Katie Parks '14 presents at Spring Ohio Confederation of Teacher Education Organization conference

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Marietta College's Katie Parks recently presented "A Partnership for All Seasons" at a statewide conference for educators.

MARIETTA, OH (03/25/2013)(readMedia)-- Marietta College's Katie Parks '14 (Rinard Mills, Ohio) recently made a presentation at the Spring Ohio Confederation of Teacher Education Organizations' conference in Dublin, Ohio.

Parks and fellow classmate Lori Ritchey '14 (Marietta, Ohio), who were joined by Education faculty members Dr. Dottie Erb and Dr. Carole Hancock, presented "A Partnership for All Seasons: Marietta College and the Ely Chapman Education Foundation."

Parks and Ritchey, who received an Investigative Studies Travel grant, also videotaped Alice Chapman, Director of the Ely Chapman Education Foundation, and incorporated that into the presentation.

"I think it was a special event for the girls. It was a first conference for both and they spoke like professionals," Hancock said. "We had a hand out, a presentation board instead of a PowerPoint, and a 45-minute presentation and a Q&A. One professor from Wittenberg was very interested in applying some of our ideas to a non-profit she was involved with in Springfield."

The College's Investigative Studies Program was founded in 1997 and since has provided tens of thousands of dollars in support. The Student Travel Grant Program provides competitive awards of up to $500 per student per project for students presenting their projects at academic conferences.

Located in Marietta, Ohio, at the confluence of the Muskingum and Ohio rivers, Marietta College is a four-year liberal arts college. Tracing its roots to the Muskingum Academy begun in 1797, the College was officially chartered in 1835. Today Marietta College serves a body of 1,430 full-time students. The College offers 44 majors and has been listed among Barron's Best Buys in College Education and Peterson's Competitive Colleges, and has been recognized as one of the top regional comprehensive colleges by U.S. News & World Report and The Princeton Review, as well as one of the nation's best by Forbes.com.

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