Tomcat Way presented as part of national conference and profiled in journal article

GREENVILLE, Pa.-- Thiel College faculty and staff members presented the College’s Tomcat Way, a new development model for undergraduate success, at a national conference in Dallas this spring, and the new program was also profiled in the organization’s journal.

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President Susan Traverso, Ph.D., Liza Schaef, Pastor Brian Riddle ’07 and Greg Q. Butcher, Ph.D. recently presented the Tomcat Way at the 2022 Network for Vocational Undergraduate Education conference in Dallas, Texas. As described by the organizers, under the theme “Called into Community: Vocation, Engagement, and Difference,” the 2022 NetVUE Conference [examined] how attention to vocation and calling can draw us into deep engagement with the needs of the world, meaningful reflection on difference, and more sustained attention to the ways that these issues shape how we, and our students, think about our future directions in life.

Thiel’s session provided an opportunity to share key aspects of the developmental model with faculty and staff from other NetVUE member schools. A discussion following the session provided the team with helpful feedback that will be incorporated into future work.

The article on the Tomcat Way was published in Intersections, the journal for the network of Evangelical Lutheran Church in America colleges and universities.

The Tomcat Way is Thiel College’s developmental model for undergraduate student success. It was created as an innovative and rewarding college experience that empowers every Thiel student to become both a scholar and a leader. The Tomcat Way is how the College blends academic and experiential learning into a community-wide learning laboratory that cultivates leadership, informs one’s personal view regarding vocation and promotes self-development in an exciting, innovative and dynamic way.

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