GHC's Welcome Statement
Welcome to Georgia Highlands College! All of us, your faculty, staff, and fellow students, are glad that you are here. We all want your experience at GHC to be a good one. So let’s take the first step...scan all the information included in this electronic Student Handbook. This CD contains many of the keys to success during your time at GHC. I ask that you also do one other step. Please don’t stop at reading the Handbook...utilize it! This information will not be very useful if you simply read it but never apply it to your studies at GHC. We’re here because of you; we sincerely want you to succeed; and we’re committed to your success. The Handbook presents valuable information so that you may get to know the College better; now let us know you better. Get engaged in your learning.
Georgia Highlands College embraces its responsibility to foster an environment of respect and understanding among all individuals and groups. The College welcomes everyone to become a participating member of the campus community, regardless of race, ethnicity, national origin, religious or political beliefs, gender, age, sexual orientation, economic status, physical or mental abilities, or any other distinction which represents the wide variety of experience life has to offer.
In order to preserve this atmosphere of free thought, positive interaction, and mutual respect, Georgia Highlands College promises that bigotry in any form will not be tolerated, nor will any expressions of hatred, prejudice, or behaviors that infringe upon the freedom that every individual deserves. Abuse or harassment against anyone on the campuses of Georgia Highlands College, whether verbal, physical, or psychological, is unacceptable and will not be tolerated.
All students and employees of Georgia Highlands College should dedicate themselves to the defense and implementation of these principles as core values of the College’s goals and mission.