This story is featured in the Fall 2018 edition of the HPU Magazine. Mentorship is an cherished educational value at HPU. Discover below how students are impacted by their HPU mentors.
It’s the knock on the door.
Dr. Jenny Lukow looked forward to hearing the “tap taps” from Mikaela Campbell as they worked toward Campbell’s job offer from the NBA.
It’s the handshake.
When Steven Dick grasped the hand of his future employer at a Sales Career Fair held on campus, he realized how much his professors had prepared him.
It’s the white board filled with pros and cons.
Rebecca Ulrich and Dr. Meghan Blackledge spent hours poring over the options for Ulrich’s future, which included seven different graduate schools and the prestigious NIH Oxford-Cambridge Scholars Program.
It’s the encouraging email from a Silicon Valley veteran.
Jenna Tarantino lit up when she saw the note from Netflix Co-Founder Marc Randolph, HPU’s Entrepreneur in Residence.
It’s a congratulatory text message or phone call, a high-five on graduation day and a drawer filled with thank-you letters in HPU President Nido Qubein’s office.
“HPU gave my daughters the education and inspiration to reach for the stars,” wrote Cindy Vincent, the mother of alumna Kristen Vincent, now completing her optometry residency, and Katelyn Vincent, now completing her dental residency. “They still talk about the wonderful professors they became close to who encouraged them to be successful in life.”
Mentorship takes many forms. It happens everywhere on High Point University’s campus — from a professor who takes a phone call on vacation to guide her student through a major life decision, to another who encourages his research group to run the experiment one more time after a late night in the lab.
Imagine yourself being driven to tears of joy at the sight of your Success Coach. Imagine jumping up and hugging a professor who said you could do it. Imagine returning to your alma mater to show gratitude and appreciation for the support and guidance of caring faculty.
For HPU graduates, this happens often.
HPU provides impactful mentors to guide students not only in their four years on campus, but throughout their entire lives. Students don’t merely enroll at HPU; they join the HPU family.
Recently, the graduates featured in the foldout between pages 16 and 17 returned to campus to thank the HPU mentors who helped them get where they are today — working for companies like Apple, Google, Amazon, Facebook and other nationally known organizations.
To watch a video that shows these graduates thanking their mentors for their positive influence, get your tissues ready and go to:
