Thiel College alumna Emily Irons ’24 is serving with the Peace Corps in Uganda and recently received approval for a self-funded grant initiative aimed at renovating a dilapidated classroom building at her school.
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Three-hundred-fifty-eight students were named to the Thiel College Dean’s List for the spring 2025 semester.
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Thiel College is hosting the inaugural Tomcat Tennis Tournament, a Level 6 United States Tennis Association-sanctioned event on July 12-13 at the recently updated tennis facilities.
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Thiel College recently awarded diplomas to its graduates following its spring 2025 academic semester.
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For the fourth straight year, Thiel College will serve as the overnight stop for the Bike MS: Escape to the Lake cycling event, which brings approximately 500 cyclists and volunteers to campus as part of a two-day fundraising ride scheduled for June 7–8.
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Thiel College alumnus and Trustee Emeritus Mark Nordenberg, J.D. ’70 H’98, a lifelong advocate for higher education, has been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. This marks the first time in the College’s history that a Thiel alumnus has been inducted into the Academy.
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Thiel College will host a one-day sketching workshop led by artist and former faculty member William J. Mancuso on Friday, June 7, in Room 301 of the Daniel and Dorothy Spence Academic Center. The workshop will run from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. and is designed to encourage participants to explore sketching as a mindful, enjoyable activity that brings attention to the details of everyday life.
The workshop is open to the public. The registration fee is $195 plus a small processing charge and includes all art materials. Each participant will receive a sketching kit valued at $45, which includes a small watercolor sketchbook, waterbrush, compact watercolor palette with professional-grade paint, waterproof pen, water-soluble pencil, light-duty sketchbook, and a portable carrying case.
Participants will take part in a mid-day break, allowing time to enjoy lunch at one of the nearby restaurants or to bring their own and relax on campus.
Mancuso, who taught at Thiel College for nine years, focuses on helping artists at all levels sketch freely and attentively. The workshop will introduce techniques using pen, watercolor, and water-soluble pencil, with informal discussion on perspective, color, and composition. The emphasis will be on the experience of sketching rather than producing finished artwork.
The Office of Communications and Marketing is once again inviting the campus community to contribute photo essays for the staff newsletter, T-Notes. Last semester, your submissions offered glimpses into campus life, from vibrant 🍁 fall colors to festive moments like 🎅 Salvation Army bell ringers and 🎃 Halloween costumes. This week, Sheila Gross, Ph.D. ’10 snapped a portrait of iconic Greenville Hall.
The summer months provide some of the best opportunities to showcase the beauty of the campus. We’re looking for even more unique and interesting perspectives that highlight what makes Thiel such a great place to work and learn. Whether it’s a hidden campus gem, a special event, or a snapshot of daily life, we want to see Thiel through your eyes! 👀✨
How to Participate: Send your photos to tnotes@thiel.edu.
💡 Submission Ideas:
Summer hours begin May 19 and end August 8. The regularly scheduled hours of operation for all campus offices will be Monday through Thursday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. and
Friday, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.
On occasion, Friday events and activities will require offices across campus to be open until 5 p.m. beyond the regularly scheduled summer hours. Advanced notice will be provided to inform employees of those dates and times.
The summer holidays include:
These days are part of the College’s standard paid holidays for full-time employees.
Cabinet officers may approve, in advance, a substitute holiday during the 30 days before or 30 days after the scheduled holiday for any employee who is required to work on the designated holiday.
HR Notes
Thiel College welcomes
And says farewell to
Monthly Payroll
Any changes or updates must be submitted before the 20th of the month for the change to process in the current month's payroll.
Bi-weekly Payroll
Any changes or updates must be submitted by Wednesday, the week before payroll week.
Retirement plan advisors on campus
Independent retirement plan advisors Sierra Christian and Jack Ryan from Henderson Brothers Financial Partners, are available to support your retirement planning needs through conference calls and virtual meetings. Their office hours can be selected below.
In-person appointments available
Jack Ryan and Sierra Christian will be on campus May 29.
Virtual: Christian is available throughout May
Virtual: Ryan is available throughout May
Sierra and Jack can assist you with questions regarding:
Greenville High School Graduation
May. 30 at 6 p.m.
Passavant Center
Greenville High School Graduation.
Annual Blue-Gold Golf Outing at Avalon
Jun. 2 at 9 a.m.
Avalon GCC at Buhl Park, Hermitage Pa.
Please see the Athletics Website for additional details.
Jamestown High School Graduation Practice
Jun. 3 at 11 a.m.
Passavant Center
Jamestown High School Graduation Practice
Jamestown High School Graduation
Jun. 5 at 5 p.m.
William A. Passavant Memorial Center
Jamestown High School Graduation.
William Penn Academy Graduation
Jun. 6 at 4:00pm
David Johnson Memorial Chapel
Graduation event for the William Penn Academy.
Escape to the Lake
Jun. 7
Thiel College
The Annual BikeMS Escape to Lake fundraiser once again comes to Thiel for the overnight. A brief rundown of the schedule is below followed by a link to the official website.
Saturday, June 7
8-11 a.m. - Staff arrives to set up finish line area, T-shirts, nurses station, etc.
11 a.m. to 6 p.m. - Key pick up and check in for riders and volunteers -SGR
11 a.m. to 5= p.m. - Snack Reception for riders and volunteers, location to be determined
11 a.m. to 8 p.m. - Medical room open in Career Services office
2-6 p.m. - Lutheran Heritage Room
4-7:30 p.m. - Team Village and Beer Garden
4-7:30 p.m. - Passavant Center Shuttle stop
4:30- 7:30 p.m. - Dinner in the cafeteria
Indoor camping in Florence West Hall and Hodge hall
8:00 pm to 5:00 a.m. Bike storage locked in Passavant Center
Sunday, June 8
Breakfast in the cafeteria from 5:00 a.m. to 7:30 a.m.
Hotel shuttles from 5:00 a.m. to 7:00 a.m.
Luggage/dorm golf cart runs from 5:30 a.m. to 7:00 a.m.
Sketching with Watercolors Workshop
Jun. 7 at 9:00am
Spence Academic Center - Room 301
This workshop will be all about sketching for the pleasure of sketching! It will encourage participants to notice the extraordinariness of the everyday world by sketching just about anything, anywhere and anytime. We’ll work on this by focusing on sketching small and emphasizing the act of sketching over “the sketch.”
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!
Nominees: Mauricio De La Garza and Thomas Keane
Nominator: Capri Turk
Comment: “Coach Mo and Coach Keane generously helped our Admissions Staff tear down the HMSC hallway vendor tables and set up full seating and tables in the LHR before orientation. We would have been there forever without their help. Thank you both!”
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.
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.
Publishing Schedule
T-Notes is published on alternating Wednesdays during the summer break It arrives Wednesday afternoons. Send your event or news to tnotes@thiel.edu by noon Monday, June 9, 2025 to be published in that week’s edition. The next edition will be published Wednesday, June 11, 2025.
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