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KEVIN FENSTERMACHER NAMED
SPORTS INFORMATION DIRECTOR AT THIEL
For immediate release March 28, 2001
GREENVILLE, Pa. - Kevin Fenstermacher was recently named
Thiel College's Sports Information Director/Public Relations Assistant.
Fenstermacher will be responsible for publicizing and promoting Thiel College's 19 intercollegiate athletic teams
through media efforts and publications. He will also assist the director of public relations with the college's
news bureau functions.
Originally from Erie, Pa., Fenstermacher had been serving as the assistant sports information director at the State
University of New York's College of Oneonta in Oneonta, N.Y. He earned his bachelor's degree from Bethany College,
where he had been employed by the sports information department for several years.
"Kevin spent his time at Bethany and at Oneonta preparing for this line of work," said Thiel's Vice President
for College Advancement David Grober. "He comes to us with a solid foundation, and an enthusiasm which mirrors
all that we're about in the advancement division. He will be of great assistance to Betsy Hildebrand in public
relations, as well as the entire athletics department."
Fenstermacher is residing in Mercer, Pa.
Thiel College is a member of the Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC), which is comprised of six select private
colleges: Thiel, Bethany, Grove City, Westminster, Waynesburg, and Washington & Jefferson colleges.
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THIEL ACS CHAPTER
TO BE RECOGNIZED
For immediate release March 28, 2001
GREENVILLE, Pa. - Thiel College's chapter of the American
Chemical Society (ACS) is one of 60 chapters to be selected for special recognition for activities conducted during
the 1999-2000 academic year.
One of the society's most important responsibilities is the preprofessional development of students in the chemical
sciences. One way the society accomplishes this is by offering undergraduate chemistry and science majors a chance
to enroll in the ACS Student Affiliates (SA) program. The SA program has a current enrollment of 8,000 students
and offers members the support, privileges and benefits of the latest scientific professional society in the world.
Thiel's chapter achieved commendable status and was featured in Chemical & Engineering News, the society's
official national magazine, and in Chemistry, the student affiliates' magazine. Award-winning chapters will be
recognized at the 221st ACS National Meeting in San Diego on Sunday, April 1.
Chapter adviser Dr. Kathryn Frantz also received special commendation for her role in the development of Thiel's
ACS chapter.
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THIEL SPANISH INSTRUCTOR
MAKES PRESENTATION
For immediate release March 26, 2001
GREENVILLE, Pa. - Taryn Ferch, instructor of Spanish, will
present "Incorporating Technology in the Foreign Language Classroom" at the Alpha Mu Gamma National Convention
at Fairfield University in Fairfield, Conn., from March 29 to April 1.
Students presenting with Ferch will be Jordan Hart of Beaver Falls, Pa., William Douglass of Jefferson, Ohio, and
Kate Slatcoff of Sandy Lake, Pa.
Ferch, who uses technology in her upper level conversation and composition class, will discuss how she incorporates
technology - Power Point, music, video, Internet, etc. - into her teaching.
Ferch joined the Thiel College faculty in 1999. She earned her bachelor of arts degree in Spanish from Westminster
College in 1997 and her master of arts degree in Spanish from the University of Akron in 1999. She is currently
pursuing her doctorate.
She and her husband, David, reside in Hermitage.
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14 STUDENTS INDUCTED INTO CHI ETA
SIGMA
For immediate release March 16, 2001
- GREENVILLE, Pa. - Fourteen Thiel College students were inducted into
the Chi Eta Sigma commerce honorary on Tuesday, March 13.
 To be admitted, students must:
 be a junior or senior registered
accounting, business administration, business communication or international business major;
have completed at least
five courses toward the major;
have been a full-time student
at Thiel for at least one year;
have a major GPA of 3.4
and an overall GPA of 3.0;
be unanimously elected by
department faculty.
The following students were inducted:
Kenneth Ammann, Fenosoa Adrianavony, Joseph Bilock, Andrew Brown,
Chad Evans, Megan Fritz, Curtis Greene, Keith Kirby, Alice Kremm, Rachel Mohra, John Napotnik, Shannon Strang,
William Wadrose, and Nancy Walter.
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DIVERSITY WEEK, MARCH 18 -
24, INCLUDES COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES
For immediate release March 15, 2001
GREENVILLE, Pa. - Thiel College will celebrate Diversity Week 2001 from
March 18 to 24 with many interactive "Unity in Our Community" programs designed to unite the campus and
surrounding communities.
Many of the week's activities encourage community involvement. The following events are open to the public:
SUNDAY, MARCH 18
7th Annual International Food Fair: 4
to 5:30 p.m. in the Bash Dining Hall. Hosted by the International Student Organization, students will prepare foods
from their homelands, including Japan, Ghana, Korea, Russia and Madagascar. Open to the public. There is a small
admission fee.
TUESDAY, MARCH 20
Diversity Collage: 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in
the Academic Center lobby. Community members, faculty, staff, and students are invited to bring a word, picture,
phrase or anything that expresses diversity and add it to the collage.
Brown Bag Lunch: Noon, Bash Dining Room
of the Howard Miller Student Center (HMSC). Thiel religion professor Dr. Curt Thompson will discuss "Religions
of the World." Free and open to the public. Please bring your own brown bag lunch or purchase a meal in the
dining hall.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 21
Community Spotlight: 9:30 p.m. in the
Lutheran Heritage Room of the HMSC. Community members, staff, faculty and students are invited to show off their
talents in our community spotlight.
THURSDAY, MARCH 22
Sidewalk Drawing Contest: 10 to 11 a.m.
Local elementary students will illustrate - on the sidewalks - what diversity means to them and how people can
work together in a community. A team of Thiel students will supervise the children. In the event of inclement weather,
murals will be drawn in the gymnasium.
Orators Competition: 7 p.m. Lutheran
Heritage Room. Local high school students will write and recite from memory a speech pertaining to diversity or
the "Unity in Our Community" theme. Judges will consist of Thiel faculty, students and teachers from
local high schools.
The offices of multicultural affairs, international affairs, and student activities are sponsors of "Unity
in Our Community." For more information on any of the events, please contact Daisybelle Thomas-Quinney at
(724) 589-2220, Brad Skippon at 589-2036 or Kim Yousey at 589-2193
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