By Brian L. Brink As the audience listens quietly Krysten Kinner starts her speech by telling everyone how scared she was to travel outside of the United States. The Vira I. Heinz Scholarship Recruitment Dinner took place on Tuesday, Oct. 3, at Thiel for all female students interested […]
By Brian L. Brink Thiel College alumni held of panel talking about the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) professions on Friday, Oct. 13, at Thiel. The panel was moderated by Delbert Abi Abdallah, assistant professor of biology and director of the Greenville Neuromodulation Center Faculty/Student Research Institute. […]
By Taylor McKelvey Thiel students and faculty had varying experiences with a virtual reality (VR) demonstration on campus on Wednesday, Sept. 20. Students and faculty used Oculus Rift equipment acquired in Spring 2017, just prior to the first public VR demonstration on campus. One student, who wished to […]
By Lexi Helbig Bisexuality was the topic of a question-and-answer session held Friday, Sept. 22 by the Alliance, Thiel College’s student lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ+) organization. Bisexuality was defined as the attraction to people who share gender identity and do not share gender identity. Alliance […]
By James Brown Thiel Tomcats beat Saint Vincent Bearcats, 15-9, in the Presidents Athletic Conference (PAC) volleyball match in a home-game, Thursday, Oct. 5. The match took all the possible sets to decide the winner. It was even, with both teams having fifty-one Errors, and SVC beating Thiel in […]
By Taylor McKelvey Thiel College hired Julie Neish, D.M.A. as the new director of choral activities and assistance professor of music this summer. Neish said that before accepting this position at Thiel College, she was finishing up her doctoral degree, in Phoenix, Arizona. While studying at the University of […]
By Taylor McKelvey Professor David Buck is leading Thiel students on a service trip to Nicaragua this March. This trip will be from Mar. 3 through Mar. 11 and will be focused on service and working in Mangua and La Paz, Nicaragua. This trip’s vision of service is the […]
By Brian L. Brink Fardosa Hassan, a Muslim Chaplin from Augsburg University, spoke at Thiel College about the history and culture of Islam on Wednesday, Sept. 27. As-Salaam Alay-Kum, which translates to peace be upon you, was taught to the audience by Hassan. The response being, Wa Alay-Kum […]
By Jessica Scarmack The last part of a several-day visit, for Thiel College’s Interfaith Series, by Fardosa Hassan, the Muslim chaplain at Augsburg College, was an informal retreat on Sunday, Sept. 30. During the fsession’s first part, participants explored the meaning of their name by thinking about who […]
By: Brian L. Brink This academic year’s first Thiel Forum on Thursday, Sept. 14 featured the music of Professor Andy Erb’s trumpet trio and a political communication presentation by Professor Lana Kulik. Erb spoke about how he and his band, Northwestern Passage Trumpet Trio, recorded its first album […]
By Camille Radford September 29, 2017- Over the past few days there has been a health scare throughout Thiel College that has affected dozens of students. On the night of Tuesday, Sept. 26, many students began experiencing bouts of vomiting and diarrhea. This caused several to go to […]
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