Thiel Happenings

College signs articulation agreement with recognized Pittsburgh law school

Students enrolled at Thiel College can earn their undergraduate and law degrees in just six years through a new agreement between Thiel College and Duquesne University School of Law signed recently.

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Students, community celebrate seventh annual Dome Opener

The seventh annual Dome Opening celebration featured a variety of activities and food.

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Disability Resource Center Minute

Director of the Disability Resource Center Tami Micsky discusses important issues regarding her office in the “Disability Resource Center Minute” monthly in T-Notes. If you have any questions, contact Micsky at ext. 2063.

In the November edition of the Disability Resource Minute, you read about equality, equity and barriers. Some barriers make it difficult for people with disabilities to function and to have access to educational opportunities. There are common types of barriers: attitudinal, communication, physical, policy, programmatic, social and transportation. The most common barriers are attitudinal – behavior, perception, assumption. Examples include:

• Assuming a person with a disability is inferior.
• Assuming that a person with a disability has a poor quality of life or that he or she has experienced a personal tragedy.
• Assuming that a person with a disability won’t be successful in higher education or become employed.

Many of the difficulties that people with disabilities face are related to the social environment. We often consider disabilities as shortcomings, but by considering disabilities as differences, we further embrace diversity and all members of the Thiel Community. I challenge you to consider your attitudes about disability:

• Think about a stereotype you have about people with disabilities, research it and find out if it is true.
• Find out more about hidden disabilities and don’t judge or make assumptions about people.
• Watch a movie that shows a person with a disability. Think about the attitudes and barriers this person faced.
• Repeat: “I believe that all people are valuable and have something unique to contribute to the world.”

(Team Access: Disability Awareness Toolkit, 2007.)

Student News

Students present at the Society for Neuroscience meeting

Five neuroscience students presented at the Society for Neuroscience meeting in San Diego in early November. Amanda Hautmann ’17 and Grant Fox ’18 gave their presentation on “Brain Awareness Week at Thiel College” during the Brain Awareness Campaign seminar. Audrey Rickard ’17 and Hautmann gave the presentation “The Ruler Test as a Preliminary Screening Tool for Concussions.” Korinna Sherman ’17 and Evan Youker ’19 both received a Greenville Neuromodulation Center award this summer and presented their research on “The Cognitive, Behavioral, and Neural Consequences of Adolescent Nicotine Exposure in Adult Long-Evans Rats.”

Superheroes and villains take over LHR

Students from classes in psychology and economics took over the Lutheran Heritage Room in the Howard Miller Student Center on Tuesday to participate in the Thiel College Comic-Con and Spiderman days. 

Students displayed posters and materials for a social psychology class project for Assistant Professor of Psychology Kristel Gallagher, Ph.D., as part of Spiderman Day, and students created and exhibited their own unique superheroes and villains for Assistant Professor of Business Administration and Accounting Karen Shaffer, Professor of Painting Sean McConnor and Assistant Professor of Psychology Shannon Deets, Ph.D., for Comic-Con.

The Tomcat Report

Watch a roundup of Thiel athletics, including details about the first loss of the season for the Tomcat men's basketball team. 

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