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Marietta College's 2019 McCoy Professor honor shared by faculty from English, Biology

Wed, 19 Dec 2018 17:00:11 -0500

Nicole Livengood describes her style of teaching as "energetic." As an English professor, Dr. Livengood teaches students from a variety of majors. She said her interactive lectures help her engage her students. Livengood recently was named a 2019...

Marietta signs MBA articulation agreement with Marshall University

Wed, 21 Nov 2018 11:08:47 -0500

Marietta College officials recently signed an articulation agreement with Marshall University's Lewis College of Business to facilitate admission of Marietta's students into MU's new online MBA program. "We are very excited about this new partnersh...

College to present 14th annual Merry Tuba Christmas with a twist

Tue, 20 Nov 2018 15:00:12 -0500

When Marietta College presents the 14th annual Merry Tuba Christmas this December, there will be a new addition to the performance. Horns A Plenty, the French horn version of Tuba Christmas, will perform prior to the tubas at 4:00 p.m., Saturday, De...

Modern Languages professor publishes article in international book

Tue, 20 Nov 2018 11:08:48 -0500

Samuel Cruz, Assistant Professor of Modern Languages at Marietta College, has recently published an article in the Routledge Companion to Gender, Sex, and Latin American Culture. The article, "Class, Gender, Race in Recent Filmic Urban Brazilian Spa...

Community invited to College's Fall Band Concert on Nov. 29

Fri, 16 Nov 2018 13:00:11 -0500

Marietta College's Edward E. MacTaggart Department of Music is presenting its annual Fall Band Concert at 7:30 p.m., Thursday, November 29th, at Peoples Bank Theatre (222 Putnam St.). The concert, which is entitled "Moved by Music," features perform...

Marietta College's Cohort Default Rate well below national average

Tue, 13 Nov 2018 09:00:07 -0500

Marietta College's Cohort Default Rate, which is released annually by the U.S. Department of Education, is considerably lower than the national average at 4.4 percent during Fiscal Year 2015. The National Cohort Default rate during that same timefra...

New GIS minor at Marietta College ties in well with growing geo-professional field

Mon, 12 Nov 2018 13:00:09 -0500

Marietta College students now have the option to earn a minor in Geographic Information Systems (GIS), which combines digital mapping with data to answer spatial questions and help solve geographical problems. "This is a unique opportunity for our s...

Marietta College, Morgan HS to host creative writing tournaments this spring

Mon, 12 Nov 2018 08:27:18 -0500

Marietta College and Morgan High School will host major interscholastic creative writing tournaments on March 9, 2019. Teams of writers representing grades 7 through 12 from public, private and parochial schools in Southeast Ohio and Northern West Virg...

McCoy Professor pleased to complete two publications

Thu, 18 Oct 2018 14:00:10 -0400

Marietta College's Grace Johnson, McCoy Professor of Management and Accounting, recently completed two publications. The first is a textbook titled "108 Conversations: Ethical Considerations in Workplace Decision Making." The textbook is Johnson's f...

Marietta College's PioPitch returns with MOVEE special edition on Sept. 27

Mon, 24 Sep 2018 13:05:25 -0400

Marietta College's 2018-19 PioPitch program will feature 13 presenters on five dates, starting with a special Mid-Ohio Valley Entrepreneurship Expo edition at 3:30 p.m., Thursday, September 27th. The presenters are Drew Tanner, Director of Marketing...

Marietta College professor publishes a book on teaching leadership

Tue, 18 Sep 2018 15:00:10 -0400

Marietta College's Dr. Gama Perruci, McCoy Professor and Dean of the McDonough Leadership Center, recently published his second book, entitled Teaching Leadership: Bridging Theory and Practice (Edward Elgar Publishing). Co-authored by Sadhana Warty ...

Veteran political analyst Jeff Greenfield speaking to campus, alumni about turbulent events of 1968 (and today)

Mon, 10 Sep 2018 16:04:40 -0400

Jeff Greenfield, a veteran political, media and culture reporter and analyst, will be on Marietta College's campus from October 10th-12th speaking with multiple classes and making a special presentation to the Class of 1968 during Homecoming festivitie...

Marietta among select group in 2019 Wall Street Journal/Times Higher Education rankings

Thu, 06 Sep 2018 14:04:29 -0400

Marietta College ranks 303rd nationally in the third year of the Wall Street Journal/Times Higher Education survey of almost 1,000 U.S. colleges and universities released today. "We are delighted to be included in these rankings, and we know from di...

Marietta College's Office of Diversity & Inclusion launches One Marietta

Wed, 05 Sep 2018 12:00:23 -0400

In the eight months she has been at Marietta College, Dr. Nkenge Friday, Associate Dean of Students and Director of Diversity & Inclusion, has met with countless members of campus to gain a better understanding of the state of diversity and inclusi...

Art, music on tap for opening reception of exhibitions at Marietta College

Wed, 05 Sep 2018 10:38:51 -0400

For two hours on Friday, September 14th, Marietta College's Hermann Fine Arts Center will be the hippest place in the Mid-Ohio Valley. The College's Art Department is excited to present an evening full of art and music with two exhibitions and a liv...

MOVEE announces keynote speaker for 3rd annual expo on Sept. 27

Fri, 24 Aug 2018 12:00:08 -0400

Organizers of the third annual Mid-Ohio Valley Entrepreneurship Expo (MOVEE), which will be held on the Marietta College campus on Thursday, Sept. 27, are pleased to announce this year's keynote speaker is Robert Metz '90. Metz, Senior Vice Presiden...

AFL-CIO chief economist to kick off the fall speakers for the Economic Roundtable of the Ohio Valley

Thu, 23 Aug 2018 16:00:10 -0400

William Spriggs, a chief economist with the AFL-CIO, is the first of three speakers scheduled for the Fall 2018 Economic Roundtable of the Ohio Valley. Spriggs will speak about "All of Us or None of Us: The Political Economic Challenge of Inequality...

Competitive eSports coming to Marietta College this fall

Wed, 15 Aug 2018 11:03:06 -0400

Marietta College will add a competitive eSports program this fall with the ultimate goal of adding it as a varsity sport in the near future, announced Larry Hiser, Director of Athletics. Marietta College has applied for membership into the National ...

Marietta College announces 2018-19 Fitzgerald Executive-in-Residence

Fri, 03 Aug 2018 12:02:06 -0400

Headline: Marietta College announces 2018-19 Fitzgerald Executive-in-Residence Paul Worstell, former PRO-TEC Coating Company President, has been named the 2018-19 Fitzgerald Executive-in-Residence (EIR) at Marietta College. "I am excited for...

Assistant Professor added to planning group for Cheribundi Boca Raton Bowl

Thu, 02 Aug 2018 14:02:04 -0400

Marietta College's Rick Smith, Assistant Professor of Sport Management, will join the Community Captain's Committee - a group that plans and facilitates the events and activities leading up to ESPN's Cheribundi Boca Raton Bowl. Smith's affiliation w...

Marietta among 46 Teacher Prep Programs recognized for National Excellence in Educator Prep

Fri, 15 Jun 2018 09:00:09 -0400

The Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation (CAEP) announced today that Marietta College is one of 46 providers from 22 states and Puerto Rico to receive accreditation for their educator preparation programs. Dr. Dottie Erb, who was Ch...

Employees to be honored during service award ceremony on May 9

Fri, 27 Apr 2018 15:00:08 -0400

Early May at Marietta College is always a time of celebration. On Sunday, May 6, the College will bid farewell to the Class of 2018, and on Wednesday, May 9, the festivities will continue with the Employee Service Award and Retirement Recognition Ce...

Marietta College adds Irene Neu Study Area to Legacy Library

Fri, 27 Apr 2018 11:00:07 -0400

The Dr. Irene D. Neu Jones '44 Legacy Library Endowment continues to make an impact at Marietta College. On Saturday, April 21st, the College unveiled the Irene Neu Study Area on the first floor of Legacy Library. Nine study nooks for private indivi...

Campus choirs to perform Durufle Requiem on Friday, April 27th

Mon, 23 Apr 2018 12:00:09 -0400

Marietta College's Edward E. MacTaggart Department of Music is combining all campus choirs, including the Oratorio Chorus, to perform Durufle Requiem at 7:30 p.m., Friday, April 27th. The performance, which is free and open to the public, is at the ...

Marietta College bands to perform at annual Spring Band concert

Mon, 16 Apr 2018 14:00:09 -0400

Marietta College's Spring Band Concert - "Out of This World" - will be performed starting at 7:30 p.m., Tuesday, April 24th, at the Peoples Bank Theatre, 222 Putnam St. in downtown Marietta. Marshall C. Kimball, Director of Bands at the Edward E. Ma...