University System News: The Atlanta Journal-Constitution See how many students earned early admission into UGA, Georgia Tech By Eric Stirgus It remains tough to get accepted into Georgia’s two most competitive public universities. The University of Georgia and Georgia Tech each accepted about one-third of its early action applications, according to recent data. UGA released […]
GHC Online Course Reviews
GHC Online Course Reviews
Christmas Holidays 2023
Good Morning, GHC will receive 8hrs of Holiday pay for 12/25-12/28 and 4hrs of Holiday pay for 12/29. You will need to use 1hr of Vacation leave for the days 12/25-12/28, for a total of 4hrs of Vacation leave. GHC will also receive 8hrs of Holiday pay for January 1, 2024. You will need to […]
Reading Circle #1
Georgia Highlands Reading Circles will start in mid-January via D2L and Microsoft Teams. Open to Staff and Faculty, the Reading Circles are small group reads with D2L discussion boards and two or three evening discussions via Teams over the course of a month or so. Participants in the first Reading Circle will read and discuss […]
New TRS Members – Livestream Virtual Events – 01/02/24 & 01/03/24
Livestream Virtual Events for New TRS Members Morning and afternoon sessions offered on: January 2, 2024 & January 3, 2024 TRS is pleased to offer new members an opportunity to learn about TRS benefit and things needed to know NOW to be prepared for retirement. Each session will cover: The TRS benefit formula and vesting at 10 years […]
Biweekly Payroll Reminder
Good Morning, Timesheet Approval for All Biweekly Employees Biweekly Employees: Please enter all time worked and all Absence Request for the December 10 – December 23, 2023 pay period by 4:00pm, Tuesday, December 19th. Employees no longer need to approve their own timesheet, however, employees will not be paid for any time or absences that […]
Elect to Receive Your 2023 W-2 Electronically
Good Morning, 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, 2023. Follow the steps in our knowledge article, […]
USG e-clips for December 18, 2023
University System News: Albany Herald Georgia Tech graduate student overcomes traumatic brain injury to get degree By Joshua Skinner, WANF In a sea of caps, there are innumerable stories. Matthew Parzych is one of those stories. “Data analytics is my degree,” Parzych said. A software engineer by trade, his interest in the subject emerged after […]
USG e-clips for December 15, 2023
University System News: WGAU Radio UGA trumpets retention, completion rates By Mike Wooten, UGA Today The University of Georgia’s first-year retention rate rose to nearly 95% this year, reflecting several ongoing efforts to improve the academic environment and support students. Newly released data show the percentage of first-time freshmen who continue at UGA their second […]
Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Society
Artificial intelligence (AI) refers to the simulation of human intelligence in machines that are programmed to think and learn like humans. AI can be divided into several different types, including: Rule-based systems, which follow a set of predetermined rules to reach a conclusion Expert systems, which use a knowledge base to make decisions Neural networks, […]