HIGH POINT, N.C., Aug. 15, 2006 - High Point University's Evening Degree Program will hold its orientation for students enrolled in both the High Point and Budd campus in Winston-Salem Aug. 16 at 5:30 p.m. in the Slane University Center on the High Point campus.

Scheduled activities will include helpful tips, academic advising, meeting with a representative from each student's major, computer services information, financial aid assistance, academic services available, understanding transfer credits and library services information. Classes for the evening degree and graduate programs are conducted at the High Point campus and at the Budd Campus, with enrollment almost evenly divided between the two.

High Point's Evening Degree Program has offered a comprehensive program for working adults since 1978 and is the oldest program of its kind in the Piedmont Triad. Between the High Point and Winston-Salem campuses, the program enrolls more than 1,000 students. More than 4,000 undergraduate degrees have been awarded. The Budd Family campus includes 44 classrooms, two science labs, four computer labs, a bookstore and a library.

At High Point University, every student receives an extraordinary education in a fun environment with caring people. HPU is a liberal arts institution with approximately 3,000 undergraduate and graduate students from 50 countries and 44 states at campuses in High Point and Winston-Salem. It is ranked by US News and World Report 12th among comprehensive universities in the South and in the top 100 nationally. The university offers 68 undergraduate majors, 33 minors and five graduate-degree programs. It is accredited by the Commission of Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, and is a member of the NCAA, Division I and the Big South Conference.