Mileage Rate Increase for Calendar Year 2019

This memo is to communicate changes to State travel reimbursement rates for calendar year 2019. These changes apply to the use of privately-owned automobiles (POA), authorized State Government-owned automobiles, and motorcycles used for official state purposes. The following rates are applicable to travel that occurs on or after January 1, 2019:  Tier 1 Rates: Automobile – $0.58 […]

New Floyd Campus Librarian

Please join us in welcoming Kristy Greene as the new Campus Librarian in Floyd! Originally from Nashville, Kristy grew up in Woodstock Georgia and got her bachelor’s in Secondary Education from Kennesaw State. With a master’s in Library and Information Science from Valdosta State University, she comes to GHC from the Paudling County Library System […]

Biweekly Payroll Reminder

Good Morning, Timesheet Approval for All Biweekly Employees  Biweekly Employees: Please enter all time worked for the December 16-December 29, 2018 pay period by 10:00am, Friday, December 21th.  You will need to estimate any time that will be worked for the week of December 24 – December 29. Additionally, all absence requests must be entered and approved by […]

USG eclips for December 19, 2018

University System News:   Atlanta Journal-Constitution Five takeaways on new college enrollment report By Eric Stirgus Three Georgia schools – Emory University, Georgia Tech and Spelman College – joined a national effort two years ago to help more students from low-income households get into college and graduate. On Tuesday, the umbrella group for this effort, […]

Jeans in January

Want to wear blue jeans to work in January? Here’s how: You can wear jeans to work any day of the month in January but you have to pay to play! (Participation is optional of course) To participate in “Jeans in January”, employees can pay $2 per day or $5 for 4 days for the […]

USG eclips for December 18, 2018

University System News:   Atlanta Journal-Constitution Do we send kids to college for education or maturation? By Maureen Downey I was talking with a Georgia college professor about recent suicides on his campus. He made an interesting observation: Parents once sent their children off to college for an education. Now, parents expect colleges to provide […]

USG eclips for December 17, 2018

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Annual Compliance Training Deadline Extended to January 4th

Annual Compliance Training is required of all Georgia Highlands College employees each year. An online Annual Compliance Training course has been developed in Desire to Learn (D2L). Within this training there are:      12 modules to complete       Three required forms to complete and upload or return to Human Resources. If you choose to submit […]