Georgia Highlands College’s dental hygiene program is more than classes, textbooks and labs. Students get real world experience in the best way possible: volunteering to provide free oral health care to the community. Full story Like and share on Facebook and Twitter
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Lisa Williams to speak at GHC on April 25
Lisa Williams, founder and director of Living Water for Girls, will speak at Georgia Highlands College on April 25 at 2 p.m. on the Cartersville campus in the Student Center, as a part of GHC’s promotion of Women’s History. She will speak on her mission of helping girls and young women survivors of violence, street […]
GHC names Julius Fleschner the new dean of Libraries and College Testing
Georgia Highlands College has appointed Julius Fleschner as the new Dean of Libraries and College Testing. Fleschner will oversee all of GHC’s libraries which are open to students and the public in Cartersville, Douglasville, Paulding and Rome. Full story Like and share on Facebook and Twitter
GHC partners with West Georgia for bachelor’s in mass communications in Douglasville
Georgia Highlands College has partnered with the University of West Georgia to jointly offer students in Douglasville the opportunity to earn a bachelor’s degree in mass communications with a concentration in public relations. Full story Like and share on Facebook and Twitter
Eighth annual GHC Public Speaking Competition brings together 78 students to compete
Nearly 80 students from across all Georgia Highlands College’s locations came together on April 13 to compete in the eighth annual GHC Public Speaking Competition at the Cartersville location. It was a record number of student competitors this year. Full story Like and share on Facebook and Twitter
GHC hosting event exploring the relationship between learning, hip-hop culture and the art of freestyle rap
Georgia Highlands College will be hosting a two-hour event on learning, hip-hop culture and the art of freestyle rap at its Cartersville location on April 18th from 2PM to 4:15PM in the Student Center. Full story Like and share on Facebook and Twitter
Spring Fling at GHC
Ever wonder what GHC students do when they’re not in class? Well, it might have something to do with a bow and arrow… Student Life is #TakingCharge of these stressful weeks ahead of finals! Like and share this video on Facebook and Twitter
Military Family Fun Day returns to GHC in April
With an average attendance of over 200 people, GHC continues its annual Military Family Fun Day set for April 21st starting at 10AM and ending at 1PM on the Floyd Campus. The event is free and open to the public and hosts over 15 vendors and a 20-piece military band. Full story Like and share on Facebook […]
Floyd County Chief of Police to speak to students at GHC
Georgia Highlands College’s Political Science and Criminal Justice student group will host Floyd County Chief of Police Mark Wallace on April 12th at 11:15AM in the Student Center at GHC’s Rome location. Wallace has worked for the Floyd County Police Department for nearly 40 years. He is a GHC alumnus who graduated with his Associate Degree in […]
Year-round Pell Grant funds now available at GHC starting this summer
Georgia Highlands College’s students now have access to year-round Pell Grant funds starting this summer. For example, if a student’s “expected family contribution (EFC)” is $0 as determined by filling out the FAFSA, then that student could expect to receive $2,960 for fall and $2,960 for spring while taking 12 or more credit hours each […]