May 3, 2007

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Dr. MacHaffie next Lyceum Speaker

Dr. Barbara MacHaffie, a noted scholar and professor of religion and history at Marietta College, is up next in the new Marietta Lyceum speaker series.

MacHaffie will be speaking at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, May 3. The Marietta Lyceum is free and open to the public at the McDonough Auditorium.

MacHaffie, who is retiring from the college after the spring semester, will be giving a presentation related to her most recent book, “Her Story- Women in Christian Tradition”. Recently revised, MacHaffie's book has been well-received by scholars and lay people alike.

The Marietta Lyceum provides a venue for authors, artists, and scholars in the Mid-Ohio Valley. Its mission is to help enrich the artistic, cultural and intellectual climate in the region.

Marietta College's Office of the President and the Chair of the Faculty are co-sponsors of the event.

MC Students excel in math competition

A team of Marietta College mathematicians finished first out of 18 teams at the 2007 East Central Colleges Undergraduate Mathematics Competition held at Heidelberg College in Tiffin, Ohio. Of the 18 teams representing nine schools, Marietta's teams also finished second and fifth.

Students win two awards at National Broadcasting Society Convention

Marietta College's Department of Communication and Media Studies has its own version of the "Fantastic Five."

Instead of comic book heroics, these students displayed deftness and versatility at the annual National Broadcasting Society Convention in Chicago. The students—Viktoria Jurkovic, Scott Nelson, Jessie Offenberger, Chuck Turberville and Josh Walker recently received the top honor in two competitions in the On the Spot Video Production contest. They won for News and Feature.

"This is a very big deal!" said Marilee Morrow, assistant professor of communication and media studies. "The OTS is an intense, deadline-oriented competition.

Basically, all you see during the competition is stressed out students running around the convention center with cameras. It shows we have an impressive group of students."

In the news category, Marietta's team reported on a building fire in Chicago. The video package included an interview with a women being placed into an ambulance. Judges said Marietta's footage and hard work gave their piece an edge over the others.