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Thiel College Match Day sets donor record for the eighth straight year

For the eighth straight year, Thiel College’s annual, one-day online giving event had a record number of donors.

Thiel College hosts international touring group Beijing Guitar Duo for Con Spirito concert

Thiel College will host the Beijing Guitar Duo as a part of the Con Spirito Chamber Music Concert Series at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 21 in the David Johnson Memorial Chapel.

Thiel College event celebrating undefeated women’s basketball teams and Title IX

01/24/23 | Read Full Story >> Print

Thiel College will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the three-year unbeaten streak of the 1971 to 1973 women’s basketball team as well as recognize the recent golden anniversary of the passage of the landmark federal civil rights law that prohibited sex-based discrimination in any school or any other education program that receives funding from the federal government.

Thiel College hosting Pennsylvania DCNR workshop on “Caring for the Woods”

01/19/23 | Read Full Story >> Print

Thiel College is hosting a workshop led by the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources to help residents learn about and care for the land around them on Saturday, January 21 in the Lutheran Heritage Room of the Howard Miller Student Center.

Thiel College cheer team hosting clinic to raise funds for second trip to national competition

01/13/23 | Read Full Story >> Print

The Thiel College cheerleading team is hosting a college prep stunt clinic for high school students on Sunday, Jan. 22 at the College to help fundraise for the team’s return trip to the National Cheerleaders Association’s College Nationals competition.

Thiel College reflects on a year of changes and celebrations in Top 10 stories of 2022

12/31/22 | Read Full Story >> Print

The Thiel College community experienced many changes, challenges, and celebrations during 2022 with the welcoming of new staff members, commending student achievements, and coming together for one very special and solemn memorial for an esteemed, historic figure in the College’s history. The following Top 10 news stories were among the most popular this year in the Thiel College Newsroom based on their number of views, media attention, and social media impact.

Lamont Wells named executive director of Network of ELCA Colleges and Universities

12/21/22 | Read Full Story >> Print

The Rev. Lamont Wells has been named executive director of the Network of Evangelical Lutheran Churches in America Colleges and Universities, effective Jan. 3, 2023.

Thiel environmental science students, state departments team up for stream crossings project

12/15/22 | Read Full Story >> Print

Thiel College environmental science students collaborated with two state environmental departments to survey road-stream crossings and provided data and information to a 13-state water quality assessment group as part of a class project this fall.

Thiel fraternity raises $25,000 for Children’s Hospital and appears on Pittsburgh TV

12/13/22 | Read Full Story >> Print

Thiel College’s Phi Theta Phi fraternity recently held its 54th annual Walk-a-Thon on December 2-3, raising $25,000 for the Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh.

Thiel College Strategic Management class makes presentation to Gatehouse Winery

12/7/22 | Read Full Story >> Print

The Thiel College strategic management class developed a strategic plan for Alan Endicott and Shaun Endicott of Gatehouse Winery, located in Jamestown, Pennsylvania, that was presented to the Endicotts on December 5.

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