Are you teaching online?

Get a head start on developing or enhancing your online course by participating in Quality Matters Designing Your Online Course (DYOC). CETL will facilitate this online asynchronous workshop, free for GHC employees, from June 2-16. All are welcome! Register for the DYOC

‘Water bears,’ educational board games, and live music kick off the first Academic Showcase at GHC

From ‘water bears’ to educational board games to live music, the first Academic Symposium at Georgia Highlands College saw more than 100 students, faculty and staff converge at the Cartersville site for a display of academic research, presentations and projects. Through research presentations, posters and exhibits, members of the GHC community were able to share […]

GHC Academic Showcase Feature: GHC students discover ‘water bears’ during academic research

Under the guidance of their instructor and Interim STEM Division Chair Brandy Rogers, Georgia Highlands College (GHC) students Jared Ponder, John Thomas Tapp and Trinity Young have worked to share their recent biology research on locally discovered tardigrades — also known as ‘water bears’ – with an international database. The research was part of what […]

MAY SYSTEM (SERVER) SECURITY UPDATES – 05/27/2022

The Division of Information Technology will be installing routine security updates to our servers and network infrastructure from 1:00am until 7:00am on Friday, April 29th. Systems that cannot be safely updated through this automated process will be manually updated by IT personnel during staff hours. Users working on documents stored on the “P-Drive” should ensure they save their work and close those […]

GHC WELCOMES NEW HIRES!

Please extend a warm GHC WELCOME to our recent hew hires: April 2022 Brittany Justice    April 12   Advisor-Academic Sarah Ozment      April 11    Administrative Assistant- HR May 2022 Jennifer Carpenter     May 1   Division Chair  Social Sciences and Education Wanda Hattaway       May 2   HR Projects Samantha Donato      May […]

Internal Posting: English Division Chair

The Division Chair, under the supervision of and in consultation with the Academic Dean, directs the operations of the academic division. This position is 12-month administrative faculty, regular full-time, and benefits eligible. This position has exempt status and therefore is not eligible for overtime. The work schedule will generally be 40 hours per week. Campus […]

Dr. Mike Hobbs Named President of Georgia Highlands College

The Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia (USG) today named Dr. Mike Hobbs president of Georgia Highlands College (GHC), effective July 1, 2022. Hobbs currently serves as vice president for student affairs and athletic director at Jefferson State Community College in Birmingham, Ala. Dr. Dana Nichols, GHC’s chief academic officer and provost, […]

Display your ENROLL NOW yard sign!

It’s time to put out your GHC “Enroll Now” yard signs again so we can make a push for fall enrollment! If you have a GHC “Enroll Now” yard sign place in a visable location at your house or family/friend business to remind passersby that it is time to enroll at GHC! If you don’t […]

Free Books for Instructors

GHC Faculty Learning Communities are open to part- and full-time instructors. Small Teaching Online Summer 2022  |  Format TBD by Participants  |  Facilitator: Josie Baudier Join this Faculty Learning Community to read and discuss Small Teaching Online by Flower Darby and James Lang. “The concept of small teaching is simple: small and strategic changes have enormous power to […]

Free Summer Reads

GHC Faculty Learning Communities are open to part- and full-time instructors. Small Teaching Online Summer 2022  |  Format TBD by Participants  |  Facilitator: Josie Baudier Join this Faculty Learning Community to read and discuss Small Teaching Online by Flower Darby and James Lang. “The concept of small teaching is simple: small and strategic changes have enormous power to […]