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Forthcoming business symposiums at Pfeiffer University may be presented via Zoom, even after the COVID-19 pandemic ends.

So says Dr. Sandra Holley, the principal organizer of this year’s event, called “School of Business Spring Symposium 5.0: Finding Your Own Path,” which took place on Feb. 15 and 16.

Karla Cornejo Villavicencio, a native of Ecuador, was brought by her parents to the United States when she was five years old. In 2020, she became the first undocumented immigrant to be named a finalist for the National Book Award.

In 1959, Sandra Simpson Lisk ’63, then a freshman at Pfeiffer College, was singing in a school choir during a Wednesday morning service in Henry Pfeiffer Chapel. A student in the congregation – Bobby Lisk ’63, her future husband – was smitten.

In January 1982, Mike Harris ’85 and his future wife, Betsy Turnmire Harris ’85, were beginning their first spring semester as freshmen at Pfeiffer College. A recent storm had dropped so much snow on the Misenheimer campus that the school cancelled classes for a time.

Pfeiffer University leaders and an enthusiastic group of former Pfeiffer athletes have taken steps to increase funding for school athletics through the Falcon Club, the University’s sports booster organization.

Zachary Chilton ’15, who became the club’s director in 2020 – has two main goals: