Samantha Pendergraft
  • Class of 2012
  • Raleigh, NC

Raleigh Native Samantha Pendergraft Named on Dean's List With Distinction at William Peace University

2012 Jun 13

Samantha Pendergraft, a native of Raleigh, NC, was among 30 students named to the Dean's List with Distinction at William Peace University for the Spring Semester. To receive this distinction, a student must earn a 3.70 to a 3.99 grade point average for the semester.

William Peace University is located in the heart of Raleigh, North Carolina. It was founded in 1857 as Peace Institute, offering education for boys and girls in primary grades and to women from high school to college. Peace, an all women's college, became a four-year baccalaureate college and graduated its first bachelor's students in August of 1996. Exclusively an all-women's institution for its first 152 years, Peace began offering coeducational evening courses through the William Peace School of Professional Studies in 2009. In 2011, Peace College transitioned to William Peace University and will begin admitting male students to its day program in fall 2012. Its mission is to prepare students for careers in the organizations of tomorrow. On average, more than 90 percent of the university's graduates are placed in jobs or graduate school within one year of graduation. For more information, please visit www.peace.edu.