Veterans Family Fun Day

Faculty and Staff: Please make plans to attend this free, family-friendly event! Veterans Family Fun Day Saturday, April 18th 10:00am – 2:00pm Open to all students, faculty, staff and their families – as well as military families in the community. Free food, door prizes, petting zoo, rock climbing wall, bounce house, bingo, canoeing on the […]

Attachments:
VeteransFamilyFunDayPoster2015.pdf
VeteransFunDayPostcard2015.pdf

HR Spotlight – Children in the Workplace

As found on page 28 of the Employee Handbook, be reminded that because of the possible disruption of business and for liability reasons, Georgia Highlands College does not permit parents to have children and infants at the workplace during normal working hours.

Chance to win a Fitbit Flex

Have you used Castlight yet? Don’t miss out! USG is giving away 5 more Fitbit FlexesTM this April. Search in Castlight by April 30 and you’ll be entered to win!* Castlight is a free, personal healthcare shopping tool that helps you find high-quality, affordable, and convenient healthcare. With Castlight, you’ll know your out-of-pocket healthcare costs […]

FMLA- Family and Medical Leave

FMLA allows employees to balance their work and family lives by taking reasonable unpaid leave for certain family and medical reasons. The FMLA seeks to accomplish this in a manner that accommodates the legitimate interests of employers, minimizes the potential for employment discrimination on the basis of gender, while promoting equal employment opportunity for men […]

Self Defense Seminar at GHC-Marietta

What: Self Defense Seminar When: Tuesday, April 7th, 1:30pm-3:00pm Where: KSU-Marietta Recreational Center (Studio Room) Why: April is Sexual Assault Prevention Month. Your instructor: Sean “Breeze” Dyer Sean is a professional mixed martial artist. He holds a 2nd degree Black Belts in American Karate & Choi Kwang Do and a Purple Belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu […]

Social Media Workshop

Join us on either April 17th (Cartersville) or April 10, 2015 (Rome) at 9 AM to learn about using social media effectively both personally and professionally. This workshop is for both the frequent social media user and the person that is just curious about jumping into social media. The workshop will begin with a review […]

Equality Alliance event at Cartersville

April 15th – 2 p.m. – Cartersville campus: The Equality Alliance is hosting a “You Don’t Say” event that has to do with the importance of the words we use. Professor Chris Hart will be the featured speaker at this important event that is open to everyone. Dorothy Morgan will speak about counseling services. Food […]

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GHC in the News – this week

In case you missed all the great stories in the media about GHC, check out this list of links by catagory: Athletics http://www.coosavalleynews.com/np110998.htm http://www.northwestgeorgianews.com/rome/sports/colleges/softball-ghc-splits-against-west-georgia-tech/article_1dd6240e-d50a-11e4-92ca-3b0895257c48.html Faculty http://www.northwestgeorgianews.com/rome/lifestyles/longtime-ghc-librarian-says-goodbye-after-years-of-service/article_aee15882-d948-11e4-954d-1bd044cfc7dc.html http://www.northwestgeorgianews.com/rome/opinion/editorials/editorial-troubling-signs-economy-not-growing-at-rate-needed/article_422d04f4-d5d6-11e4-b049-2f7ddc4b3a77.html Staff http://patch.com/georgia/douglasville/douglas-chamber-names-top-10-young-professionals-2015-0 http://www.douglascountysentinel.com/news/article_3bff1f7e-d80e-11e4-8dd6-571ff38611d8.html Adult Learners http://www.coosavalleynews.com/np111037.htm http://johndruckenmiller.com/georgia-highlands-adding-concierge-program-for-adult-students/ Programs http://www.northwestgeorgianews.com/rome/news/local/national-weather-service-scientist-speaks-to-ghc-students-about-public/article_fe93d282-d82c-11e4-a9f1-3f1663ca625b.html http://www.daily-tribune.com/newsx/item/2072-ghc-speaker-to-address-human-sex-trafficking Community http://www.northwestgeorgianews.com/prep_central/high_school/schools/pepperell/tennis-pepperell-boys-girls-sweep-rockmart/article_e0bee840-d823-11e4-988a-03104e34eacd.html http://www.northwestgeorgianews.com/polkfishwrap/news/local/rockmart-middle-hosts-career-day-technology-tour/article_6e5e0ace-d7b0-11e4-b644-7399fad37f91.html http://douglasville.thecitymenus.com/2015/03/25/know-not-douglasville-town-center/ http://www.daltondailycitizen.com/news/changing-lives-former-littles-talk-about-impact-of-big-brothers/article_03ae7af2-d42b-11e4-9079-db0aee2e8ae6.html