2016, Susan Traverso became the 20th and the first female president of Thiel College.
Today, Thiel is home to about 110 full- and part-time faculty members. According to the US Department of Education, the school has just under 1,000 students in attendance.
Thiel College awarded Amelia Earhart an honorary degree in 1932. In his book The Search for Amelia Earhart, author Fred Goerner said, "The most satisfying recognition, however, came from her father's alma mater, Thiel College of Greenville, Pennsylvania in the form of an honorary Doctor of Science degree."
Thiel was also the first institution to grant an honorary degree to Fred Rogers in 1969. Rogers' address at Thiel was titled "Encouraging Creativity". In his address, he admonished educators and society in general for forcing conformity on children and encouraged understanding and tolerance as children endeavored to find their gifts. Thiel College also presented an honorary degree to Richard M. Nixon in 1959 when he was U.S. vice-president.
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