School of Education receives $5 million donation
The Stout School of Education is named after Bob and Maggie Stout who donated $5 million to HPU. Photo By: Devon Wilkinson
By Eric Wallace// Staff Writer
High Point University announced on March 27 that the School of Education received a $5 million donation to its programs.
The donation came from HPU Board of Trustee member Robert Stout and his wife Maggie. The couple are engaged in philanthropy in the local community and HPU programs.
“Bob and Maggie’s stewardship exemplifies the caring spirit that we model on our campus,” said Dr. Nido Qubein, HPU’s president. “The impact of this gift will benefit not only our future teachers, but the lives of students in their classrooms.”
The donation will add to the school’s rising facilities. The school received a new facility in 2012 that includes smart boards, high-tech classrooms, computer labs and rooms designed to simulate children’s classrooms and a library. The school will be named in the Stout’s honor. The Stout’s have a long history of service in the Triad area. Bob was chairman of Goodwill and turned to other philanthropic causes leading to his involvement in United Way of Greater Greensboro and Sedgefield Presbyterian Church. He previously served in the Air Force and was president at Steel Bar Corporation in Greensboro.
An award was named for him at Goodwill. The Robert J. Stout Leadership Award is awarded to successful Goodwill managers for their hard work, according to the Greensboro News & Record. He also went on to serve as chairman of the Greater Greensboro Open, now called the Wyndham PGA Golf Tournament.
According to the school’s website, “Our undergraduate and graduate courses focus on the new Common Core State and N.C. Essential Standards, technology, and interdisciplinary curriculum. Students enrolling in teacher education at HPU may choose from among many opportunities including service learning, undergraduate research, and BA to M.Ed. advance programs of study in STEM and literacy. The school’s undergraduate elementary program is ranked nationally in the top 10 percent by the National Council on Teacher Quality.”
In 2012, the school was moved into a 31,000-square-foot Leed-Certified building that included $250,000 of improved technology. The school later started a doctoral degree program.
According to the school’s website, the building also houses “education and psychology departments in technologically advanced classrooms, computer labs and offices. It features math and science touch screen games, a methods lab designed to look and feel like a real elementary school classroom, a Mac lab and psychology research booths.”
Students can study elementary, middle, health/P.E. and special education using the concepts of STEM, LEGO Education, service learning and conducting undergraduate research. Many students go on to teach in the Triad area.
“We are absolutely thrilled about [the donation],” said Samantha Entwistle, a senior education major. “In addition to expanding our phenomenal literacy and LEGO programs, I hope the gift can do things like add more computers and update the whiteboards.”
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igh Point University announced on March 27 that the School of Education received a $5 million donation to its programs.
The donation came from HPU Board of Trustee member Robert Stout and his wife Maggie. The couple are engaged in philanthropy in the local community and HPU programs.
“Bob and Maggie’s stewardship exemplifies the caring spirit that we model on our campus,” said Dr. Nido Qubein, HPU’s president. “The impact of this gift will benefit not only our future teachers, but the lives of students in their classrooms.”
The donation will add to the school’s rising facilities. The school received a new facility in 2012 that includes smart boards, high-tech classrooms, computer labs and rooms designed to simulate children’s classrooms and a library. The school will be named in the Stout’s honor. The Stout’s have a long history of service in the Triad area. Bob was chairman of Goodwill and turned to other philanthropic causes leading to his involvement in United Way of Greater Greensboro and Sedgefield Presbyterian Church. He previously served in the Air Force and was president at Steel Bar Corporation in Greensboro.
An award was named for him at Goodwill. The Robert J. Stout Leadership Award is awarded to successful Goodwill managers for their hard work, according to the Greensboro News & Record. He also went on to serve as chairman of the Greater Greensboro Open, now called the Wyndham PGA Golf Tournament.
According to the school’s website, “Our undergraduate and graduate courses focus on the new Common Core State and N.C. Essential Standards, technology, and interdisciplinary curriculum. Students enrolling in teacher education at HPU may choose from among many opportunities including service learning, undergraduate research, and BA to M.Ed. advance programs of study in STEM and literacy. The school’s undergraduate elementary program is ranked nationally in the top 10 percent by the National Council on Teacher Quality.”
In 2012, the school was moved into a 31,000-square-foot Leed-Certified building that included $250,000 of improved technology. The school later started a doctoral degree program.
According to the school’s website, the building also houses “education and psychology departments in technologically advanced classrooms, computer labs and offices. It features math and science touch screen games, a methods lab designed to look and feel like a real elementary school classroom, a Mac lab and psychology research booths.”
Students can study elementary, middle, health/P.E. and special education using the concepts of STEM, LEGO Education, service learning and conducting undergraduate research. Many students go on to teach in the Triad area.
“We are absolutely thrilled about [the donation],” said Samantha Entwistle, a senior education major. “In addition to expanding our phenomenal literacy and LEGO programs, I hope the gift can do things like add more computers and update the whiteboards.”