Student Support Services 15 When we leave High Point University, we shall leave it better than we found it, and in support of this goal we pledge our loyalty and our service to this University which we have chosen as our own.
Uniform Conduct Code While the University regards each student as a responsible adult, it reserves the right to administer established sanctions, including, but not limited to, dismissal or expulsion from the University, for what the University perceives to be incompatibility with established goals or standards as stated in the Student Guide to Campus Life. Furthermore, the University reserves the right to require the withdrawal of any student for behavioral reasons. In all cases, the University will be guided by principles of charity, fairness, and reason; and the student will have the right of appeal.
HPU Library Collections Smith Library is the primary library facility at High Point University. Librarians also staff the Martha Luck Comer Learning Commons in the R.G. Wanek Center Learning Commons, which serves students on the north side of campus, and the Stout School of Education Resource Center, which serves undergraduate and graduate students enrolled in the Education programs. In addition, the campus has three special book collections: the Bassett Furniture Collection, the Nido R. Qubein School of Communication Collection, and the Barry Schultheiss Hayworth Chapel Collection. Smith Library. Open 7 days a week, 24 hours a day, Smith Library is a 50,000 square foot facility that houses the university’s book, journal and media collections. As the center of information resources and research on campus, the library is responsible for developing and housing a collection used by the High Point University community. Access is provided to a traditional collection and online materials to support undergraduate and graduate programs at the university. The materials at Smith are available to all students, faculty and staff. The collection, which contains 265,000 physical volumes, can be searched via the web catalog. Collections at Smith Library include a University archive, the Thomas Wolfe Collection, a special book collection, and a collection focusing on furniture and interior design. The ReaderSpace is the home to the popular fiction and new book collections and are housed on the main floor of the building. The four floors of Smith Library contain a variety of study venues including 125 computers, a library instruction room, and a technology lab. • The Lower Level offers group study areas and several high-tech collaboration spaces where students can work together. • The Main Floor of the library houses two computer labs, circulation services, reserves and a current magazine/journal collection.
• The Third Floor Quiet Study is a place where students can find a quiet study area and browse the bulk of the book collection. • The Fourth Floor houses the Office of Academic Services. The Martha Luck Comer Learning Commons is a 6,000square-foot facility that was opened in the fall of 2009 to provide library services and a comfortable, quiet study space for students that live in the R.G. Wanek Center as well as those on the north side of campus. Open 24 hours a day Monday through Friday, and available during the weekend, the librarian-staffed Learning Commons houses computers, a business center, and a book collection of current young adult fiction. Other collections include: • The Barry Schultheiss Hayworth Chapel Collection located in the Hayworth Chapel lounge is a collection of religious studies materials. • The Bassett Furniture Collection is housed in Norton Hall and is a collection of high-quality resources in the area of furniture styles and industry. • The Nido R. Qubein School of Communication Collection. This autographed collection is made up of works by writers in the field of sales, self-help and other literature relevant to the field of communication. • The Stout School of Education Resource Center, located in the Stout School of Education, provides access to the University’s juvenile and curriculum materials collection.
