Thiel College assistant professor of biology and chair of the Biology Department Dr. Sarah J. Swerdlow recently had her research about a new method of identifying mutant bacteria published.
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For the 21st time, the Thiel Tomcats are the champions of the Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC). Four Tomcats won individual titles Friday, leading Thiel to the team title at the 56th annual PAC Wrestling Championships, which took place at Washington & Jefferson College.
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Thiel College assistant professor of English Dr. Melissa Borgia published an article analyzing the supernatural lore of the Seneca people living near the Kinzua Dam.
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Thiel College announces Allison Agona, of Warren, Ohio, and Elliott Beach of Springfield, Ohio as students of the month for February 2015.
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Take a quick look back at the Feb. 5 Founders' Day celebration where Dr. Robert C. Olson '60, H'09 was honored with the Louis and Barbara Thiel Distinguished Service Award and Thiel College faculty and staff were recognized for their contributions in the last year. The video was produced in-house using the Pedas Communication Center’s equipment and technology.
The Roth Hall Rallying Against Cancer Relay for Life team is expanding. The team will have a new name that reflects all the members on the team: Roth Hall, The Learning Commons, housekeeping, faculty, etc.
This weekend, the new team for the April 11 event at the Rissell-Schreyer Dome will be registered on the Relay for Life website. Once that is complete, participants can sign up as a team member.
Congratulations to the following Tomcat Tribute recipients. Employees can nominate co-workers for recognition in four categories (Random Act of Kindness, Going the Extra Mile, Had a Great Idea, Just Because).
Nominee: Kraig R. Smith
Nominator: Roberta Leonard
Comment: [Thank you to] Kraig Smith and Than Oo for their cooperative work on Winter Weekend. Together they coordinated multiple events that encouraged student, faculty, staff and alumni engagement. It was a successful weekend capped off with perhaps our most successful Black and White Ball. Great job!
Nominee: Kim Groover
Nominator: Allen Morrill
Comment: Kim worked fast to have a broken door fixed at the library during one of the coldest days.
Nominee: Nancy Reiser
Nominator: Sonya Lapikas
Comment: A shout out and thank you to Nancy on a recently completed task involving our newly purchased names and de-duping them against PowerCampus getting them ready for our communication flow. We are truly blessed to have someone who puts that much attention to detail in her daily work!
Nominee: Eric Ulrich
Nominator: Anna Reinsel
Comment: He came to my rescue and helped me get a film going in Bly!
Note: Nomination comments may be condensed for space considerations to appear in campus publications.
Thiel College education majors studying Eric Jensen’s book, “Teaching with Poverty in Mind: What being poor does to kids’ brains and what schools can do about it” in Dr. Doug Hazlett’s class were featured on Monday's front page of The (Sharon) Herald.
The reporter spoke to several students and Dr. Hazlett. The book the students are using details the cognitive and physical changes that happen in young developing brains continually burdened with stress.
Thiel College student teachers are in classrooms for the spring 2015 semester. Front row (left to right): Morgan White, Duncan Wingard, Katelyn Downey; second row: Kayla Hibbard, Anna Hart, Emily Skebo, Nic Jones, Jacob Shaffer, Kristen Fedder, Kayleen Meardith.
Dr. Robert C. Olson '60, H'09 would like to thank all of the members of the Thiel community who helped to make Founders’ Day such a special day for the College and especially for him. He is truly thankful for everyone’s kind words.
Thiel College welcomes:
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The Imposition of Ashes and Holy Communion
Today at 4 p.m.
David Johnson Memorial Chapel
Medical Epistemology Lecture
Today at 6:30 p.m.
Stamm Lecture Hall
Dr. Erwin Montgomery, Greenville Neuromodulation Scholar in Neuroscience and Philosophy at Thiel College, will participate in a lecture on medical epistemology and a question-and-answer period.
Thiel Forum
Thursday at 4 p.m.
Sawhill-Georgian Room, HMSC
The Thiel Forums provide faculty, students, and staff an opportunity to share projects or publications and to discuss their work. Moreover, it provides a wonderful opportunity for collegiality and camaraderie while it is centered on the academic enterprise. The Thiel Forums also give recipients of sabbaticals or scholarship funding an opportunity to discuss their projects.
Thursday's speakers are:
Contact Mary Theresa Hall for more information.
OBC 15th Annual Soul Food Feast
Sunday at 5 p.m.
Carpeted area of Galleria Dining Hall, HMSC
British Life and Culture Speaker Series
The location for all events is Pedas 125 from 4 to 5 p.m., and here are the individual topics and dates for each speaker:
Upcoming Speakers:
TNT (Thiel News Time)
Wednesday, Feb. 25 at 8:30 a.m.
Sawhill-Georgian Room, HMSC
T-Notes has returned to a weekly publishing schedule. It will arrive in email inboxes around lunchtime on Wednesdays.
Please submit your news and events for publication to tnotes@thiel.edu by Monday at 5 p.m. to meet the deadline for that week's edition.
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