The United States Department of Agriculture has approved Pfeiffer University's application for a USDA Rural Development Community Facilities Direct Loan. The loan, which amounts to $34.5 million, will allow Pfeiffer University to begin and secure several specific initiatives. The process to secure the USDA Rural Development Community Facilities Direct Loan started in Fall 2016.

After welcoming one of the largest incoming classes in recent history for the 2017 - 2018 academic year, Pfeiffer University continues to grow. The 2018 - 2019 incoming undergraduate class has increased 10 percent over the previous year and is up 50 percent in a two-year comparison. In the same two-year comparison, overall enrollment on the Misenheimer campus has risen by 18 percent.

Kathleen is a native of Orlando, Florida and received her BA in Christian Education from Pfeiffer University in 1979. Following graduation, Kathleen served three churches in Albemarle, Morganton, and Charlotte as an educator with a primary focus in youth ministry and adult and family life. Kathleen completed an M.A.

MISENHEIMER, N.C. – Pfeiffer President Dr. Colleen Keith has announced the promotion of Danielle Lafferty to the position of Athletic Director. Lafferty had served as the Assistant Athletic Director for Compliance at Pfeiffer for the past two-and-a-half years under former VP for Athletics Bob Reasso.