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Sharon Hackney
  • Communication
  • Class of 2015
  • Durham, NC

William Peace University Names Local Student, Sharon Hackney, to 2013 Fall Dean's Scholar List

2014 Mar 18

William Peace University (http://www.peace.edu), a private four-year university located in downtown Raleigh, is proud to name Sharon Hackney of Durham a 2013 Fall Dean's Scholar. Hackney, along with 66 other students, maintained a 4.0 GPA and earned an A in each course for the fall semester.

"We are thrilled to announce Sharon as a Dean's Scholar," said Dr. Cindy Gnadinger, Vice President for Academic Affairs at William Peace University. "All of our students work hard and we couldn't be more pleased to recognize their academic achievements."

ABOUT WILLIAM PEACE UNIVERSITY:

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 welcomed its first coeducational class 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.