With Christmas only days away, High Point University faculty and staff in the Nido R. Qubein School of Communication partnered with deans of other academic schools and members of the
Grace George doesn’t remember her name.
She met her at a local shelter when George and her sorority sisters brought in meals. The woman was sitting at a kitchen table when George came in. She wanted to talk, and she wanted to talk to George.
“Yeah,” she told George. “I’ve always wanted to go to college.”
Their conversation began. George was 19, a sophomore; the woman was in her late 20s, staying at the Carpenter House, a shelter for women who’ve experienced domestic violence. She was with her 2-year-old son. As her son ran around them with a basketball in his hands, the woman asked George about options.