Month: February 2015

Save the date for Commencement 2015!

Many of you are excited to celebrate Commencement 2015, where you’ll walk across the stage at the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts and accept that hard-earned diploma in front of your friends and family. Now you can officially mark your calendar: this year’s ceremony will take place on Thursday, June 11, 2015, at 6:45 […]

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Video Interview: Constance Howard, one of the First African-American Females to Graduate from Peirce College

As we celebrate Black History Month during our 150th anniversary, we explore a truly inspiring moment in Peirce history. We recently had the opportunity to get a first-person narrative from one of the first African-American female graduates of Peirce College, Constance Carlos Howard. Constance enrolled at Peirce College (known as Peirce School at the time) […]

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What do a wealthy Titanic passenger, a world tennis champion, and a 90’s rapper have in common? Peirce College of course!

Over the past 150 years, Peirce graduates have found successful careers in a wide range of fields in the Philadelphia area and beyond. Over that same period, some of our alumni have gone on to achieve national and international notoriety. Here are a few famous people who attended the College. Simon Guggenheim was the son […]

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The Benefits of a Diverse Workplace

As the country becomes increasingly diverse, so also do our workplaces. As a result, businesses are experiencing new benefits from diversity that is impacting nearly every industry. Some of the advantages of a more diverse workforce include increased innovation, strategic targeted marketing and overall effective corporate leadership.  Businesses that accept and embrace diversity are at […]

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