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Joyce DeFrancesco Carr
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thiel receives eitc funds from pnc bank

August 29, 2008

Dr. Olson and Colleen Dixon of PNC BankGREENVILLE, Pa. – On August 29, PNC Bank presented Thiel College with a check for $1,855 through the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development’s Educational Improvement Tax Credit Program (EITC). EITC allows businesses to direct a portion of their tax dollars to support local organizations, which are designated by the state as approved scholarship, educational improvement and/or a pre-kindergarten scholarship organizations. Thiel College is a education improvement organization, providing educational outreach to local K-12 schools through programs such as College for Kids, Thiel Scholars and Earth Week.

Pictured are Colleen Dixon, assistant vice president, PNC Institutional Investments, and Dr. Robert C. Olson ’60, president of Thiel College.