Georgia Highlands College fall enrollment saw yet another bump this year with an increase of 4.6 percent. This is the fifth consecutive enrollment increase for GHC. This increase follows a 9.9 percent increase in the summer, a 6.3 percent increase last spring and a 7.1 percent increase last fall. Full story: https://www.highlands.edu/2016/11/15/ghc-sees-fifth-consecutive-enrollment-increase-fall-enrollment-4-6-percent/

Georgia Highlands College graduate Faruq Lawal has been awarded a $1,000 Law Enforcement Education Program Dream Scholarship. He is among 22 top students who will receive the award to encourage their pursuit of law enforcement/public safety careers by the professional public safety officers of LEEP. Full story: https://www.highlands.edu/2016/11/08/ghc-student-receives-1000-public-safety-scholarship/

At 25, Michelle Edwards was a single mother living in an apartment with her son and teaching English for a living in Guatemala. She was born and raised in this third largest Central American country in 1974 as the first of three daughters. Full story: https://www.highlands.edu/2016/11/01/michelle-edwards-finds-chance-achieve-dream-college-education-ghc/

The 250-square-foot garden sits right in the middle of a lawn between asphalt, a parking lot and a major highway at the Georgia Highlands College Cartersville site. But the pollinators don’t mind the busy world around them. They are too busy in their own little world. Butterflies, caterpillars, bees and more all give movement to […]

Georgia Highlands College brought home two Gold Awards, one Silver Award and a Bronze Award from the 2016 Chancellor’s Annual Service Excellence Awards at Georgia College in Milledgeville on Tuesday.   The Chancellor’s Service Excellence Awards recognize individuals, teams, leaders, ambassadors, process improvement projects, and institutions that have demonstrated outstanding, “above and beyond” service to […]

The Charger Food Pantry is making a difference on all ofGeorgia Highlands College’s campuses, making sure students have what they need to succeed. The pantry — open since March — has distributed more than 200 bags of food with the help of student volunteers and the Student Support Services office staff. Full story: http://www.northwestgeorgianews.com/rome/news/local/georgia-highlands-college-charger-food-pantry-making-sure-no-student/article_ddad277c-9819-11e6-aead-1f21c67c6326.html

At 18, Jacob Satterfield is already a published illustrator. The freshman at Georgia Highlands College’s Cartersville campus drew the illustrations for “Be Kind Shouted the Mime” by Otter, a book that was released Monday by Yawn Publishing in Canton. Full story: https://www.highlands.edu/2016/10/19/new-book-illustrated-ghc-freshman/

It’s a Sunday afternoon at the local Starbucks. GHC students have taken over the place. They’re working on their chemistry homework. And right in the center of it all is Assistant Professor of Chemistry Sarah Tesar helping them. “I guess I just try to be as involved as I can, as they let me,” she […]

On November 3, Georgia Highlands College will be holding a Fall Expo at the Douglasville site 4-7 p.m. GHC President Don Green said this is the perfect opportunity for future students, parents, businesses, community members and other potential partners of the college to come see what GHC is all about. Full story: https://www.highlands.edu/2016/09/27/ghc-hold-fall-expo-douglasville-site/

On November 3, Georgia Highlands College will be holding a Fall Expo at the Douglasville site 4-7 p.m. GHC President Don Green said this is the perfect opportunity for future students, parents, businesses, community members and other potential partners of the college to come see what GHC is all about. Full story: https://www.highlands.edu/2016/09/27/ghc-hold-fall-expo-douglasville-site/