{"id":2801,"date":"2016-10-09T18:30:06","date_gmt":"2016-10-09T22:30:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/parents\/?p=2801"},"modified":"2023-06-12T11:54:47","modified_gmt":"2023-06-12T15:54:47","slug":"narrowing-chasm-youth-experience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/parents\/2016\/10\/narrowing-chasm-youth-experience\/","title":{"rendered":"Narrowing the Chasm Between Youth and Experience 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dear Parents,<\/p>\n<p>HPU prepares students for lives of both success and significance.\u00a0Beyond the valuable <a href=\"https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/blog\/2016\/01\/31841\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">mentorship<\/a> your student receives in the classroom, we understand that providing students with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/blog\/2016\/09\/students-win-fine-furniture-design-visual-merchandising-competition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">experiential learning opportunities<\/a> narrows the distance on their personal journey from youth to accomplished adult.\u00a0Instead of waiting for the type of life lessons that may organically transpire over the course of time, HPU offers robust learning opportunities that propel students forward.<\/p>\n<p>In other words, when our students take on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/careerinternships\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">internships<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/global\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">travel abroad<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/blog\/category\/caring-people\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">serve<\/a> in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/community\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">community<\/a>, they are collecting experiences that enable them to more confidently connect with established professionals across the globe. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.highpoint.edu\/blog\/2015\/09\/cottrell-hall-home-of-the-flanagan-center-for-student-success\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cottrell Hall, home to the Flanagan Center for Student Success<\/a>, fosters this meaningful educational component.<\/p>\n<p>In the classroom, across the world, in corporate boardrooms and beyond, our students are connecting their education and applying it in constructive and purposeful ways.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you for your continued partnership and advocacy.<\/p>\n<p>Roger Clodfelter<br \/>\nSenior Vice President for Communications<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear Parents, HPU prepares students for lives of both success and significance.\u00a0Beyond the valuable mentorship your student receives in the classroom, we understand that providing students with experiential learning opportunities narrows the distance on their personal journey from youth to accomplished adult.\u00a0Instead of waiting for the type of life lessons that may organically transpire over&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":2147,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_hpuaeo_plugin_post_data":"","_hpuaeo_plugin_meta_tags":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[11,6,13],"tags":[15],"class_list":["post-2801","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-freshman-parents","category-parent-blog","category-upperclassman-parents","tag-parent-blog"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.6.1 (Yoast SEO v27.6) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Narrowing the Chasm Between Youth and Experience 2016 - HPU Parents &amp; 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