Latest News

Pfeiffer University announces that it is one of a select group of 21 institutions across the nation chosen by the Council of Independent Colleges (CIC) to receive a grant in the amount of $13,000 to implement an Intergenerational Connections: Students Serving Older Adults program.

Pfeiffer University announces that Reverend Maegan Daigle Habich will join its staff on July 1 as university chaplain and director of church relations. In this new position, Reverend Habich will direct the implementation of a traditional campus ministry and chaplaincy, and work closely with the Francis Center for Servant Leadership to coordinate faith-based and secular service programming.

This spring, 32 students from Pfeiffer’s criminal justice program participated in a full-scale training exercise conducted by the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department (CMPD) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) designed to simulate the aftermath of a critical incident.

Pfeiffer University mourns the death on May 18, 2017, of Rev. William H. Faggart ’60, emeritus professor of sociology and social work, Pfeiffer College, 1964-94. Rev. Faggart arrived at Pfeiffer to serve as visiting lecturer of sociology, a position he held for one year before being appointed assistant professor of sociology.

Today Pfeiffer University conferred baccalaureate degrees on 165 new alumni as they celebrated Commencement 2017. The class of 2017, led by a bagpiper as they processed from Henry Pfeiffer Chapel to Merner Gymnasium for the ceremony, outpaced the rain that was threatening to dampen the festivities.