Nominations for Graduation Student Speakers

GHC’s graduation ceremony is scheduled for Saturday, May 16, 2015. If you know a graduating student who meets the speaker eligibility requirements outlined below, you have the ability to nominate that student by submitting a letter of endorsement to SpeakerNomination@highlands.edu . The student eligibility requirements are: • Must be a graduate of the 2014-15 academic […]

AAWCC donates to local battered women and childrens shelter

In November, Our House, Polk County’s battered women and children’s shelter, sent a call to the community regarding desperately needed items for shelter residents. Georgia Highlands College’s chapter of AAWCC (American Association for Women in Community Colleges) answered the call by sponsoring a college-wide donation drive to provide the needed items to Our House. Items […]

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JEANS IN JANUARY

Want to wear blue jeans to work in January? Here’s how: President Don Green is launching a fun, new initiative allowing employees to 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 […]

2015 Retirement Plan Limits

Eligible employees of the University System of Georgia participate in one of two qualified retirement plan options: (1) the Optional Retirement Plan/Regents Retirement Plan – a defined contribution plan; or (2) the Teachers Retirement System of Georgia – a defined benefit plan. The plan year for the Optional Retirement Plan, or Regents Retirement Plan, is […]

Online Find a Doctor Tool on BCBSGa website

An issue has been identified with the Find a Doctor online tool located on the BCBSGa microsite ( www.bcbsga.com/usg).  When a member performs a provider search, the site should automatically provide the correct network based on the healthcare plan the member is enrolled in. This functionality is not working properly on USG’s BCBSGa microsite. This […]

YARD SIGNS: time to take them down

Thanks to everyone that participated in the yard sign promotional effort. Please go ahead and take down your sign today (it is the last day to enroll for Spring) and store it until our next enrollment push. I will send out a notice when it is time to display them again. Thank you again! It […]

Stress Management

GHC seeks to improve the overall health and wellness of our employees by promoting and providing wellness activities addressing physical, emotional, environmental, financial, interpersonal, occupational and intellectual needs. We, at GHC, have a wealth of opportunities at our fingertips. Human Resources and the Wellness committee want to make sure you are aware of these opportunities. […]