Category: Alumni Association

Commencement 2016: Watch now!

In the words of Commencement keynote speaker and award-winning journalist Tamron Hall, we’re “still smiling” after last night’s commencement ceremony and celebration.  We want to make sure every member of the class of 2016 can re-watch the entire ceremony and share this special moment with their family and support networks whenever they want. That’s why […]

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Peirce Family Reunion: 2015 Spring Reception

It is only appropriate that during this extraordinary 150th anniversary year at Peirce, the 2015 Spring Reception had the feeling of a family reunion.  Alumni who returned to campus on Monday, May 18 represented eight decades of the school’s history: from Clem and Liz Piscitelli from the Class of 1948, up to and including several […]

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IN THE BEGINNING: The Origin of the Peirce Alumni Association

Although there have been many changes at Peirce throughout our 150-year history, one constant has been a group of loyal, active alumni who have represented the benefits of a Peirce education in their workplaces and communities.  And among the many facets of our history we’ll be celebrating this anniversary year, few have had a longer […]

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Peirce College during World War I

This month marks the 100th anniversary of the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, an event which would trigger one of the bloodiest wars in history, the First World War. When conflict broke out in Europe a few months after the assassination, in August 1914, most Americans seemed unaffected by the distant event. The […]

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