Thiel Happenings

Flint, Mich. pastor and activist among Earth Week speakers and activities

From the worldwide battle for access to clean water to the Flint, Mich. crisis, water issues are the focus of Thiel College’s 18th annual Earth Week celebration April 5-7. All events are free and open to the public. This year’s theme is “Water Justice and the Earth’s Future.”

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Students help Prof. Miller celebrate birthday

Juniors and seniors from the class of Professor Karen Shaffer, M.B.A., celebrated the birthday of Professor David Miller, M.B.A. ’61 Wednesday morning. The students came together to sing “Happy Birthday” to the longest-tenured professor in the College’s history. Miller is in his 54th year of teaching at Thiel College.

Relay for Life of Thiel College selling T-shirts

T-shirts are on sale for $15 to support the Relay for Life of Thiel College.

To order a T-shirt download and fill out the form and give it to Debbie Schreiber in the Academic Records Office by the end of today.

• Download the T-shirt order form
• Join a team or make a donation

Fifteen teams from different areas of campus are registered.

Contact Schreiber at ext. 2110 for information on the Roth Hall team The Young and the Rest of Us. They are asking for gift cards, which will be auctioned off at the Relay, as well as other donations. The walk is April 1 in the Rissell-Schreyer Dome.

Student News

Phi Alpha Theta attends regional conference

Front row (L to R): Austin Hall ’17, Hans Myers ’17, Brittany DeCarmine ’18. Back row: Professor of History James Koshan, Ph.D., Jennifer Lippert ’17, David Dye ’16, Sarah McConnell ’18, Stephen Staats ’17.

On March 5, Koshan, Director of Langenheim Memorial Library Allen Morrill, M.L.S., and seven members of Thiel College’s Phi Alpha Theta history honor society attended the Western Pennsylvania Phi Alpha Theta Regional Conference at Mercyhurst University (Erie, Pa.).

Hall won best paper of his panel for his presentation “The Weimar Republic: The Failure of Democracy in Germany.”

Three other students presented papers.

• Lippert, “Rafael Trujillo: Butcher of the Caribbean”
• Myers, “‘Devoted Unto the Grave:’ The Gotterdammerung of the Third Reich”
• Dye, “Soviet Involvement in the Korean War”

Kappa Delta Pi inducts new members

Front row (L to R): Professor of Education and Department Chair Doug Hazlett, Ph.D., Robert Carpenter ’17, Paige Onomastico ’18, Kaytee Candela ’18, Alayna Sharp ’18, Lecturer of Education and Kappa Delta Pi Adviser Mary Reames, M.Ed., Tylor Whitely ’18, Tina Kramer ’18, Alexis DeMott ’18, Dr. Annette VanAken. Back row: Jake Vormelker ’18, Alexa Sichko ’17, Nicholas Sarratori ’18, Samuel Sesti III ’18, Brooke Gates ’18, Ashley Johnson ’16, Allison Williams ’16, and Assistant Professor of Education Nancy Castor, M.Ed. Not Pictured: Alison Schemrich ’18, Lacey Weaver ’17, Madison Mele ’17, Jaime Whitaker ’18, and Jacob Marino ’18.

The Alpha Gama Iota chapter of Kappa Delta Pi, International Honor Society in Education, inducted 19 new members on March 20. To be eligible, students must maintain a 3.4 grade point average or better and complete at least 12 credit hours in the Department of Education.

Education students tour Montessori school

Pictured (L to R): Alex Horvatits ’17, Alexa Sichko ’17, Amber Port-Fischer ’17, Robert Carpenter ’17, Jennet Bertmeyer ’17, Colby Howe ’16, Jenny Shelley ’16, Jihyun Oh, Montessori Curriculum Director Cheryl Schodt, Natalie Beckwith ’17, Montessori CEO Anthony Pirrello, Professor of Education and Department Chair Doug Hazlett, Ph.D.

Education majors Hazlett’s class visited the Montessori Charter School of Erie on March 16.

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Tomcat Tributes

Tomcat Tributes recognize the teamwork Thiel College employees exhibit each day. Employees nominate co-workers for recognition in four categories (Random Act of Kindness, Going the Extra Mile, Had a Great Idea, Just Because).

• To nominate a fellow employee, visit the Campus Resources link on the Thiel Hub.