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The HPU Advantage
- Our Values
- Experiential Learning
- The Premier Life Skills University
Career
Shadowing
Job shadowing allows students to spend a half-day or entire day observing a professional on-the-job. Students observe meaningful work activity, the work culture of the organization and feel the flow of a typical workday.
Undergraduate
Research
HPU welcomes freshman into a culture of scholarly research as soon as they arrive to campus. While other universities focus on senior research projects, HPU presents research opportunities to students throughout their four-year journey.
Service
Learning
Service learning breaks down the walls of the traditional classroom and brings theoretical concepts to life. Through service learning courses, students are embedded with real-world opportunities that relate to course material. Whether it’s English majors tutoring refugee children in literacy, or strategic communication students producing marketing campaigns for nonprofit organizations, students gain valuable skills and strong connections to their community.
Study
Abroad
Our goal is to bring people and cultures together, to share their similarities and embrace their differences. Former U.S. Senator J. William Fulbright proclaimed that “International education exchange is the most significant current project designed to continue the process of humanizing mankind to the point, we would hope, that nations can learn to live in peace.”
Show me a successful individual and I’ll show you someone who had real positive influences in his or her life. I’m sure there was someone cheering you on or showing the way. A mentor.- Denzel Washington
%
of HPU students come from out of state
K+
hours of community service each year
:
student : faculty
%
of classes taught by faculty
Choose to be Extraordinary!
Being extraordinary is a choice.
It’s about connecting scholarly knowledge with practical life.
%
%
Employed or continuing their education
Within six months of graduation
- 3+
Careers
Amazon. Apple. NBC Universal.
Here is a sampling of graduates who are contributing to the companies and technologies that impact the world every day.
Alex Bouvier '23
Area Manager at Amazon
Alex Bouvier '23
Area Manager at Amazon
Major: Communication
Kate McCarthy '23
Joining Visa's Client Services Development Program
Kate McCarthy '23
Joining Visa's Client Services Development Program
Major: Marketing and Finance with a minor in Sales
Mia Clemons '23
Joining GE Healthcare's Commercial Leadership Program
Mia Clemons '23
Joining GE Healthcare's Commercial Leadership Program
Major: Biology with minors in business administration and finance
Olivia Lender '22
Joining Fidelity investments as an associate in the Emerging Leader Program starting in July 2023.
Olivia Lender '22
Joining Fidelity investments as an associate in the Emerging Leader Program starting in July 2023.
Major: Human Relations and Psychology
Nicholas Masalleras ‘22
Learning to manage global marketing teams at Reynolds American Inc.
Nicholas Masalleras ‘22
Learning to manage global marketing teams at Reynolds American Inc.
Major: Media production and entrepreneurship
Cassady Kreuser ’22
Booking coordinator for Memphis Grizzlies
Cassady Kreuser ’22
Booking coordinator for Memphis Grizzlies
Major: Event Management
Jodi Guglielmi ‘15
Breaking News Editor at Rolling Stone Magazine
Jodi Guglielmi ‘15
Breaking News Editor at Rolling Stone Magazine
Major: Communication
Cayla Lowrey ‘22
Interior Designer with CJMW Architecture
Cayla Lowrey ‘22
Interior Designer with CJMW Architecture
Major: Interior Design with a minor in Entrepreneurship
Emmy Beck-Aden '22
East Coast Page at NBC Universal
Emmy Beck-Aden '22
East Coast Page at NBC Universal
Major: Communication
Thomas Hart '22
Associate Director with Tupelo Honey Media
Thomas Hart '22
Associate Director with Tupelo Honey Media
Major: Sports Media
Taylor Sweet '22
Marketing Coordinator at Ready Nutrition
Taylor Sweet '22
Marketing Coordinator at Ready Nutrition
Major: Marketing and Sports Management
Dakota Tameling '22
Analyst at JPMorgan Chase
Dakota Tameling '22
Analyst at JPMorgan Chase
Major: B.S.B.A. Finance and Minored in Music
How Do HPU Graduates Do It?
HPU provides not only faculty and staff who are trained to coach students but carries coaching into all facets of campus living. Explore and learn the life skills one will experience in their professional life and discover how HPU answers the call.
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Each day, our Admissions team assists future HPU students and parents in their journey to find their perfect college. At HPU, our commitment to prepare students for a life of success and significance is rooted in a powerful combination of fast-paced innovation and strong values.
Life Skills
Your degree is not the thing that gets you a job.
Youwill get you a job. HPU is a life accelerator – compressing time and allowing you to amass a lifetime of experience in just four years. You begin your professional careers as soon as you arrive on campus. You graduate ready for the real world. And the real world wants you.
Explore the questions that you’ll encounter during your professional and personal life.
Test yourself. Do you have the answers?
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Your job interview is at the restaurant
From the board room to the dining room, HPU will prepare you to be comfortable in any business environment. 1924 Prime is a learning lab where each week you can learn about formal dinning etiquette and international cuisine. With four years of preparation, you'll crush that interview.
Are you ready?
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The CEO of your dream company sits next to you on a plane
Before you can sell anything, you have to sell yourself. That’s where HPU’s Sales Club comes in. Led by Professor Larry Quinn, you’ll learn how to seize networking opportunities, while testing yourself in real-world settings like the airplane fuselage in Cottrell Hall.
Whats your move?
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Everybody has a great idea
With the help of the Belk Entrepreneurship Center you can. The center provides individualized assistance, Shark Tank style business plan competitions, and access to entrepreneurs like Netflix co-founder Marc Randolph, all to help advance your venture.
Can you make yours a reality?
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Presenting to a large crowd
Enter the President's Life Skill Seminar led by HPU President, DR. Nido Qubein. As a freshman you'll be learning about skills employers hire for: leadership, fiscal literacy, time management, effective communication, skills and the ability to make persuasive presentations.
Can you handle that?
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Why do companies invest millions of dollars...
Top companies provide dynamic environments for their employees because it creates excellence. HPU has done the same for its students.
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