She spent her senior year at Cass, graduating in 1992, then earned an associate’s degree from Floyd Community College — now Georgia Highlands College — and a certificate in respiratory therapy from Coosa Valley Technical College. A Cass High graduate is about to take part in an event that she believes will be the highlight […]

Theresa Arthen has been working full-time while pursing her Associate of Science in Nursing from GHC since 2013. She’ll be the first to tell you it’s not easy. But she’s quick to say, it can be done. And all this comes from a student who holds a perfect 4.0 GPA. One student is chosen from […]

Georgia Highlands College will be offering its first Latino Literature class for fall 2017. The ENGL 2135 course is potentially one of the first Latino Literature surveys offered on the sophomore level in the University System of Georgia. Dean of Humanities Jon Hershey stated GHC has had such a good response with its African American Literature […]

Georgia Highlands College has joined eight other University System of Georgia colleges in launching a system-wide pilot for LiveHealth Online Kiosks, a live two-way video machine with a board-certified doctor. In 10 minutes or less, employees/students can see a physician for things like cough, cold, flu, sinus infections, urinary tract infections and so on. The […]

Students at Georgia Highlands College are offering a little mayhem and murder with a holiday theme during the college’s upcoming mystery dinner theater. “Murder Under the Mistletoe,” a medieval murder mystery written by, directed by and starring GHC students, will start Dec. 16 at 6 p.m. at Heritage Hall, 415 E. Third Ave. Tickets for […]

In the middle of an area surrounded by concrete and asphalt sits a flower garden designed as a refuge for butterflies, hummingbirds, bees and other pollinators that need a place to refuel. Situated behind the academic building on Georgia Highlands College’s Cartersville campus is a 300-square-foot pollinator garden started in May 2013 after one of […]

The Office of Continuing Education at Georgia Highlands College will begin offering a slate of personal-development courses in January that people can take just for fun. As a sample of what classes are to come, the college will host a Personal-Development Kickoff Saturday,  Dec. 3, on the first floor of the three-story academic building on […]

Georgia Highlands College fall enrollment saw yet another bump this year with an increase of 4.6 percent. This is the fifth consecutive enrollment increase for GHC. This increase follows a 9.9 percent increase in the summer, a 6.3 percent increase last spring and a 7.1 percent increase last fall. President Don Green stated the value […]

The Georgia Highlands College basketball teams will be holding a tournament in honor of Dana Davis, who passed away this year, called the Dana Davis Classic. The tournament will have four games over two days, starting on November 18 at 7:30PM at the Floyd campus gymnasium. Assistant Director of Athletics David Mathis said the Charger […]

Military Advanced Education & Transition (MAE&T) has awarded Georgia Highlands College the designation of a Top School in its 2017 MAE&T Guide to Colleges & Universities, measuring best practices in military and veteran education. GHC was also recognized by MAE in the 2012, 2014, 2015 and 2016 editions. The Guide will be released late December, and is available online at www.mae-kmi.com. The Guide presents […]