Walaa Khateeb-Jabara, a student at Georgia Highlands College and member of the Alpha Psi Omicron chapter of the Phi Theta Kappa honors society, has been named a 2024 Coca-Cola Academic Team Bronze Scholar and will receive a $1,000 scholarship.

Marjorie Liciaga Rodriguez, a nursing student in the Atrium Health Floyd School of Health Sciences at Georgia Highlands College, recently received the DAISY Award, a national award from the DAISY Foundation.

Any licensed, registered nurse, nursing faculty or nursing student is eligible to be nominated for a DAISY Award. According to its website, DAISY partners with healthcare facilities across the continuum of care, such as large health systems, clinics, long-term care facilities, surgery centers, critical access and rural hospitals, schools of nursing and more. The organization’s recognition programs express gratitude to nurses wherever they practice, in whatever role they serve, and throughout their careers — from nursing student through lifetime achievement.

Georgia Highlands College (GHC) is expanding its class schedule this fall, offering an Associate of Science in Business Administration (ASBA) degree that can be completed in two years requiring only one night a week on campus, along with one or two online classes per 8-week term.

The Aspen Institute College Excellence Program announced that Sarah Coakley, Provost and Chief Academic Officer at Georgia Highlands College, is one of 31 leaders selected for the 2022-23 class of the Aspen Rising Presidents Fellowship.

More than 80 seventh- and eighth-grade students from Menlo Middle School, located in Chattooga County, visited Georgia Highlands College recently to learn about college and how to make the most of their future college experience.

Through the collaboration of multiple departments, Georgia Highlands College (GHC) has recently unveiled its new Video Recording Studio (VRS) to allow faculty to easily record lectures and supplemental content for their classes.

Through a coordinated effort with local healthcare facilities, students in the Georgia Highlands College nursing program are using their skills at local vaccine clinics to help administer the COVID-19 vaccine.

GHC partnered with the Georgia Department of Public Health in the Northwest Health District and with WellStar Health System to aid vaccine clinics throughout Northwest Georgia and Metro Atlanta.