Georgia Highlands College has selected two new members to the Cobb Education Consortium (CEC) 2016-2018 Leadership Academy.   Representing Georgia Highlands College for 2016-2018 are Amy Wise, veterans affairs coordinator, from the Cartersville site and Lynzee Patrick, enrollment management specialist, from the Marietta site.   They join current GHC representatives from the 2015-2017 class, Travice […]

Brianna Stoddard walks to her door with a parrot on her shoulder. The blue and gold Macaw inches along Brianna’s arm, sidestepping to her hand. Brianna tells BB to say, “Hi.” The parrot’s head cocks from side to side. Its gold chest feathers rise a little and it shakes off with its long blue wings. […]

Georgia Highlands College graduate Faruq Lawal has been awarded a $1,000 Law Enforcement Education Program (LEEP) Dream Scholarship. He is among 22 top students who will receive the award to encourage their pursuit of law enforcement/public safety careers by the professional public safety officers of LEEP. Lawal earned a 3.4 GPA at Georgia Highlands College, […]

For a limited time, the public and students at GHC can view exclusive art at the GHC Cartersville Library from the Booth Western Art Museum of Cartersville.   Attendees will get to see art and photography by Liz Gentry and Pat Stephenson.   Gentry explained that she has six photographs and one oil painting on […]

AS SEEN IN THE DAILY NEWS TRIBUNE: http://daily-tribune.com/newsx/item/6188-bartow-bio-dean-s-position-at-ghc-brought-ford-closer-to-home Greg Ford finally got the chance to work closer to home last year. Ford has lived in Cartersville for the past nine years and had been commuting daily to Atlanta, where he worked at Morehouse School of Medicine and was a faculty member at Morehouse College. But in […]

GEORGIA HIGHLANDS COLLEGE SKIING/SNOWBOARDING COURSE This experience is primarily designed to provide academic credit in Physical Education.   ALSO AVAILABLE FOR NON-CREDIT STUDENTS, FACULTY, STAFF AND FRIENDS ON A CONTINUING EDUCATION BASIS    January 2 – 6 2017     LEARNING ADVENTURE                           INCLUDES:         5 Sessions of Skiing/Snowboarding (1 Night, 4 Days) […]

AS SEEN IN THE DAILY TRIBUNE NEWS: http://daily-tribune.com/newsx/item/6155-pokemon-go-craze-hits-ghc-campus-in-cartersville Seems like everyone is getting in on the Pokemon Go craze. Students at Georgia Highlands College’s Cartersville campus are joining the fun this week by participating in the Pokemon Go Extravaganza. Fifty Easter eggs have been hidden all over campus — 45 are normal plastic eggs with chocolate […]

Georgia Highlands College recently honored its faculty and staff from each of its campuses for the 2015-2016 academic year at its annual in-service meeting. The 2016 awards and recipients were: Outstanding Administrator Award — Virginia Siler This award is designed for administrators who consistently project a positive image and who serve the college above and […]

PICTURE: GHC Associate Professor of Education Sherry Green Georgia Highlands College students now have the opportunity to transfer into an online completion program provided by the University of Georgia’s College of Education. According to UGA’s Amber Atkinson, the program coordinator, the online Bachelor of Science in Special Education from UGA is “the only online B.S.Ed. […]

Georgia Highlands College has announced students named to the 2016 summer 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 […]