William Peace University Unveils Speaker Series For Fall 2012 Season

Local Four-Year Baccalaureate University To Feature Three Lecturers In Free Events On Campus. End Quote

Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC (1888PressRelease) September 06, 2012 - William Peace University (http://www.peace.edu), a private four-year university located in downtown Raleigh, has announced its speaker series which will take place on campus during the fall 2012 semester. Kicking off the series, Doc Hendley will discuss "Wine to Water," an American charitable organization he created that is devoted to providing clean water and sanitation to people around the world. The discussion will be held on Friday, Sept. 14 at 10 a.m. in Kenan Hall. The Lunch and Learn presentations will begin with David McLennan, Ph.D., political science professor with the university, providing an overview of "The 2012 Election & My Predictions" on Wednesday, Sept. 19 at noon in Flowe Building, Room 110. The final discussion in the series will take place on Wednesday, Nov. 7 at noon, where Marnie Arkenberg, Ph.D., associate professor of psychology at Shaw University, will address "Vocabulary Development" in Flowe Building, Room 110. All three events are free and open to the public, but registration is required.

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"William Peace University continuously seeks to engage the local community in the learning process as well as our students, faculty and staff, and one of our most effective venues has been through the university's speaker series," said Debra M. Townsley, Ph.D., president of William Peace University. "We have a strong lineup of topics and speakers guaranteed to stimulate an intelligent flow of conversation following each of their presentations, and I encourage all who are interested to attend these great discussions."

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DETAILS:
- To register for the Hendley presentation, visit https://wpeaceu.wufoo.com/forms/wpu-speaker-series-doc-hendley-wine-to-water/.

- To register for Dr. McLennan, visit https://wpeaceu.wufoo.com/forms/lunch-learn-dr-david-mclennan/.

- To register for Dr. Arkenberg, visit https://wpeaceu.wufoo.com/forms/lunch-learn-dr-marnie-arkenberg/.

ABOUT WILLIAM PEACE UNIVERSITY:
William Peace University is located in the heart of Raleigh, North Carolina. It was founded in 1857 as Peace Institute, offering education for boys and girls in primary grades and to women from high school to college. Peace, an all women's college, became a four-year baccalaureate college and graduated its first bachelor's students in August of 1996. Exclusively an all-women's institution for its first 152 years, Peace began offering coeducational evening courses through the William Peace School of Professional Studies in 2009. In 2011, Peace College transitioned to William Peace University and began admitting male students to its day program in fall 2012. Its mission is to prepare students for careers in the organizations of tomorrow. On average, more than 90 percent of the university's graduates are placed in jobs or graduate school within one year of graduation. For more information, please visit http://www.peace.edu.

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