Tubby Comes Home

Commencement 2019 Video Highlights | High Point University

This story is featured in the Spring 2019 edition of the HPU Magazine. Below take a look at Men’s Basketball Head Coach, Tubby Smith’s, return home to HPU. The most excited freshman on campus is someone you won’t expect. Orlando “Tubby” Smith, HPU’s new basketball coach. A half century ago, Smith left his family’s farm […]

Physical Therapy Students Serve as ‘Buddies’ at Camp High Five

The camp is one of a few in the country that offer constraint-induced movement therapy for children who have limited mobility on one side of their body. HIGH POINT, N.C., June 19, 2019 – This week, more than a dozen High Point University physical therapy doctoral students are helping community children with limited mobility become […]

Class of 2019 Outcomes: Liesel Kreiner Sells for AT&T

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 […]

Fifth Annual STEM Camp Begins at HPU

HIGH POINT, N.C., June 19, 2019 – High Point University has nearly 100 community children on campus for the next two weeks to learn about science, technology, engineering and mathematics. On Tuesday, they built a solar oven out of a pizza box, aluminum foil and cellophane to trap heat from the sun and toasted s’mores. […]

Class of 2019 Outcomes: Ian Huffman Brokers for Marcus & Millichap

[CALENDAR] June 19, 2019

Class of 2019 Outcomes: Zachary Pifer Works for Raleigh Marketing Consultants

Local Teens Welcomed to HPU and HPPD Youth Leadership Academy

Participants of the 2019 Youth Leadership Academy hosted by High Point University and the High Point Police Department are pictured during their first day on campus at HPU. The program runs through June 27. HIGH POINT, N.C., June 18, 2019 – A group of local middle and high school students who were selected for the […]

[CALENDAR] June 18, 2019

Life Skills: How HPU Prepares Graduates for Continuous Success

This story is featured in the Spring 2019 edition of the HPU Magazine. Discover below how HPU instills life skills in its students. You’re a new High Point University student grabbing Starbucks before a study session in Cottrell Hall. But when you walk into Cottrell’s open atrium, you find more than coffee waiting. Through the […]

HPU Welcomes Governor’s School West

335 students moved in yesterday, classes officially began today. HIGH POINT, N.C., June 17, 2019 – More than 50 students filled HPU’s Hayworth Fine Arts Center stage this morning for their first instrumental music class in the Governor’s School West program. Orlando Cela, an experienced conductor from Boston and music director of Governor’s School, stands […]

WXII: HPU Welcomes Governor’s School West

High Point University was selected to host Governor’s School West in March. This week, the five and a half week program began.

Spectrum News: Governor’s School West Moves in to HPU

High Point University welcomed more than 330 students for move-in day on June 16. Governor’s School is a summer residential program that integrates academic disciplines, the arts and unique courses to intellectually gifted high school students.

Class of 2019 Outcomes: Becca Palmer Coordinates Athletics for Beaches Chapel School

[CALENDAR] June 17, 2019

[CALENDAR] June 16, 2019

The Entrepreneurial Mindset

This story is featured in the Spring 2019 edition of the HPU Magazine. Discover below how student entrepreneurs launched their businesses while enrolled full-time. High Point University’s student entrepreneurs know where to channel their energy and find support. Inside the Belk Entrepreneurship Center, students craft sound business plans, pitch to investors for startup funding, brainstorm […]

[CALENDAR] June 15, 2019

Internship Profile: Jennifer Evens Grows Her Communication Skills

READ MORE INTERNSHIP PROFILES Name: Jennifer Evens Hometown: Winston-Salem, North Carolina Year: Class of 2020 Major: Communications with a focus in journalism Internship: Evens is serving as the Communications and Graduate School Enrollment intern at Piedmont International University. She is working directly with graduate students by engaging through tours, phone calls, and live chats. […]

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