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Young Harris College Class of 2024 Commencement
Graduates from Young Harris College's 2023-2024 academic year walked the stage Saturday, culminating four years of education and earning their degrees. Over 200 graduates received their degrees at Saturday's ceremony on Young Harris College campus, the...
May 7, 2024, 12:00pm EDT
Young Harris College elects new board members; names two emeritae
Two new members were voted to the Young Harris College Board of Trustees at the April 19 meeting on campus. Two current members were also awarded Emeritus Trustee status at the meeting. "The Board of Trustees is a vital organization to any college an...
May 2, 2024, 2:00pm EDT
May shows announced for O. Wayne Rollins Planetarium
Is there life in outer space? Stop by the O. Wayne Rollins Planetarium at Young Harris College in May to find out. "We have some great shows lined up in May including Space Aliens - a show that attempts to answer the question about life in the univer...
Apr 25, 2024, 2:00pm EDT
Award-winning Young Harris professor's poetry focuses on grief, isolation
Beyond the pandemic, COVID-19 had an impact on the world from the aspect of isolation and social interaction. As the world lived isolated from each other, we all searched for a path through it. For Gale Thompson, a Creative Writing professor at Youn...
Apr 23, 2024, 10:00am EDT
YHC Alum, U.S. Rep. Buddy Carter to receive YHC Medallion Award
U.S. Rep. Buddy Carter, R-GA, is receiving Young Harris College's highest honor, the YHC Medallion, at this year's 2024 Commencement Ceremony May 4 at the College. Carter, an alumnus of Young Harris College, Class of 1977, is being honored for his dil...
Apr 18, 2024, 1:00pm EDT
YHC Alum, U.S. Rep. Buddy Carter to receive YHC Medallion Award
U.S. Rep. Buddy Carter, R-GA, is receiving Young Harris College's highest honor, the YHC Medallion, at this year's 2024 Commencement Ceremony May 4 at the College. Carter, an alumnus of Young Harris College, Class of 1977, is being honored for his dil...
Apr 18, 2024, 1:00pm EDT
Young Harris College welcomes new CFO Bobby Moye
Bringing 20 years of financial experience, Bobby Moye joins Young Harris College as the new Chief Financial Officer. Moye joins the College from Barto Hoss and Company where he worked for the past two years, providing consultations and tax work for ...
Apr 13, 2024, 11:00am EDT
Tips for viewing the eclipse Monday
If you want to see a total eclipse over North and South America, Monday is the last chance you'll have for 20 years, as the next one doesn't happen until 2044. And while Young Harris College is not in the direct path, there will be an opportunity to vi...
Apr 5, 2024, 12:00pm EDT
Led Zeppelin comes to O. Wayne Rollins Planetarium in April
From Stairway to Heaven to Immigrant Song, the music of Led Zeppelin will fill the O. Wayne Rollins Planetarium at Young Harris College in April. "We are excited to bring back this one-of-a-kind concert experience," said Lauren Albain, Planetarium dir...
Mar 28, 2024, 3:00pm EDT
Young Harris College brings John Cage's music to life
Young Harris College will bring the unique and ground-breaking work of American composer John Cage to life in the Susan B. Harris Chapel Thursday at 7 p.m. John Cage, referred to as "not a composer but an inventor of genius," by Viennese composer Arn...
Mar 20, 2024, 10:00am EDT