Georgia Highlands College Names Two New Top Administrators

ROME, GA — Georgia Highlands College (GHC) recently announced the appointment of two new top administrators:

Dana Nichols has been named vice president for academic affairs. She will oversee the deans in each academic area, including Health Sciences, Mathematics, Natural Sciences and Physical Education, Humanities, Social Sciences, Business and Education, and Libraries and Testing, as well directors for the Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning, Academic Success and New Student and Retention Programs.

Nichols comes from Chattanooga State Community College, where she served as vice president for academic affairs. She began her academic career at Gainesville State College, serving first as a tutor in the Foreign Language and Writing Labs and then as associate professor of both English and Spanish.

Nichols also has served as the assistant vice president and dean of academic affairs at Lanier Technical College.

She holds a doctorate in English from Georgia State University, dual bachelor’s degrees in English and Spanish from Mercer University and two associate degrees from Gainesville College. Nichols was recently one of only 40 selected nationwide to take part in the Aspen Presidential Fellowship for Community College Excellence.

Maggie Schuyler has joined Georgia Highlands College as its new director of admissions, as the GHC admissions team launches a revamped campus tour program called Charger Tours.

Schuyler graduated from Georgia Southern University with a master’s degree in higher education administration. Prior to GHC, she worked as the assistant director of admissions at Middle Georgia State University.

Originally from Moultrie, Ga., she has more than 10 years of higher education experience under her belt and looks forward to her new position at GHC.

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“There is a sense of family here,” she said in a GHC statement. “My goal is to increase awareness of the great educational opportunities that GHC has to offer its students.”

One way the admissions team is looking to open up GHC’s five locations throughout Northwest Georgia (in Rome, Cartersville, Marietta, Dallas and Douglasville) is to begin a new campus tour program called Charger Tours.

The tours begin with GHC’s “Taking Charge” video and a brief admissions presentation, then participants are guided around campus by current GHC students. To sign up for one of the new Charger Tours, click here.

Release: Georgia Highlands College

Images: Shutterstock; Dana Nichols, Maggie Schuyler (Georgia Highlands College)