Keynote Speaker

Dr. Jim Thrasher

Dr. Thrasher has been blessed with the opportunity to invest his life in high school and college students. The majority of his professional career in higher education has been spent helping students with finding the place where they are called to study and to serve, beginning with the position of college Admissions Counselor. He then had the privilege of serving high school seniors at Shady Side Academy as the Assistant Director of College Counseling Dr Thrasher founded Grove City College’s top-ranked Career Services Office (named #4 in the nation by Princeton Review Guide 2023) and was its director for 23 years At GCC, he currently serves as the Senior Advisor to the Vice President for Student Recruitment, is an Associate Professor of Biblical and Religious Studies and Humanities, and is the Chaplain of the college’s football team