HIGH POINT, N.C., Nov. 4, 2009 - Marysol Castro, correspondent for ABC's "Good Morning America" Weekend Edition, has been named by High Point University to the Nido R. Qubein School of Communication Board of Advisors.

Castro, who attended Wesleyan University and has a master's degree from Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, contributes a number of feature stories in her role on "Good Morning America"; she also provides the national weather forecast.

Castro's reports have included the reopening of the street car system in New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina; the Discovery Channel's Shark Week at the Adventure Aquarium in New Jersey; a quest for the best water park in the United States; and a live report from the Indy 500. From 2005 to 2008, Castro also served a unique role as the street reporter for "Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve."

About the Nido R. Qubein School of Communication:
The 60,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art Nido R. Qubein School of Communication, named in honor of the university’s seventh president, was dedicated on Sept. 15, 2009. The School is home to majors in Electronic Media, Games and Interactive Media Design, Journalism, Media and Popular Culture Studies, and Strategic Communication. The building is equipped with two television studios, an audio recording studio, a theatre, editing rooms, computer labs, interactive gaming labs, the Survey Research Center and more.

At High Point University, every student receives an extraordinary education in a fun environment with caring people. HPU, located in the Piedmont Triad region of North Carolina, is a liberal arts institution with 3,700 undergraduate and graduate students from 50 countries and 44 states at campuses in High Point and Winston-Salem. It is ranked by US News and World Report No. 5 among comprehensive universities in the South and No. 1 in its category among up-and-coming schools. Forbes.com ranks HPU in the top 6 percent among "America's Best Colleges." HPU was included in The Chronicle of Higher Education's "Great Colleges to Work For" 2009 listings. The university offers 68 undergraduate majors, 40 undergraduate minors and seven graduate degree programs. It is accredited by the Commission of Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, and is a member of the NCAA, Division I and the Big South Conference. Visit High Point University on the Web at www.highpoint.edu.