Each year the Rome News-Tribune does the “best of…” in the region. Votes are tallied for all types of categories, ranging from restaurants to hotels. No matter what campus you are on, being the “best of” in any of the communities we serve is a great reflection on the college as a whole. Please take […]

Seems like everyone is getting in on the Pokemon Go craze. Students at Georgia Highlands College’s Cartersville campus are joining the fun this week by participating in the Pokemon Go Extravaganza. Full story: https://www.highlands.edu/2016/08/30/pokemon-go-craze-hits-ghc-campus-cartersville/?platform=hootsuite

Georgia Highlands College recently honored its faculty and staff from each of its campuses for the 2015-2016 academic year at its annual in-service meeting. Full story: https://www.highlands.edu/2016/08/29/ghc-honors-faculty-staff/

Georgia Highlands College students now have the opportunity to transfer into an online completion program provided by the University of Georgia’s College of Education. According to UGA’s Amber Atkinson, the program coordinator, the online Bachelor of Science in Special Education from UGA is “the only online B.S.Ed. in the Southeast.” Full story: https://www.highlands.edu/2016/08/25/special-education-online-bachelor-science-transfer-option-uga-now-available-ghc-students/

Georgia Highlands College has announced students named to the 2016 summer 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 […]

Twenty-one new full-time faculty from varying educational experiences and backgrounds joined Georgia Highlands College this semester. “GHC has such a wonderful, diverse faculty, who are focused on our students and their goals, and we are very excited to add even more talented educators to our dynamic teaching force,” GHC President Don Green said. “Our faculty […]

Georgia Highlands College is kicking off the new academic year with four days of fun activities to welcome students back to campus next week. During the Week of Welcome, students can enjoy a different event each day from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the main academic building near the library stairs. Full story: https://www.highlands.edu/2016/08/11/ghc-greet-students-week-welcome-events/

Georgia Highlands College is preparing to launch a program that will make earning a college degree faster and more convenient for some of its students. NOW-Nights Online Weekends, a “brand-new program offered to an underserved student population — the working adult,” will have a special kickoff celebration for the first group of participants Thursday from […]

Georgia Highlands College officially welcomed Dash O’Neill as the head coach for the Charger baseball team this week. O’Neill joins GHC from Chattahoochee Valley Community College, where he helped lead the baseball program through three consecutive Alpine Bank JUCO World Series Appearances in 2014, 2015 and 2016. Full story: https://www.highlands.edu/2016/08/03/dash-oneill-takes-helm-ghcs-baseball-program/