Attention GHC Students! Many of you may have received an invitation email from the Society of Collegiate Leadership and Achievement touting your academic record qualified you for membership. Please disregard and ignore this and any future emails from SCLA. GHC IS NOT AFFILIATED OR CONNECTED TO SCLA IN ANY WAY AND THE INSTITUTION DID NOT […]
GHC TO HOLD FALL EXPO AT DOUGLASVILLE SITE
On November 3, Georgia Highlands College will be holding a Fall Expo at the Douglasville site 4-7 p.m. GHC President Don Green said this is the perfect opportunity for future students, parents, businesses, community members and other potential partners of the college to come see what GHC is all about. Full story: https://www.highlands.edu/2016/09/27/ghc-hold-fall-expo-douglasville-site/
Faculty Staff Campaign Kick-off Meetings
Reminder for Faculty and Staff that I will be on the Paulding and Marietta sites this Thursday, October 19. I will be hosting a drop-in event on both campuses. A time to receive your Faculty/Staff Campaign envelope, (if you haven’t already) and enjoy some treats. I will be there to talk about our campaign and […]
Making Changes to Your Benefits
To make changes to your benefits resulting from a Life Status Change or Family Status Change, you must: • Notify Human Resources within 30 days of the qualifying event. • Provide proof of your status change event. • Complete and submit your enrollment or election change in ADP. The Most Common Status Changes: • Birth […]
New Assistant Baseball Coach
Please join us in welcoming Brock Moss, Assistant Baseball Coach, to our Georgia Highlands College community. Brock’s primary location will be on the Cartersville Instructional Site. His hometown is New Iberia, Louisiana. He has a Bachelor of Science in Sports Management and a Master of Arts in Education-Coaching. His previous position was Associate Head Coach […]
VALIC APPOINTMENTS AVAILABLE – SAVING FOR THE FUTURE
Looking ahead and planning for the future is very important. Valic can help you with investing in your future! This is available to part-time and full-time employees. Valic will be at Heritage Hall on Monday, November 14, 2016 to discuss: GHC Retirement Savings Accounts Teacher Retirement System Optional Retirement Plan Social Security Setting up New Accounts […]
Caught?
Did you catch someone in the act of great customer service, teaching or caring? Do you want to recognize someone who had a great idea? Let them know they were caught! Simply go to the Employee recognition page, http://www2.highlands.edu/site/recognition to submit a nomination from the navigation list on the right side of the webpage.
Inside Money: Managing income and debt
TIAA is hosting a FREE webinar titled “Inside Money: Managing income and debt” for USG employees on 10/18/2016 from 12pm to 1pm. This session is open to anyone interested. Here’s a brief summary description of the session: It’s your budget – take control. Everyone talks about a budget, but how many of us actually make […]
KSU Student Arrested for Hacking – Keylogger Use Suspected
A student at Kennesaw State University was recently arrested on charges that he hacked into the school’s systems and changed grades. When police searched his home, they found a notebook containing numerous KSU employee usernames and passwords. It is very likely this information was captured with the use of a software or hardware keylogger. Keyloggers are devices […]
Educational Support Leave
For the purposes of promoting education in Georgia and supplementing work life balance options for University System of Georgia employees, each full benefits eligible, non-temporary employee of the USG are eligible for up to eight (8) paid hours of Education Support Leave per calendar year. Such leave is in addition to, and not charged against, […]