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Six Mile Post Vol. 45, #7 The Student Voice April 19, 2016 www.sixmilepost.com See Costa Rica through the eyes of a GHC student See page 8 Contributed Ga. Highlands students, staff and faculty traveled to Costa Rica over spring break to learn about its culture and to sharpen their Spanish skills. Here, they pause at an overlook in the San Luis forest. GHC Highlands School food softball student wins pantry now season in prestigious open to full swing scholarships students See page 13. See page 7. See page 5. Georgia Highlands College - Rome, Georgia Page 2, SMP, April 19, 2016 News Student fees will soon see an increase By Amanda Maxwell rent athletic fee of $50 per se- Staff Writer mester has never covered all of the expenses of operating the The University System of Athletic Department and that Georgia’s governing author- part of the athletic fee increase ity, the Board of Regents, re- will be used to further support cently approved fee increases men’s and women’s basketball, for Georgia Highlands College. baseball and softball. The current athletic fee of The department had to col- $50 per semester will increase lect athletic fees before it was to $85 per semester and the ever set into operation in order Student Support Services fee, to build a reserve. which is currently set at $100, That money has been used will increase to $130 per se- in place of the athletic fees just mester. to keep the athletic programs According to Jeff Davis, running. Photo by Stephanie Corona vice president of finance and Currently that money has The Cartersville Student Center will be supported by the Student Support Services fee administration, the requests been used up, which calls for increase. The Student Center houses food services, a bookstore, a gym with a walking were sent to the Board of Re- an increase in required fees for track, a game room, and offices and meetings spaces. gents in Nov. 2016 after they every student. had been heard, voted on and Davis also mentioned an- This fee is used for access will also be used to pay off the According to Todd Jones, approved by the college’s Stu- other part of the fee increase and support for wellness ac- bonds and support the opera- vice president for student af- dent Government Association. that includes the Student Sup- tivities on all campuses. tion of the Cartersville Stu- fairs, the fee increases will go According to Davis, the cur- port Services fee. The revenue from this fee dent Center. into effect in the fall of 2016. Georgia Highlands works on new strategic plan By Kayla Jameson mission. a series of pretty open-ended posal that often needs to be re- Managing Ed., News Strategic planning is a questions that I’m asking folks placed, they will try to create a team effort that involves the to help me understand what living document that functions Georgia Highlands College president, vice presidents, we, as an organization, value.” as a relevant plan to be used at is currently working on creat- faculty, staff and students at These interviews and Highlands at all times. ing a new strategic plan. Georgia Highlands College. meetings allow those involved “Ultimately, it would be A strategic plan is one that “The one thing I hear from with the college to have an in- my desire that every division, helps lay out goals for the col- students is that they want a put in to the college’s future every department, has its own lege, and every three to five great education. We want to and goals. strategic plan that ultimately years, institutions of higher do everything we possibly can Davis is hoping to be able serves in moving the entire learning are tasked to come up to provide that, a great educa- to ask some questions to stu- institution forward by help- with one. tion. Our faculty is so commit- dents to get their opinions ing to meet the needs within Like us on One way the college helps ted to that work,” said Presi- since no students attended the the greater strategic plan for set goals is by using bench- dent Donald Green. campus meetings. the college as a whole,” said Facebook marking and best practices to Jeff Davis, vice president “We want it to be open. We Green. compare and contrast GHC of finance and administration, want it to be transparent. We If students have recom- with other colleges and their said, “I’m doing a lot of inter- want people to feel like their mendations for the future of facebook.com/ effectiveness. views, interviewing cabinet voice is being heard,” said the institution, they can email sixmilepost The strategic plan must members, having open forums Green. their concerns to Davis at jda- also align with the college’s on our campuses and I’ve got Instead of creating a pro- [email protected] News April 19, 2016, SMP, Page 3 Not all e-learning courses are the same By Tyler Wright pleted entirely online. ECore than those in other elearning Managing Ed., Sports also features its own version courses. of Respondus, called ProctorU. All options require the stu- “Online is the fastest grow- However, eCore classes can dent to attend a testing center ing campus, and it is the larg- be instructed by any teacher in order to take midterms and est in the summer,” said Diane from the University System final exams. Testing centers Langston, dean of academic of Georgia, who may not nec- are not necessarily at a GHC elearning. essarily be a professor from campus. Many students have en- Highlands. Locations range anywhere rolled in some form of elearn- These courses cost more, from a public library to a Syl- ing classes but do not neces- but usually have free text- van learning center eliminat- sarily know the differences books. Students who enroll in ing the worry of planning a between the types of classes only eCore classes will also re- road trip to take exams. or the options related to online ceive a fee break. Leslie Terrell-Payne, se- Chart by Tyler Wright courses. EClassroom courses re- nior academic adviser of el- This graph displays the current number of students en- Highlands currently offers quire students to tune in to earning, stated that several rolled in each type of e-learning in the spring 2016 se- four different types of elearn- and participate in video chats degrees can actually be com- mester. Students enrolled in more than one e-course are ing classes: WEB based, eCore, with their instructors and fel- pleted entirely online. counted multiple times. eClassroom and hybrid learn- low students on a regular ba- Highlands’ current four- plete their degrees. tion degree from UGA entirely ing. sis. year programs in nursing and With the slogan of “go through online courses. WEB based courses are Hybrid learning is a mid- dental hygiene can be complet- back, move ahead,” the NOW According to Terrell- taught strictly by Highlands dle ground between traditional ed online, but only after the program incorporates various Payne, UGA wants students staff and completed entirely and online classes, being any- student receives their associ- online and hybrid classes in its who have already completed online by students. Online where from 50 to 95 percent ate degree in dental hygiene or efforts. their associate degree to enroll exams may employ the use of online and requiring some nursing, respectively. Terrell-Payne also ex- in this program. Respondus, a program geared class meetings throughout the ELearning is also a huge plained that Highlands has All students enrolling must towards the prevention of semester. contributor to the Nights, a partnership with the Uni- also meet the standard re- cheating. Langston pointed out that Online and Weekends (NOW) versity of Georgia that allows quirements for admittance to ECore courses are similar students in the hybrid classes program, which aims to get students to receive a Bach- UGA as well as have at least to WEB based and are com- tend to be more successful adults back in school to com- elors of Business Administra- a 2.8 GPA. GHC to offer 4-year business degrees in fall 2017 By Stacey Moffett healthcare, including Health Purchasing Logistics Manage- will be primarily at the Floyd Nichols said, “I think these Editor-in-Chief Information Management, ment. campus for Healthcare Man- new degrees will provide good Nursing Management, Reha- Nichols said, “Given the agement and at the Carters- options for students pursu- Georgia Highlands Col- bilitation Administration and large industrial base in Bar- ville campus for Logistics and ing a business degree who lege students will soon be able Hospital Administration. tow County and surrounding Supply Chain Management. are interested in being part of to major in new business de- According to Alan Nichols, areas, we believe that our Applications for the pro- an industrial or health work- grees, starting in fall of 2017. dean of social sciences, busi- graduates will fill a need that gram will be accepted starting force. Students can now com- The degrees that will be of- ness and education, likely companies have.” in January of 2017. There are plete this education at Georgia fered are Bachelor of Business jobs for this degree would be This program builds on the minimum requirements such Highlands.” Administration with a Major in hospitals, clinics or private Associate of Science in Busi- as an institutional GPA of 2.5. For more information, stu- in Healthcare Management physicians’ practices. ness Degree. Once in the program, stu- dents can speak to any busi- and Bachelor of Business Ad- This program builds on the The upper division courses dents will have to complete an ness faculty about these pro- ministration with a Major in Associate of Science in Busi- of these degrees will be taught internship for either program grams.