HPU Invites Community to a Special Presentation with Apple Co-Founder Steve Wozniak
HIGH POINT, N.C., Feb. 15, 2024 – High Point University invites the community to attend a special presentation with Apple Co-Founder Steve Wozniak, who serves as HPU’s Innovator in Residence, at 9:15 a.m. on Monday, Feb. 19, in Congdon Hall. His visit to campus is part of HPU’s Centennial Anniversary celebration throughout 2024.
The event is free and open to the public, but seats are limited. Registration is required at https://testwww.highpoint.edu/ai/. The media is also invited to attend.
Known for pioneering the personal computer, Wozniak will discuss artificial intelligence and its future impact on education with Dr. Amy Holcombe, dean of HPU’s Stout School of Education.
Community members should enter HPU’s campus at the entrance at the intersection of Qubein Avenue and North Centennial Street. Parking will be available in the parking deck on Stem Drive, behind Congdon Hall.
“Steve Wozniak is one of the world’s great innovators, and his ideas have reshaped the way we live our lives,” HPU President Nido Qubein said. “We appreciate having Steve Wozniak as a member of our HPU family, and we’re honored to have him speak to our faculty, staff, students and the entire High Point community. He shares his admiration for HPU everywhere he goes and is a true advocate for this university.”
Wozniak and fellow Apple Co-Founder Steve Jobs were in their early 20s and had no business experience or money when they started Apple in 1976. That same year, they built their first Apple computer, which helped popularize the personal computer and turned Apple into one of the world’s largest and most influential companies.
Wozniak gave HPU’s Commencement address in 2013, and he has served as the university’s Innovator in Residence since 2016. In this role, he has mentored HPU students in a wide variety of majors, including engineering, education and computer science.
In 2016, Wozniak began working with a group of HPU students on a project to build a self-driving vehicle. More recently, he also worked with students to build and test a device that reads brainwaves. Among many other things, he has advised pharmacy and exercise science students on how to take an innovative idea that they have and implement it.