Georgia Highlands College (GHC) student Matthew Perry, of Paulding County, has won this year’s Leadership Award during the 49th annual GHC Honors Night, which was presented via livestream on April 22. “The Leadership Award is sort of the pinnacle of the awards night – it’s presented by the president, it’s saved for the last presentation […]

Georgia Highlands College (originally Floyd Junior College in 1970) had a single graduate at the end of its founding year. The first commencement ceremony was in 1971 with GHC’s first president, David McCorkle, and the dean, Wesley Walraven, presiding over the small event in the president’s office on the Floyd campus. As a special return […]

University System of Georgia Chancellor Steve Wrigley has named Dr. Dana Nichols as interim president of Georgia Highlands College, effective July 7, 2021. Dr. Nichols is currently the college’s chief academic officer and provost. She will succeed President Don Green, who has accepted a new position as president of Point Park University in Pittsburgh, Pa. […]