EXTRAORDINARY EDUCATION
The University of Tomorrow Forward. It’s the direction in which High Point University sets its sights. Dr. Nido Qubein sees the bright future beyond the mountainous construction on the southern side of campus and $150 million in enhancements underway. He saw it more than a decade ago when he arrived. There was deferred maintenance then 6 | highpoint.edu
and facilities in need of new life. He energized campus in a way that not only inspired a physical change, but also a change in the university’s DNA. A can-do attitude was infused. He calls it the art of the possible. Ten years later, remarkable things have been accomplished. Undergraduate enrollment has tripled. The number of faculty almost tripled. The size of campus has quadrupled. So has the number of employees.