Academic Affairs

For the second consecutive year, Marietta College's Forensics Team and Director of Forensics Dr. Tomeka Robinson will travel to St. Louis for the annual Pi Kappa Delta National Honorary Forensics Association Tournament and Convention.

A few months into his second year teaching in Marietta College’s Communication Department, Cody Clemens ’13 celebrated two major achievements.

Marietta College’s Grace Johnson, McCoy Professor of Management and Accounting, presented a workshop at the 10th FINT conference in St. Gallen, Switzerland, from January 9-12. FINT, the First International Network on Trust, is comprised of a small group of trust researchers from around the globe. Johnson’s 75-minute workshop, “Writing Trust...

Marietta College placed eighth among Best Regional Colleges in the 2018 U.S. News & World Report survey, released today. Marietta, which shared the No. 8 spot last year with Dordt College, is tied with the Iowa school again. Each have overall scores of 83. This is the 33rd consecutive year Marietta has made the Top 10 list. Overall,...

From seeing howler monkeys and stingrays up close and personal, to experiencing the diverse and unique ecosystems of a dry forest, cloud forest and rainforest, the three weeks that Nell ’18 (Perry, Ohio) and Hayley Cormack ’18 (Perry, Ohio) spent in Central America will be a time they will never forget.

From June 2017 to July 2019, the 37 students who earned their Master of Science in Physician Assistant Studies from Marietta College on Saturday helped to deliver 184 babies, examined 74,451 patients, completed 1,001 exams and administered 1,056 shots.

Marietta College’s Alex Petrovski ’20 (Stow, Ohio) worked hard to earn an internship this summer with Chevron’s Drilling and Completions Department in Houston.

A look at Marietta College’s 2016 year in review has the potential of journeying on to be a 366-day highlight reel (yes, adding to the highlights was the fact that 2016 was a leap year).

Ross Keller ’20 (Long Bottom, Ohio) is busy finishing up his last semester at Marietta College. On top of looking for a job and deciding if he should go to law school or earn an MBA, Keller can add one more thing to his résumé. In February, Keller returned from the 2020 NAPE Summit in Houston, Texas, after competing as a Top 4 finalist for...

Students accepted to the Honors Program as incoming freshmen have already displayed their commitment to academic excellence, which is why the program is designed to help stretch the student experience well beyond the comfort zone of a classroom. Dr. David Brown, Director of the Honors Program, recently returned with a group of Honors and...

Marietta College has announced the hiring of 10 new full-time faculty members in eight different academic disciplines for the 2017-18 academic year. Yadira Albornoz comes to Marietta as an Assistant Professor and Program Director of Music Therapy. Albornoz has practiced music therapy for more than 27 years, while also being an accomplished...

Student broadcasters from Marietta College’s WCMO-TV were recently awarded a Grand Prize honor from the National Broadcasting Society. Marietta won in the undergraduate electronic media competition for their election coverage in the fall, which included a debate between Congressman Bill Johnson and challenger Jennifer Garrison.

The world’s most famous playwright is coming to Marietta. At the end of June, the Ohio Valley Shakespeare Conference will return to Marietta College for the first time since 2012. This is the 43rd annual meeting of the OVSC, a regional academic organization. The weekend will include expert speakers, workshops run by American Shakespeare...

Marietta College’s Education Department recently recognized 10 students with a variety of honors during their spring awards program.

Zach Pope ’17 (Mechanicsburg, Ohio) had a cursory understanding of Geographic Information Systems (GIS), but he wanted to learn more. Then he heard Dr. Matt Young, Professor of History, planned to teach a course in it and Pope had to give it a try.

Before arriving on campus in August, this year’s four Rickey Scholars didn’t know much about each other. In less than one semester, London Bortell ’16 (Vienna, W.Va.), Austin Burns ’16 (Stockport, Ohio), Casey McGuire ’16 (Mingo Junction, Ohio) and Mike Muzilla ’16 (Wadsworth, Ohio) have become the closest friends.

Leah Seaman ’21 (Philippi, West Virginia), who is majoring in Communication and Studio Art at Marietta College, is learning she may be a budding entrepreneur. Seaman, who won the “Proof of Concept” round of the PioBiz competition, is looking at how she might start her own business of hand-painted, customizable clothing — jean jackets, jean...

Marjorie Margolies, a former journalist and Democratic politician from Pennsylvania, will visit Marietta College from April 1-5 as a Woodrow Wilson Visiting Fellow. She'll be making a keynote address at 1:00 p.m., Friday, April 5th, in the Alma McDonough Auditorium. It is free and open to the public. Margolies' visit is being coordinated by...

Organizers of the second annual Mid-Ohio Valley Entrepreneurship Expo, which will be held on the Marietta College campus on Friday, Sept. 29, are pleased to announce this year’s keynote speakers will be Carol Roth and Chip Pickering. Roth, who will make her presentation at 1 p.m., is the creator of the Future File legacy planning system, a “...

With all classes canceled at Marietta College on Wednesday, Joe Andler ’15 spent his morning making homemade ice cream outside in the Kremer Amphitheatre. But his preparation techniques were a little unconventional.

For Marietta College’s international students, learning to speak fluent English is important from an academic standpoint but it’s important for social reasons, too. Organizers of the English Conversation Partner program say the more confident International students are in their ability to carry on casual conversations, the easier it will be...

When the 54th annual MBAA International Conference opens in Chicago on April 18th, Marietta College will be well represented. Four faculty members and three students will attend the three-day conference at the Palmer House Hilton Hotel, and all of them are making presentations or serving as panelists during discussions. Marietta faculty who...

Lily Riffle ’20 understands pain. Excruciating pain. In middle school, her older brother, Julian, died at the age of 22. During the first two years of high school, she missed weeks of classes because of an illness. And just when everything seemed to be fine, her life was shattered again. “She’s a tough cookie,” says Andra Riffle, Lily’s...

Dr. Gama Perruci, Dean of the McDonough Center for Leadership and Business, will serve a two-year term as Interim Provost and Dean of the Faculty beginning July 1. President Jean Scott made the announcement to the campus community on Monday, March 21.

Dr. J. Mary Luti, a retired seminary professor and United Church of Christ pastor, will speak about “The Social Protest of Saint Teresa” at 7:00 p.m., Thursday, February 20th, at Marietta College. Luti’s presentation, which is free and open to the public, will be held in the Alma McDonough Auditorium.