Thiel Happenings

Phi Theta Phi appearing on KDKA TV to present the $32,088 raised for Children’s Hospital

Members of the Phi Theta Phi fraternity at Thiel College will appear on Pittsburgh CBS affiliate KDKA at 4:30 pm Thursday, Dec 14 to present their check for the $32,088 that was raised during this year’s Walk-a-thon.

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Retired radioactive materials researcher joins Thiel College Board of Trustees

Thiel College graduate David Fauth, Ph.D. ’73, a leading expert in the study of radioactive materials and a former U.S. Department of Energy researcher, recently began his first term as a member of the Thiel College Board of Trustees.

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Hudson Companies Principal, member of first MBA class joins Thiel College Board of Trustees

Alex Hudson MBA’21, a Principal at Hudson Companies and an alumna of Thiel College’s first Master of Business Administration graduating class, returned to the College to begin her first term as a member of the Thiel College Board of Trustees.

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Technology strategy and quality control expert begins term on Thiel College Board of Trustees

Experienced project manager and technology strategy expert Virginia Moszkowicz ’74 recently began her first term as a member of the Thiel College Board of Trustees.

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Christmas luncheon is Thursday

President Susan Traverso, Ph.D. invites the entire campus community for the annual faculty and staff Christmas luncheon at noon Thursday, December 14 in the Lutheran Heritage Room in the Howard Miller Student Center.

AVI is sponsoring the luncheon at no cost to the institution. Please RSVP so there is an accurate count to prepare for the luncheon.

Professor of English presents research at Ohio Valley Shakespeare Conference

Thiel College Professor of English and Department Chair Jared Johnson, Ph.D. recently delivered a talk at the 46th Annual Ohio Valley Shakespeare Conference.

Themed “Shakespeare, Social Justice, & Human Rights,” the Conference featured national and international speakers on a wide spectrum of topics in Shakespeare studies including how Shakespeare’s works engage with human rights discourses, Shakespearean adaptations and human rights, and Shakespeare and cultures of oppression.

Johnson’s paper, entitled “Satanic Panic in the Renaissance: Using Shakespeare to Identify the Roots of Right-Wing Extremism,” is an exploration of the interplay between popular media and public perception in early modern England. In the paper, Johnson draws parallels between the role of media in creating and supporting structures of oppression in early modern England and how misinformation campaigns perform that same ideological work today. This year’s Ohio Valley Shakespeare Conference was hosted by the University of Dayton on October 26-28.

The Campus Store has a new landing page. 

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Find current hours and promotions on the page, including details on Thursday’s Christmas sale.

Campus community gathers to send off Snyder

Staff and faculty members gathered in Langenheim Memorial Library on Tuesday to send off Tressa Snyder, who is leaving Thiel after 15 years of dedicated service. She has accepted the position of Dean of the Library at Allegheny College. 

During her tenure with at Thiel, Snyder has worked as a reference librarian and, for the past three years, has served as the Director of the Langenheim Memorial Library. She has also recently been teaching in the Dietrich Honors Program, guiding students as they complete their honors theses and emphasizing the integration and importance of creativity in the research process. To mention just a couple more of her many contributions to Thiel, Snyder led the college-wide Tomcat Way Committee and actively served the College in the development of our assessment policies and practices, most recently participating on the Academic Assessment Committee. 

Student News

Children’s book, art, coming out stories, 3D printing, research among work at Thiel symposium

Students in Thiel College’s Dietrich Honors Institute presented their research to the campus community during the Fall Thesis Symposium on December 12, covering diverse topics from art, architecture, finance and neuroscience and many other academic pursuits.

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Director of the Dietrich Honors Institute Sheila Nowinski, Ph.D. noted that this year’s symposium featured more creative and interdisciplinary projects than ever before.

Strategic management class presents plan to Wilt company

The presentation of the strategic management's business plan to Rod E. Wilt ’86 was on Monday, December 11.

The class has worked with Wilt and his management team at Core Power, located on Hadley Road in Greenviille. His company sells Cub Cadet, X-Mark lawn mowers, Artic Cat ATVs and snowmobiles, Argo quads and side-by-sides, Stihl lawn equipment, DeWalt consumer products, commercial products, and heavy duty construction equipment, Sport Haven aluminum trailers, and Volcan off road motor cycles.

The business plan was developed to promote Core Power Rentals light construction equipment, and to increase the rental of side-by-sides, quads, and Argo machines. Also, investigating new marketing approaches to become the primary suppliers of DeWalt and Stihl equipment to contractors in a 75-mile radius, along with the delivery and service of rentals.

The overall project manager was Allison Walsh ’24. The Team Leader of the Core Power Rental team was Isaac Sasala ’24 with these team members; Steve Alcegaire ’24, Kyium Exum ’24, Alec Katon ’24, Chase Morrison ’24 and Thaddeus Bell ’25. The Team Leader of the Construction Tool Business team was Asher Patton ’24 with Nick DiLullo ’24, Eunsun Hong ’27, Charles Luedtke ’25, Aidan Rispoli ’24 and Julianne Slagle ’25. The Team Leader of the Consumer Sales team was Madison Murray ’24 with Jacob Traupman ’24, Jordan Volpe ’24, Bennett Medyn ’24, Minji Kim ’27, Ian Yahner ’24, and Yeryoung Kim ’27.