Internship Profile: Amirah Darnaby Builds Business Knowledge with Booz Allen Hamilton Consulting

READ MORE INTERNSHIP PROFILES Name: Amirah Darnaby Hometown: Upper Marlboro, Maryland Year: Class of 2022 Major: Human relations with minors in sociology and French Internship: Darnaby spent the summer as a business development intern for Booz Allen Hamilton Consulting Firm. In her role, she performed research tasks, including data collection, manipulation and presentation, literature […]

Freshman Profile: Building Businesses and a Future

HPU’s newest cohort of students represents a wide variety of academic achievement, service, backgrounds, cultures and geographic locations. Raphael Genty, one member of the Class of 2023, brings with him many academic accolades and athletic accomplishments. Below, discover how he plans to make the most out of his time at HPU: Name: Raphael Genty Hometown: […]

Class of 2019 Outcomes: Michael Estrella-Gero Finds a Future in the Furniture Industry

With another successful commencement behind us, High Point University seniors have kicked-off prestigious career paths around the world at Fortune 500 companies, international service programs, public school systems, top-tier law, medical and graduate school programs, and many other esteemed organizations thanks to their journey at HPU. Here’s a glimpse of one extraordinary senior from the […]

Lifelong Career Preparation

This story is featured in the Spring 2019 edition of the HPU Magazine. Discover below how HPU’s Office of Career and Professional Development goes above and beyond in preparing students for their careers. HPU’s professional development process is a lasting investment for students. When Anne Drew Allen was a high school senior from Austin, Texas, […]

Internship Profile: Philip Filiopoulos Finds a Future with HOGAN

READ MORE INTERNSHIP PROFILES Name: Philip Filiopoulos Hometown: Annapolis, Maryland Year: Class of 2020 Major: Finance with a minor in sales Internship: Filiopoulos held the role of commercial brokerage and land development intern at HOGAN. Covering various tasks day-to-day, Filiopoulos met with clients and sat in on meetings to gain knowledge of the commercial […]

Internship Profile: Konstance Woods Finds a Foundation in Finance

READ MORE INTERNSHIP PROFILES Name: Konstance Woods Hometown: Fayetteville, North Carolina Year: Class of 2022 Major: Accounting and finance with a minor in data analytics Internship: Woods worked as a finance intern with Li & Fung Finance Division and was involved in general accounting tasks, account analysis, account reconciliation and new accounting system migrations […]

Internship Profile: Stone Sirpilla Studies Sponsorship at the Pro Football Hall of Fame

READ MORE INTERNSHIP PROFILES Name: Stone Sirpilla Hometown: Canton, Ohio Year: Class of 2022 Major: Accounting with a minor in sales Internship: Sirpilla spent time at the Pro Football Hall of Fame as a gold jacket relations and sponsorship intern over the summer. He worked under the Senior Vice President of Gold Jacket Relations […]

Internship Profile: Tara Jue Makes a Career with Morgan Stanley

READ MORE INTERNSHIP PROFILES Name: Tara Jue Hometown: Union Beach, New Jersey Year: Class of 2020 Major: Computer science and a minor in graphic design Internship: Jue joined Morgan Stanley as a technology summer analyst in New York City. She spent time working as a business analyst in wealth management technology, but focused in […]

Class of 2019 Outcomes: Paul Sutton Gains Experience with GMR

Internship Profile: Emily Dillon Drives Sales at Gartner

READ MORE INTERNSHIP PROFILES Name: Emily Dillon Hometown: Marvin, North Carolina Year: Class of 2021 Major: Marketing with a minor in sales Internship: Dillon joined Gartner as a global technology sales intern in Fort Myers, Florida. As an intern in the mid-size enterprise business unit, she was responsible for collaborating with a team of […]

Class of 2019 Outcomes: Matt Boyle Migrates to Mutual of Omaha

Internship Profile: Abbi Cochran Grows at Metrolina Greenhouses

READ MORE INTERNSHIP PROFILES Name: Abbi Cochran Hometown: Ocean Isle Beach, North Carolina Year: Class of 2020 Major: Business administration with a minor in marketing Internship: Cochran spent the summer as the marketing intern with Metrolina Greenhouses, the largest single-site heated greenhouse in the United States. She had the opportunity to work alongside marketing […]

Internship Profile: Joseph Shomaker Uses Marketing Major at Hobsons

READ MORE INTERNSHIP PROFILES Name: Joseph Shomaker Hometown: Purcellville, Virginia Year: Class of 2021 Major: Marketing with a minor in sport management Internship: Shomaker spent the summer with Hobsons as the product marketing intern, responsible for a variety of tasks, including creating new content to use for advertising and sales, tracking website analytics data […]

Freshman Profile: Bettering a Business and a Student

HPU’s newest cohort of students represents a wide variety of academic achievement, service, backgrounds, cultures and geographic locations. Luke Melin, one member of the Class of 2023, brings with his many academic accolades and accreditations. Below, discover how he plans to make the most out of his time at HPU: Name: Luke Melin Hometown: Wayzata, […]

Class of 2019 Outcomes: Skyler Green Evolves his Career with Evolution Labs

With another successful Commencement behind us, recent High Point University graduates have kicked-off prestigious career paths around the world at Fortune 500 companies, international service programs, public school systems, top-tier law, medical and graduate school programs, and many other esteemed organizations thanks to their journey at HPU. Here’s a glimpse of one extraordinary senior from […]

Internship Profile: Shaylyn Kelly Networks with NASCAR

READ MORE INTERNSHIP PROFILES Name: Shaylyn Kelly Hometown: Bedford, New Hampshire Year: Class of 2021 Major: Human relations with a minor in event management Internship: Kelly joined the New Hampshire Motor Speedway this summer as the communications and events intern and works with both the event and communication management teams. Her responsibilities include planning, […]

Class of 2019 Outcomes: Emily Sokol Joins Boston Children’s Hospital

With another successful Commencement behind us, recent High Point University graduates are kicking off prestigious career paths around the world at Fortune 500 companies, international service programs, public school systems, top-tier law, medical and graduate school programs, and many other esteemed organizations thanks to their journey at HPU. Here’s a glimpse of one extraordinary senior […]

Internship Profile: Catherine Ford Uses Her Major at the United States Trade Representative

READ MORE INTERNSHIP PROFILES Name: Catherine Ford Hometown: Delray Beach, Florida Year: Class of 2020 Major: Political science with a minor in communication Internship: Ford is working for the Office of the United States Trade Representative in Washington, D.C., as a public and media affairs intern. USTR, part of The Executive Office of the […]

Freshman Profile: Molding Musical Potential

HPU’s newest cohort of students represents a wide variety of academic achievement, service, backgrounds, cultures and geographic locations. Trevor Ackerman, one member of the Class of 2023, brings with him an interest in music and published songs. Below, discover how he plans to make the most out of his time at HPU: Name: Trevor Ackerman […]

Internship Profile: Caroline Giles Gains Experience

READ MORE INTERNSHIP PROFILES Name: Caroline Giles Hometown: Princeton, New Jersey Year: Class of 2020 Major: Human relations with three minors in sales, marketing and leadership Internship: Giles is interning with Furniture Today as a sales intern in Greensboro, North Carolina, where she is working with the sales team to identify and target marketing […]