Georgia Highlands College was named among the top in the nation in the 2016 Collegiate Advertising Awards program. The Collegiate Advertising Awards (CAA) is an elite program recognizing higher education organizations for excellence in communications, marketing, advertising and promotions of their schools. Full story

Georgia Highlands College student Rena Couzzart has a few extra skills to help her navigate her college courses. She holds a black belt in two Korean martial arts: Taekwondo and Hapkido. Rena says the journey to completing anything in life, including college, is fueled by dedication and passion. Full story

Georgia Highlands College was touted by GeriatricNursing.org for being one of the top three most affordable nursing schools in the country in an article called “30 Most Affordable Nursing Degree Programs.” Full story

Wrayanne Glaze Parker’s story doesn’t start with much promise. She grew up in Polk County, Georgia, spending most of her childhood and young adult life struggling with drug and alcohol addictions. But she knew this was not the life she wanted. So she moved to a long-term treatment program in Rome to break her addictions. […]

Georgia Highlands College faculty, staff, students and alumni came together to display and define what diversity means to them on a new webpage devoted to “Diversity and Inclusion at GHC.”   The site was recently published and is in its first phase of many. Full story

Georgia Highlands College has announced students named to the spring 2017 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 least […]

Atlanta Business Chronicle’s 2017 Who’s Who in Education special section honors men and women who are leading the way in K-12 and postsecondary education in metro Atlanta. As William Butler Yeats said, “Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.” In this section, we included top education leaders from […]

The Georgia Highlands College Paulding and Douglasville locations will be welcoming two new site directors soon. Julia Areh has been selected to be the new site director for the Douglasville site and Joy Hambrick has been selected to be the new site director for the Paulding site. Full story: https://www.highlands.edu/2017/05/31/new-site-directors-paulding-douglasville-announced-ghc/

Watch the video for the 46th Nursing Pinning Ceremony 2017 here: https://youtu.be/P-G6sh-qKZ4 See pictures from the event here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/georgiahighlands/sets/72157683902628315

The 12-year-running Foundation Camp at GHC has been around long enough to prove it is changing lives. It returns this summer from May 30th to June 9th. The camp, which is one of several partnerships between the 100 Black Men of Rome-Northwest Georgia and Georgia Highlands College, is funded by generous donors and the GHC […]