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Thiel Honors Convocation to recognize students and Hermitage businessman Frangakis

Hermitage businessman John R. Frangakis will be awarded an honorary degree as part of Thiel College’s 2019 Academic Honors Convocation at 7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 8 in the William A. Passavant Memorial Center.

Elected officials join Thiel faculty and staff as honorees for annual Founders’ Day ceremony

02/4/19 | Read Full Story >> Print

Two Pennsylvania legislators will join 10 Thiel College faculty and staff members as honorees for the College’s annual Founders’ Day celebration at 11 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 7 in the College’s Lutheran Heritage Room of the Howard Miller Student Center.

Thiel College cancels classes and closes offices for Thursday, Jan. 31

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Due to extreme weather conditions, Thiel College will remain closed, Thursday, January 31, 2019.

Thiel College event hosting professor to discuss art history’s relevance to today’s social issues

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

Associate Professor of Art History Cindy Persinger, Ph.D., from California University of Pennsylvania, will speak at the Thursday, Jan. 24 Common Hour about “Why Pursuing Socially Engaged Art History Matters.”

College’s inaugural Martin Luther King Jr. awards will recognize Thiel community members

01/17/19 | Read Full Story >> Print

Thiel College announces that as part of the celebration and recognition of Martin Luther King Jr., it will host the inaugural Martin Luther King Jr. Awards Dinner that will honor members of the Thiel College community who embody the ideals of the civil rights leader. The event begins at 4 p.m. Monday, Jan. 21 in the Lutheran Heritage Room of the Howard Miller Student Center.

Author and subject of Broadway musical to discuss his 9/11 book at Thiel College

01/9/19 | Read Full Story >> Print

“Channel of Peace” author Kevin Tuerff, who has been portrayed on Broadway, written a book about his experiences being stranded following the 9/11 attacks on the U.S. and created a pay-it-forward endeavor that encourages people to do good deeds for strangers on the anniversary of the attacks, will speak at Thiel College at 11:15 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 17 in Bly Hall of the Academic Center.

Drawings and bird sculptures of Mercer, Pa. artists to go on display at Thiel College

01/4/19 | Read Full Story >> Print

The work of Mercer, Pa. pastel and drawing artist Bill Simon and sculpturist Nancy Connelly will be on display at Thiel College’s Weyers-Sampson Gallery from January 17 to February 17.

A look back at the College’s Top 10 stories from 2018

12/31/18 | Read Full Story >> Print

Recognition from Forbes magazine, a state redevelopment grant, program achievement and students being featured on the “Today Show” mark some of 2018’s memories. Looking back on the year, the following are the Top 10 stories based on the number of views in the Thiel College newsroom, media attention and social media impact.

Three Thiel College students selected for civic engagement and global leadership scholarship

12/26/18 | Read Full Story >> Print

Three Thiel College students have been selected for the annual Vira I. Heinz Program for Women in Global Leadership. Each student will receive a $5,000 grant for their first international trip to study abroad in a country of their choosing.

Fairmont Heights High School senior awarded full scholarship at media event

12/19/18 | Read Full Story >> Print

Fairmont Heights High School senior Ayodele Ogunibe, of Brandywine, Md., has been awarded an academic scholarship worth $129,000 to Thiel College in Greenville, Pa.