GHC alumnus Joseph “Joey” Johnson will be the 2017 commencement speaker, where he will address GHC’s 689 graduating students on May 13th at The Forum River Center in downtown Rome at 1PM. Joey, who earned a Doctorate of Osteopathic Medicine just this year, has had an incredible journey: he went from working 70 hours a […]

Georgia Highlands College Commencement will be held on Saturday, May 13th, at The Forum River Center in downtown Rome at 1PM. GHC will have 689 students receiving 691 diplomas (with two receiving two degrees). The nursing pinning ceremony will be held at 6PM on May 12th at the Tabernacle Baptist Church in Cartersville. The faculty […]

Georgia Highlands College will be holding a special groundbreaking event at its Cartersville site on Wednesday (April 26) at 11AM for its new academic building. After holding the third highest enrollment increase in the state in 2015 and witnessing a consistent swell in enrollment, GHC pursued funding for the construction of a new academic building […]

Over 120 people showed up from all five of Georgia Highlands College’s locations on April 14th for the seventh annual GHC Public Speaking Competition in Cartersville. The event invites GHC students to prepare and deliver a persuasive speech to an audience of fellow students, faculty, family and friends. Many students learn basic public address theory […]

Making its return for the fourth consecutive year is the annual Veterans Family and Military Family Fun Day at Georgia Highlands College. The event is free and open to the public and hosts over 30 vendors and a 20-piece military band. New this year is the Mobile Vet Center, which provides readjustment counseling and information […]

Georgia Highlands College continues to grow with a consistent swell in enrollment. Spring enrollment is up 3.9 percent. This increase follows a 4.6 percent increase last fall, a 9.9 percent increase last summer and a 6.3 percent increase last spring. President Don Green stated the value of a GHC education continues to contribute to the enrollment increases […]

Georgia Highlands College will be holding a special groundbreaking event at its Cartersville site on April 26 at 11AM for its new academic building. After holding the third highest enrollment increase in the state in 2015 and witnessing a consistent swell in enrollment, GHC pursued funding for the construction of a new academic building with […]

Georgia Highlands College is working to educate about and promote the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) this year with the introduction of a series of workshops called “First Friday FAFSA.” The workshops are free and open to the public. Workshops will take place the first Friday of each month at each GHC location […]

Mecole Ledbetter has joined Georgia Highlands College as its new bachelor’s in business coordinator to work with students, faculty and the community as GHC launches two new bachelor’s degrees in healthcare management and logistics and supply chain management for fall 2017. Ledbetter is a GHC alumna who was born in Pennsylvania, but was raised in […]

UPDATE: The Georgia Highlands College PTK chapter won big at the international conference held in Nashville, winning the Distinguished Honors in Action Theme Award for Theme 6-Natural and Engineered, the Distinguished Honors in Action Project Award and the Distinguished Chapter Award. Mykayla Jeter won a Distinguished Chapter Officer Award and Bryce Pitts won the Prepared […]