Two students at GHC's Floyd Campus have created a Facebook group entitled, "Fight to KEEP the Solarium solely for the students!" in response to a recent change in the function of the Solarium. Psychology major Lori Dotson and nursing major Krupa Patel, both of Rome, said that they were upset with the administration taking over the Solarium and placing the video conferencing equipment in it without any student input.
According to Phillip Kimsey, director of plant operations, students at Georgia Highlands are the reason for the recycling problem at the Floyd Campus. "Students don't know how to recycle. They mix recyclable items with non-recyclable items, which causes a problem because we can't recycle them," Kimsey said.
Georgia Highlands, or Floyd Junior College as it used to be called, was authorized to be established in 1968. The first term began in September 1970 and started out differently than most had expected. "For the first quarter of Floyd Junior College, the buildings were not completely finished on the main campus.
A magazine with a "diversity of work" that has seen controversy and change since 1971 is in preparation for its next publication. A haiku written by Patricia Currie begins every issue of The Old Red Kimono (ORK), Georgia Highlands' literary magazine. "Old red kimono, thrown carelessly on the chair.