Values-Based Living and Learning

High Point University welcomed more than 1,500 people to the Nido and Mariana Qubein Arena and Conference Center on November 11th, 2022, for the 12th Annual Veterans Day Celebration, honoring veterans who have served our nation. The event was filled with patriotic speakers and moments to show appreciation for veterans, who were welcomed to a free breakfast after walking a red carpet lined with cheering HPU students. Nearly 100 student volunteers greeted and assisted veterans throughout the event. The North Carolina Brass Band provided patriotic music along with the HPU Chamber Singers, and an eagle soared over the crowd before veterans were gifted with an HPU blanket.

High Point University’s Student Government Association and other HPU students shared the holiday spirit with senior citizens in the community by filling 1,000 stockings for the Salvation Army of High Point’s Stuff a Stocking campaign. The stockings were distributed to nine assisted living facilities and retirement communities. Each stocking was filled with winter weather necessities, and students also wrote thoughtful messages for each person.

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This past Thanksgiving, students filled boxes with turkey, corn, stuffing, cranberry sauce, green beans, mashed potatoes, gravy and a handwritten note. They loaded the boxes onto buses for the Boys and Girls Club of Greater High Point, who delivered the meals to local families. Last year was HPU’s Professional Selling Club’s eighth year donating these Thanksgiving meals to the community.

Each year, HPU’s Student Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) organizes a Halloween dance event for community members with disabilities to dress up and dance the night away. Food, games and costume contests are enjoyed by all!

Families appreciate HPU’s commitment to values-based learning and living.

Watch these families and students explain why HPU was the right fit for them.