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My first encounter with Young Harris College was as a senior at Cartersville High School. I had narrowed my college decision down to Auburn and Clemson, but decided to take one last college tour at the urging of friends who had already chosen YHC. Once I arrived on campus, it was clear why they chose Young Harris over many of the nearby large universities. I immediately felt the friendliness and sense of community that my friends had described to me from their visits. As I toured the campus and met several students who described their college experiences to me, my choice was made. I would attend Young Harris College.
I graduated from Young Harris in 2007 with an associate degree in business. As a student, my time was spent enjoying the outdoors, both on campus and in the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains surrounding the school. I also stayed busy as the president of Kappa Tau Omega fraternity, gentleman of the Phi Delta sorority and a member of the Spat Club. After graduating from YHC, I enrolled at the University of Georgia (go Dawgs!) where I graduated in 2009 with a bachelor's degree in management. I now live in Buckhead and work as a recruiter for a technology consulting company.
Little did I know that when I chose Young Harris, I was making one of the best decisions of my life.
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Upcoming YHC Mountain Lions Mingles
The YHC Alumni Association brings the action to you!
Mountain Lions Mingle - Columbus
Wednesday, Jan. 16
YHC Basketball vs. Columbus State University
5-8 p.m. - YHC Alumni Reception, Lumpkin Center
5:30 p.m. - Women's Basketball Game
7:30 p.m. - Men's Basketball Game
Cost per person: $20
Please RSVP by Thursday, Jan. 10.
Mountain Lions Mingle - Milledgeville
Saturday, Jan. 26
YHC Basketball vs. Georgia College & State University
12:30 p.m. - YHC Alumni Luncheon, Centennial Center
1:30 p.m. - Women's Basketball Game
3:30 p.m. - Men's Basketball Game
Cost per person: $20
Please RSVP by Saturday, Jan. 19.
Mountain Lions Mingle - Dahlonega
Thursday, Feb. 21
YHC Basketball vs. North Georgia College & State University
5-8 p.m. - YHC Alumni Reception, Military Leadership Center
5:30 p.m. - Women's Basketball Game
7:30 p.m. - Men's Basketball Game
Cost per person: $20
Please RSVP by Thursday, Feb. 14.
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Young Harris College
Office of Alumni Services
P.O. Box 275
Young Harris, GA 30582
alumni@yhc.edu
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A publication of Communications and Marketing at Young Harris College, Today@YHC is an online newsletter for all Young Harris College alumni.
Please submit any story ideas and alumni photos to alumni@yhc.edu.
View Today@YHC archives.
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 Nominate Fellow Alumni for the Annual Alumni Awards
Each year, the Young Harris College Alumni Association honors outstanding alumni and friends of Young Harris College during Alumni Weekend. The 2013 award recipients will be announced and recognized on Friday evening, April 19, 2013, at the Half Century Club Dinner and Annual Alumni Awards Ceremony. Please take a moment to nominate alumni you believe deserve recognition by completing the alumni awards nomination form online.
Nominations may be submitted in eight categories and are due by Monday, Jan. 7, 2013.
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Alumni Spotlight: Carole Morgan
 For many alumni, attending Young Harris College is a family tradition. This is certainly true for Oglethorpe County native Carole Morgan, '58, who was encouraged to check out YHC by her aunt Mildred Morgan Bradford, '33. While she had already been accepted to the University of Georgia, Morgan soon set her sights on a small college in the north Georgia mountains. "I just decided I could not be happy at such a big school, and attending YHC was one of the best decisions I had ever made," Morgan explained. "I liked the fact that it was a small college, and that the professors treated students as individuals and took a personal interest in everyone. I also knew it would be easy to make friends in such a close-knit environment." Read more>> |
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5 Questions for... Louisa Franklin
 The Office of Alumni Services recently posed five questions to Louisa Franklin, who currently serves as professor of English, First-Year Foundations program co-director, Academic Success Center director and director of the Writing Center at Young Harris College. Last year the students dedicated the Enotah yearbook to her, and she was also selected as the Grand Marshal for the College's first fall Homecoming parade in 2011. Find out what Franklin loves about being part of the YHC community and what it has been like to have a hand in shaping a four-year institution. Read more>> |
 Susan B. Harris Chapel Receives Upgrades During Winter RenovationThis winter, Young Harris College's Susan B. Harris Chapel is undergoing renovations to enhance and beautify the oldest building on campus thanks to a generous gift from an anonymous donor. Last renovated in 2009, the Chapel has served as the spiritual and physical heart of Young Harris College since 1892. Read more>>
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YHC Enotah Hall Resident Assistants Provide Unique Programming for Students
In November 2012, Young Harris College resident assistant Bekah Medford, a senior theatre major from Powder Springs, implemented a special mailing program in Enotah Hall that allows residents to send handwritten letters to students in all residence halls across campus. Read more>> |
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YHC Continues to Develop Partnership with Byron Herbert Reece Farm and Heritage Center
 The Byron Herbert Reece Farm and Heritage Center in Blairsville recently completed the site's first successful season of operations, also marking a successful and growing partnership with Young Harris College's Center for Appalachian Studies and Community Engagement. The Farm serves as a teaching venue for the College's Bonner Leaders program as well as courses for YHC's Appalachian studies and community engagement minor. Read more>> |
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YHC to Facilitate Two Alternative Spring Break Trips
Young Harris College students, faculty and staff members will have the opportunity to choose from two alternative spring break trips facilitated by S.E.R.V.E. (Service, Education, Responsibility, Voice and Engagement), March 2-8. Throughout the week, students will participate in an Amish immersion ministry experience in Lancaster, Penn., and complete service projects with Interfaith Appalachia in Harlan County, Ky. Read more>> |
YHC's Senior-Most Faculty Member Janice Moore Receives Special Honor
Young Harris College's senior-most faculty member Associate Professor of English Janice Moore recently received a unique gift to commemorate her 50 years of dedicated service to the College. During a special ceremony in November 2012, YHC faculty unveiled a reserved parking spot in the Goolsby Center parking lot that names her "YHC Poet Laureate."
Moore teaches creative writing and poetry at YHC, and her special areas of interest include contemporary poetry and Southern literature. In addition to her teaching duties, she was chair of the YHC Humanities Division for eight years and served 12 years as poetry editor for the Georgia Journal. Moore claimed first prize in the 2009 Press 53 Open Awards and was awarded first place in the Georgia Poetry Society's annual competition in 2011. Her work has appeared in more than 60 esteemed journals, anthologies and textbooks, including The Georgia Review, The Southern Poetry Anthology: Contemporary Appalachia, Contemporary Georgia Poets, Women Writing in Appalachia and the Southern Poetry Review.
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