Record #:

8184

Author(s):

Wood, Suzanne M.

Abstract:

Seeking an education, Nido Qubein emigrated to North Carolina from Jordan in 1966. He graduated from High Point University and received a master's degree in business from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. In 1973, he started his first business: writing and publishing leadership materials for schools and camps in thirty countries. By 1977, he was giving 200 motivational talks a year. This grew into Creative Services, the international consulting firm he owns today. He is chairman of Business Life in Greensboro; Great Harvest Bread Co., a 218-store national chain; McNeill Lehman, a public relations firm; and Southern National Bank Corp. In 2004, he was named president of High Point University. Since then he has raised almost $70 million for the private university and changed the school's culture with unorthodox methods, such as hiring a “Director of WOW” and arranging valet service for students.

Source:

North Carolina (NoCar F 251 W4), Vol. 64 Issue 10, Oct 2006, p58-61, il, por

Subject(s):

Businessmen; Qubein, Nido R., 1948-

Record #:

44081

Author(s):

Mildenburg, David

Abstract:

"Mixing business moxie with an appeal for traditional values turns High Point University into a conqueror." Immigrating from Lebanon, Nido Qubein graduated from High Point University in 1970. His business success since that time has been phenomenal. In 2005, he accepted the call to lead then struggling High Point University from a campus of 1,400 to today's enrollment of nearly 6,000.

Source:

Business North Carolina (NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 45 Issue 5, May 2024, p52-55, il, por Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Qubein, Nido R., 1948-; High Point University