GREENVILLE, Pa.—Thiel College Professor of History and the Kenneth ’31 and Marianna Brown ’32 Dietrich Honors Institute Chair Sheila Nowinski, Ph.D. and the former Director of the Langenheim Memorial Library Tressa Snyder presented at the National Collegiate Honors Council’s 2023 conference in Chicago late this past year.
Nowinski and Snyder presented a 90-minute interactive workshop, “Find a place you trust and try trusting it awhile: Weaving Creativity into the Honors Thesis Process.” The presentation engaged participants in creative exercises inspired by a popular silk-screen artist Corita Kent.
The College has several Kent prints in its private collection. In 2018, a student worked with the College’s Curator of Art to restore the prints and they were exhibited in the Weyers-Sampson Art Gallery on campus.
The workshop highlighted a recently revised honors course that draws connections between the creative and research processes in preparation for students’ honors theses, the culmination of the Dietrich Honors Institute curriculum.
About Thiel College
Thiel College is an independent college founded in the Lutheran tradition. Located in Greenville, Pa., the College offers 60 majors and minors, 24 varsity sports, and an 11:1 student-faculty ratio. The College is also home to a new Master of Science in speech-language pathology and 2Master of Business Administration. Both master’s degree programs offer innovative and accelerated five-year paths which allow students to earn a bachelor’s and master’s degree in five years. The speech-language pathology program also has an accelerated 15-month graduate-level program. The M.B.A. program also has a 12-month post-graduate program.A dedicated faculty paired with dynamic research and internship opportunities produce numerous graduate school and job placements. Coeducational from its beginnings, the College remains committed to combining tradition with innovation as it celebrates 150 years.