Susan B. Harris Chapel Receives Upgrades During Winter Renovation 

This 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>>  

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. Any letter placed in the designated mailbox in the Enotah Hall lobby is personally delivered by resident assistants on duty. Letters addressed to rooms in Enotah Hall are delivered within 24 hours, while letters traveling "long distance" to other residence halls may take an additional day. Read more>> 

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. The site is also starting to be utilized for service learning and internship opportunities for many of YHC's academic programs. Read more>>   

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 Adjusts Parking to Accommodate Campus Growth 

Some parking locations at Young Harris College have recently changed to accommodate the growth of the College as construction of the new 125,000-square-foot Rollins Campus Center and a new residence hall continues to progress. Read more>> 

YHC 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.