Category: Faculty

We’re ready for spring classes … are you?

Peirce faculty members have already scheduled their classes for the spring — have you looked into scheduling yours? Scheduling early can help ensure you get your favorite professor and a class schedule that works with your life. And if you register now, you can rest assured through the holiday season that your classes are taken […]

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MOOCs versus online education offered by colleges and universities

MOOCs – or massive open online courses – have been abuzz in the media lately, and there are conflicting opinions about where they fit in the higher education spectrum. Many of these courses have been spearheaded by professors at Stanford, Harvard, Princeton, and other well-known colleges and universities and are usually inexpensive or free. Here […]

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Patrick Coyle: What hasn’t he done?

To an outsider, it might look like Patrick Coyle already has a significant list of accomplishments to his name. But if you ask him, he’s just getting started. Patrick is currently an Associate Professor, Information Technology at Peirce, but his career path has taken him in many different directions, leading him to where he is […]

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Peirce professor Michael Schirmer talks about skills needed to succeed as an entrepreneur

Are you an aspiring entrepreneur? Do you have ideas for launching your own small business? If so, you should take a class with entrepreneur and Peirce professor, Michael Schirmer. He is an Assistant Professor and was recently named the faculty chair of Business. Professor Schirmer focuses on teaching Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management. He brings […]

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