Thiel Happenings

Four Thiel College students nominated for five Intercollegiate Broadcasting System awards

Four Thiel College students have been nominated for Intercollegiate Broadcasting System awards that will be handed out during the 83rd annual conference in New York City at the Sheraton Times Square from March 1-2.

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Escher String Quartet performing at Thiel College as part of the Con Spirito music series

Thiel College will host the Escher String Quartet as part of the College’s Con Spirito Chamber Music Concert series at 7 p.m. Tuesday, February 27 at the David Johnson Memorial Chapel.

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Leary Studios on campus for headshots

Staff members can attend the Junior/Senior Headshots session from 5:30-7:30 p.m. near the Lutheran Heritage Room on Thursday, February 15.

The headshots coincide with the Senior Grad Celebration. Stop by get a new photo and congratulate members of the Class of 2024.

Photos from a busy week on campus

The last week was a busy one on campus with The Learning Commons hosting an open house for students, faculty and staff and the entire community coming together for Academic Honors Convocation.

• The Learning Commons Open House 
• Academic Honors Convocation

Five endowed chairs and positions were recognized during Friday’s Honors Convocation.

Mary Theresa Hall, Ph. D. was recognized as the James Pedas ’50 H ’89 Chair of Communication. Assistant Professor of Business Administration and Accounting and Haller Enterprise Institute co-director Steven Kandray was recognized as the Norman P. Mortensen H’81 Chair of Economics; Director of The Dietrich Honors Institute and Associate Professor of History Sheila Nowinski, Ph.D. was recognized as the Kenneth ’31 and Marianna Brown ’32 Dietrich Honors Institute Chair; Melissa Oakes ’03 was recognized as the Dr. David M. Miller’61 H’20 Chair of Accounting; and Craig Thurber was recognized as the Rod E. Wilt ’86 Head Coach for Thiel College Wrestling.

Student News

Maukonen shares her insights on life and the legal profession

Chelsea Maukonen ’14 was the featured speaker at the February 7 Ruth A. Miller Senior Business Seminar. She is a partner with the firm Chartwell Law in Fort Myers, Fla.

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• See the list of guest speakers

“Chelsea began her presentation by sharing that her time at Thiel College was one of the happiest moments of her life.” Yeryoung Kim ’24

“After graduating in 2014 Chelsea, much to her parent’s chagrin, decided to not immediately go into the workforce with her accounting and business degree. Instead, she went back to school! Law school specifically.” George Tice ’24

“She created the goal of becoming a partner before she turned 30, which was a steep task. Though difficult, she achieved this goal and proved those who doubted her wrong.” Hailey McClain ’24

Lessons Learned

• “Never stop learning, there is always an opportunity to better yourself.” Nick DiLullo ’24
• “What you experience in school is going to be different than what you experience in the real world.” Alex Martin ’24
• Critical thinking is important no matter what career you choose.” Austin Siko ’24
• “Networking is huge, connect with alumni and go to networking events.” Abigail Sefton ’25
• “Meet deadlines, be reliable.” George Tice ’24
• “Be polite to everyone.” Yeryoung Kim ’24
• “Be mindful of your manners.” Madi Yurich ’24
• “Act professionally and be careful what you say/do especially when heated. Additionally, emails are permanent, so think before you send.” Connor Lovic ’24
• “Be careful working with technology (AI in particular).” Jackson Pletcher ’24
• “When you mess up, own up to it and ask for help because most times, it can be fixed.” Jacara Green ’25

Education students meet up with Alaskan alumnus online

Students in the Department of Education held an online meeting with Michael Robbins ’96 on Wednesday, Jan. 24.

Robbins is the superintendent of Ketchikan Gateway Borough School District in Ketchikan, Alaska. It is a PreK-12 school district, with nine schools, serving an estimated 2,200 students.

He gave the future teachers advice about classroom management, building teachers, and becoming successful, as he has been in his career in education.

His finshed the meeting with, “Anywhere you can do good for kids is good by me” and “I’m proud of you all and proud to say you are student teaching at Thiel College.”

Chocolate sale, Padrone’s event to support Egypt trip

The students, faculty, and community members traveling to Egypt this May have begun fundraising to offset some of the incidental costs of the trip. This promises to be an amazing trip with an itinerary that includes Cairo, the Giza Pyramids, the Sphinx, the Step Pyramid, Aswan, Luxor, the Valley of the Kings, Alexandria and a three-day cruise down the Nile.

In addition to an upcoming event at Padrone’s on March 21, Daffin’s candy bars (milk chocolate, almond, peanut butter, caramel, pretzel bits, and crisp) as well as the large chocolate covered pretzels are available for $1 each. Anyone who would like to place an order, should contact Professor of Sociology, Department Chair and Travel Abroad Coordinator Cynthia L. Sutton, Ph.D. at ext. 2084.

Business and Communication Visit Day includes panels and events

Department of Media, Communication, and Public Relations invites the Thiel College community to celebrate our outstanding media students who are nominated for Intercollegiate Broadcasting System 2024 awards and to discuss students’ involvement with Thiel Media at 11 a.m. Friday, Feb. 16 in the collaboration area of the James Pedas Communication Center.

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The student leader panel to talk about how you can participate in Thiel media, ask questions about their past and present achievements, and simply cheer our students for their success. 

include the IBS award nominees and student media leaders and panel moderator WXTC Radio Manager and Chief Operator Jake Clark ’20.

Prospective communication students will also tour the state-of-the-art facilities, including the upgraded hardware and support systems of the television studio and the video podcast studio as well as the radio station.

The Department of Business Adminstration and Accounting are also hosting events, including a entrepreneur contest for attendees.