thiel happenings


Vira I. Heinz Program for Women in Global Leadership


Faculty are being asked to encourage sophomore and junior female students with a 3.0 QPA to consider applying for a $5,000 Vira I. Heinz Scholarship. If you know of students who are interested in studying abroad, leadership development and community service, this program is for them. Contact Dr. Laurie Moroco or visit www.viraheinz.pitt.edu for more information. The VIH Program is for women with no previous international travel experience. Application deadline is Nov. 1.


NEW SONG—Campus Ministry Worship for All


Tuesday, Oct. 2 12:15 – 12:45 p.m.
Johnson Memorial Chapel
Bringing the song, bringing the message:
Allen Morrill, Director of the Langenheim Memorial Library
Lunch available to share/to carry out at no cost every Tuesday.
Thiel Campus Ministry: Welcoming One Another As Christ Welcomes Us


College Fair Scheduled for Oct. 4—No Parking In Gym Lot


Thiel will host the Mercer County Guidance Counselors College Fair on Thursday, Oct. 4 in the gymnasium. All members of the Thiel campus are encouraged to attend the event. Reminder that faculty, staff and students are NOT to park in behind the gym on Oct. 4. Please call Tammy Shilling at ext. 2173 with questions or for more information.

Spinning Classes Now Being Offered to Students and Employees


Students - Tuesday & Thursday, 7:30 - 8:30 p.m. (Glen Johnson Community Building)
Employees - Tuesday & Thursday, 5:30 - 6:30 p.m. (Glen Johnson Community Building)
To sign-up, register online at www.imleagues.com/Thiel. Once you create an account you will be able to register for classes. Class registration will start at 7 a.m. on the morning of the class you wish to take. Registration will end 30 minutes before the class begins. View the Registration Guide to assist with the process. Contact Kraig Smith or ext. 2835 with questions.


upcoming campus events


Homecoming Weekend!
Sept. 28, 29 & 30

Visit our website for a complete schedule of events and reservation information.


Con Spirito Chamber Music Concert Series Presents the Jasper String Quartet

Thursday, Oct. 4, 7:30 p.m.
Johnson Memorial Chapel

A pre-concert reception will be held in the Sawhill-Georgian Room of the HMSC at 6:30 p.m. RSVP to the Office of Special Events if you'd like to attend the reception and concert. Call ext. 2240 for more information.

For more details on the performers, visit www.jasperquartet.com.

The Jasper String Quartet is the 11th concert of Thiel's Con Spirito Chamber Music Concert Series, which began in fall 2007.


community events


Greenville Area Public Library Annual Used Book Sale

Thursday, Sept. 27, 9 a.m. - 8 p.m.
Friday, Sept. 28, 9 a.m. - 8 p.m.
Saturday, Sept. 29, 9 a.m. - 2 p.m. ($5/brown bag day)
Donations now being accepted.



2012 Pedal/Paddle the Lakes

Saturday, Sept. 29
7 - 10 a.m., Pedal the Lakes bicycle tour registration
Greenville Sports Complex, 262 Porter Road

2 - 4 p.m., Backwoods Bluegrass-FREE Live Music!
Riverside Park Amphitheater

4 - 6 p.m., Free chicken dinner to all registered bicycle and paddle participants.
Riverside Park, pavilion beside Rec Center

6 - 8 p.m., Lost Highway Country Rock Band-FREE Live Music!
Riverside Park Amphitheater

Sunday, Sept. 30
7:30 - 9 a.m., PaddleFest kayak/canoe drop off
Riverside Park kayak/canoe drop launch

8:30 - 10 a.m., Shuttle Service

Noon - 2 p.m., Free lunch for all registered kayak/canoe participants
Riverside Park

Visit the Mercer County Trails Association website for more details.

AWARE Starters and Enders 2: Indulge Yourself!

An evening of tasty foods from appetizers to desserts and beers and wines.
Tuesday, Oct. 2, 6 - 8 p.m.
Greenville Knights of Columbus
Tickets are $15/person or 2 for $25
Purchase tickets at Hurlbert’s Hardware, reserve by phone 724-456-2335 or e-mail wag16125@gmail.com.
Sponsored by AWARE's Williams House Advisory Board.



Friends of Music at Holy Trinity present The Canal Street Band

Sunday, Oct. 14, 3:30 p.m.
Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, Corner of Penn Avenue and Clinton Street.
The concert is free and open to the public. An opportunity will be provided for a free-will offering to support the series.
holytrinitygreenville.org


Greenville Area Chamber of Commerce Annual Dinner

Thursday, Oct. 18, 6 p.m., program begins at 7 p.m.
Hempfield Station One
Featured speakers will be Bob Clarke, American Cancer Society, Cynthia Hanna, UPMC Horizon and David Ho, American Scholar Group. Reservations are required by Oct. 9.



Youngstown Symphony Orchestra Classical Season Opener

Saturday, Oct. 20, 8 p.m.
Powers Auditorium. Tickets on sale at the DeYor Performing Arts Center box office at 330-744-0264 or online at younsgstownsymphony.com
The orchestra under the direction of Randall Craig Fleischer will present an all-Russian program featuring pianist Di Wu in Rachmaninoff’s Rhapsody on a theme by Paganini.

special notes


ComDoc Printer/Copier Informational Meeting

Thursday, Sept. 27, 11:30 a.m.
Lutheran Heritage Room, HMSC
Snacks will be served.

Flu Shots

Tuesday, Oct. 9, 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Sawhill-Georgian Room, HMSC.
(Please note the location change.)

If employees are not able to attend at that time, UPMC Urgent Care facility will offer flu shots the weeks of Oct. 15 and Oct. 22 from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. No appointment is necessary.


From the Wellness Committee


2012 Mercer County Heart Walk Scheduled

Saturday, Sept. 29
Registration begins at 9 a.m.
Walk begins at 10 a.m.
Buhl Park, Shelter #2, Hermitage, Pa.

Unable to attend the walk on Sept. 29? You don't need to attend the Buhl Park event to help raise donations! Sign up to be a member of the Thiel Team at www.heart.org/mercerwalk (search for "Thiel College") and then begin raising funds.
Our goal this year is $1,500, and anyone connected to Thiel—faculty, staff, students, alumni, friends—are welcome to join our team. Raising money is easy and can even be done completely online!
Contact Jennifer Clark at ext. 2858 for more information about how you can participate.




Moodle Musing

Are your students’ grades being calculated correctly? If not, check to see whether there is a column entitled Grade in your gradebook. If you imported the gradebook from one of your Moodle 1.9 courses to a Moodle 2 course, this may have come along with it. It is actually a link to Daily Attendance. Even if you had selected No grade as the value for attendance, this column will affect your course total.
To eliminate this column, make a temporary change to the value of your attendance module. Then save the changes. Next, change it back to how you'd originally set it up, and save it again. The Grade column will have disappeared, and your grades will be calculated correctly.


Moodle Assignments Clinic

Wednesday, Oct. 3 (NOTE DATE CHANGE)
OR
Thursday, Oct. 4
4 p.m.; MIMC (AC-235)
This clinic is for faculty and staff who have little or no experience creating assignments in Moodle. We will discuss the various kinds of assignment possibilities and create one of each. We will look at an assignment from the students’ view and see how the various kinds of assignments are graded.

Advance reservations are appreciated: imc@thiel.edu or call ext. 2073.



contact us


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Deadline for submissions: 5 p.m., Monday, Oct. 1.