James Ensor
Class of 2017
Zoey Chittick
Class of 2016
Maxwell Wheeler
Class of 2018
READ MORE STUDENT SUCCESS STORIES Joining one of the world’s top four financial firms is a major feat for anyone – especially shortly after graduating college. For Leah Scully, a senior accounting major at High Point University, it’s the first step for a promising future with one of the Big Four. Scully accepted an assurance […]
HIGH POINT, N.C., Feb. 27, 2015 – Francesca Zappa, a senior at High Point University, is preparing for her future accounting career as an assurance intern at Smith Leonard, PLLC in High Point. The accounting major from Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, has responsibilities similar to those of a first-year assurance associate. Zappa gets hands-on experience […]
HIGH POINT, N.C., Feb. 26, 2015 – Kyla Molina, a High Point University sophomore and native of Gaithersburg, Maryland, recently attended the NBA All-Star Weekend in New York City to gather sound bites from NBA players and legends and network with industry leaders. Molina attended the conference on behalf of The Basketball Channel, a 24/7/365 […]
HIGH POINT, N.C., Feb. 16, 2015 – Jamison Orr, a sophomore at High Point University and a native of Falmouth, Massachusetts, is developing marketing skills through his internship at the Triad Business Journal, located in downtown Greensboro. A business administration major with minors in marketing and sales, Orr is using what he’s learned in the […]
READ MORE ALUMNI SUCCESS STORIES If you want to see where a degree in communication from High Point University can take someone, look no further than three-time Emmy Award winner Greg Fox. Fox is a 1983 HPU graduate and a 27-year veteran reporter at WESH 2, an NBC Television affiliate station in Orlando, Florida. He’s […]
READ MORE STUDENT SUCCESS STORIES At High Point University, an extraordinary education is one that offers experiential learning, student-to-faculty collaboration and a knowledge base that prepares graduates for the world of tomorrow. Summer Tonsfeldt, a December 2014 graduate, exemplifies what an extraordinary education at HPU can do. Graduating a semester early, Tonsfeldt managed to fit […]
HIGH POINT, N.C., Feb. 12, 2015 – With less than 100 days before graduation, Chelsea Leo, High Point University senior, was ready to network and find her dream job at the university’s Career and Internship Expo held Feb. 11. “I met with the Office of Career and Internship Services beforehand to figure out how I […]
Standing in the Tohoku region of Japan, senior Starneshia Wynn felt immense assurance about her decision to study through the High Point University Washington program. She never doubted it would further her education, but she also never expected it to take her to this foreign land, ravaged by a tsunami, earthquake and nuclear power plant […]
As we approach Spring Break next month, students and parents are focused on securing a summer experience that will further develop career goals and help pave the way to employment following graduation. This experience can occur through a variety of ways – a job shadowing opportunity, a paid or non-paid internship (can be done for […]
HPU’s Office of Career and Internship Services (C&IS) connects students with internships that boost resumes, build connections, expand networks, and set potential employees apart from the competition. Below are five reasons every student should pursue an internship opportunity – regardless of whether or not it’s required for their major. The successful outcomes speak for themselves: […]
READ MORE STUDENT SUCCESS STORIES The entrepreneurial spirit is alive and well at High Point University. Through annual Business Plan Competitions, academic programs and experiential learning opportunities that inspire innovation, HPU is graduating job creators, not job takers. One example is Kristopher Hovland, a senior, who founded Tekiture – a company that designs and manufactures […]
READ MORE ALUMNI SUCCESS STORIES It’s the stuff of fairytales. Less than two years into her professional career, Lauren Henkel Engler is basking in the limelight at the Chesapeake Shakespeare Company (CSC), one of the top Shakespeare companies in the country in Baltimore, Maryland. Engler is a 2013 alumna of High Point University. While working […]
READ MORE ALUMNI SUCCESS STORIES Leading a life of success and significance – that’s what Rick Callicutt, a 1980 alumnus of High Point University, is doing as president and CEO at the Bank of North Carolina (BNC). Callicutt started his banking career four days after he graduated from HPU with a business administration degree. A […]
READ MORE ALUMNI SUCCESS STORIES What’s it like to perform Broadway hits in Costa Rica, compete in a prestigious theatre festival, and get six callbacks from theatre companies across the nation – all before graduating college? Courtney Feiman knows. It happened to Feiman before she graduated from High Point University in May 2014 with degrees […]
READ MORE STUDENT SUCCESS STORIES A spark was lit inside Sarah Patterson during her time at High Point University. It pushed her to graduate a semester early, land acceptance from her first-choice graduate school and now make her way to Pennsylvania to begin her studies at Rosemont College to get a master’s in publishing. It’s […]
READ MORE ALUMNI SUCCESS STORIES Dan Short, a 2010 alumnus of High Point University, is making a big impact on the future of the fuel and automotive industries as a fuel technologist at Marathon Petroleum Company. A native of Cambridge, Md., Short received a B.S. in mathematics from HPU with minors in both chemistry and […]
By: Eric Melniczek, HPU Career Advisor We’re just a few days into the New Year. We attended holiday parties, ate delicious treats, and took some time to relax. However, now it’s time to recover from the “holiday hangover” and think about 2015 from a career success standpoint. New Year’s Resolutions We have heard all […]
READ MORE STUDENT SUCCESS STORIES Melissa Sweredoski’s college career came to an apex when she walked out of Dr. Linda Gretton’s office – it was the last meeting she would ever have with the academic advisor who helped guide her through her time at High Point University. Not only was Sweredoski graduating a semester early, […]
HIGH POINT, N.C., Dec. 10, 2014 – The hustle and bustle of working at a hotel is hard work but very rewarding. Kelsey Futrell, a senior human relations major at High Point University, has been able to see firsthand what it takes to run a successful hotel. She has been interning at JH Adams Inn […]
HIGH POINT, N.C., Dec. 3, 2014 – High Point University junior Mags Boyle is taking social media by storm through an internship with Phillips Collection in High Point. A native of Broomall, Pennsylvania, and marketing intern at Phillips Collection, Boyle has been exposed to every aspect of the company, from design and production, to orders […]
