Georgia Highlands College has announced students named to the fall 2021 President’s List and Dean’s List. To achieve President’s List status, students must earn a 4.0 grade point average and attain a minimum of nine semester hours of credit. To make Dean’s List students, must complete a minimum of nine semester hours and achieve at […]
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New ‘Charger Learning Commons’ innovates the library experience for students at GHC
What students need from a library can change daily based on course projects and research or even student organization efforts. The library at Georgia Highlands College (GHC) is working to innovate spaces on campus to better serve students. This week, GHC’s Library System opened the first “Charger Learning Commons” on the Paulding site with plans […]
GET TO KNOW: Dorothy Morgan
Georgia Highlands College is highlighting faculty and staff administration across the college in this ongoing “GET TO KNOW” series. Next up is Dorothy Morgan who serves as the Director for Student Support Services at GHC. Read the full article here
GHC pioneering new degree program will help engineering and construction industry overcome labor shortages
Interim President of Georgia Highlands College Dana Nichols recently joined leaders in metal fabrication and engineering for a webinar on shaping local talent pools and overcoming labor shortages in the engineering and construction industries. The webinar hosted by SDS2 is available on their website in a link within their article “4 Tips for Shaping Local […]
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 […]
GHC’s newest bachelor’s degree brings online access and in-state tuition to multiple states across the Southeast
The newest bachelor’s degree in building information modeling management (BIMM) at Georgia Highlands College (GHC) has officially joined the Academic Common Market (ACM). Now, students in a consortium of nearly 15 states can pursue the new BIMM degree online and pay one of the lowest tuition rates in the country by attending GHC. Read the […]
Hitting all the notes: GHC alum creates film and music production company
Mychael Frazier graduated from Georgia Highlands College (GHC) in 2016. These days, he finds himself applying the skills and education he learned at GHC to his passion-driven film and music production company called Third Eye Vision. “The etymology of educating is to ‘bring out,’ and the highest education one can earn is based on whether […]
New program meets career demand as Georgia becomes the ‘FinTech capital of the world’
Rising industry demand for trained graduates in the field of ‘FinTech’ has led to the creation of a new program at Georgia Highlands College (GHC). Starting spring 2022, GHC will offer an associate degree in Financial Technology, as well as a Nexus degree. Financial Technology, or FinTech, continues to see increased demand in Georgia. Watch […]