What would you do when you’re faced with a situation that seems “wrong”?  Is it an abuse of policy? A situation with a student and teacher that appears to blur lines. What about situations that may seem innocent on face value but could have layers? As USG begins its Ethics Awareness Week, Nov. 6-10, we […]

Templates are your Friends Wednesday, November 15, 2023  |  2-3 pm  |  Zoom  |  Facilitator: Teresa Hutchins Would you love to have a template help streamline your online course and assure quality and accessibility? Join us on November 15 at 2:00 pm for an exploration ofthe USG’s Online Course Design Template. The webinar will show […]

The Quality Matters Higher Ed rubric was updated to the seventh edition on July 5, 2023. If you use the QM rubric for any online course reviews (including informal colleague/peer reviews or self-reviews), you will now need to use the updated seventh edition of the rubric. From now until January 5, 2024, the self-paced Rubric […]

The holiday calendar for 2024 is now on the HR webpage: GHC Holidays The holidays for 2023 are listed as we close out this year. Click on 2024 for next year- 2024 Holiday Calendar (USG Holidays)- 13 eight (8) hour holidays. GHC has 2 four (4) hour days in this plan. DATE HOURS HOLIDAY Monday, […]

Benefits Open Enrollment is also the time to change your overtime selection, if you wish! Non-exempt (hourly) employees may elect to be paid for hours worked in excess of forty (40) in a workweek or to receive comp time in lieu of pay for the additional hours. Award of compensatory time is, one and one-half […]

The courtyard in front of GHC Paulding’s Bagby Building is again converted into a Halloween scene during the annual Pumpkin-Fest. Student clubs and organizations that crafted a pumpkin for the display include: English Majors, Gaming Club, Green Highlands, HANS (Highlands Association of Nursing Students), Psychology Club, and Women to Women, along with contributions by various […]

For the last week of Georgia Archives month, we want to share digital images of Paris Lake. As we share photos, we are asking for your help to create better descriptions for our collection. If you recognize anyone in this photo, please email their names to archives@highlands.edu. You can also find another photo posted to […]

It’s time for the Retiree Pecan Sale! My name is Brenda Weeks. For those of you who don’t know me, I retired from the college in 2007. I worked in Human Resources. The pecans will be picked up the week before Thanksgiving. They come from Stone Mountain Pecan Company in Monroe, Georgia. The college has […]

We are excited to announce the implementation of our new Electronic Performance Management System! Go Live is January 2024.   Probationary and Annual Evaluations will be conducted through the OneUSG Connect system for the upcoming evaluation process for staff. No more paper evaluations!   Training Schedule Teams Training Session 11:00AM – 1:00PM   November 14, […]