Category Archives: News
Longtime career journalist, world traveler settles back to his roots at GHC
Harold Campbell recounts the Watergate scandal, the end of the Vietnam War, and the start of the Iranian hostage crisis as he thinks back on his early decision to become a journalist during his first few years at Georgia Highlands College over 40 years ago. From 1976 to 1978, Harold went to GHC, what was […]
Career Expo to highlight open positions at GHC
Georgia Highlands College will be holding a Career Expo highlighting a number of open positions on June 12th in Cartersville and June 28th in Douglasville and Marietta. The first event will take place in the Cartersville Student Center. The event in Douglasville will be in the Auditorium (Room 111) and the event in Marietta will […]
GHC names Jesse Bishop the new dean for Planning, Assessment, Accreditation and Research
Georgia Highlands College has appointed Jesse Bishop as the new dean for Planning, Assessment, Accreditation and Research (PAAR). He will oversee the office of PAAR, which provides services, guidance and facilitation in support of the college’s mission and pursuit of continuous improvement through planning, assessment and institutional research. Bishop graduated from GHC in 2002. He […]
GHC announces President’s & Dean’s list for spring semester 2018
Georgia Highlands College has announced students named to the spring 2018 President’s List and Dean’s List. To achieve President’s List status, students must earn a 4.0 grade point average and attain a minimum of nine semester hours of credit. To make Dean’s List, students must complete a minimum of nine semester hours and achieve at […]
Former Interim President of GHC set to retire after 12 years of service, 46 years in education
Renva Watterson worked briefly at Georgia Highlands College as a part-time instructor of communication in 2005. At the time, she was the dean of Liberal Arts at Shorter University. One of her faculty members at Shorter, who was slated to teach summer classes at Shorter and GHC, had an emergency come up at the last […]
New GHC STEMFIT ‘math boot camp’ aims to put incoming students ahead
Georgia Highlands College’s new STEMFIT “math boot camp” will be taking place from July 16 to July 20 to help incoming high school dual enrollment students or college freshmen be prepared to start at a collegiate mathematic level of pre-calculus or higher. STEM is an acronym for the fields of science, technology, engineering and math. […]
Three longtime GHC employees retire after nearly 60 cumulative years of service
Georgia Highlands College will see three longtime employees leave after 58 cumulative years of service this year. Grounds Supervisor Bill Cox, who started as a student at GHC (then Floyd Junior College) in the 70s, has been working at GHC since 1992. Cox has been in this role for 26 years. Cox is looking forward […]
Six Mile Post Year in Review: GHC student newspaper celebrates another winning year
Georgia Highlands College’s student-run newspaper the Six Mile Post is celebrating another successful year with several awards from the Southern Regional Press Institute (SRPI) and the Georgia College Press Association (GCPA). At the SRPI held at Savannah State University, the newspaper won first place for its website and then second place overall. Xavier Freeman, Josh […]
GHC to host 13th annual free summer Foundation Camp for boys this May
Applications are currently being accepted for the 13th annual Foundation Camp for boys between the ages of 10 and 14 at Georgia Highlands College. The camp is two weeks and begins on May 29th and ends on June 8th. The camp, which is one of several partnerships between the 100 Black Men of Rome-Northwest Georgia […]
High school student, adult learner will each achieve major milestone at upcoming Georgia Highlands College graduation
PICTURE: (LEFT) Michael Copeland, (RIGHT) William Evans. GHC student William Evans graduates high school and college this month William Evans will be joining hundreds of other college graduates at Georgia Highlands College’s Commencement on Saturday, May 12th, at The Forum River Center in downtown Rome at 10AM. The only difference is William is a high […]