James Ensor
Class of 2017
Zoey Chittick
Class of 2016
Maxwell Wheeler
Class of 2018
HIGH POINT, N.C., May 23, 2019 – High Point University will honor the brave men and women who gave their lives for this nation by lowering perimeter flags to half-staff on Monday in observance of Memorial Day. “High Point University is a God, family and country school,” says HPU President Dr. Nido Qubein. “We are […]
The Community Writing Center in High Point is now offering adult classes. The center is a partnership between High Point University and Mt. Zion Baptist Church.
HIGH POINT, N.C., May 21, 2019 – The High Point University Civitan Club has earned the Campus Service Project of the Year award from Civitan International for its support of hurricane victims. This is the sixth time the club has won this award since 2013. For this year’s project, the Civitan Club prepared emergency hygiene […]
HIGH POINT, N.C., May 20, 2019 – Dr. Andrew Wommack, assistant professor of chemistry, received the Ruth Ridenhour Scholarly and Professional Achievement Award during High Point University’s 2019 Commencement ceremony. The award recognizes a full-time faculty member for exemplary accomplishments in research and creative endeavors. Wommack’s research blends two subdisciplines of chemistry, synthetic organic chemistry […]
HIGH POINT, N.C., May 20, 2019 – Dr. Adam Graham-Squire, associate professor of mathematics, received the Meredith Clark Slane Distinguished Teaching-Service Award during High Point University’s 2019 Commencement ceremony. The award is named for Meredith Clark Slane, a friend to the university, and has been given annually since 1973 to recognize excellence in teaching. Graham-Squire […]
High Point University’s faculty and staff loaded a U.S. Postal Service truck with more than 7,500 pounds of nonperishable food items. It’s a longstanding tradition for HPU to donate to the United Way of Greater High Point’s “Stamp Out Hunger” campaign.
HIGH POINT, N.C., May 15, 2019 – High Point University faculty and staff worked together today to fill a U.S. Postal Service truck with nonperishable food items for the United Way of Greater High Point’s “Stamp Out Hunger” campaign. The HPU family collected more than 7,500 pounds of food for the campaign. “I’m so grateful […]
HIGH POINT, N.C., May 15, 2019 – High Point University will lower perimeter flags to half-staff today in honor of Peace Officers Memorial Day. In 1962, President John F. Kennedy signed a proclamation designating May 15 as Peace Officers Memorial Day and the week in which it falls as National Police Week. The day honors […]
HIGH POINT, N.C., May 15, 2019 – More than a dozen High Point University Department of Physician Assistant students helped T. Wingate Andrews High School students see a little better on May 10. Through a partnership with Say Yes Guilford, HPU students provided a free vision screening to ninth graders at the area high school. […]
HIGH POINT, N.C., May 13, 2019 – The Community Writing Center has announced its full schedule of new adult classes that will be offered this summer beginning May 14 at Mt. Zion Baptist Church, 753 Washington St. The Community Writing Center, a partnership between High Point University and Mt. Zion Baptist Church, received a $25,000 […]
HIGH POINT, N.C., May 11, 2019 – Dr. Michio Kaku, physicist and co-founder of String Field Theory, told 1,100 High Point University graduates and 10,000 friends and family members today that he believes a fourth wave of innovation is near, if it hasn’t already begun. “I’m a scientist,” said Kaku during today’s HPU’s Commencement ceremony. […]
HIGH POINT, N.C., May 9, 2019 – Throughout the past month, the following High Point University organizations held fundraising events and hosted programs to benefit the local community. These efforts are part of the 110,000 hours of service and thousands of dollars that the HPU family contributes each year. Zeta Tau Alpha Sorority Provides Swim […]
High Point University President Nido Qubein helped welcome the High Point Rockers and discusses future growth of downtown.
High Point University President Nido Qubein secured the High Point Rockers baseball team and officially welcomed them home on opening night.
High Point University’s Musical Empowerment group hosted its first recital for Kirkman Park Elementary students.
HIGH POINT, N.C., April 30, 2019 – High Point University’s Sigma Nu fraternity hosted the fourth annual Car Show on April 27 and raised more than $11,000 for the American Heart Association. “Working with the American Heart Association has been a great experience,” said Paul Calkins, Sigma Nu president. “We started our relationship with AHA […]
HIGH POINT, N.C., April 30, 2019 – Alumnus Jerry Murdock and his wife, Joan, of Fountain Inn, South Carolina, have committed $1,250,000 to High Point University for the Jerry W. and Joan S. Murdock Endowed Scholarship, which will support students who have financial need. Jerry Murdock grew up in an orphanage and now is the […]
HIGH POINT, N.C., April 29, 2019 – High Point University student volunteers presented Veyla O’Donnell with an Amtryke bike at a Miracle League of High Point’s baseball game. In partnership with the High Point Civitan Club, HPU’s Civitan chapter and Circle K Club have worked to purchase the bike for O’Donnell, a Greensboro resident, who […]
HIGH POINT, N.C., April 26, 2019 – High Point University has appointed 12 new members to its Board of Visitors. The board is composed of more than 100 local friends and alumni families of HPU who are recognized for their character and leadership abilities. “We appreciate the ways these individuals have contributed their leadership and […]
HIGH POINT, N.C., April 24, 2019 – Local schoolchildren from two Washington Street afterschool programs that partner with High Point University’s Bonner Leader program will share poetry during an event open to the public. The Poetry Project Showcase will be held at 5 p.m. on April 30 at Mt. Zion Baptist Church in High Point. […]
