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MEADVILLE SENIOR EARNS
4-YEAR SCHOLARSHIP TO THIEL
For immediate release April 17, 2002
GREENVILLE, Pa. - Kyle David Brown, a senior at Meadville
Area Senior High School
in Meadville, has been named the winner of the William B. Frank Minority Scholarship in Physical Sciences, a comprehensive
four-year tuition-free scholarship to Thiel College.
The award is given to minority students who intend to major
in chemistry, physics or mathematics at Thiel. Brown, who will be a freshman in the fall 2002 semester, plans to
major in physics at Thiel.
Mr. William B. Frank, a 1950 Thiel graduate who was raised
outside of Youngstown, Ohio, created the minority scholarship. After graduating, he completed graduate work in
chemistry at the University of Pittsburgh, and then served in the U.S. Army Chemical Corps in Maryland. Following
his military service, he joined the Research and Development Laboratories of ALCOA, the Aluminum Company of America
in New Kensington, Pa. He retired in 1994.
Applicants are evaluated on academic preparation, commitment
to the study of science and financial need.
Brown is a member of the National Honor Society and has received
Academic Excellence awards throughout his high school career. A member of the high school football and wrestling
teams, he was named to the NWC 1st Team All-Conference for football his senior year. His junior year he earned
placement on the NWC 2nd Team All-Conference for football and the 2nd All-Conference wrestling team.
He is the son of Robyn L. Brown and Erick T. Brown.
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THIEL STUDENTS ATTEND
REGIONAL HISTORY CONFERENCE
For immediate release April 17, 2002
GREENVILLE, Pa. - Members of Thiel College's chapter of Phi
Alpha Theta, the international history honorary society, attended the organization's regional conference at St.
Vincent College in Latrobe, Pa., on Saturday, April 13.
Two members of the Thiel contingent, junior Michael Mazurkiewicz
of Maple Heights, Ohio, and Jeff O'Leary, a junior from North Huntingdon, Pa., presented individual research
projects at the conference.
Mazurkiewicz's paper, "India: Population Crisis for the
21st Century," explored the potential global difficulties that now exist as a result of India reaching the
"billion people" mark in terms of population. O'Leary's paper, "Recovery from Reconstruction: Plight
of African-Americans and Sectional Behavior," explored the varying social and political policies that existed,
especially for African-Americans, in the post-antebellum South.
Others who attended the conference from Thiel included Dr. James Bloomfield,
professor of history; James C. Koshan, faculty advisor and instructor of history; and students Jeff Lockhart,
a senior from Middlefield, Ohio; Matt Phillips, a junior from Gifford, Pa.; and Jeff
Williamson, a senior from Greenville, Pa.
Other participants in the conference included individuals
from Grove City College, West Virginia University, Washington & Jefferson College, St. Vincent College, Gannon
University, and Mercyhurst College.
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NURSING DEPARTMENT
HOSTS RECEPTION, RESEARCH DAY
For immediate release April 16, 2002
GREENVILLE, Pa. - All Thiel faculty and friends of the Thiel
College Nursing Department are invited to a wine and cheese reception from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday, April 19, in the
college's Lutheran Heritage Room of the Howard Miller Student Center. The event is to mark the graduation of the
department's final class and close of the college's nursing program.
The community is also invited to attend the nursing department's
18th annual Research Day from 10 a.m. to noon on Saturday, April 20, in the Lutheran Heritage Room featuring guest
speaker Dr. Amy McClune, former adjunct faculty member. McClune will speak on "Nightingale 2002: 21st Century
Competencies."
To attend either event, please RSVP to 724-589-2225 by Thursday,
April 18.
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COLUMNIST, POLITICAL
PUNDIT GEORGE F. WILL TO SPEAK AT THIEL SPRING COMMENCEMENT
For immediate release April 16, 2002
 GREENVILLE, Pa. - George
F. Will, syndicated Washington Post columnist and
panelist on the ABC Sunday morning political talk show "This Week with Sam Donaldson and Cokie Roberts,"
will be the keynote speaker at Thiel College's 128th spring commencement exercises Saturday, May 11 at 2 p.m. in
the college's William A. Passavant Memorial Center.
Will, who resides in Washington, D.C., will also receive an honorary doctor of letters degree from Thiel.
Will's newspaper column has been syndicated by The Washington Post since 1974, and today it appears twice weekly
in just under 500 newspapers in the United States and Europe. In 1977 he won a Pulitzer Prize for commentary in
his newspaper columns.
In 1976 Will became a regular contributing editor of Newsweek magazine, for which he provides a bimonthly back
page essay. In 1981 Will became a founding panel member on ABC television's "This Week with Sam Donaldson
and Cokie Roberts."
Thiel will also grant an honorary doctor of humane letters degree to former Thiel College Board of Trustee chair and
member James C. McHugh
of Latrobe, Pa.
The general manager of Wear Resistant Technologies Group, a subsidiary of the French multinational company Saint-Gobain
Ceramics and Plastics Inc., McHugh is a 1962 graduate of Thiel College.
Thiel expects to graduate 113 students at the commencement ceremony.
Baccalaureate services will be held at 10 a.m. at the Passavant Center. A commencement reception honoring graduates
and their families will be held on the Howard Miller Student Center terrace immediately following the commencement
ceremony.
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SOPHOMORES INDUCTED
INTO LAMBDA SIGMA
For immediate release April 11, 2002
Twenty-two members of the Class of 2005 were recently inducted
into Thiel College's chapter of Lambda Sigma, the national sophomore honor society.
Students inducted during the April 7 ceremony include:
 Grant Alexis
of Custer City, Pa.
Kristen Atwood,
SGA representative, of Kittanning, Pa.
Ryan Berkheimer,
fundraising chair, of Erie, Pa.
Micah Caldwell
of Warren, Pa.
Cassandra Callahan,
secretary, of Meadville, Pa.
Cary Cline
of Corry, Pa.
Jessica Drayer,
treasurer, of Warren, Pa.
Laura East,
community service chair, of Huntingdon, Pa.
Rachel Freed,
ritualist, of Beaver Falls, Pa.
Sara Klingensmith of
Kittanning, Pa.
Shannon Littell of
Mercer, Pa.
Anna Loukianova
of Russia
Stephanie Meehl,
parliamentarian, of North East, Pa.
Emily Meyer
of Erie, Pa.
Michael Moore
of Adamsville, Pa.
John Murtha of
Pierpont, Ohio
Nicole Nolan of
Port Allegany, Pa.
Justin Page,
vice president, of Uhrichsville, Ohio
Elizabeth Peck
of West Chester, Pa.
Joseph Pope
of Pittsburgh, Pa.
Lauren Shaw
of Harrisburg, Pa.
Jill Speer,
president, of Brookville, Pa.
Also inducted as an honorary member was Dr. Michael Balas,
associate professor of biology and an advisor to the chapter.
Membership to Lambda Sigma is based upon a minimum grade point
average of 3.40, participation in campus activities, and potential for leadership and service to the campus.
Lambda Sigma was founded in 1922 for the purposes of promoting
leadership, scholarship, service and fellowship among sophomore students. There are more than 35 chapters throughout
the United States.
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THIEL COLLEGE'S AMERICAN
CHEMICAL SOCIETY CHAPTER RECOGNIZED
For immediate release April 9, 2002
GREENVILLE, Pa. - Thiel College's chapter of the American
Chemical Society (ACS) was one of 46 chapters selected for special recognition for activities conducted during
the 2000-2001 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 7,500 students
and offers members the support, privileges and benefits of the largest 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 were recognized at the 223rd ACS National Meeting in Orlando, Fla., on Sunday,
April 7.
Chapter adviser Dr. Kathryn Frantz also received special commendation
for her role in the development of Thiel's ACS chapter.
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VIRA HEINZ SCHOLARSHIP
FOR EDUCATION ABROAD AWARDED
For immediate release April 8, 2002
 GREENVILLE Pa. - Thiel College junior Melanie
Friend of Exchange, W. Va., has been awarded the Vira
I. Heinz Scholarship for Education Abroad for 2002.
Friend will use the $4,000 to travel to Ireland and study
Irish literature and history at University College, Cork. The program lasts the month of July.
"I have always had an interest in Irish culture and literature,
and I am thrilled to have the opportunity to study in Ireland," said Friend.
The Vira I. Heinz Scholarship for Education Abroad award is
granted to a woman student for summer study and travel abroad at the close of her junior year. It is intended to
enrich the student's academic program, provide opportunity to travel in a foreign country, and improve international
understanding.
The Vira I. Heinz Endowment is one of the Pittsburgh-based
Heinz Endowments, which together form one of the nations' largest philanthropic organizations. The endowments'
mission is to support progress in economic opportunity, arts and culture, education, health, human services and
the environment.
Friend, who will graduate from Thiel in May 2003, is an English
major with a minor in communication. She is a member of the Center for Women's Leadership, Alpha Chi honor society,
Society for Collegiate Journalists, and the Honors Program. She serves as a Student Government Association representative
for Thiel's chapter of Sigma Tau Delta, the international English honorary. Friend is also a peer tutor and has
worked as editor of the college newspaper.
A 1999 graduate of Braxton County High School, she is the
daughter of Arthur and Renae Friend of Exchange.
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17 INDUCTED INTO PSYCHOLOGY
HONORARY
For immediate release April 8, 2002
GREENVILLE, Pa. - Seventeen Thiel College students were recently
inducted into Thiel College's chapter of Psi Chi, the national psychology honor society.
Students inducted during the March 26 ceremony include:
Michelle
Blasko, sophomore, Cowansville, Pa.
Beth Daugherty,
junior, Warren, Ohio
Ruth Elias, junior,
Trafford, Pa.
Ryan Gloyer,
sophomore, Zelienople, Pa.
Melissa Jarvie,
sophomore, Sewickley, Pa.
Rachel Ledney,
junior, Transfer, Pa.
Dan McCool, senior,
McKees Rocks, Pa.
Emily Moll, sophomore,
Wardensville, W. Va.
Katie North,
sophomore, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Patty Piotrowski,
senior, North East, Pa.
Kimberly Reed,
junior, Derry, Pa.
Jenica Repik,
junior, Cherry Tree, Pa.
Anna Schultz,
junior, Amery, Wis.
Raymond Skeps,
senior, Rochester, N.Y.
Tiffany Snyder,
sophomore, Richmond, Ohio
Wayne Uzarski,
senior, Linesville, Pa.
Susan Wilson,
senior, Farrell, Pa.
Membership to Psi Chi is awarded to graduate and undergraduate
men and women who are making the study of psychology one of their major interests.
Psi Chi was founded in 1929 for the purposes of encouraging,
stimulating and maintaining excellence in scholarship, and advancing the science of psychology. There are over
975 chapters throughout the United States.
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THIEL CHOIR SPRING
CONCERT IS FRIDAY, APRIL 19
For immediate release April 8, 2002
GREENVILLE, Pa. - The Thiel College Choir and singers from
the community will perform at the college choir's annual spring concert at 8 p.m. Friday, April 19, at the First
Presbyterian Church, 323 Main St., Greenville.
The concert marks the eighth annual collaborative concert
of The Thiel Choir and Greenville area community singers. The Thiel College Handbell Ringers will also perform.
Featured on the program will be works by Aaron Copland, Randall
Thompson, Daniel Pinkham and Charles Ives.
The ensembles will be directed by Dr. Michael Bray, Thiel
Choir conductor, and accompanists for the concert are William Hurlbert and Cynthia Ramsdell.
The program is free and open to the public.
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OVER HALF OF THIEL STUDENTS
CONTRIBUTE TO NORTHERN MERCER COUNTY UNITED WAY CAMPAIGN
For immediate release April 5, 2002
GREENVILLE, Pa. - Over half of the Thiel College student body
contributed to the Northern Mercer County United Way this year, helping the organization exceed their campaign
goal.
"Altogether, slightly over 50 percent of the student
body participated in the project, raising a total of $1,227," said United Way Executive Director Kelly Turcic.
Turcic said the student campaign was successful largely in
part due to an internship project by student Cheryl Williams, a senior accounting major from Greenville. Williams
encouraged students to donate anything from spare change to $5, although some students elected to contribute more.
According to Turcic, all of the campus sororities made a pledge
to the United Way, with Chi Omega making the highest pledge of $155. One fraternity - Phi Theta Phi - participated
in the project. Custom Corner donated plaques to the sorority and fraternity that donated the highest amounts.
Other clubs, such as Circle K, The Newman Society, and the
Student Government Association made pledges to United Way.
The freshman class officers also made a substantial pledge
gift of $200 and adopted the United Way campaign as their campus-wide community service project.
All resident assistants in campus housing units were encouraged
to urge their residents to participate.
To encourage participation, local restaurants - Pizza Hut, Fox's Pizza Den and Pizza Joe's - donated pizzas to
the floor that pledged the highest amount.
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THIEL AWARDS HONORARY
DOCTORATE TO FORMER GUGGENHEIM DIRECTOR
For immediate release April 4, 2002
 GREENVILLE,
Pa. - Dr. Thomas M. Messer, a longtime director of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York City, was awarded
an honorary doctor of humanities by Thiel College during a special ceremony at the museum on March 21.
Messer, who attended Thiel from 1939-1941, served as the museum's director for nearly 30 years.
"It is indeed an honor for us to present this honorary degree to Dr. Messer," said Thiel President and
CEO Dr. Lance A. Masters. "Messer has led an exemplary life and is deserving of such an honor."
Born in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia in 1920, Messer, at age 19, was headed to the United States on board the S.S.
Athenia as an exchange student to Thiel. His ship was the last to leave Liverpool, England, in peacetime. War was
declared on Sept. 3, 1939, and the Athenia was torpedoed in the Irish Seas by a German submarine that night.
Six weeks later, upon recovering in England, Messer - minus his passport and money and with only the clothes on
his back - arrived at Ellis Island. He was "rescued" by an official of the Institute of International
Education, the institution which had previously arranged his exchange student status.
Dr. Messer entered Thiel in 1939. After two years, he transferred to Boston University where he received a bachelor
of arts degree. He volunteered for the U.S. Army, serving in France and Germany in military intelligence and in
the process became a naturalized citizen in 1944.
In 1947, Dr. Messer received his first formal training in art at the Sorbonne University in Paris. Upon returning
to the United States, he accepted a position as director of the Roswell Museum in New Mexico in 1949, receiving
a master of arts degree in art history from Harvard in 1951 while on a year long leave of absence.
In 1952, Messer was named director of the American Federation of Arts in New York. Four years later, he was named
director of the Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston, a position he held until 1961, the same year Harry Guggenheim
invited him to become the director of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.
In 1980, Messer was also named director of the Guggenheim Foundation and director of the Peggy Guggenheim Collation
in Venice, Italy. Messer, now director emeritus, concluded his tenure to the Guggenheim in 1988.
As a consultant, scholar and author to the arts and to museums, Messer has shared his expertise throughout the
world. He has served as faculty to Barnard College, Wesleyan University, Harvard and as a guest lecturer in Vienna
and Frankfurt. He has authored books, numerous museum catalogs, and articles in art journals worldwide.
Messer has been awarded three honorary doctorates and one honorary professorship and has been decorated by France,
Germany, Norway, Belgium, Denmark, Austria and Spain.
Messer was married to Remedios Garcia Villa, who passed away on March 10.
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THIEL ANNOUNCES EARTH
WEEK EVENTS
For immediate release April 1, 2002
GREENVILLE, PA - Thiel College will host its annual celebration
of the Earth from April 8-12. "The Hungry Planet: Food, Wealth and Technology," the theme for this year's
program, will feature a series of lectures open to the public, as well as activities for Thiel students and local
elementary students.
The events for the week include:
TUESDAY, APRIL 9
Student Workshops: Thiel students and faculty kick off the celebration of the Earth during four special workshop
sessions for area elementary students in grades 4 through 6.
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Thiel biology students will lead three morning sessions for the students on the topics of Nutrition, Growing, and
Food Webs.
Linda Armstrong, environmental
educator from Pymatuning State Park, will lead a session on soil and composting.
The Lutherlyn Environmental
Education Team will offer the program "Food for Thought," a look at the distribution of resources around
the globe.
The Carnegie Science Center
will offer two sessions throughout the day. A 20-foot inflatable balloon - the Earth Balloon - is the center of
one interactive session in which students will learn about deforestation, desertification, and other issues. A
plenary session discussing nutrition will be held in the afternoon.
"Making a Choice: Sorting Out Competing Truth Claims" Public Lecture, 7 p.m. Lutheran Heritage Room,
Howard Miller Student Center (HMSC)
Danielle Welliever, director of environmental education and advocacy for the Division for
Church and Society of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, will discuss food security
issues. As the former director of the Lutheran Public Policy Office of Washington State, she was
first introduced to the intensity of religious and political debate surrounding food security issues
during the World Trade Organization's meeting in Seattle.
Welliever holds a bachelor's degree in economics from Eastern Washington University and a master of theology degree
from Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary.
This lecture is free and open to the public.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10
"Environmental Justice from a Native Perspective" Public Lecture, 7 p.m., Lutheran Heritage Room, HMSC
Winona LaDuke, Ralph Nader's vice presidential running mate on the Green Party ticket in the 1996 and 2000 presidential
elections, is an internationally renowned Native American Indian activist and advocate for environmental, women's
and children's rights.
Founder and campaign director of the White Earth Land Recovery Project, a reservation-based land acquisition, environmental
advocacy and cultural organization, LaDuke is also founder and co-chair of the Indigenous Women's Network. In 1994
Time Magazine named her one of America's 50 most promising leaders under the age of 40.
LaDuke organizes and hosts the annual Honor the Earth tour in conjunction with the folk-rock group, the Indigo
Girls, with whom she was named 1997 Woman of the Year by Ms. magazine
LaDuke's presentation at Thiel College is sponsored by Thiel's Women's Leadership Center. This lecture is free
and open to the public.
THURSDAY, APRIL 11
"Making Change: Economic Literacy and Theological Reflection, A Beginning, Public Lecture, 7 p.m. Lutheran
Heritage Room, HMSC
Stan Lanier, an associate with the Center for Theology and Natural Science in Berkeley, Calif., will speak on the
topic of "Making Change: Economic Literacy and Theological Reflection, A Beginning." Lanier has done
extensive work on the relation between theology and economics, concentrating on the ideas of Amartya Sen, Nobel
Prize winner for his pioneering work in the area of economics and food.
Lanier holds a bachelor's degree from St. Andrew's Presbyterian College in North Carolina, a master's from Wesley
Theological Seminary in Washington, D.C., did graduate study in religion and literature at the University of Virginia,
earned a master's of divinity from General Theological Seminary in New York, and will receive his doctorate this
year from Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley.
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GREEN PARTY VICE PRESIDENTIAL
CANDIDATE TO SPEAK AT THIEL WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10
For immediate release April 1, 2002
GREENVILLE, Pa. - Winona LaDuke, Ralph Nader's vice
presidential running mate on the Green Party ticket in the 2000 presidential election, will speak at Thiel College
at 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 10, as part of the college's Earth Week celebration.
LaDuke, an internationally renowned Native American Indian activist and advocate for environmental, women's and
children's rights, also ran as Nader's vice presidential candidate in 1996.
Founder and campaign director of the White Earth Land Recovery Project, a reservation-based land acquisition, environmental
advocacy and cultural organization, LaDuke is also founder and co-chair of the Indigenous Women's Network. In 1994
Time Magazine named her one of America's 50 most promising leaders under the age of 40.
LaDuke organizes and hosts the annual Honor the Earth tour in conjunction with the folk-rock group, the Indigo
Girls, with whom she was named 1997 Woman of the Year by Ms. magazine
She has written extensively on national environmental issues and is the author of "All Our Relations: Native
Struggles for Land and Life" and the novel "Last Standing Woman" in which she chronicles a Native
American reservation and its people's struggle to restore their culture.
LaDuke earned a bachelor's degree in Native economic development from Harvard University in 1982, was in the Community
Fellows Program with the Department of Urban Studies at MIT in 1983, and earned a master's in rural development
from Antioch University in 1989.
LaDuke resides with her family on the White Earth Reservation in northern Minnesota. Her presentation at Thiel
College is sponsored by Thiel's Women's Leadership Center.
The lecture, which will be held in the Lutheran Heritage Room of the Howard Miller Student Center, is free and
open to the public.
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