Special Notes

Office of Communications and Marketing Essentials

Email signatures, brand resources, job request form are all available online. A Dropbox folder has been set up with instructions and the materials necessary to create new email signatures. Employees can find other Thiel College-branded resources including letterhead, logos and PowerPoint slides in the same folder.

• Download brand assets.

Thiel College community members who need help with communications and marketing initiatives and collateral can now request those services with a job form. The request form is available on the communications and marketing webpage or linked directly below.

• Job request form

For more information, email the office.

Events

Common Hour: Art History Speaker
Thursday, Jan. 24 from 11:15 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Lutheran Heritage Room, Howard Miller Student Center

Associate Professor of Art History Cindy Persinger, Ph.D., California University of Pennsylvania, will present will discuss “Why Pursuing a Socially Engaged Art History Matters.”

For more information, contact Ellen Lippert, Ph.D., at ext. 2094.

Graduation 101
Thursday, Jan. 24 from 5:30–7:30 p.m.
Lutheran Heritage Room, Howard Miller Student Center

Senior students are invited to the annual 100-day dinner that kicks off the countdown to graduation for the Class of 2019.

For more information, contact Martin Black at ext. 2372.

Sixth Annual High School Shakespeare Festival
Thursday, Jan. 31 from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
William A. Robinson Theater

A day-long celebration of the Bard's work serves as a forum for high school students to share their work with peers from across the region. The morning will be filled with performances, and the afternoon will consist of performance-based workshops. High schools will present their work between 9:30 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. at the William A. Robinson Theater. This morning performance block is free and open to the public.

Audience members may come and go between 9:30 a.m. and 11:30 a.m., but doors to the stage will only be opened during breaks between individual high school performances. Thiel College faculty and staff will serve as respondents for the high school productions and will distribute awards at the festival's conclusion.

For more information, contact Pete Rydberg, Ph.D., at ext. 2029.

Common Hour: Thiel Forum
Thursday, Jan. 31 from 11:15 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Lutheran Heritage Room, Howard Miller Student Center

Join the Thiel College community as we discuss the upcoming Middle States Self-Study process. The process and timeline, the standards review process, and ways for members of our community to participate are on the agenda. The Middle States Commission on Higher Education is a voluntary, non-governmental, membership association that defines, maintains, and promotes educational excellence across institutions with diverse missions, student populations, and resources. It examines each institution as a whole, rather than specific programs within institutions.

For more information, contact Christine Ference at ext. 2052.

National Wear Red Day
Friday, Feb. 1
Thiel College Campus 

The Wellness Committee is asking employees to wear red on Friday, Feb. 1 to show their support for the American Heart Association and to raise awareness about cardiovascular disease. The Wellness Committee will then host the second annual employee soup/ chili cook-off on Feb. 19.  All proceeds from the cook-off will benefit the American Heart Association. 

Martin Black Going-Away Party
Tuesday, Feb. 5 at 4 p.m.
Sawhill-Georgian Room, Howard Miller Student Center

A farewell party for Associate Dean of the Career Development Center Martin Black will be held Tuesday, Feb. 5 in the Sawhill-Georgian Room of the Howard Miller Student Center.

Community Events

Greenville Kiwanis selling discount dining cards

Mario Marini ’91 is selling the 2019 Kiwanis Club of Greenville Dining Card. The card costs $25. The card is worth $700 in discounts and is accepted at 45 restaurants in the region.  

• See a complete list of participating restaurants.

For more information, contact Mario Marini ’91 at ext. 2022.

Zumbathon Fundraiser
Sunday, Feb. 3 at noon
Beeghly Gymnasium

All proceeds will go to Ashlea Bottles and her family to help with expenses, as she goes through treatment for breast cancer. Cost is $10.

• Download the flier.

For more information, contact Tressa Snyder at ext. 2119.

Publishing Schedule

T-Notes is published weekly. It arrives Wednesday afternoons. The next edition will be out Jan. 30, 2019. Send your event or news to tnotes@thiel.edu by noon Monday, Jan. 28 to be published in that week’s edition.