Destination: SUCCESS. Starting Point: YOU.
99% of HPU graduates are employed or continuing their education within 180 days of graduating. HPU is committed to preparing students with the tools and experience that outlast inevitable technological changes. In this series, HPU takes a deep dive into some of the students that make up that 99%.
Below, you’ll find videos of student success stories for the David R. Hayworth School of Arts and Design. These are just a glimpse of the many HPU students who have gone on to lead lives of success and significance. Each story is different, but the theme is similar: HPU students graduate ready to take on the world as it is going to be!
Designing For Disney
You may not know Michaela Mucha, but you know her work. That Disney+ movie art on your screen? That’s one of Mucha’s projects.
Picture a movie theater lobby. Posters line the walls. You spot one for Disney’s latest animated film. Yes, Mucha also collaborated with the team that brought these to life.
She’s a Maryland native, a 2018 graduate of High Point University and the manager of design for Brand and Creative Marketing for Disney+ at Walt Disney Studios in Burbank, California, just outside of Los Angeles. Her journey to Disney happened quickly, but the impact she’s made is long lasting. And it all started at HPU.
Mucha has been with Disney since graduating from HPU. Her career started with an internship where she designed internal materials for Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando. She quickly climbed to a corporate role in California as a graphic designer for Disney, designing for The Walt Disney Company in global, enterprise-wide campaigns for ESPN, ABC, Pixar, Marvel, Lucasfilm, National Geographic, and Parks & Resorts.
She credits her preparedness to HPU.
Picture a movie theater lobby. Posters line the walls. You spot one for Disney’s latest animated film. Yes, Mucha also collaborated with the team that brought these to life.
She’s a Maryland native, a 2018 graduate of High Point University and the manager of design for Brand and Creative Marketing for Disney+ at Walt Disney Studios in Burbank, California, just outside of Los Angeles. Her journey to Disney happened quickly, but the impact she’s made is long lasting. And it all started at HPU.
Mucha has been with Disney since graduating from HPU. Her career started with an internship where she designed internal materials for Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando. She quickly climbed to a corporate role in California as a graphic designer for Disney, designing for The Walt Disney Company in global, enterprise-wide campaigns for ESPN, ABC, Pixar, Marvel, Lucasfilm, National Geographic, and Parks & Resorts.
She credits her preparedness to HPU.
Designing a Future
Victoria Valentinas, HPU Class of 2012, landed her career in the home furnishings industry because she has an eye for design – one that High Point University helped her develop.
Valentinas graduated with a successful college career under her belt. Thanks to her education and internship experience, Valentinas was first as the visual merchandising coordinator for Bassett Industries and HGTV Home Furniture. During her time at HPU, Valentinas took advantage of convenient proximity to the High Point Market and interned with four different showrooms. Her jobs ranged from showroom design to sales. Today, she is the owner of owner of VLV Designs. Watch this video to hear more about her career!
Valentinas graduated with a successful college career under her belt. Thanks to her education and internship experience, Valentinas was first as the visual merchandising coordinator for Bassett Industries and HGTV Home Furniture. During her time at HPU, Valentinas took advantage of convenient proximity to the High Point Market and interned with four different showrooms. Her jobs ranged from showroom design to sales. Today, she is the owner of owner of VLV Designs. Watch this video to hear more about her career!
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