How will you spend Summer 2020? What if you could combine earning science credits with traveling, hiking, boating, fossil collecting, museums, wildlife watching and more? Would you be interested? GHC gives you the opportunity to enroll in a summer geology field course in Wyoming that offers all of this and more. It’s an opportunity to […]
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Cybersecurity Basics: Keeping Tabs on Mobile Devices
With an increasing amount of sensitive data being stored on personal devices, the value and mobility of smartphones, tablets, and laptops make them appealing and easy targets. These simple tips will help you be prepared in case your mobile device is stolen or misplaced. Encrypt sensitive information. Add a layer of protection to your files by […]
GHC Honors Program wants you!
Motivated students looking for a challenge and for ways to distinguish themselves post-graduation can apply to the GHC Honors Program. Any student accepted into the program can work with willing instructors to develop an Honors Project and earn Honors Credit in most GHC courses. Full information and Program application available at honors.highlands.edu
NY Times online now available to GHC!
Great News Everyone! The GHC Libraries are happy to announce that we now have access to the New York Times Online! To activate your access: While connected to the GHC network, visit accessnyt.com Create a NYTimes.com account using your school email address Login online (nytimes.com) from anywhere, or download the NYT App If you have […]
Brushy Mt. State Pen – social justice field trip
Join Student Life on a field trip to BRUSH MOUNTAIN STATE PENITENTIARY in nearby Tennessee on TUESDAY, SEPT. 17! The trip is a full day, with van/bus transportation leaving the various campus locations in the morning (check with your Site for specific time), and not returning until approximately 7:00pm that evening. Students participating in the […]
Consider Wyoming trip 2020 for Area D science!
Are You Looking for an Exciting Way to Fulfill Your Area D Science Requirements? The GHC Wyoming Geology Field Course could be your answer. For the past 22 years Professor Billy Morris has been teaching a hands on summer geology course in Wyoming that is not only fun, but also contains an element of excitement, […]
Cybersecurity Basics: Online Safety and Security
Shopping, surfing, banking, gaming, and connecting ‘smart’ appliances such as toasters and refrigerators are some of the many actions performed each minute in cyberspace. These common everyday activities carry the cyber threats of social engineering to gain unauthorized access to data, identity theft, bullying, location tracking, and phishing, to name just a few. How can […]
Cybersecurity Basics: Phishing and Email Scams
Starting this fall, email messages sent from outside our email system will be tagged with the following notice: CAUTION: This message originated from outside the Georgia Highlands College student email system. Exercise caution with links and do not open or preview unsolicited attachments. Never send your Social Security Number, driver’s license, federal ID, or bank […]
Floyd Campus’ Paris Lake pavilion renovation project
Please be aware that a construction/renovation project will be on-going on the Floyd Campus for approximately the next two weeks as workers renovate the pavilion beside Paris Lake. The pavilion will be temporarily CLOSED during this project. Yellow caution tape has been put up around the construction area, and students should not venture into the […]
Parking Enforcement for Fall 2019 begins
Welcome New and Returning GHC Students! PARKING ENFORCEMENT on all “RESERVED,” “VISITOR,” and “HANDICAP” spaces will be conducted immediately with the start of the new fall semester. Vehicles that have any GHC parking decal that park in any of these spaces will be ticketed starting today, Aug. 19. ALL STUDENTS MUST OBTAIN A CURRENT VALID […]