Campus Traditions and Events
Other Traditions
Some other traditions and annual events include:
- Welcome Week – Each semester we welcome back our Pacer community to campus with a packed schedule of fun, entertaining, and community-building events.
- Pacer Pride Fridays – Pacer Pride Fridays encourages students to show their school pride through their apparel each Friday.
- Late Night Breakfast – Held each semester during finals week, Late Night Breakfast brings together over 300 Pacers for an event to destress and enjoy a favorite – breakfast for dinner.
- Student Leadership Awards Ceremony – We recognize Peace student leaders for their achievements in academic and student life involvement and Registered Student Organizations (RSOs) for their hard work to build community on campus.
Other Ways to Get Involved
The Peace Times
The Peace Times is Peace’s student newspaper. Students create and write all content with advising from a faculty member.
Pacer Athletics
Athletics are an important part of college life, and Peace is certainly no exception. We compete for championships on and off the field.
Peace is a member of the USA South Athletic Conference of the NCAA Division III, fielding 18 teams in baseball, men’s and women’s basketball, men’s and women’s cross country, men’s golf, men’s and women’s soccer, softball, men’s and women’s tennis and volleyball. Whether you’re ready to play or want to cheer on from the sidelines, there’s a spot for you at Peace.
Community Engagement
Enumerated in our mission statement, Peace students are called to community engagement.
And we take it seriously.
Community engagement is more than community service. Peace students, faculty, and staff are civically engaged on campus, in the city of Raleigh, and in the world beyond. From tutoring at Hope Charter Leadership Academy to providing aid at Love Wins Community Engagement Center to The Green Chair Project and Miracle League Softball games, you will find our Peace Pacers making a difference. Here are just some examples of how Pacers engage.
- Peace’s Office of Student Involvement attends the annual PACE Conference each year to keep abreast of best engagement practices and guide students in their pursuit of becoming good global citizens.
- The Office of Student Involved hosted Voter Engagement Week in early October 2023.
Student Government Programming Association (SGPA)
The mission of the William Peace University Student Government and Programming Association (SGPA) is to represent the views and to voice concerns of the student body by acting as a liaison between the administration and students. We strive to create an environment that welcomes and appreciates diversity and inclusion, promotes student involvement and provides educational and social experiences to further connect the Pacer community.
What They Do
The Student Government and Programming Association is defined as the combination of the Executive Board and Senate. There are eight Executive Board members + an Ad Hoc in the spring to assist with event planning. Members are elected each year during the spring semester. (Freshman class representatives are elected in the Fall semester.)
Learn more about the current members.
Showcase
Watch as Peace students share their projects and research at #myWPUshowcase
Twice a year, third- and fourth-year students share their research, work, ideas, and internships in an event called Showcase. There are no classes on Showcase day; instead, all students, staff, and faculty are encouraged to attend and learn from our amazing students. The content varies based on what students are doing, but often includes panels, presentations, musical performances and more.
Examples include:
- Video games and a VR tour
- Documentaries
- A presentation on theatre audition techniques
- A debate
- Psychology and biology research
- Readings from PRISM, the campus literary magazine