Virtual commencement planned for July at GHC

Georgia Highlands College (GHC) will be holding a virtual commencement and virtual nursing pinning ceremony at the end of July to celebrate the class of 2020.

The pre-recorded 2020 Virtual Commencement Ceremony will be available for viewing on July 25th at 10AM. The virtual nursing pinning will be available for viewing on July 24th at 10AM.

To watch, please tune in to GHC Online TVFacebookTwitter, or Instagram.

GHC’s faculty chose Jonathan Hershey, Dean of Humanities, as the 2020 Mace Bearer and Professor of Geology Billy Morris as the recipient of the Wesley C. Walraven Faculty Award.

Student Government Association President Tristen Tolbert will speak on behalf of the student body.

All University System of Georgia institutions switched to remote delivery for courses in March and continued this way for the remainder of the spring and summer semesters to help stem the spread of the coronavirus. For these same reasons, GHC decided to hold commencement virtually in July.