2024 Honors Convocation Program

2024 Honors Convocation

Honors Convocation 7 p.m. Friday, February 9, 2024 William A. Passavant Memorial Center CHORAL MUSIC

PRELUDE AND *PROCESSIONAL

Ralph Holtzhauser, Pianist *PLACING OF COLLEGE MACE..................... Jared Johnson, Ph.D.

Faculty Marshal, Professor of English

Bonse Aba (arr. Victor C. Johnson)..............................................Thiel Choir I Sing Because I’m Happy (arr. Rollo Dilworth) ���������������������Thiel Choir Brianne Samson, Director of Choral Activities; Ralph Holtzhauser, Pianist PRESENTATION OF ALPHA CHI........................Shannon Deets, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Psychology, Alpha Chi Advisor *INVOCATION............................................................Audra Franley ’17

Visiting Assistant Professor of Religion WELCOME.......................................................................Rod E. Wilt ’86

Chair of the Board of Trustees RECOGNITION OF HONOREES...................Susan Traverso, Ph.D.

President

STUDENT SPEAKER INTRODUCTION .............Melissa S. Oakes ’03

Professor of Business Administration & Accounting, Department Chair STUDENT SPEAKER...........................................................Austin Siko ’24 Accounting major, Dietrich Honors Institute member

“The Value of Preparation” CELEBRATION OF ENDOWED CHAIRS ...........Susan Traverso, Ph.D.

President Greg Q. Butcher, Ph.D. Vice President for Academic Affairs, Dean of the College

RECOGNITION OF ACADEMIC HONOR SOCIETIES

*HAIL ALMA MATER........................... Music by Friedrich F. Flemming

Greg Q. Butcher, Ph.D. Vice President for Academic Affairs, Dean of the College

and lyrics by E. Grace Hunton 1900

ANNOUNCEMENT OF ATHLETIC & GREEK ACADEMIC HONORS

Mike McKinney, Ed.D. ’02 Vice President for Student Life & Athletics, Dean of Students PRESENTATION OF ACADEMIC HONORS AND AWARDS

Greg Q. Butcher, Ph.D. Vice President for Academic Affairs, Dean of the College Eugene T. Torigoe, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Physics, Faculty Chair CLOSING ANNOUNCEMENTS..............................Jared Johnson, Ph.D.

Faculty Marshal, Professor of English

*CLOSING PRAYER.........................................................Audra Franley ’17

Visiting Assistant Professor of Religion POSTLUDE *AUDIENCE WILL PLEASE RISE IF ABLE

Endowed Chairs

Student Speaker Austin C. Siko ’24

Mary Theresa Hall, Ph.D.

Steven Kandray

Dietrich Honors Institute member, Accounting major

Professor of English, James Pedas’50 H’89 Chair of Communication

Austin Siko ’24, of Latrobe Pa., is a senior working on a Bachelor of Arts degree with a major in accounting and a minor in English. He is an intern at JFS Wealth Advisors in Hermitage, Pa. Siko is the student-manager for the men’s volleyball team and a member of the Dietrich Honors Institute, National Business Honors Society, and the English honorary society Sigma Tau Delta.

Mary Theresa Hall, Ph.D. is a Professor of English and the James Pedas’50 H’89 Chair of Communication. She began teaching at Thiel in 1999.

Assistant Professor of Business Administration and Accounting, Haller Enterprise Institute Assistant Director, Norman P. Mortensen H’81 Chair of Economics

Siko is the former president of Thiel College’s chapter of the Kappa Sigma fraternity and district editor of Pennsylvania Circle K. He is a 2020 graduate of Derry High School.

— Presentation Title —

“The Value of Preparation”

Hall served as Associate Academic Dean for the College from 2016 to 2018. Hall received her bachelor’s degree in English and secondary certification in English and French from Seton Hill University; a master’s in literature from Carnegie Mellon University; and a Ph.D. from Duquesne University.

Trustee emeritus Dr. James Pedas ’50 H’89 provided the lead gift for the endowed chair. He is a trustee emeritus and served on the Board of Trustees from 1985-2000.

Steven Kandray joined Thiel College in 2020 and has served as Assistant Director of the Haller Enterprise Institute since 2021. He is an Assistant Professor of Business and Marketing and teaches several entrepreneurship classes at Thiel College.

He has a bachelor’s degree from Mount Union and an MBA from Youngstown State University.

Dr. Peter Mortensen H’81 is the retired Chairman of FNB Corporation and a Thiel College Trustee Emeritus. He served on the Board of Trustees from 1987-1998.

Endowed Chairs Sheila Nowinski, Ph.D.

Melissa S. Oakes, M.B.A. ’03

Craig Thurber

Associate Professor of History, Dietrich Honors Institute Director, Kenneth ’31 and Marianna Brown ’32 Dietrich Honors Institute Chair

Professor of Business Administration and Accounting, Chair of the Arthur McGonigal Department of Business Administration and Accounting, David M. Miller’61 H’20 Chair of Accounting

Adjunct Professor of Health and Physical Education, Rod E. Wilt ’86 Head Coach for Thiel College Wrestling

Sheila Nowinski, Ph.D. joined Thiel College in 2015. She was selected as the Associate Director of the Dietrich Honors Institute in the fall of 2019 and became the Director the following spring. She has a bachelor’s degree from Boston College, a master’s degree from Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium, and a Ph.D. from the University of Notre Dame.

Philanthropist, businessman, scholar and proud northwest Pennsylvania native William S. Dietrich II, bequeathed a $25 million fund to Thiel College upon his passing in 2011. Dietrich’s gift is the largest made to the College in its 150– year history. His gift founded the Kenneth and Marianna Brown Dietrich Honors Institute in honor of William’s parents.

Melissa Oakes ’03 is a Thiel College graduate who has been teaching at the College since 2010.

She earned an MBA from Clarion University in 2012 and has been a Certified Public Accountant and Certified Fraud Examiner since 2007. She was the Associate Department Chair from 2020-23 and was elected as chair in 2023.

The chair is named for David M. Miller ’61 H’20, a mentor of Professor Oakes.

He was a 1961 graduate of Thiel College and taught at Thiel from 1963 to 2020.

His 57-year tenure is the longest in Thiel College’s history. He taught more classes and advised more students than any professor in Thiel College’s history.

Craig Thurber is in his 21st season as the Rod E. Wilt ’86 Head Coach for Thiel College Wrestling. Since taking over the Tomcat program in 2003, Thurber has led the Tomcats to 11 Presidents’ Athletic Conference Championships.

He attended the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown where he earned a B.A. in social sciences.

Thiel Athletic Hall of Fame member Rod Wilt ’86 and his wife, Jill (Gardner) Wilt ’85 made the donation to endow the head wrestling coach position at the College. It is the largest donation to any single athletic program in Thiel history, and the first endowed coaching position in the history of the Presidents’ Athletic Conference.

Alpha Chi Alexander Andreozzi ’23 Bethany Bonnar ’23 Brianne Coatsworth ’24

The Dr. Georgianne Stary Award

Erika Cook ’24 The E. Frank and Dorothy V. Brosius Scholarship The Edmund G. and Viola N. Price Family Scholarship

Kylie Gardner ’24

Ellwood and Sara Hauser Scholarship

Emmalee Sheeler ’24

Emily Irons ’24

The Dr. Nelson P. Yeardley Mathematics Scholarship Fund The E. Frank and Dorothy V. Brosius Scholarship

Alexander Martin ’24

Kylie Vergnola ’24

The David ’71 and Deborah ’75 Mogle Endowed Scholarship

Allison Walsh ’24

Raquel McDonald ’23

Madison Walsh ’23 Madison Yurich ’24

The Dr. Sonya M. Wilt Endowed Scholarship

Founded in 1922, Alpha Chi is one of only four national scholarship societies admitting to membership superior junior and senior students, irrespective of their fields of study. The objectives of Alpha Chi are the promotion and recognition of scholarship.

On the 300 campuses with chapters, Alpha Chi membership is the highest academic honor that may be awarded.

Academic Honors Earned in spring 2023 and/or fall 2023

DEAN’S LIST To be eligible for the Dean’s List, a student must attain a minimum grade point average of 3.4 for the term, based upon grades earned in a minimum of 12 conventionally graded credit hours.

ADDITIONAL AWARDS, GRANTS AND SCHOLARSHIPS These are primarily restricted awards, grants and scholarships for currently enrolled students. They are supported by endowed funds established by the gift of a principal sum to the College. All of the named awards are based, at least in part, on academic achievements in the student’s major area of study.

Designation as an Honors Convocation Award recipient is based on eligibility calculations by Academic Records and Financial Aid.

Class of 2027 Mason Adams The Ella Busch Scholarship Ireland Anderson Alexis Arnett Pierson Badowski Anthony Barry Grant Becker

Dietrich Honors Scholarship Sydney Bell Kennedy Bielata

The Baughman Family Endowed Scholarship Fund Laris Bielata

Dietrich Honors Scholarship Maximilian Bihler

Dietrich Honors Scholarship Nola Blose

Dietrich Honors Scholarship Beverley Carpec

The Ella Busch Scholarship

The Honorees Davis Carson

Alaina Fedder

Dietrich Honors Scholarship

Dietrich Honors Scholarship

Olivia Cedar

Dennis Fedele III

Dietrich Honors Scholarship

Dietrich Honors Scholarship

Brett Channell

Heaven Fitch

Jackson Claypoole

Garrett Floch

Spencer Cleary

The Baughman Family Endowed Scholarship Fund

Kyleigh Coy

Marsha Foreman

Dietrich Honors Scholarship Aiden Davis Madilynn Difrischia

The Baughman Family Endowed Scholarship Fund Carson Dombroski Rex Dugan

Dietrich Honors Scholarship Ryleigh Ecklund Andrew Elberty Giovanni Elinsky

Dietrich Honors Scholarship

Emmett Gill

The Baughman Family Endowed Scholarship Fund Emily Gongaware

The B. Baird and Lillian Gibson Memorial Scholarship Fund Joseph Grundy Devin Gruver

The Ella Busch Scholarship Marissa Gulnac Grace Hanzes

Dietrich Honors Scholarship

Julia Harris Natalie Hering

Thiel Full Tuition Scholarship Sophia Householder Alaynah Johnson Anna Kavulla

Dietrich Honors Scholarship Haller Enterprise Institute Scholarship Olivia Kehren

The Baughman Family Endowed Scholarship Fund Haylie Kidd Gabrielle Klepeis

Dietrich Honors Scholarship Olivia Krumpak

Dietrich Honors Scholarship Alyssa Lecorchick

Dietrich Honors Scholarship Preston Lefkowitz

Josie Lewis

The Baughman Family Endowed Scholarship Fund Dietrich Honors Scholarship Antonio Malone Breanna Martin Laci McCloe

Michael Pietragallo Jacob Potts

The Ella Busch Scholarship Dietrich Honors Scholarship

Hannah Prokay

Madalyn Semmler

The Ella Busch Scholarship Dietrich Honors Scholarship

Dietrich Honors Scholarship

Kenna Reinard

Alayzha Mccray

Haller Enterprise Institute Scholarship Marion G. Resch Science Scholarship

Andrew McRoberts

Dustin Miller Sheamus Moorhead Ethan Narby

Dietrich Honors Scholarship Sylvia Novak

Dietrich Honors Scholarship

Sidney Richardson

The Baughman Family Endowed Scholarship Fund Jack M. and Marjorie H. Dershimer Scholarship Giovanni Rococi

Ella Sloan Logan Smith

The William E. and Dorothy (Floyd) Babcock Scholarship Dietrich Honors Scholarship Jensen Stehlik

Dietrich Honors Scholarship Mason Suss

Brianna Rottman

Ethan Tabaka

Alana Rudolf

The Ella Busch Scholarship Dietrich Honors Scholarship Lauren Taylor

Brady Rzodkiewicz

Dietrich Honors Scholarship

The Charles and Louisa Hirtzel Schimmelfeng Scholarship Dietrich Honors Scholarship

Connor Paolucci

Faith Sansone

Nicholas Ondo

Hailey Shirlaw

The Ella Busch Scholarship

Grace Olshanski Eli Olszowka

Kelsey Seddon

The Dr. & Mrs. Arthur William Phillips Scholarship

Dietrich Honors Scholarship

Marion G. Resch Science Scholarship

Joseph Schimizzi

The Baughman Family Endowed Scholarship Fund Derek Thomas

Marion G. Resch Science Scholarship

Lilyan Thomas

The Richard C. McCrumb Scholarship Fund Dietrich Honors Scholarship Rowan Thomas Grace Thompson Madalyn Triskett

Dietrich Honors Scholarship Madison Varano John Walsh Brianna Whaley

Dietrich Honors Scholarship Cydney Wierzbowski

Thiel Full Tuition Scholarship Andrew Yocum

Haller Enterprise Institute Scholarship Marion G. Resch Science Scholarship Isabella Zahner

Dietrich Honors Scholarship

Class of 2026

Emma Buchta

Brandon Gala

Jennifer Kalp

The Ella Busch Scholarship

Megan Bull

Olivia Giardina

Calvin Cackowski

The Baughman Family Endowed Scholarship Fund

Allie Kidder

Muncie Canon

Blake Gibson

Braelynn Anderson

Haley Chiappini

The Baughman Family Endowed Scholarship Fund Dietrich Honors Scholarship

Sydney Green

The Baughman Family Endowed Scholarship Fund

Delaney Cowger

Brooke Griffith

Savannah Adams

Dietrich Honors Scholarship Haller Enterprise Institute Scholarship

Toby Atwood

Thiel Full Tuition Scholarship Ali Baker

The Ella Busch Scholarship Alexa Beck

Dietrich Honors Scholarship Mila Brdar

Dietrich Honors Scholarship John Bresnan

The Baughman Family Endowed Scholarship Fund James Cromwell Young

Dietrich Honors Scholarship Thiel Full Tuition Scholarship

Dietrich Honors Scholarship Yun Haeun Megan Harding Kylie Heid

Hunter Crouse

Sawvel Memorial Presidential Award Tegan Daugherty

Dietrich Honors Scholarship Alexis DeMarco

Joshua Hovan Tyler Hussey

The Jack R. and Betty J. Speicher Scholarship Daisy Jenness

Haylee Dyne

Dietrich Honors Scholarship The Evan Mihailovich Memorial Scholarship

Colton Brightwell

Alexis Feigert

Miracle Jewell

Alexis Brown

Madison Fiorentini

The Baughman Family Endowed Scholarship Fund

The Baughman Family Endowed Scholarship Fund

Dietrich Honors Scholarship Tristan Bruckner

Alyssa DeMarco

Josie Gadsby

Dietrich Honors Scholarship

Kylee Jordan

Dietrich Honors Scholarship

Hannah Kunkel

Dayoon Lee Emma Leehan

Dietrich Honors Scholarship Carina Loreno Mitchell Mason

O. D. Anderson Bus and Tour Scholarship Fund The John Linn Wiley and Margaret Witmer Wiley Scholarship The Stauffer Family Scholarship Fund The Tod & Winifred Rissell Scholarship Fund Jamie Maxwell

Dietrich Honors Scholarship Charlee May Edward Mccarthy

The Charles and Louisa Hirtzel Schimmelfeng Scholarship

Brooke McKinney Kendall McLaughlin

The Baughman Family Endowed Scholarship Fund Dietrich Honors Scholarship Landon Mead Hannah Miller Madalyn Moore

Dietrich Honors Scholarship Jenna Murrey Aidan Ochs

The Harry Darakos and Audrey McNatt Endowed Scholarship Makenna Oswalt

Dietrich Honors Scholarship Natalie Pape Kelly Peplowski

Marion G. Resch Science Scholarship Kaleb Proudfoot Joshua Pugh Evan Ratchford Emily Reese

Devin Rhoads

Dietrich Honors Scholarship Gregory Roae

Dietrich Honors Scholarship Shalondra Santos Colin Schroyer

Dietrich Honors Scholarship Cole Sherwin

Joan Gorney ’50 Endowed Scholarship Dietrich Honors Scholarship Maddie Shirey

The Baughman Family Endowed Scholarship Fund Rachael Smith Riley Smith

Dietrich Honors Scholarship Alicia Sowash Abby Stewart Kylee Surrena Martiale Tete

Nathaniel Turner Mitchell Valentine Kaya Vantassel

The Baughman Family Endowed Scholarship Fund Dietrich Honors Scholarship Taryn Vergnola

Dietrich Honors Scholarship Katie Wagner

The Baughman Family Endowed Scholarship Fund William Wagner

The Arthur James Brosius Scholarship Endowment Fund The Robert Charles Averill Scholarship Fund Haley Weber

The Ella Busch Scholarship Savanna Welch Zackery Welker Jordan Wilhoit

Dietrich Honors Scholarship

Dietrich Honors Scholarship Thiel Full Tuition Scholarship

Hayden Tucker

Jacob Wittenberg

Dietrich Honors Scholarship

Class of 2025 Giana Arnese

The J. Lynn Trimble Scholarship Fund The Ned and Gertrude Glessner Endowed Scholarship Fund The Ethel Smith Vierheller Award Fund Haller Enterprise Institute Scholarship Dietrich Honors Scholarship Cameron Austin Amy Batt Patrick Belback

The Baughman Family Endowed Scholarship Fund Kaylee Bensink

The Sebastian Mueller Honor Scholarship Haller Enterprise Institute Scholarship Zachary Bergstresser

The Charles and Louisa Hirtzel Schimmelfeng Scholarship The Edward A. and Marie C. Mertz Scholarship Fund Haller Enterprise Institute Scholarship Ethan Bintrim

The Bennett-Heald-Safford Scholarship Fund The E. Frank and Dorothy V. Brosius Scholarship The Florence West Tribute to Dr. Bly Award Dietrich Honors Scholarship

Lauren Bonner

The Baughman Family Endowed Scholarship Fund

Richard Cianci Cameron Cygan

Anna Boyd

Komlan Denu

Katabella Byers

The Charles and Louisa Hirtzel Schimmelfeng Scholarship

The Barbara Morgan Harvey and Dr. Joseph Seep Harvey Scholarship The Dr. & Mrs. Arthur William Phillips Scholarship Haller Enterprise Institute Scholarship Luke Campbell

Marion G. Resch Science Scholarship Grace Carrizo Jacob Castona

The Baughman Family Endowed Scholarship Fund Dietrich Honors Scholarship Jordan Castona

The Baughman Family Endowed Scholarship Fund Dietrich Honors Scholarship Evan Cessna

Class of 1964 Endowed Scholarship The Walter Charles and Ethel Fern Rupert Scholarship The Paul Kilner Memorial Scholarship Nisubire Charlotte

Laci Dezern

The Sebastian Mueller Honor Scholarship Dietrich Honors Scholarship Jakob Dies Alexis Dunn

Alan K. ’62 and Jane M. Heineman ’62 Endowed Scholarship The Ralston Memorial Scholarship for Education Luke Faber

The Baughman Family Endowed Scholarship Fund Skylar Garlick Taegan Geiser

The Anthony R. Fahl ’50 Scholarship Fund Breanna Gerst

The Sebastian Mueller Honor Scholarship

Christian Good

The E. Frank and Dorothy V. Brosius Scholarship The William B. Frank Minority Scholarship in the Physical Sciences Annie Gool

Ronald B. Anderson Endowed Scholarship Fund Joshua Govannucci

The Harry Darakos and Audrey McNatt Endowed Scholarship The Kenneth and Thelma Reitz Memorial Scholarship Erica Gregory Rosalie Hanley Andrew Hansen Alaina Harpst

The Baughman Family Endowed Scholarship Fund Dietrich Honors Scholarship Emma Hatfield

The Camillo Cianci II Memorial Scholarship The Michael Andrew Holland ’75 Memorial Scholarship Fund

Mackenzie Hause

The Baughman Family Endowed Scholarship Fund Mackenzie Herman

Alexa Kantner

The Baughman Family Endowed Scholarship Fund Dietrich Honors Scholarship Ava Kavulla

Dietrich Honors Scholarship

Dietrich Honors Scholarship Haller Enterprise Institute Scholarship

Alexa Horton

Yeryoung Kim

Cynthia Honeycutt

Tabor Evangelical Scholarship Wagoneer Lutheran Chruch Scholarship Nikolas Hunchuk

The Graf/Obenauf Scholarship Joshua Ickes

Alexis King

The Charles and Louisa Hirtzel Schimmelfeng Scholarship Nicholas Kobielus

The E. Frank and Dorothy V. Brosius Scholarship

The Baughman Family Endowed Scholarship Fund The Chase Laundry and Dry Cleaning Scholarship John T. Egbert, Jr. and June Smith Egbert Scholarship Dietrich Honors Scholarship

The Paul H. Ralston Chemistry Award Dietrich Honors Scholarship

Jason Jewett

Rebecca Landis

Grace Jones

The Baughman Family Endowed Scholarship Fund Samantha Jones

Donna Kocher

The Baughman Family Endowed Scholarship Fund Evan Kosenina

Chase Lawler Connor Lewis

The Arthur E. Smith Scholarship Fund Marion G. Resch Science Scholarship

Madison Liggett

Andrea Meals

The Sebastian Mueller Honor Scholarship

Alan K. ’62 and Jane M. Heineman ’62 Endowed Scholarship The Louise Beil Maglisceau 1929 Endowed Scholarship

Sydney Linhart Meghan Liscio

The Mortensen Family Scholarship Dietrich Honors Scholarship Melina Liszka

The Baughman Family Endowed Scholarship Fund Mark Littke

Rev. Robert E. Wolff Scholarship The Virgil, Clara & Paul Fackler & Marian R. Moore Scholarship Fund The Walter & Gertrude Bradley Scholarship Dietrich Honors Scholarship Cameron Long

Huether-McClellend Foundation Endowment for Business The Catherine Evans Scholarship Dietrich Honors Scholarship Sarahy Lopez

Thiel Full Tuition Scholarship Chance McCoy Connor McInnis

Dietrich Honors Scholarship

Zachary Melin Gena Miller Randall Miller Chad Morningstar

Robert W. Brown, Jr. Greenville/Thiel History Award The Dr. Roy H. JohnsonMemorial Award The Gilbert And Dorothy J. Taylor Scholarship Matthew Nale

The Marlowe W. Johnson Endowment for Choral Music The Patricia Murrin Endowed Scholarship Fund Christina Newman

The Marlowe W. Johnson Endowment for Choral Music Amya Oliver

The Patricia Turcic Endowed Scholarship Fund Dietrich Honors Scholarship

Kelly Oros

Dietrich Honors Scholarship Anna Paul

Thiel Full Tuition Scholarship Katlyn Phillips

Dietrich Honors Scholarship Seth Phillips

Marion G. Resch Science Scholarship Carlie Reynolds

Lillian Sitzer

Ross Swartz

Mya Winkle

Abigail Smagala

The Baughman Family Endowed Scholarship Fund

The Baughman Family Endowed Scholarship Fund Dietrich Honors Scholarship

Dietrich Honors Scholarship Kaitlyn Stamp

Dietrich Honors Scholarship Marion G. Resch Science Scholarship Shania Stiers-Royal Bailey Stilts

Dietrich Honors Scholarship

Seth Riley

William Stines

Madalyn Russell

Hannah Stoughton

The Class of 1963 Scholarship Dietrich Honors Scholarship

Dietrich Honors Scholarship Thiel Full Tuition Scholarship

Gavin Sankey

Bryce Stubert

The Baughman Family Endowed Scholarship Fund Dietrich Honors Scholarship

Jack M. & Marjorie H. Dershimer Scholarship Dr. Peter and Helen Brath Scholarship

Kaitlyn Schmidt

Taylor Susany

Dietrich Honors Scholarship

Alan K. ’62 and Jane M. Heineman ’62 Endowed Scholarship The Sebastian Mueller Honor Scholarship The Slaney Family Scholarship Fund The Thelma Caruso ’39 and Frank Caruso Scholarship The William E. and Dorothy (Floyd) Babcock Scholarship

Abigail Sefton Fiona Shaffer

The E. Frank and Dorothy V. Brosius Scholarship Dietrich Honors Scholarship

Elizabeth Tewell

Dietrich Honors Scholarship Maria Torres

Marion G. Resch Science Scholarship Owen Trumbull

The Charles and Louisa Hirtzel Schimmelfeng Scholarship The Jim Miller Scholarship Alexys Wagner Jessica Wagner

The Sebastian Mueller Honor Scholarship Jacob Walsh

Eberly Family Scholarship Dietrich Honors Scholarship Jason Walsh II

Norman G. Hasbrouck ’74 Memorial Endowed Scholarship Dietrich Honors Scholarship Madeleine White

Dietrich Honors Scholarship

Kaitlyn Wolffe

Robert Heissenbuttel Professor of English Endowed Award The Diane Thigpen Frederick ’81 Memorial Study Abroad Award Dietrich Honors Scholarship Casey Yacos

Joan Gorney ’50 Endowed Scholarship The Timothy Frank McElree Memorial Scholarship The Nelson P. Yeardley Mathematics Scholarship Haller Enterprise Institute Scholarship Derrik Zappa

The Eleanor D. Eakin Scholarship Fund

Class of 2024

Andrew Born Lillianna Briscoe

Kaleb Achuff

The Timothy Frank McElree Memorial Scholarship Thiel Womens Club Scholarship The Lawrence Phillips Community Service Award Endowment

Steve Alcegaire

Carson Britton

Katherine Aaron

Dietrich Honors Scholarship

The Catherine Evans Scholarship Dietrich Honors Scholarship Tessa Allison

The Grant L. & Katherine (Smith) Snair, Jr. Scholarship Fund Marina Anderson

The Sebastian Mueller Honor Scholarship Marion G. Resch Science Scholarship Anthony Baileys

The George A. Summerhill, Jr. ’59 and Arlene R. Summerhill ’59 Endowed Scholarship

Bethany Brodock

The Linda Nordman Sigma Kappa Scholarship Fund Dietrich Honors Scholarship Patrick Broe Lucas Buchanan

The Arthur W. Herron Memorial Scholarship The William B. Frank Minority Scholarship in the Physical Sciences Melina Bufalini

The Catherine Evans Scholarship

Caroline Birdy

Marcel Caron II

Payton Blankenbeckley

Mary Cassano

The Rev. Herman J. Schmid Memorial Scholarship The William E. and Dorothy (Floyd) Babcock Scholarship

The Charles ’57 and Edna Semroc Scholarship The Emil A. Lucas Chemistry Scholarship Dietrich Honors Scholarship

Roxanne Cianci

Emma Deitz

Dietrich Honors Scholarship

Carlem Scholarship Endowment The Dr. William F. & Meta S. Zimmerman Scholarship Fund The Joan Gorney ’50 Endowed Scholarship Fund The Florence West Sigma Kappa Scholarship Class of 1950 Scholarship Dietrich Honors Scholarship

Jenna Ciarrochi Taylor Clayborn

Sawvel Memorial Presidential Award The Dr. Earl R. ’47 and Joan Miller ’48 Mezoff Endowed Scholarship Dietrich Honors Scholarship Brianne Coatsworth

Emma Deraway

The Dr. Georgianne Stary Award

Haller Enterprise Institute Scholarship

Erika Cook

Nicholas DiLullo

The E. Frank and Dorothy V. Brosius Scholarship The Edmund G. and Viola N. Price Family Scholarship Jared Curcio

The Mister Rogers Scholarship The Mr. and Mrs. J. Farrell Bash Scholarship The Patti McKee Bock Scholarship Fund Riley Davis

The Charles and Louisa Hirtzel Schimmelfeng Scholarship The Custer B. and Gladys B. Long Scholarship The Dr. Judith A. Crissman ’64 Endowed Scholarship Fund

Marlon Ellerbee

The Joseph C. Long Scholarship Endowment Knute E. Hamre Leadership Award Endowment Fund The Richard Luchette Memorial Scholarship Dietrich Honors Scholarship Dylan Evans

The Baughman Family Endowed Scholarship Fund Noah Fisher

Alan K. ’62 and Jane M. Heineman ’62 Endowed Scholarship Brandon Flock

Alayna Flynn

Ryan Harcourt

The Ella Busch Scholarship

The Baughman Family Endowed Scholarship Fund Dietrich Honors Scholarship

Bailey Fritz

Marion G. Resch Science Scholarship Lane Fry

The Baughman Family Endowed Scholarship Fund Gwynne Fuhrer

Dietrich Honors Scholarship Emma Galiardi

Travis Harvey Shamod Hatton

The Lend-A-Hand Scholarship Peyton Hearn Elizabeth Heberlig Marcus Hernandez

The Charles and Louisa Hirtzel Schimmelfeng Scholarship

Dietrich Honors Scholarship

Kylie Gardner

Abraham Hochstetler

Ellwood and Sara Hauser Scholarship Thelma Caruso ’39 and Frank Caruso Scholarship Kyle Gelvin

The Baughman Family Endowed Scholarship Fund Francis Gill

The Daugherty Family Scholarship Autumn Gourley Kathryn Guerrieri Isabelle Hammond

Dietrich Honors Scholarship Samantha Hoffman

The Kristin Marie Leonard and Lynn Anne Leonard Wesolek Endowed Scholarship Fund

Isabelle Iliev

Hunter Knapczyk

The Craig Shriver III Memorial Scholarship The George I. Baird and Donna M. Baird Pre-Veterinarian Award

The Leland E. Householder ’33 Scholarship Fund The Betty Harter Spence ’37 Endowed Scholarship Fund The Elizabeth McElhaney Scholarship Fund The George and Magdaline Skegas Scholarship for Mathematics The William E. and Dorothy (Floyd) Babcock Scholarship TWC Amelia Earhart Scholarship Fund The Dr. John C. Nichols Endowed Scholarship Fund for Mathematics or Actuarial Studies

Joan Gorney ’50 Endowed Scholarship Dietrich Honors Scholarship

Emily Irons

Austin Krieger

Dietrich Honors Scholarship Nicholas Jacobs Nicholas Janidlo

Bryce Knauf Jeffrey Knox

The Charles and Louisa Hirtzel Schimmelfeng Scholarship Alexander Kovalyak

Mackenzie Kushma Jordan Lang Ellis Law

Jordan Jennings

Eugene Zeller Fund

Caleigh Hogan

Hannah Jones

Taiwo Lawal

Mackenzie House

The Baughman Family Endowed Scholarship Fund

Austin Huebner

The E. Frank and Dorothy V. Brosius Scholarship

Alec Katon

The Catherine Evans Scholarship Ava Kidder

Dietrich Honors Scholarship Haller Enterprise Institute Scholarship

Jonah Lentz

E. Jackson Family Scholarship Rebecca Litz

The Irene Wintersteen Memorial Science Scholarship Marion G. Resch Science Scholarship

Marissa Locondro

The Daisy T. Morrison Endowed Scholarship The Dr. Chauncey G. & Mrs. Ruth H. Bly Scholarship Dr. Edwin Hodge, Jr. H’51 Endowed Scholarship Dietrich Honors Scholarship Paige Long

Seibert Memorial Scholarship The Ardis Almen Thiel Women’s Club Connor Lovic

The Margaret S. Olson Endowed Scholarship Dr. Edwin Hodge, Jr. H’51 Endowed Scholarship The Mister Rogers Scholarship Dietrich Honors Scholarship Kinsey Lowers

The Baughman Family Endowed Scholarship Fund The Cook Family Scholarship The Kathryn E. Pearce Scholarship Fund The Thiel College Scheifele Scholarship Charles Luedtke

Alexander Martin

The David ‘71 and Deborah ’75 Mogle Endowed Scholarship The Gary J. Witosky ’79 Endowed Scholarship Bridget Mazzant

The Ruth Staudenmayer, R.N. Memorial Scholarship Dietrich Honors Scholarship Isabella McCann

Brianna Miller

Mark Permigiani

Bradley Molnar

Angelo Perrotta

Dietrich Honors Scholarship Chase Morrison

The Catherine Evans Scholarship McKenzie Morrison

The Charles and Louisa Hirtzel Schimmelfeng Scholarship

The Baughman Family Endowed Scholarship Fund The Zion’s Reformed Church, U.C.C. of Greenville in Honor of Dr. Robert K. and Ruth C. Nace

The Maenpa Family Biotechnology Endowed Scholarship Fund at Thiel College

Hailey McClain

Nathan Musser

Rev. & Mrs. V.B. Christy Memorial Scholarship The Cigler Political Science Endowed Scholarship The Dr. Roy H. Johnson American Government Award The John S. Yocca Memorial Scholarship for Political Science The Templeton Scholarship at Thiel College

Brooke Mottley

Corbin Nale Alyssa Olshanski Emma Park

The Baughman Family Endowed Scholarship Fund

Zakary Phillis Alexis Pistorius Jackson Pletcher

The Catherine Evans Scholarship Cora Post Taylor Ranegar

Ellwood and Sara Hauser Scholarship The Beverly Birkenmeier Thomas Memorial Scholarship The Dorothy E. Whitehill Endowment Fund Jason Rau

The E. Frank and Dorothy V. Brosius Scholarship Dietrich Honors Scholarship Maxwell Ravenscroft

Juliana Peace

Matthew Redfoot

Bennett Medyn

The Baughman Family Endowed Scholarship Fund

The Catherine Evans Scholarship

The Sebastian Mueller Honor Scholarship The J. Fred Reinhardt Scholarship Fund

Farah Messai

Taylor Pearce

The Baughman Family Endowed Scholarship Fund

Robert Heissenbuttel Professor of English Endowed Award

Samantha Reid John Robbins

Kayla Roddy

Michael Sittig

The Edward K. and Jane Holden Rogers Scholarship Fund

Julianna Slagle

Carolyn Ruffing

The Gayle D. Miller ’89 Endowed Scholarship Fund

Isaac Sasala

Julianne Sloan

The Baughman Family Endowed Scholarship Fund Emili Scavitto Alyssa Schreiber

The Baughman Family Endowed Scholarship Fund Ryan Selig

The E. Frank and Dorothy V. Brosius Scholarship Emmalee Sheeler

The Gayle D. Miller ’89 Endowed Scholarship Macy Stewart

The Emil A. Lucas Chemistry Scholarship The Maenpa Family Biotechnology Endowed Scholarship Fund at Thiel College The Charles ‘57 and Edna Semroc Scholarship Dietrich Honors Scholarship The Jackson D. and Florence A. Magenau Endowed Scholarship The Sawhill 200 Scholarship

Caleb Shuler

Alissa Thames

Austin Siko

The Dr. David and Mrs. Mary Jo Andrews ’63 Scholarship The Dr. Morrison H. Beach Scholarship Dietrich Honors Scholarship

Zakaria Wilson

The Baughman Family Endowed Scholarship Fund

Jacob Traupman

George Tice

The William Randolph Hearst Scholarship Endowment Fund The Yvonne Kay VanAken Scholarship

Jonathan Woge Cade Wolfe

The Heather Ehrman Award Fund The Rev. Dr. Elmer A. and Dorothy Cooke Ortner

The Arthur E. Smith Scholarship Fund The Carrie & Grace Marshall Scholarship Fund

Sydney Varga

Steven Wright

The Eberly Family Scholarship Fund Kylie Vergnola Lucas Waaland

The Charles and Louisa Hirtzel Schimmelfeng Scholarship Allison Walsh

Taya Sykes

The Dr. Nelson P. Yeardley Mathematics Scholarship Fund The E. Frank and Dorothy V. Brosius Scholarship The Sergeant First Class Ryan Gloyer ’04 Memorial Scholarship

Mezekiah Tobias

The E. Frank and Dorothy V. Brosius Scholarship The Knute E. Hamre Leadership Award Endowment Fund

Rodney Washburn Jr. Kiersten White

The Ingeborg Tappert Calderwood ’24, Lelia Calderwood ’52 and Elsa Calderwood Schlentner ’62 Scholarship The Rev. Dr. Luther E. & Ruth (Potts) Fackler Scholarship Fund The Charles E. Rogers ’36 and Ruth G. Rogers Education Scholarship Fund Ashlyn Wightman

The Catherine Evans Scholarship

Mikala Wyss

The E. Frank and Dorothy V. Brosius Scholarship Ian Yahner

Huether-McClellend Foundation Endowment for Business The Dr. Herbert G. Gebert, Sr. and Dr. Herbert G. Gebert, Jr. ’49 Academic Scholarship The John Kuder Memorial Endowed Scholarship The John T. Egbert, Jr. and June Smith Egbert Scholarship Madison Yurich

The Dr. Sonya M. Wilt Endowed Scholarship Taylor Zuschlag

Lambda Sigma Lamda Sigma is a national sophomore honorary society that recognizes students who have shown scholarship and service to the College during their first year.

The grade point requirement for participation is 3.5. A student-faculty board selects its members.

Toby Atwood Mila Brdar James Cromwell Young Jordan Fiorentini Josie Gadsby Blake Gibson Brooke Griffith Megan Harding

Mitchell Mason Madalyn Moore Aidan Ochs Makenna Oswalt Cole Sherwin Maddie Shirey Hayden Tucker Taryn Vergnola

Top Scholar Athletes

The female and male student-athletes with the highest overall GPA in the Class of 2024.

Women

Kylie Gardner, Golf Madi Yurich, Tennis

Men

Jared Curcio, Wrestling

Fraternity and Sorority Honors

The female and male Greek houses with the highest combined overall GPA for the 2023 academic year.

Kappa Sigma

Zeta Tau Alpha

Departmental Honor Societies Alpha Kappa Delta Brianne Coatsworth Kayla Roddy Kylie Vergnola

Alpha Mu Gamma Lilliana Briscoe Mark Littke Madi Yurich

Alpha Psi Omega Sylvia Patterson Brianne Coatsworth Kinsey Lowers George Tice Dylan Evans Christina Newman Bailey Stilts Tristan Mlynarek Jacob Reeher Gianna Sprecace Savanna Welch Charlee May LaShawn Williams Isabella Young Shalondra Santos Al Bach

Beta Beta Beta

Giana Arnese Anthony Baileys Elijah Flinchbaugh Lane Fry Alexa Kantner Alexander Kovalyak Mackenzie Kushma Rebecca Litz Marissa Locondro Amya Oliver Jason Rau Emily Reed Sydney Varga Jessica Wagner

Theta Alpha Kappa Mark Littke

Kappa Delta Pi

Taylor Clayborn Emma Deraway Kylie Gardner Kyle Gelvin Mackenzie Hause Isabelle Hammond Emily Irons Ava Kavulla Donna Kocher Melina Liszka

Kinsey Lowers Isabella McCann Andrea Meals Juliana Peace Taylor Pearce Mark Permigiani Alexis Pistorius Samantha Reid Kaitlyn Schmidt Emmalee Sheeler Caleb Shuler Taylor Susany Kiersten White Steven Wright

Kappa Mu Epsilon Katherine Aaron Connor Lovic Juliana Peace Steven Wright Emmalee Sheeler Bailey Stilts

Nu Rho Psi

Bethany Brodock Evan Cessna Jonah Lentz Sarah Orr Erdem Schroyer Madeleine White

Pi Nu Epsilon

Edward Ague Ali Baker Kaylee Bensink Bethany Brodock Alexis Brown Muncie Canon Brianne Coatsworth Alexis DeMarco Laci Dezern Megan Everett Novaleigh Firster Amelia Folkmire Samantha Gembe Jacara Green Elizabeth Heberlig Jason Jewett Alexa Kantner Emma Leehan Melina Liszka Charlee May Rhiannon Mayer Christina Newman Cora Post Logan Ross Abigail Smagala Rachael Smith Riley Smith Bailey Stilts Alissa Thames George Tice Sydney Varga Zackery Welker Madeleine White Cydney Wierzbowski Isabella Young

Pi Sigma Alpha Hailey McClain Kylie Vergnola

Phi Alpha Theta Gavin Sankey Chad Morningstar

Psi Chi

Brianne Coatsworth Erika Cook Paige Long Emma Deitz Sydney Varga Laci Dezern Marissa Locondro Sarah Orr

Sigma Tau Delta Roxanne Cianci Taylor Clayborn Emma Deitz Dylan Evans C. Grace Honeycutt Emily Irons Hailey McClain Bradley Molnar Taylor Pearce Mark Permigiani Samantha Reid Kaitlyn Schmidt Austin Siko Hannah Stoughton Allison Walsh Kaitlynn Wolffe

Chi Alpha Sigma

Katherine Aaron Anthony Baileys Lillianna Briscoe Lucas Buchanan Mary Cassano Taylor Clayborn Jared Curcio Kylie Gardner Francis Gill Yoshinori Hashimoto Hannah Jones Alec Katon Hunter Knapczyk Austin Krieger Hailey McClain Chase Morrison Brooke Mottley Sarah Orr Juliana Peace Katlyn Phillips Jackson Pletcher Kayla Roddy Caleb Shuler Michael Sittig Julianna Sloan Macy Stewart Ashlyn Wightman Cade Wolfe Madison Yurich

Dietrich Honors Institute Honors Program Participants

The Dietrich Honors Institute (DHI) exists to provide a superior foundation upon which a high-quality liberal arts education may be built. It does this partly through a specific set of core courses that are designated and designed especially for DHI students. Participants in the program have been invited on the basis of high school or college achievement and must maintain a high level of performance at Thiel.

Katherine Aaron Savannah Adams Steve Alcegaire Braelynn Anderson Giana Arnese Alexa Beck Grant Becker Laris Bielata Maximilian Bihler Ethan Bintrim Nola Blose Trinity Bowker Mila Brdar Bethany Brodock Victoria Broshears Alexis Brown Ashlei Brown Mackenzie Burke Mary Cassano Jacob Castona Jordan Castona Olivia Cedar Marley Chapman Roxanne Cianci Taylor Clayborn Kyleigh Coy

James Cromwell Young Tegan Daugherty Emma Deitz Laci Dezern Rex Dugan Priscilla Ehrensberger Giovanni Elinsky Marlon Ellerbee Heather Farr Alaina Fedder Dennis Fedele III Makayla Flock Gwynne Fuhrer Josie Gadsby Shelby Gebhardt Emmett Gill Jacara Green Brooke Griffith Karigan Hager Grace Hanzes Alaina Harpst Adryonna Herbst Natalie Hering Marcus Hernandez Abraham Hochstetler Cynthia Honeycutt

Joshua Ickes Emily Irons Daisy Jenness Alexa Kantner Anna Kavulla Ava Kavulla Ava Kidder Gabrielle Klepeis Evan Kosenina Alexander Kovalyak Olivia Krumpak Alyssa Lecorchick Emma Leehan Josie Lewis Mark Littke Marissa Locondro Zackery Loeser Cameron Long Sarahy Lopez Connor Lovic Jamie Maxwell Bridget Mazzant Hailey McClain Laci McCloe Kaleb McDowell Kendall McLaughlin

Andrea Meals Bradley Molnar Madalyn Moore Ethan Narby Sylvia Novak Amya Oliver Grace Olshanski Nicholas Ondo Makenna Oswalt Serrenah Peterson Katlyn Phillips Hannah Prokay Jason Rau Emily Reed Devin Rhoads Gregory Roae Sabrina Robison Alana Rudolf Madalyn Russell Brady Rzodkiewicz Gavin Sankey Kaitlyn Schmidt Colin Schroyer Kelsey Seddon Madalyn Semmler Fiona Shaffer Cole Sherwin Austin Siko Abigail Smagala Logan Smith Riley Smith Gianna Sprecace Kaitlyn Stamp Jensen Stehlik

Macy Stewart Bailey Stilts Hannah Stoughton Ethan Tabaka Martiale Tete Elizabeth Tewell Lilyan Thomas George Tice Madalyn Triskett Hayden Tucker Nathaniel Turner Kaya Vantassel Sydney Varga Kylie Vergnola Taryn Vergnola Bret Vilage Cassandra Vorisek Allison Walsh Jacob Walsh Jason Walsh II Brianna Whaley Madeleine White Cydney Wierzbowski Jordan Wilhoit Zakaria Wilson Mya Winkle Lily Wisecup Cade Wolfe Kaitlynn Wolffe Madison Yurich Faith Zagotti Isabella Zahner Emmalea Zummo

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