Motivational speaker will head HPU.

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High Point University named local businessman Nido Qubein, 56, president. He will succeed Jacob Martinson, who will retire in December after 19 years. Qubein immigrated to the United States from Jordan in 1966. He earned an associate degree in business in 1968 from Mount Olive College, a bachelor's in human relations in 1970 from High Point University and a master's in business in 1971 from UNC Greensboro. He is a motivational speaker and CEO of High Point-based Creative Services, a management...