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HPU’s ‘Access to Innovators’ Speaker Series to Air on WGHP

Jan 11th, 2017

HPU’s ‘Access to Innovators’ Speaker Series to Air on WGHP

HIGH POINT, N.C., Jan. 11, 2017 – As part of an ongoing commitment to community enrichment, High Point University will air its “Access to Innovators” speaker series at 7 p.m. each Monday beginning Jan. 16 through March 20 on WGHP Fox 8.

During each program, influential leaders such as former Secretary of State Dr. Condoleezza Rice, Netflix co-founder Marc Randolph and many others join HPU President Nido Qubein in a conversation about achieving success, overcoming adversity and preparing a new generation to move the world forward in positive ways. The series was filmed on the HPU campus and originally aired on UNC-TV.

The schedule is as follows:

Jan. 16: Dr. Condoleezza Rice, former U.S. secretary of state and former national security advisor.

Jan. 23: Marc Randolph, co-founder of Netflix, Silicon Valley entrepreneur and Angel Investor.

Jan. 30: Dr. Carol Folt, UNC-Chapel Hill chancellor and former interim president of Dartmouth College.

Feb. 6: Biz Stone, co-founder of Twitter, co-founder and CEO of AskJelly.com, co-founder of Medium and Silicon Valley entrepreneur.

Feb. 13: Gen. Colin Powell, former U.S. secretary of state, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and national security advisor.

Feb. 20: Dr. Carol Dweck, Stanford University professor of psychology and author.

Feb. 27: Dr. John Maxwell, New York Times best-selling author and internationally renowned leadership expert.

March 6: Steve Wozniak, Apple co-founder and HPU innovator-in-residence.

March 13: Dr. Ken Dychtwald, founding president and CEO of Age Wave.

March 20: Tom Brokaw, distinguished journalist, Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient and retired NBC Nightly News managing editor and anchor.

 

Enjoy the conversation every Monday night at 7 p.m. on WGHP FOX8, or experience the series anytime online at www.highpoint.edu/innovators.