Communication graduates find success in media, TV careers.

• Position: Extraordinary EDUCATION

Communication majors from High Point University know that success is demonstrated through outcomes like landing sought-after careers, winning Emmy Awards and producing highly-rated newscasts. From a 1965 graduate who is the general manager of Fox television stations in Charlotte, to a 2012 graduate who is an associate producer for Season 2 of "The X Factor," alumni launch rewarding and competitive careers.

Take Greg Fox, a 1983 High Point University graduate, for example. Fox, a political and government reporter at WESH-TV 2NBC in Orlando, won an Emmy Award in 2012 from the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences for a series of investigative reports. His reports focused on red light camera enforcement systems that exposed potentially illegal actions on the part of cities and counties which easily dismiss cases in which drivers are represented by attorneys, but continue to prosecute people who cannot adequately represent themselves in court.

This is Fox's second Emmy Award. He is also a two-time winner of the Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence in Television Political Journalism.

"I credit HPU and its faculty for helping me to build the foundation of my journalism skills, which ultimately led to this achievement," says Fox. "I still remember the days when our HPU TV studio consisted of two VHS cameras and a couple of lights and tri-pods. But it was exciting to learn the basics in what has evolved into a long and satisfying career."

Fox joins other Emmy Award-winners like Susan LaSalla, a 1965 graduate who retired from NBC News after 42 years of service which included working as senior producer for "The Today Show." Daniel Miller, a 1989 graduate and news anchor/reporter at WISH-TV in Indianapolis, also received an Emmy for an assignment he completed on a burglary in Thorntown, Ind. He donated the award to HPU where it is on display.

The communication program has evolved since these journalists completed their studies, and it continues to produce capable graduates that top-tier companies desire. The Nido R. Qubein School of Communication opened on the HPU campus in fall 2009, and communication has become the second most popular major at the university. Several new tracks of study have been added including interactive gaming, convergent journalism and electronic media. Most recently, the school became chartered as a full chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ). HPU is one of only three SPJ campus chapters in North...