense ethical challenges. Office of GHC’s Information Technology: “Ethics plays a critical role in the Division of Information Technology (IT) at Georgia Highlands College (GHC) due to the profound […]

Ethics Awareness Week Presentation: The Color of Money

As part of USG’s Ethics Awareness Week, Please join USG for the presentation: The Color of Money: Uses and Limitations Tuesday, November 7 Even though this presentation targets Finance Leadership and staff, everyone is welcome to attend. Please register for this event via ZOOM, https://ung.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAkcO2prTopE9fI4LVcFa1BP3MZgKF1WkBJ Join Zoom Meeting https://ung.zoom.us/j/84974131393?pwd=NFBObFdCRlczejJSMTFjN0VJV0FEdz09 Meeting ID: 849 7413 1393 Passcode: […]

USG e-clips for November 6, 2023

University System News: The Herald Gazette Gordon, CIS Atlanta form partnership Gordon State College and Communities In Schools (CIS) of Atlanta have joined in a formal partnership agreement at the Barnesville campus to create an education pipeline to support CIS of Atlanta alumni. The agreement signing was commemorated on Wednesday, Oct. 18 at a special […]

Spring 2024 TAP Applications Due November 15th

TAP applications for Spring 2024  are due November 15th. – Following is the link to download and complete the TAP Application: Updated Employee Application for Tuition Assistance Program (TAP) If you are a Part-Time Nursing Faculty please use the following link: Part-Time Nursing Faculty Tuition Assistance Program Application – Only If you are taking graduate-level courses and qualify for […]

Becoming an Insider Asset

The challenge of mitigating threats requires a nuanced combination of people and technology. In theory, modern security technologies can help lower the chances of a phishing email finding your inbox, for example. In reality, even the latest and greatest versions of software or hardware are only as effective as the people that use them. That’s […]

Ethics Awareness Week: A message from President Mike Hobbs

Georgia Highlands is an important, integral part of Rome’s and NW Georgia’s community.  It is deeply committed to it’s students, community leaders and employees, many of whom are our neighbors.  As such, Georgia Highlands’s success depends on its reputation.   President Mike Hobbs understands this. “As an access college, chief among our lessons to students […]

USG e-clips for November 2, 2023

University System News: Marietta Daily Journal The Aspen Institute Names Georgia Highlands College as a Top 150 U.S. Community Colleges Eligible for the 2025 Aspen Prize Staff reports Today, the Aspen Institute named Georgia Highlands College (GHC) as one of the 150 institutions eligible to compete for the $1 million Aspen Prize for Community College […]

USG e-clips for November 3, 2023

University System News: Times-Georgian Ethical excellence: UWG alumnus discusses importance of ethical values By Abby Grizzard Special To The Times-Georgian The University of West Georgia is an institution that holds values of integrity, excellence, accountability and respect in the highest regard. These values guide UWG in its endeavors to support students and faculty alike in […]