Thiel Happenings

Sculpture professor to showcase work at Weyers-Sampson Gallery

Thiel College Professor of Sculpture Jesse Amar, M.F.A., will exhibit his work at the College’s Weyers-Sampson Gallery.

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Gloor and Nozicka named March Students of the Month

Seniors Allison Gloor ’16, of Findlay Township, Pa., and Jaden Nozicka ’16, of Portage, Mich., are Thiel College’s March Students of the Month.

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Thiel College student wins national intercollegiate radio broadcasting award

Dan Wagner ’17, of Espyville, Pa., was named the Intercollegiate Broadcasting System (IBS) best production director at the IBS conference for his work at Thiel College radio station WXTC. The conference was March 4-5 in New York City.

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Young alumni give seminar class career insights

Nick Travaglianti ’11, Alyssa Chine ’13 and Joel Bussard ’09 spoke to the senior business seminar class of Prof. David Miller, M.B.A. ’61 on March 2. The three young alumni discussed many topics that resonated with the students who will be joining the workforce soon.

“Alyssa Chine holds a management accounting position within The NRP Group. She has her own 18-property portfolio. She gave us pointers [for] what to do what starting a new job. She said, ‘make sure you take notes, do not ask the same question more than once and perfect the role even if it is tedious work.’ Alyssa made me realize that you have to work for what you want and that you must make the opportunities for yourself. I agree with Alyssa when saying time management is important for being successful.” – Carlee Jones ’16

“The biggest point that Joel brought up, in my opinion, is to read the newspaper and be informed about the real world. I feel Thiel gives us a great opportunity to do this. The broad-based knowledge we learn here gives us the advantage of being able to adapt to many different situations and conversations.” – Sam Passafiume ’16

“The three speakers discussed how important and useful a liberal arts education such as [the one we get] from Thiel can truly be. Being able to speak with knowledge on a broad range of topics is something that will be very valuable in our future endeavors. It just goes to show that skills from a liberal arts education carry on. Their presentations also made us aware how big of a resource Thiel really is to us. There are many staff and faculty members who work very hard in an attempt to make us successful people after graduation.” – Trent Smith ’16

“Finally, Nick closed out the presentation with many great lessons he learned throughout his young career. One lesson that I found extremely useful was that you must manage your personal brand and keep your social media clean. He also stressed how important networking is, and we should spend most of our time networking while looking for jobs. It was very interesting to hear the perspective from younger Thiel graduates who have just recently entered the business world. They taught the class many new lessons, and also stressed some of the lessons the older generation taught us.” – Jeffery Jenkins ’16

“Overall, I thoroughly enjoyed listening and conversing with Nick, Joel and Alyssa because it reassured me that the ‘real world’ is challenging but we are all very capable of doing great things.” – Kelsey Schneider ’16

“Each of the associates gave great advice for soon-to-be graduates and reminded us that we cannot change yesterday, but can only look forward to tomorrow. I was reminded again how I will be benefiting from my education as well as how wonderful my professors are.” – Dawn Pastorius ’16 

Gallagher participates in feminist psychologist institute

Assistant Professor of Psychology Kristel Gallagher, Ph.D., recently returned from representing Thiel College at the 2016 Institute for Academic Feminist Psychologists in Pittsburgh. The institute was by invitation to a select group, and Gallagher was invited to attend as an “Early Career Scholar.” At the institute, she presented her work on the “Humans of Western PA Project.” The humans project has her students interviewing strangers and posting their answers to Facebook. She discussed how the project teaches students lessons in cultural diversity and gratitude.  

Relay for Life of Thiel College

Teams are accepting members and donations for the annual Relay for Life of Thiel College on April 1 in the Rissell-Schreyer Dome.

Fifteen teams from different areas of campus are registered.

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Student News

Kappa Sigma Military Heroes Appreciation Week

Kappa Sigma kicked off Military Heroes Appreciation Week by hosting Greenville Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 3374 for a 21-gun salute at the Roth Memorial Hall flag courtyard Monday. 

Events continue this week. Thiel Campus Police Captain Tom Jones and Austin Hall ’17 are displaying military memorabilia until 4 p.m. today in Weyers Lounge. Members of Kappa Sigma will perform a service project at Greenville American Legion Post 140 in Greenville from noon to 4 p.m. Thursday. Proceeds from a professional wrestling exhibition “Wrestling and Revolution” held at Beeghly Gymnasium at 6 p.m. Friday will be donated to Kappa Sigma’s national Military Heroes Campaign.

Kappa Sigma is also conducting a campus-wide contest. The Thiel College community member who raises the most money for the Military Heroes Campaign by 1 p.m. Friday will be recognized during the wrestling event as the winner of Kappa Sigma’s 2016 Military Heroes Appreciation Award.

For more information, contact Sam Sesti ’18.

English honorary earns recognition

The Sigma Tau Delta international English honor society recognized the Thiel College chapter for two important milestones. The organization was awarded plaques for 15 years of excellence, and Professor of English Mary Theresa Hall, Ph.D., for 15 years of service as the chapter sponsor.