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Category Archives: GHC News
How two of GHC’s more popular programs make classes safe and effective for in-person instruction
College classes look a lot different than a year ago due to COVID-19, but thanks to attentive, caring faculty members at Georgia Highlands College, students remain on-track toward graduation. Two of GHC’s more popular programs, nursing and dental hygiene, continue to take a multipronged approach. Faculty and staff in health sciences have expanded elements of […]
Shared Sick Leave Program Enrollment Ends November 6, 2020
Shared Leave Sick Leave Program Enrollment Faculty and Staff who meet the eligibility requirements may voluntarily donate unused sick leave to the campus Shared Leave Pool. Open Enrollment, October 21 – November 6th is your opportunity to make a donation to the Share Sick Leave Pool for calendar year 2021. If you wish to join […]
Bookstore Hours – Thanksgiving Week
The bookstore will have modified hours for Thanksgiving week. These are the hours: Monday (11/23) & Tuesday (11/24) – 9 AM to 2 PM Wednesday (11/25) & Thursday (11/26) – Closed Thank you
This Week’s CETL Workshop
Perusall and Vialogue: Social Annotation Tools Building critical thinking skills is a challenge, especially in online courses where there is no live discussion component. This webinar will take a look at two social annotation tools: Perusall and Vialogue. Persuall provides a way for students to annotate, comment, and discuss uploaded texts, and Vialogue does the same for video recordings, allowing students to watch and discuss in […]
Compassion in Difficult Times Campaign
The USO Employee Giving Campaign hosted through the State of Georgia Charitable Campaign Program (GASCCP) is available today! This year’s theme is Compassion in Difficult Times! The Georgia Highlands College campaign will run through November 13th. Our goal is to raise funds to support State of Georgia charitable organizations that serve the well-being of their […]
Stigma, Stereotypes & Implicit Bias
Join us on Nov. 16, 2pm as Dr. Jay Pickern, Assistant Professor of Healthcare Management, talks about stigma, stereotypes and implicit bias. This is a virtual event and free and open to all students, faculty & staff. Zoom link here. Password: GHC
Receive Your 2020 W-2 Electronically
Georgia Highlands College is pleased to announce you may now elect to receive your W‐2 statements online through OneUSG Connect. Federal regulations require that employees give their consent to receive the W-2 in an electronic format. Employees must consent to electronic delivery by Dec. 31, 2020. It’s easy! Follow these steps to consent to or confirm […]
Last chance to submit your department zoom photo…
Last Chance: Send in your department zoom photo by this Friday. In case your department missed submitting a group zoom photo earlier this semester, you can still submit by Friday, November 6th by emailing it directly to Sheila Jones at shjones@highlands.edu Since we were not able to capture a large group photo at In-Service in […]
Did you know? – Miscellaneous Leave for Voting
Georgia Highlands College employees are encouraged to exercise their constitutional right to vote in all federal, state, and local elections. If election polls are not open at least two (2) hours before or two (2) hours after an employee’s normally scheduled work shift, sufficient leave time will be granted to permit the employee to vote. […]