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  • Jenkins to Lead Peace Soccer Program

    Raleigh, N.C. - Peace College Director of Athletics Kelly Johnson is pleased to welcome Keith Jenkins to the Pacer staff this week as the new head women's soccer coach. Jenkins brings significant coaching experience to Peace College and will serve the college well in the coming years. "I...
  • Pacer Camp 2010 Hosts New Students and Familes

    Nearly 160 new Peace students and their families participated in Pacer Camp, Peace's summer orientation program the past two weekends.   Pacer Camp, a two-day orientation, helps incoming students prepare for college life. During Pacer Camp, students spent time on campus meeting with...
  • Peace College Student HR Chapter Wins National Award

    The Society for Human Resource Management in Alexandria, Va., has bestowed the Superior Merit Award designation to Peace College's SHRM student chapter for an exceptional job of providing opportunities for growth and development to its chapter members.   This is the sixth consecutive...
  • Emily Fortune Feimster Receives Peace College's 2010 Young Alumna Award

    Emily Fortune Feimster, a Belmont, N.C., native who is working as a comedian in California, has received Peace College's 2010 Young Alumna Award.   Feimster is a member of the Sunday Company of the Groundlings Theatre comedy troupe in Los Angeles. She is a regular performer at the...
  • A slideshow: President Laura Carpenter Bingham '77

    President Laura Carpenter Bingham, through the years at Peace College. President Bingham is retiring from the presidency this month after serving in the position for 12 years. Music by the Peace College Chamber Singers, directed by James Smith.  
  • Peace College to Name Residence Hall After President Laura Bingham and Husband

    RALEIGH, N.C. (June 14, 2010) - Peace College will name its newest residence hall after outgoing President Laura Carpenter Bingham and her husband, Warren Bingham.   The unanimous decision of the college's Board of Trustees was announced Friday during a dinner event hosted by the...
  • Ann Denlinger of Raleigh Named Peace College's 2010 Distinguished Alumna

    Ann Denlinger, a 40-year educator and schools administrator who serves as president of the Wake Education Partnership, has received Peace College's 2010 Distinguished Alumna Award.   Denlinger, a native of Fuquay-Varina who lives in Raleigh, was presented the award on May 14 during a...
  • Peace College Announces Dean’s Lists

    Peace College has released its Dean's List for the spring 2010 semester.   "Peace College congratulates these women for their outstanding academic achievements," said President Laura Bingham. "They personify the Peace spirit of pursuing adventure in learning and...
  • Traveling Peace | From Peace to Qatar 2010

    The Peace College delegation is back from Qatar! They've posted photos and commentary from their trip on this blog   Traveling Peace | From Peace to Qatar 2010 .     Click here to learn more about Peace College's international programs.    
  • David Frazier of Knoxville Named President Emeritus at Peace College

    RALEIGH, N.C. (May 19, 2010) - David Frazier, who led Peace College in Raleigh, N.C., as its president for 23 years, has been honored by the college's Board of Trustees by being named president emeritus.   Frazier, who lives in Knoxville, Tenn., with his wife, Jean, was recognized...
  • Alumnae Weekend 2010 Photos

    Click here to see pictures from the entire weekend!   Click here for Alumnae Weekend 2010 class photos!
  • Peace College confers degrees to 114 women

    RALEIGH, N.C. (May 8, 2010) - Peace College conferred degrees to 114 women Saturday in the college's 138th commencement ceremony, the last for President Laura Bingham who is stepping down as the college's president in June. Commencement speaker former N.C. Supreme Court Justice Willis...
  • Whichard to Give Peace College Commencement Address

    Former North Carolina Supreme Court Justice Willis Whichard will give the commencement address during Peace's graduation ceremony on May 8.   Peace College's 138 th commencement will be held in front of the college's Main Building, beginning at 10 a.m. One hundred and nineteen...
  • Debra Townsley selected as Peace College's 10th president

    RALEIGH, N.C. - The Peace College Board of Trustees has announced that Debra Townsley, Ph.D. has been named president of Peace College. Townsley will succeed Laura Carpenter Bingham who took office in 1998 and announced in September her plans to retire June 30.   Townsley, who will...
  • Peace Hosts Sixth Annual Student Showcase

    Peace College students will take a day off from classes on April 22, 2010 to participate in a daylong, campuswide "Student Showcase: A Celebration of Scholarship and Creativity" in which students will share with each other their academic and artistic accomplishments.  ...
  • Peace College Chamber Singers and Choir Spring 2010 Concert

    The Peace College Chamber Singers and Choir will hold its annual spring concert on April 14, 2010 with the N.C. State University's Men's Chorus joining the ensembles for the event.   The concert takes place Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. in Kenan Recital Hall. Both the Chamber Singers and...
  • Peace College Dance Company Presents Spring 2010 Concert

    The Peace College Dance Company presents its Spring 2010 Concert, featuring pieces choreographed by students, alumnae and company Director Beth Wright.  The concert will run Thursday, April 8, through Saturday, April 10, at 7:30 p.m. in Leggett Theatre.   Tickets: $8 general...
  • Peace College Wins State Title in ‘HR Games' Competition

    RALEIGH, N.C. (March 29, 2010) - For the fourth-straight year, a Peace College team has won the state championship in the "HR Games," a collegiate competition sponsored by the Society for Human Resource Management.   Peace's "White Team" defeated a team from...
  • Manning Chamber Music Series

    The third concert of the Manning Chamber Music series will be held on Monday March 8, 2010 at 7:30 p.m .in Kenan Recital Hall. This concert will feature principal strings of your North Carolina Symphony and Principal Clarinet, Jimmy Gilmore in his farewell appearance in our series.  ...
  • Alumna Voice Recital Featuring Christian Sineath '04

    A voice recital featuring Peace alumna, Christian Sineath '04, accompanied by Dr. Milton Laufer on piano, will be held Friday, March 5, at 7:30 p.m. The concert will take place in Kenan Recital Hall and is free and open to the public.   A native of Wilmington, Ms. Sineath...
  • This Week at Peace with Chris Hunter '11: YouTube Video!

    Click here visit Peace College's YouTube Channel to watch Chris Hunter '11 give you the scoop on what's happening this week at Peace!
  • Human Peace Symbol for Haiti Relief: VIDEO!

    To raise money for Haiti relief efforts, the Peace College Junior Class Council asked students, faculty and staff to gather yesterday afternoon in front of Main Building to form a human peace symbol.   A poster depicting the event will be sold to raise money for Haiti relief. Click...
  • Peace College Theatre Presents 'The Winter's Tale'

    Shakespeare is coming back to Peace! Peace College Theatre will present "The Winter's Tale," opening Friday, Feb. 19.   Performances are February 19-February 27, 2010 (Dark on Sunday and Monday) Leggett Theater, 7:30 p.m. Get your tickets online at...
  • Athletic Recruit Weekend Canceled

    Due to the impending inclement weather that is forecast for Raleigh tomorrow, February 13, the Peace College Athletic Recruit Weekend has been canceled.    If you have any questions regarding the cancelation of Athletic Recruit Weekend, please contact Kelly McEleney, Athletic...
  • Peace College Launches New Major in Theatre

    Peace College is launching a new bachelor of arts program in theatre.   The new major will build on the successes of Peace College Theatre, a theatre program that regularly wins acclaim for its stage productions.   "Peace College Theatre, led by Director Kenny Gannon,...
  • Peace Rallies to Defeat Angels

    Peace College (8-13, 4-11 USAS) pulled out of a double-digit first half deficit to defeat Meredith (6-13, 5-9 USAS) for the second time this season.  Senior leader LeAnne Horne came alive after the break to help the Pacers snap a four-game losing streak with a 63-59 win.   Peace...
  • Two Peace students getting leadership training

    Peace students Kayla Michaels and Laura Beth Price are taking part in a leadership training program called Leadership Triangle College Edition. Michaels, a sophomore elementary education and leadership studies major from Raleigh, and Price, a sophomore child development major from Rose...
  • Calling All Peace College Basketball Alumnae

    Whether you were a Green Giant, member of The Pride, or a Pacer, its time to head back to the hardwood.  The Peace College basketball team will host an alumnae game Saturday, February 6, in the Hermann Student Center gymnasium.  Join your teammates for this special event as...
  • Pacers Take Angels

    Raleigh, NC -- The Peace College (5-7, 2-5 USAS) basketball team rallied in the second half to upset cross-town rival Meredith College (4-7, 3-3 USAS) 76-72 in today's USA South pairing.  Sophomore Pacer Karissa Herring recorded a career-high 33 points to earn the third highest,...
  • Peace College Announces Dean's Lists

    RALEIGH, N.C. (Jan. 12, 2009) - Peace College has released its Dean's List for the fall 2009 semester.   "Peace College congratulates these young women for their outstanding academic achievements," said President Laura Bingham. "They exemplify the Peace spirit of...
  • PHOTOS: Peace College Dance Company, Fall 2009 Concert

    Click here to see pictures from the 2009 Peace COllege Dance Company Performance!   The Peace College Dance Company...
  • Abdul-Rauf Receives Community Impact Student Award

    RALEIGH (Dec. 22, 2009) - Aliah Saarah Abdul-Rauf, a Peace College student from Chapel Hill, has been honored as one of 27 recipients of the fourth annual North Carolina Campus Compact Community Impact Student Award.   Abdul-Rauf and the other students from across the state received...
  • Peace Bulletin Fall 2009

    Click here to view the Fall 2009 Peace Bulletin, Peace Students Engage in Community Service. 
  • Upcoming Peace College Chamber Singers and Dance Company Events

    The Peace College Dance Company will present their annual Fall Student Choreogrpahy Performance December 3-5, 2009 . The performace will begin each evening at 7:30 p.m. in Leggett Theatre. Tickets are $8 for general admission, $5 for students, seniors and N.C. Dance Alliance members. The Peace...
  • Peace Pacers Launch New Website!

    Visit www.gopeacepacers.org to check out the new site!   The Peace College Pacers recently launched a new website. Peace College partnered with PrestoSports to redesign the athletics website.    The new site coordinates with the current peace.edu site and the overall...
  • Conversations At Peace featuring the Archaeological Field School

    Conversations at Peace is a television show produced by the College Relations Division of the College that is aired biweekly on the Cooperating Raleigh Colleges television channel. The shows pair Peace faculty and staff members who share expertise in a topic that would be of interest to viewers...
  • Manning Chamber Music Series Presents: 'Picasso's Musical Landscape'

    Click here to view full image.   The Manning Chamber Music Series at Peace College is pleased to join in the celebration of the Picasso exhibit currently on view at the Nasher Museum at Duke University. On Monday evening, November 9 , the first concert in the '09-10 series,...
  • Pacers Avenge the Angels

    Raleigh, NC-The Peace College volleyball squad moved ahead of cross-town rival Meredith College in conference standings tonight with a strong 3-1 win at home.  The teams were tied for sixth going into tonight's USA South match.   Peace opened round one with...
  • PHOTOS: Family Weekend 2009

    Click here to view pictures from Family Weekend 2009.   Family Weekend is an annual event hosted by Peace College. During this traditional weekend, familiy members are invited to Peace to intereact with faculty and staff while enjoying their...
  • The Horror! The Horror!: A Peace College Theatre Benefit - One Night Only!

    Halloween horror stories read by Kenny Gannon and Flynt Burton     Thursday, October 29   7:30 p.m. in Leggett Theater   Click here to visit theatre.peace.edu for more information and to purchase your tickets!   Join Miserly...
  • PHOTOS: Lucy Cooper Finch Library Rededication Ceremony and Reception

    Peace College rededicated the Lucy Cooper Finch Library yesterday! Those who made the $3.8 million expansion and renovation project possible were heartfully thanked for their contributions. The ceremony was held in Dinwiddie Chapel, where the library was originally dedicated...
  • Peace College Library Rededication Ceremony

    Peace College will rededicate its Lucy Cooper Finch Library on Thursday, celebrating the completion of a $3.8 million expansion and renovation project. The event comes 40 years after the library was first dedicated on Oct. 17, 1969. The event will include the dedication of the Gaddy Garden,...
  • Conversations At Peace featuring Emotional Intelligence

    Conversations at Peace is a television show produced by the College Relations Division of the College that is aired biweekly on the Cooperating Raleigh Colleges television channel. The shows pair Peace faculty and staff members who share expertise in a topic that would be of interest to viewers...
  • Crook Named USA South Volleyball Rookie of the Week

    Peace College volleyball first-year Bree Crook of Reno, Nev., was named the USA South's Rookie of the Week for her production in four matches this week. Crook averaged 7.3 assists, 3.4 digs and 0.7 kills per set last week as the Pacers posted a 3-1 record with the three wins coming against...
  • Pacers Take The Pride

    Raleigh, NC-The Peace College volleyball team defeated Greensboro College 3-2 for their first-ever win against The Pride in seventeen tries.  This marked Peace's first conference win of the season and the team improved to 5-8 overall.  Greensboro dropped to 3-12 overall (2-4 USAS)....
  • President Bingham Announces 2010 Departure

    RALEIGH, N.C. (Sept. 21, 2009) - Peace College President Laura Carpenter Bingham announced Monday that she will conclude her tenure as the college's ninth and first alumna president next summer, after 12 years in office.        ...
  • Peace College Theatre presents 'The Shape of Things'

    Tickets are on sale for Peace College Theatre's first production of the 2009-10 season, "The Shape of Things." The play opens Sept. 16. Info and tickets are available at theatre.peace.edu     "You stepped over the line, Miss." How far would you...
  • Triangle Business Journal: President Laura Bingham Wins 'Lifetime Achievement Award'

    President Laura Carpenter Bingham '77 is the subject of a front-page profile in this week's edition of the Triangle Business Journal after winning the publication's Lifetime Achievement Award. Click here to view the article!
  • Peace Athletics Opens 2009-10 Season This Week

    Peace athletics opens the 2009-10 academic year this week, with cross country, soccer and volleyball teams engaging in their first competitions of the year. Please come out and support your Pacers! The cross country squad opens its season on Tuesday, in a meet versus Meredith's Avenging...
  • VIDEO: Lucy Cooper Finch Library Reopens

    On Tuesday, Peace held a ribbon cutting for the reopening to students of the Lucy Cooper Finch Library. The library was the subject of a $3.8 million expansion and renovation that brought new classrooms, technology and a coffee bar to the library. Click below to watch a video of the ribbon...
  • Click Here to See Pictures From Move-in Day!

    Saturday was Move-in Day for first-year students at Peace! Staff, faculty and student leaders came out to help our new students move into their new homes. It's was an exciting day at Peace! Click here to see pictures from Move-in Day 2009!...
  • Peace College Celebrates Move-In Day on Saturday; College Expects Record Student Enrollment

    RALEIGH (Aug. 21, 2009) - Peace College kicks off the 2009-10 academic year on Saturday with Move-In Day, during which faculty, staff and returning students help move in the college's new first-year students.   "The start of a new academic year is always an exciting time at...
  • President Laura Bingham Wins 'Lifetime Achievement Award'

    Peace College President Laura Bingham today was honored with the Triangle Business Journal's eighth annual Women in Business Lifetime Achievement Award. President Bingham was presented with the award at the 12th Annual Women in Business Awards luncheon in Research Triangle Park. Twenty-six...
  • Finch Library Construction Update 8-3-09: Library Move-in

    The books are now on the shelves! And, the first computers for student workstations were installed today! Click here to see pictures from today!   Click here to see pictures from July 14, 2009!...
  • Peace Hosts Info Session Wednesday on Adult Degree Program

    Peace College will host an information session on Wednesday for people interested in completing a bachelor's degree.   Peace is launching a new degree-completion program that is designed to be convenient and affordable for working adults who want to complete an unfinished college...
  • Peace Women in France and Mexico

    Curious how our traveling Peace students fared this summer? Now you can find out. Students and faculty who traveled to France and Mexico blogged about their adventures. Click below to read entries and see pictures from both trips!    Normal 0...
  • Peace Alumna Fills Tennis Opening

    Raleigh, NC-Peace College Director of Athletics Kelly Johnson announced Friday that 1978 alumna Kathy Jacobs will serve as the Pacers new head tennis coach.  A Raleigh native Jacobs lettered two years at Peace as a scholarship athlete in tennis and basketball.  After graduating from...
  • Bianca Boles of Knightdale Wins Human Resources Society Award

    RALEIGH, N.C. (July 17, 2009) - Bianca Boles, a Peace College junior who lives in Knightdale, has been named one of eight winners in the Southeast of a Society for Human Resource Management $5,000 internship sponsorship.   The award marks the second year in a row that at Peace student...
  • Peace Night at the Durham Bulls

    Peace alumnae, friends, students, faculty, staff and their families are invited to a night at the Durham Bulls Ballpark!   Complete with a picnic and fireworks in the Miller Lite Bull Pen, we will host all Peace people who wish to attend for $27.50 per person. Children 5 and under are...
  • Video: Peace College 2009 Archaeological Field School

    Peace College students, joined by others from around the country, spent three weeks in May and June conducting an archaeological dig at Brunswick Town/Fort Anderson State Historic Site near Southport, N.C. The dig uncovered artifacts from Native American and colonial settlement, in addition to...
  • Conversations At Peace featuring Peace College's Adult Degree Completion Program

    Conversations at Peace is a television show produced by the College Relations Division of the College that is aired biweekly on the Cooperating Raleigh Colleges television channel. The shows pair Peace faculty and staff members who share expertise in a topic that would be of interest to viewers...
  • Peace College's Julie Lawson Receives Statewide Civic Engagement Award

    RALEIGH, N.C. (June 2, 2009) - Julie Lawson of Peace College has received the fourth annual North Carolina Campus Compact Civic Engagement Professional of the Year Award.     The award, announced May 27 during the Compact's seventh annual civic engagement administrator...
  • Watch the Latest Episode of Conversations at Peace Featuring Author Sarah Colton

    Conversations at Peace is a television show produced by the College Relations Division of the College that is aired biweekly on the Cooperating Raleigh Colleges television channel. The shows pair Peace faculty and staff members who share expertise in a topic that would be of interest to viewers...
  • Click Here to Watch the Induction of Dr. S. David Frazier into Athletics Hall of Fame

    Former Peace College President, Dr. S. David Frazier, was inducted to Peace College's Athletic Hall of Fame during Alumnae Weekend on May 16, 2009, surrounded by former Peace Athletes whose lives he helped to shape.         Click here to read more about Dr....
  • Peace Profile: Lauren Steele '09

    Lauren Steele of Cary, N.C., graduated in May from Peace College cum laude with a double-major in anthropology and history. In the fall, she enters N.C. State's graduate school in pursuit of a graduate degree in anthropology. Here, she talks about how she learned of Peace, the professors who mean...
  • Peace College Commencement: Cynthia Marshall Speech

    Cynthia Marshall, president of AT&T North Carolina, provided a rousing and moving speech for the commencement address at Peace College on May 9, 2009. She described how she worked to overcome abuse and the conditions of growing up in a low-income housing project, and the persistence she...
  • Alumnae Weekend 2009!

    More than 350 people came to campus to relive the fun times at Peace ... and to create new memories! Click here to view pictures from Alumnae Weekend 2009!   Be sure to check back for updates as we continue to add pictures.    
  • Peace College Confers Degrees to 113 Women

    RALEIGH, N.C. (May 14, 2009) - Peace College, in its 137 th commencement ceremony, has conferred bachelor's degrees to 113 women.   Graduates received their diplomas in a ceremony on May 9 that featured Cynthia Marshall, president of AT&T North Carolina, as commencement speaker....
  • Pictures of Commencement 2009!

    Peace College held its 137th Commencement on May 9, 2009. The College conferred bachelor's degrees to 113 women. An additional four students were recognized for completing the teacher education licensure preparation program. Click here to see pictures from Commencement 2009!...
  • Peace College Announces the Induction of Dr. S. David Frazier into Athletics Hall of Fame

    Raleigh, NC-Peace College is proud to announce the upcoming induction of former President Dr. S. David Frazier into the athletics hall of fame during the May 16 Breakfast of Champions during alumnae weekend. Dr. Frazier will be only the second member of the college's hall of fame. The college...
  • AT&T Executive Cynthia Marshall To Give Peace College Commencement Address

    Cynthia Marshall, president of AT&T North Carolina, will give the commencement address at Peace College on May 9.   Since coming to North Carolina in January 2007, Marshall has quickly established herself as one of the state's business and civic leaders. In addition to her...
  • !Conversations at Peace Featuring Sue Fisher and Randy Bass on Cycleing

    Conversations at Peace is a television show produced by the College Relations Division of the College that is aired biweekly on the Cooperating Raleigh Colleges television channel. The shows pair Peace faculty and staff members who share expertise in a topic that would be of interest to...
  • !Conversations At Peace featuring Finch Library as a Learning Commons

    Conversations at Peace is a television show produced by the College Relations Division of the College that is aired biweekly on the Cooperating Raleigh Colleges television channel. The shows pair Peace faculty and staff members who share expertise in a topic that would be of interest to viewers...
  • Conversations at Peace

    Conversations at Peace is a television show produced by the College Relations Division of the College that is aired biweekly on the Cooperating Raleigh Colleges television channel.  The shows pair Peace faculty and staff members who share expertise in a topic that would be of interest to...
  • Pictures from the 2009 Student Showcase

    Click here to see a slideshow of pictures from the 2009 Student Showcase!   Peace College on April 23, 2009 hosted its fifth annual "Student Showcase: A Celebration of...
  • Peace College Team Ties for Third Place

    RALEIGH, N.C. (April 20, 2009) - A Peace College team has tied for third place among 28 teams competing in the Southeastern regional "HR Games," a contest sponsored by the Society for Human Resource Management.   The Peace "White Team," made up of Nikki Marcom of Apex,...
  • Peace College Chamber Singers and Choir Present Spring Concert

    The Peace College Chamber Singers and Choir will present their annual Spring Concert on Tuesday evening, April 28, at 7:30 in Kenan Recital Hall.   As in past years, the singers will be joined by The Grains of Time, an a cappella group of eight men from North Carolina State...
  • Catch Up With Peace on YouTube

    Now you can keep up with some of the people and happenings at Peace College through our new YouTube channel, www.youtube.com/peacecollegevideo .   On the channel you'll find profiles of students, faculty and staff and videos depicting slices of life at Peace. The channel will feature...
  • Peace Hosts Fifth Annual Student Showcase

    Peace College students will take a day off from classes on April 23, 2009 to participate in a daylong, campuswide "Student Showcase: A Celebration of Scholarship and Creativity" in which students will share with each other their academic and artistic accomplishments.  ...