A Healthy Heart is a Happy Heart! The Heart of the Community invites you to exercise your heart in a FUN event: On February 18th, the Heart of the Community will once again host a Heart Walk-Cycle-Paddle Event.  This is not a Triathlon!  You may participate in any one of the events just meet at […]

Please see the following excerpt from the USG Business Procedures Manual regarding deductions for 10 month employees. Ten month employees receive benefits for all twelve months of the calendar year, however, they only receive 10 paychecks. As a result, deductions must be taken at an accelerated rate so that we may collect all the money […]

A new policy, Drug and Alcohol Free Workplace, has been added.  The policy, Nondiscrimination and Anti-Harassment, has been updated. They can both be found in the policy section of the Human Resources page. They can be found under Compliance-Policies. Drug and Alcohol Free Workplace Nondiscrimination and Anti Harassment

Chris Hart led Georgia Highlands College in this last HealthTrails challenge, stepping ahead to attain FIRST PLACE among over 100 GHC participants; he tied for #1 in the program among all participating individuals. Chris has found something he really enjoys doing. He didn’t stumble into this rewarding activity, though – he did a lot of […]

Congratulations – and thank you! – to everyone who participated in the Fall 2016 HealthTrails challenge. Georgia Highlands College had 143 register, and many chose to participate in the challenge as part of a team. Our number one team was THE GREEN MACHINE, (number 17 overall), putting in a total of 4,498 miles, averaging 16.1 […]

The Employee Teaching Credit Course from has been updated. It can be found in the Human Resources page under Online Forms. It can be found here Employee Teaching Credit Course form

From WALKGEORGIA Notes for the Road: Staying on Track Through the Holidays: Are We Missing The Point? Nov 18, 2016 By Carolina Cawthon, BS, Dietetic Intern & Alison C. Berg, PhD, RDN, LD You’ve been walking religiously, eating more vegetables, and drinking nothing but water. Now the holidays are here to sabotage all your hard work! […]

The LiveHealth Online Kiosk is available to Georgia Highlands employees and students. You can use LiveHealth Online for: *Allergies *Infections *Cold and flu-like symptoms such as a cough, sore throat, fever and headaches *Rashes and skin care The cost of the online visit is $49 or less if you have BCBSGA health benefits. The Kiosk […]

You are also invited to attend the Money Monday web conference Managing Income and Debt: Spending within your means now, during the holidays and any time November 28, 2016 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. ET. To register for this event, please click the following link: https://borusg.webex.com/borusg/onstage/g.php?MTID=e89a38c24a7a5eb9de8aee42b2b7b602e   TIAA’s workshop leader will explain the big picture […]

A new policy, Minor Children on Campus, has been added under the policy section in the Human Resources page. It can be found under Compliance-Policies.