Greenville High School will induct Thiel College wrestling coach Craig Thurber and alumnus Charles Semroc ’57 into the high school’s Athletic Hall of Fame later this month.
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Thiel College Associate Professor of Neuroscience Neil C. Lax, Ph.D. was recently awarded tenure.
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Thiel College’s Concussion Management Team, formed in 2022, is continuing to raise awareness about concussions among the campus community and two of its members will share the planning that went into the team’s 2023 event at an upcoming national webinar.
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The Thiel College cheer team took first place Wednesday at Gannon University and earned the program’s fourth straight bid to the National Cheerleaders Association College Nationals in Daytona Beach, Florida.
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Thiel College recognized the service milestones of 24 employees with a combined 280 years of experience at the College’s annual campus retreat on Monday, August 19.
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On Monday, Aug. 19, the campus community gathered for the annual campus retreat in the Lutheran Heritage Room of the Howard Miller Student Center.
The event included a welcome by President Susan Traverso, Ph.D.; introductions of new staff and faculty; recognition of five-year service milestones; and facilitated topics by chair of the Board of Trustees Rod E. Wilt ’86
The facilitated topics included:
On Sept. 3, the reservation list will open for faculty and staff members interested in seeing “Hamilton” in Pittsburgh at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 19 at the Benedum Center.
Tickets are about $52 each. The cost goes to reimburse the Thiel Players and cover ticketing and credit card fees.
There is a limit of two tickets person and only 10 tickets total are available. Tickets are available on a first-come, first-served basis, and the reservation link will remain open until Sept. 16. Purchased tickets will be sent by ICM before Sept. 18.
The second cohort of Master of Science of Physician Assistant Studies students will celebrate Commencement Exercsises at 10 a.m. Saturday in the William A. Passavant Memorial Center.
More than 300 people are expected for the event.
The event will also be streamed live for those who are unable to attend.
With the undergraduate academic year starting on Tuesday, Aug. 27, the class schedule was adjusted. The Tuesday following Labor Day will be a Monday class day meeting schedule. The following day, the schedule will continue as normal with Wedesday classes meeting on Wednesday, Sept. 4.
Former Professor of Education Mary Reames and husband and wife, Barry Oman ’74 and Linda (Dean) Oman ’75, spoke to students in the Excel program last week about the College and their experiences at Thiel.
HR Notes
Thiel College welcomes...
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Retirement plan meetings
Retirement plan advisors Jack Ryan and Sierra Christian from HB Retirement, are available to discuss employee retirement planning needs through conference calls and virtual meetings. Their office hours can be selected below.
Both are available to discuss
Virtual: Ryan is available on August 28
Virtual: Christian is available on August 23 and 29
Women’s soccer: Carlow at Thiel College
August 22 at 4 p.m.
Alumni Stadium
The Tomcats host the Carlow Celtics in a preseason scrimmage.
Physician Assistant Studies Commencement
August 24 at 10 a.m.
William A. Passavant Memorial Center
Students in the Physician Assistant Studies program will graduate.
First-year Student Move-in
August 25 at 9 a.m.
Campus
Undergraduate students move in.
Returning Student Move-in
August 26
Campus
Returning students move back in.
Men’s soccer: Hiram at Thiel College
August 27 at 7 p.m.
Alumni Stadium
The Tomcats host Hiram in men’s soccer.
Women’s volleyball: Penn State-Shenango at Thiel College
August 27 at 7 p.m.
Maenpa Court/Beeghly Gymnasium
The Tomcats host Penn State-Shenango in women’s volleyball.
Speech-Language Pathology Program Information Session
August 28 from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Zoom
The Thiel College Speech-Language Pathology Admissions Team will host an information session for those interested in learning more about the SLP Program. Faculty and staff will speak about course work, clinical rotations, the admissions process, financial aid and more.
For more information, contact the Office of Admission.
Opening Convocation
August 29 at 11:30 a.m.
Brother Martin’s Walk/William A. Passavant Memorial Center
The Thiel College community welcomes the Class of 2028 and new cohorts of graduate students to officially kick-off the fall 2024 semester.
Men’s soccer: Carlow at Thiel College
August 30 at 5 p.m.
Alumni Stadium
The Tomcats host the Carlow Celtics.
Women’s soccer: LaRoche at Thiel College
August 30 at 7:30 p.m.
Alumni Stadium
The Tomcats host LaRoche.
Men’s soccer: University of Pittsburgh-Greensburg at Thiel College
August 31 at 7 p.m.
Alumni Stadium
The Tomcats host the University of Pittsburgh-Greensburg.
Monday Classes on Tuesday
Sept. 3
Campus
Following the Labor Day holiday, Monday classes will be held on Tuesday, Sept. 3.
’She Kills Monsters’ Auditions
Sept. 3 at 7 p.m.
William A. Robinson Theater
Auditions for the Fall 2024 theatre production of ‘She Kills Monsters’ by Qui Nguyen.
For more information, contant JK Rogers, Ph.D.
Tomcat Tributes
Tomcat Tributes recognize the teamwork Thiel College employees exhibit each day. Employees can nominate co-workers for recognition in four categories (Random Act of Kindness, Going the Extra Mile, Had a Great Idea, Just Because).
Going the Extra Mile
Nominee: Randall Burnett M.A.’22
Tell us why you're nominating this Tomcat! “Congratulations to Randall and the Thiel College cheer team on their outstanding performance at NCA Summer Camp and on receiving a silver bid to nationals. We are so proud of how you represent Thiel to the surrounding community and all you do to be a leader on campus.”
Publishing Schedule
T-Notes is published weekly during the fall and spring semesters. It arrives Wednesday afternoons. The next edition will be out August 28, 2024. Send your event or news to tnotes@thiel.edu by noon Monday, August 26, 2024 to be published in that week’s edition.
Submit updates and news
The Office of Communications and Marketing is always looking for good content that can be featured in the weekly staff newsletter (T-Notes), the student newsletter (Thiel Happenings), the website Newsroom or on social media.
Please send any information about you, your students, your department or your colleagues to Dominick DiRienzo M.A.’22.
Information about anything your department is featuring this year, any faculty accomplishments or student activity.
These updates do not have to meet a “newsworthiness” standard and do not have to be things that you are specifically doing or hosting.
If you have any questions, contact DiRienzo at ext. 2188.
Communications collateral
Employees should update the logos used on institutional materials, including email signatures, letterhead, PowerPoint slides, etc.
Thiel College has used the shield and wordmark combination as the official institutional logo for more than a year. They are the only approved logo for academic co-curricular and institutional use. Additional athletic logo packages are also available.
Email signatures, brand resources, and a 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.
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.
For more information, email the office.
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