HPU REMEMBERS SLANE, TREMBLAY AND WHELESS.

• Position: High Point University - Marsha Slane, Wilfred Tremblay, Andrea Wheless

The High Point University family celebrates the lives of three mentors who passed away this year. These individuals contributed many years of dedicated service and advocacy.

Dr. Marsha Slane

DR. MARSHA SLANE was the first woman to chair the HPU Board of Trustees in the university's 94-year history. She played a key role in persuading Dr. Nido Qubein to accept the role as HPU president, and she led the board for an extended five-year term as HPU began a major transformation.

HPU awarded an honorary doctorate to Dr. Slane and named the Jack and Marsha Slane Student Center in honor of her and her husband, Jack. Today, the Slane Student Center is a hub of activity on campus with a recreation center, four dining options and numerous spaces for study and collaboration.

In addition to their leadership at HPU, the Slanes were champions of education and servant leaders in their community. In 2004, they were named Philanthropist of the Year in the city of High Point.

Dr. Wilfred Tremblay

DR. WILFRED TREMBLAY, founding dean of High Point University's Nido R. Qubein School of Communication, came to HPU in 2007 from the University of Wisconsin at Whitewater. Under his leadership, the communication major at HPU expanded to offer a variety of concentrations, including electronic media, journalism, popular culture and media studies, game and interactive media design, strategic communication, documentary media, sport communication, and sport and event management. He attracted a stellar team of faculty and staff through the years and...