A win four years in the making came Saturday for the Georgia Highlands baseball team as the Chargers beat Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College 8-3 at LakePoint to clinch their first-ever GCAA championship. “It’s great. These guys are conference champions,” O’Neill said. “They went from being under .500 to being on top of the league. … […]
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GHC student Mary-Kate Billings graduates high school and college at nearly the same time
Mary-Kate Billings will be joining 689 other college graduates at Georgia Highlands College’s Commencement on Saturday, May 13th, at The Forum River Center in downtown Rome at 1PM. The only difference is Mary-Kate is a high school student who will be walking in a college graduation several weeks before she walks for her high school […]
GHC commencement speaker to show graduates just how far alumni can go
GHC alumnus Joseph “Joey” Johnson will be the 2017 commencement speaker, where he will address GHC’s 689 graduating students on May 13th at The Forum River Center in downtown Rome at 1PM. Joey, who earned a Doctorate of Osteopathic Medicine just this year, has had an incredible journey: he went from working 70 hours a […]
GHC academic building groundbreaking in Cartersville happening Wednesday
Georgia Highlands College will be holding a special groundbreaking event at its Cartersville site on Wednesday (April 26) at 11AM for its new academic building. Full story: https://www.highlands.edu/2017/04/24/ghc-academic-building-groundbreaking-cartersville-happening-wednesday/
Seventh annual GHC Public Speaking Competition brings out over 120 people to compete and watch
Over 120 people showed up from all five of Georgia Highlands College’s locations on April 14th for the seventh annual GHC Public Speaking Competition in Cartersville. The event invites GHC students to prepare and deliver a persuasive speech to an audience of fellow students, faculty, family and friends. Many students learn basic public address theory […]
2017-2018 Academic Year Tuition Increase Limited to Two Percent
Effective fall semester 2018, all colleges and universities within the University System of Georgia will experience a slight 2 percent raise in tuition rates. GHC’s tuition rate will rise $1.80 per credit hour, from $90.87 to $92.67, which is a $27 increase each semester for 15 credit hours. There will be no fee increases […]
UPDATE: The Georgia Highlands College PTK chapter won big at the international conference held in Nashville
UPDATE: The Georgia Highlands College PTK chapter won big at the international conference held in Nashville. Full story: https://www.highlands.edu/2017/03/23/phi-theta-kappa-chapter-brings-home-honors-college-attendance-georgia-academic-team-awards-luncheon-atlanta/
Georgia Highlands is now the state’s second largest two-year school — and more is on the way.
With continued enrollment increases, building renovations, construction, program expansions and a successful athletics program, Georgia Highlands College is in the spotlight among the state’s university system. Spring enrollment is up 3.9 percent. This increase follows a 4.6 percent jump last fall, a 9.9 percent increase last summer and a 6.3 percent increase last spring. With […]
Date set for new GHC academic building groundbreaking in Cartersville
Georgia Highlands College will be holding a special groundbreaking event at its Cartersville site on April 26 at 11AM for its new academic building. Full story: https://www.highlands.edu/2017/04/03/date-set-new-ghc-academic-building-groundbreaking-cartersville/
New bachelor’s degree coordinator ready to head the bachelor’s programs being launched in 2017
Mecole Ledbetter has joined Georgia Highlands College as its new bachelor’s in business coordinator to work with students, faculty and the community as GHC launches two new bachelor’s degrees in healthcare management and logistics and supply chain management for fall 2017. “These programs will be important to our students, because it offers students a high […]