McDonough Leadership

Marietta College’s McDonough Center for Leadership and Business is sponsoring three students to attend the United States Naval Academy’s Leadership Conference from Jan. 24-27.

Dwight Smith, President and CEO of Sophisticated Systems, Inc., will be conducting the second Leadership Q&A of the fall semester at 7:00 p.m., Tuesday, October 16th, in the McDonough Center’s Third-Floor Gallery. The Q&A is free and open to the public. Smith has nearly 40 years of experience in the IT industry and founded...

Marietta College’s Dr. Gama Perruci, Dean of the McDonough Center for Leadership & Business, has accepted an appointment to serve on the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library’s Academic Advisory Council.

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 the opportunity to serve Marietta College students as the 2018-19 Fitzgerald Executive-in-Residence,” Worstell said. “Our project, ‘Senior Transition: Preparing for the Next...

Dr. Stephanie Starcher ’96 credits the McDonough Leadership Program with enhancing her own management skills. Now she is looking forward to sharing her own experiences as a teacher and public school administrator with Marietta College’s students as the 2015-16 Schwartz Leader-in-Residence.

When April arrives, you can sense a change on the Marietta College campus. It’s almost like you can hear the clock ticking as students try to wrap up projects, write papers and study for tests before the semester comes to an end and Commencement hits in May. A major reason why there is a buzz of activity is the hundreds of students getting...

The New York Times, one of the most respected and recognizable newspapers in the United States, has teamed up with Marietta College and one of its faculty members to be part of a pilot program this fall.   Dr. Gama Perruci, Interim Provost, believes “The Gray Lady” will serve as a valuable educational tool for first-year students and...

For the ninth consecutive year, more than 150 students, faculty, and staff members will converge on Marietta College for the McDonough Leadership Conference that brings together undergraduate and graduate leadership students on campus for two days.

Amanda Dever was recently chosen to remain at Marietta College for the 2010-11 academic year as an AmeriCorps VISTA (Volunteers In Service To America) Campus and Community Collaboration Leader.

The metamorphosis of Brian Raiff ’17 (Galena, Ohio) during the past four years at Marietta College is something even he couldn’t have predicted. Raiff arrived on campus in the Fall of 2013 as a 285-pound former football player, who openly admits he didn’t know much about being a petroleum engineer. But four years later, it’s easy to see...

Marietta College's Dr. Gama Perruci was asked to participate in a national conference to discuss how the McDonough Center for Leadership and Business approaches its various endeavors and how leadership studies, in general, are used to promote engaged citizenship among students.

Whitley Trusler ’17 (Newark, Ohio) was recently voted as the 2017 Omicron Delta Kappa (ODK) Circle Leader of the Year at Marietta College. ODK is the National Leadership Honorary that recognizes and encourages superior scholarship, leadership, and character.

When a student enters the McDonough Leadership Program at Marietta College they know to leave their egos at the door. Instead teamwork and high expectations are what the faculty stress. This semester the stakes have been ratcheted up even more for five McDonough Scholars as they work in partnership with Harvard University's Center for Public...

Students in Global Leadership (LEAD 203) will get the chance to hear about the real-world application of their curriculum as two McDonough Scholars serve as “McDonough Worldwide Bloggers” during the Spring 2017 semester. “The McDonough Worldwide Blogging is a program that allows McDonough Scholars to blog while studying abroad,” said Dr....

Tanya Judd Pucella, who earned both her bachelor's and master's degrees from the University of Florida, was recently named the Director of Civic Engagement at Marietta College's McDonough Center for Leadership and Business. Pucella is completing her Ph.D. in the College of Health and Public Affairs at the University of Central Florida, while...

When Dr. Alane Sanders first learned she was selected to be a McCoy Associate Professor of Communication, her first instinct was to tell her students. “I felt we had earned the honor together and I wanted them to feel that sense of accomplishment,” she said.

Dr. Gama Perruci, Dean of Marietta College’s McDonough Center for Leadership and Business, is a guest speaker on the VoiceAmerica program, “Innovative Leaders: Driving Thriving Organizations,” which will be aired in early in 2017. Perruci was joined by Aldo Boitano, who brings 25 years in top management, marketing and sales positions, on the...

Attorney Tony Fiore, who specializes in labor law and economic regulation of business, is scheduled to discuss “Top 5 HR Issues in Ohio and West Virginia,” at the Economic Roundtable of the Ohio Valley at noon, Wednesday, November 2nd, at the Marietta Country Country Club.

By the time Rowan Henderson-Bernard ’22 (Columbus, Ohio) found Marietta College, she had already told herself and her mother, Julie Henderson, that her college search was done. “I was really over the whole process and told my mom ... to kindly stop sending me links to new programs and schools,” she said. Rowan’s college search was over,...

Pat Willis ’70, who led a statewide organization in Georgia that provides research, communication, and advocacy for issues related to children and families, has been named the 2016-17 Fitzgerald Executive-in-Residence (EIR) at Marietta College’s McDonough Center for Leadership and Business.

Marietta College’s McDonough Center for Leadership & Business will once again be hosting the Great Decision Series in early 2016.

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).

  Marietta College’s Eileen Walsh ’16 (Marlton, New Jersey) never questioned whether she wanted to work as an intern at InterPublic Group this summer. Her concern was if she could afford to live and work in New York City. Between rent and other expenses that are much higher than what she is accustomed to paying Marietta, Walsh was not sure...

McCoy Scholar Katie Kitchen ’21 (Marietta, Ohio) had a busy freshman year at Marietta College. So why would her summer be any different? Kitchen is working at Building Bridges to Careers as the 2018 recipient of the Robert E. and Sally S. Evans Civic Engagement Internship. The program provides the recipient up to $2,000 for living expenses,...

Michael Milone has seen firsthand the evolution that has occurred in the business world during his 32 years with the H. J. Heinz Co.