High Point Area News

Praying for Boston
High Point University (press release) (blog)
We extend our thoughts and prayers to all those impacted, directly and indirectly, by the Boston bombing yesterday. The High Point University campus is home to students from 47 states and 34 countries – with many from the Boston area. Because we are a ...

High Point University (press release) (blog)
Students Gain Knowledge and Perspective During 'Communication Week'
High Point University (press release) (blog)
High Point University students had the opportunity to hear from communication industry leaders, briefly experience what it would be like to lose their first amendment rights and received insights into their future careers during HPU's Communication Week.

High Point University (press release) (blog)
Sorority Raises $15000 for Breast Cancer Research
High Point University (press release) (blog)
HPU High Point University ZTA HIGH POINT, N.C., April 16, 2013 – High Point University's Zeta Tau Alpha sorority raised $15,000 for breast cancer research and awareness at their Eighth Annual Crown Classic Golf Tournament. More than 180 golfers ...

High Point University (press release) (blog)
Communication Students Report at the Final Four
High Point University (press release) (blog)
HIGH POINT, N.C., April 15, 2013 – Six HPU communication majors had the opportunity of a lifetime to attend and report at the NCAA Tournament during the Final Four in Atlanta this spring. Five juniors and one senior were chosen by a blind ballot of ...

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Sophomore Earns Prestigious Award from National Fraternity
High Point University (press release) (blog)
HPU High Point University HIGH POINT, N.C., April 15, 2013 – High Point University sophomore John Marsicano earned the prestigious Master of Recruitment Award from the Kappa Sigma National Fraternity. The award comes after the HPU chapter recruited ...

High Point University (press release) (blog)
Senior Overcomes Immense Challenges to Graduate from HPU
High Point University (press release) (blog)
HPU High Point University Senior Collin Smith embodies a principle that Dr. Nido Qubein, HPU president, teaches in his freshman seminar: Your present circumstances don't determine where you'll go. They merely determine where you start. Collin was a ...

TweakTown (press release)
HighPoint Launches Industry's First 20-drive, single Mini-SAS port RAID HBA ...
TweakTown (press release)
April 2013, Milpitas, CA - HighPoint Technologies, Inc., a leading HBA and storage solutions manufacturer, announces the industry's first 20-drive, single-port 6GB/s SATA RAID HBA, the RocketRAID 644LS. Powered by HighPoint's 6Gb/s SATA Port Multiplier ...

Accountability or micromanagement?
High Point Enterprise
The point is not to burden employees with paperwork, they say, but rather, to make things more efficient for everyone involved. “I think the whole point is, we want things to be as simple as ... City Manager Debbie Hinson has initiated a work-order ...

Local manufacturer weathers changes in textile industry over 75 years
High Point Enterprise
Piedmont Chemical Industries recently celebrated 75 years as a business in High Point. Cres Calabrese (granddaughter of founder Fred Wilson Sr., pictured at center) is shown surrounded by longtime employees in one of the company's labs, including Bill ...

HPU baseball tops Radford, 10-6
High Point Enterprise
The High Point University baseball team rattled off four runs in the seventh inning to pick up a 10-6 win over Radford on Saturday afternoon in Radford, Va. The win clinches the series for the Panthers, who have won each of the first two games. The ...

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A Taste of Spring
High Point Enterprise
HIGH POINT, NC: The Saturday morning throng at the Farmer's Market fills the aisle of one of the open air sheds. .....PHOTO: DON DAVIS, JR. ; The High Point Enterprise, High Point NC (13/0413). TRIAD —. The Piedmont Triad Farmer's Market is open and ...

Newark Academy (20) at High Point (5) - Girls Lacrosse
NJ.com
Jacey Sullivan scored a game-high five goals when Newark Academy defeated High Point, 20-5, in Wantage. Newark Academy seized control of the game early, when it outscored High Point, 13-1, in the first half. Abby and Lauren Whelan each scored four ...

GoMarquette.com
Offense Rolls as Golden Eagles Cruise Past High Point, 14-6
GoMarquette.com
HIGH POINT, N.C. - Marquette used an all-around defensive effort and a prolific second-half attack to pull away from High Point 14-6 in a battle between two first-year NCAA Division I men's lacrosse programs Saturday at Vert Stadium. Tyler Melnyk paced ...
HPU men's lacrosse falters in home finaleHigh Point Enterprise
And The Award For "Best First Year Program" Goes To...Anonymous Eagle

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Myers' homer powers Wesleyan past GDS
High Point Enterprise
HIGH POINT – Markel Johnson hit a grand slam, two doubles and a single as Westchester Country Day defeated Carolina Friends 22-0 on Thursday. Luke Puckett pitched four innings in picking up the win. NW GUILFORD 9. HP CENTRAL 8. HIGH POINT ...

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Yahoo! Sports
Softball: High Point's Frei featured on Yahoo!, plus a look at her season so far
The Star-Ledger - NJ.com (blog)
Ally Frei of High Point, No. 7 in The Star-Ledger Top 20, recorded a perfect game while striking out all 21 batters in an April 8th victory over Vernon. Frei's feat was highlighted on the Yahoo! sports blog "Prep Rally" on Friday for the feat. The blog ...
A 21 strikeout perfect perfect game? It happened in New JerseyYahoo! Canada Shine (blog)

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Carter takes Westchester job
High Point Enterprise
HPE Kenny Carter, shown coaching the High Point Central girls in this file photo, will return to the bench to become head girls basketball coach at Westchester Country Day School. HIGH POINT —. The last time Kenny Carter was a first-year head coach he ...

A&T, GCS lockdowns grip Triad
High Point Enterprise
Sonny Hedgecock The High Point Enterprise 4-12-13. GREENSBORO —. On a day that would've normally had tons of students on the yard enjoying the weather, North Carolina A&T looked eerily like a ghost town. At around 10 a.m. Friday, A&T was locked ...

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GoMarquette.com
MU Set To Face High Point In Battle of First-Year Programs
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HIGH POINT, N.C. -- Marquette continues its travels Saturday when the Golden Eagles take on the High Point Panthers at Vert Stadium. Faceoff is slated for 11 a.m. Central time (noon ET). Live streaming video will be available for purchase at ...

Sophomore is hand-selected by TOMS for 'A Ticket to Give'
High Point University (press release) (blog)
When she came to High Point University, she found a thriving TOMS campus chapter that had landed a spot on the “Top 10 Toms Events of the Year” for its awareness week. She immediately signed up to become a member and be involved at HPU.

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High Point University (press release) (blog)
Professor Presents on American Women in World War I at Presidential Library
High Point University (press release) (blog)
HPU High Point University HIGH POINT, N.C., April 12, 2013 – Dr. Kara Dixon Vuic, associate professor of history at High Point University, recently gave a lecture at the Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library in Virginia. The event, which coincided with ...