Emergency Aid Grants
Questions? Speak with Admissions Emergency Aid Grants for Students The Fall 2025 Emergency Aid Grant application is now closed. Decisions will be communicated directly with students via their Peirce email address. If you have any questions, please contact Tracey Thomas, Director of Student Support Services, directly at PeirceEmergencyAid@Lackawanna.edu or 215.670.9423. ——————————- Things happen. Especially when you’re […]
Angela Felver
Angela Felver Class of 2019 Bachelor of Science in Accounting As a single mother of three children, Angela Felver was determined to provide a solid future for herself and her family. That is why Angela decided to go back to school and earn her degree. Angela enrolled at Bucks County Community College eager to take […]
Tara Butler
Tara Butler Class of 2019 Bachelor of Science in Health Information Administration Tara Butler always knew she wanted to earn her degree, but the timing was not quite right immediately after high school. After entering the workforce and getting years of experience under her belt in an industry where she found her passion, Tara was […]
Hilda Rivera
Hilda Rivera Class of 2018 Master of Science in Healthcare Administration In 2014, Hilda Rivera started her academic journey with Peirce College in hopes of gaining the degree she needed for the career she deserved. By June of 2016, Hilda proudly accomplished this goal when she earned her bachelor’s degree in Healthcare Administration. But her […]
Marlena Gordon
Marlena Gordon Class of 2003 Associate in Science in Business AdministrationClass of 2017 Bachelor of Science in Business AdministrationClass of 2019 Master of Science in Organizational Leadership & Management Marlena Gordon’s journey at Peirce College originally started back in 2000 when she decided it was time to get the guilt of not going to college […]
Emergency Aid Options at Peirce College
Questions? Speak with Admissions Emergency Student Aid: Because we all need help sometimes Peirce students – including new students – can apply for Emergency Financial Grants to help pay for all aspects of your cost of attendance. You can apply your grant to your tuition balance, buy books, or use it for food, rent, transportation, […]
Naima Qadimi
Naima Qadimi Class of 2020 Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with a concentration in Management From Morocco to Philadelphia After leaving 19 years of middle school education experience behind and moving from Morocco to the United States, Naima Qadimi was seeking a way to reshape her career, find a new opportunity that fit her […]
Ayanna Abdullah
Ayanna Abdullah Class of 2020 Bachelor of Science in Organizational Leadership As a young, working mother and wife, Ayanna Abdullah was determined to do more by earning her degree. Originally looking into a bigger university, Ayanna found they didn’t have the programs or curriculum that aligned with her career plans. After a fellow coworker recommended […]
Joye Lavender
Joye Lavender Class of 2018 Bachelor of Science in Healthcare AdministrationClass of 2020 Master of Science in Healthcare Administration When Joye Lavender first started at Peirce College, she knew she wanted to earn her degree to not only better her career, but to show her one child – at the time – how as a […]
Tamara Hawkins
Tamara Hawkins Class of 2014 Bachelor of Science in Business AdministrationClass of 2020 Master of Science in Healthcare Administration In 2012, Tamara Hawkins decided to take her supervisor’s advice on earning her bachelor’s degree and started to look into programs in the Philadelphia area. She discovered a college she once knew as a two-year business […]