Park University Appoints Bradford Peace as Director of Residence Life and Education

July 22, 2025 — Bradford Peace has been appointed as director of residence life and education for Park University’s flagship Parkville Campus, effective today.

As director of residence life and education, Peace will manage all Parkville Campus residential buildings, including overseeing live-in paraprofessional and student staff, housing assignments, student housing accounts, maintenance/facility needs, summer conferences/events and related budgets. Peace will also work with faculty and staff to develop and administer high-impact programs and services for Parkville residential students. In addition, Peace will provide oversight of Residence Hall Council operations and graduate advisors and supervise resident directors and resident assistants.

Most recently, Peace served as residential area coordinator at Ball State University (Muncie, Ind.) since July 2023. Since beginning post-graduate studies at Ball State in 2018, Peace also served BSU as a graduate coordinator for student leadership and as a residential learning coordinator.

Peace has received three awards from the Great Lakes Association of College and University Housing Officers. In 2022, he was selected as the Outstanding Entry-Level Professional for Indiana, he was co-author of the Trends Article of the Year for 2021-22 and in 2019 he was named Outstanding Graduate Practitioner.

Peace has earned three master’s degrees from Ball State — a Master of Business Administration degree in finance, a Master of Arts degree in sport administration and a Master of Arts degree in student affairs administration in higher education. He also earned a Bachelor of Science degree in accounting, economics and finance from Truman State University (Kirksville, Mo.). Peace is currently working on a Doctor of Education degree in higher education from Ball State and anticipates on completing the degree in 2027.