Samantha Pendergraft
  • Class of 2012
  • Raleigh, NC

Samantha Pendergraft of Raleigh NC, Graduates from William Peace University

2012 May 9

Samantha Pendergraft, a communication and business double major from Raleigh NC, was one of more than 190 students to graduate from William Peace University at the university's 140th Commencement exercises on May 5.

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.