Mayor David Pennington recently recognized the college for its status as Georgia’s first and only HSI with a proclamation in honor of National HSI Week.

Dalton State received three rankings from the annual U.S. News and World Report’s Best Colleges report, including a place among Top Public Schools in the South.

Dalton State ranked No. 51 nationally among 248 “Bachelor’s Colleges” and was listed among 157 institutions across the nation as one of “America’s Best Colleges for Student Voting.”

Dalton State has been recognized as one of 79 colleges that are a “Great College to Work For.”