Social Sciences

Liz Nedved ’20 (Circleville, Ohio) didn’t expect an opportunity like this in her first semester of Marietta College’s Sports Management program. After changing her major following her freshmen year, Nedved has dived right into her new program of study with a passion and will accompany six other students from the program this December to...

Economist and journalist Dr. Allison Schrager will deliver the 36th annual Milton Friedman Lecture on Monday, February 3rd at Marietta College. Schrager’s talk on “Managing risk in an uncertain economy: What we can learn from surfers, studs and sex workers,” begins at 7:00 p.m. in the Alma McDonough Auditorium. This event is free and open to...

The American Council on Rural Special Education (ACRES) recently selected Marietta College’s Pioneer Pipeline Program, which matches students with disabilities with college students, for an Exemplary Program Award.

Amanda Davis ’18 (Cutler, Ohio) had heard about the power of Marietta College’s Long Blue Line, but this year she was the beneficiary of its wide-reaching impact. For starters, she is the 2017 recipient of the Robert Evans Internship Endowment Award, which was established by a member of The Long Blue Line and his spouse. She will intern this...

The unique nature of Marietta College’s Fifth Street Consulting caught the eye of the Ohio Communication Association recently as it named the student-run organization one of two Distinguished Student Organizations during its annual conference. Fifth Street Consulting is a student-led firm that specializes in communication and media...

If you have any questions regarding finance, Dr. Duong Le is the person you should talk to.  The classes she teaches include Business Finance, International Finance, Investments, Risk Management, and Portfolio Management. Through her classes, Le hopes her students will learn that finance concepts are important and can benefit one’s personal...

It was a competition between cupcakes and websites on Friday afternoon during the second annual PioBiz Business Plan Competition.

Marietta College’s Department of Communication recently inducted four students into the communication honorary Lambda Pi Eta. The students who were inducted included Kelsey Carver ’20 (Bellville, Ohio), MacKenzie Marshall ’19 (Sardis, Ohio), Embrey Roberts ’21 (Marietta, Ohio) and Kayla Tomlin ’20 (Sardinia, Ohio).

Don’t sit inside on a nice spring day, come on down to the 16th annual Community Baseball Day and be a part of the one of Marietta College's best traditions.

Marietta College’s Assistant Professor of Management John Fazio co-authored a paper that has been recently approved for publication in the journal Management Decision.  The paper is titled “The Role of Affective Commitment in the Relationship Between Social Support and Turnover Intention.”

Marietta College Psychology students April Bartenschlag ’20 (Chandlersville, Ohio) and Madeline Holbrook ’20 (Lancaster, Ohio) recently presented their research at the annual meeting of the Midwestern Psychology Association in Chicago. Bartenschlag and Holbrook conducted research on social perceptions of male victims of domestic violence at...

Alison Matas ’11 (Kent, Ohio) cherishes the many journalistic opportunities afforded her as the editor of The Marcolian and as a student writer in College Relations. But the opportunity that awaits her this summer is a once-in-a-lifetime break.

Faculty members in Marietta College’s Department of Business & Economics are dedicated to conducting research together and with undergraduate students. This collaborative work will be shared during the 55th annual MBAA International Conference, which opens Wednesday, March 27th, in Chicago. Participating in this year’s event, which runs...

Dr. William Bauer, assistant professor and director of the Master of Arts in Education Program, has been selected by the Ohio Department of Education and the Special Education Professional Development Advisory Committee to present the results of his research on the Impact of Co-teaching in Ohio's Schools. His presentation is scheduled for 9 a...

Natalie Bender ’17 (Akron, Ohio) got to touch the “Play Like a Champion” sign at Notre Dame. Brett Mattson ’18 (Parkersburg, West Virginia) ran the fog machine as West Virginia’s football team entered the field for a home game, and Kristina LaRocca ’18 (Strasburg, Ohio) escorted the singer onto the field for the National Anthem at a Steelers...

Rick Smith believes people remember experiences, whether it’s attending a professional sporting event or his class at Marietta College. “In sports, you can’t sell wins and losses, but you can sell the experience,” he said. Smith, an Assistant Professor of Sport Management, is one of three Marietta College professors receiving the annual...

Dressed in a denim jumpsuit and red bandana — in the same vein as Rosie the Riveter — Hannah Offenberger ’17 (Waterford, Ohio) asked a group of Harmar Elementary students on Thursday (December 1st) if they knew where they were and what they’d be doing. “That’s right,” she responded to one of the children, “we’re in 1917 America, in a...

Marietta College students Ashley Klopfenstein ’20 (Cicero, Indiana), Rachel George ’20 (Lake Forest, Illinois) and Stephen True ’19 (Sykesville, Maryland) are competing in the seventh annual Peoples Bank Undergraduate Business Case Competition on Saturday, February 9th. A total of 15 teams from 14 colleges and universities are planning to...

Officials at Marietta College are eager to continue working with the University of Cincinnati (UC) College of Medicine and Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center on a study of manganese exposure in youth as it relates to brain development. The partnership began in 2008 and will continue now that UC has been awarded a $3.18 million...

Marietta College student Yuhang Liu ’20 (Beijing, China) recently took top honors in the first round of the PioBiz — the Problem-Solution phase — for her idea “iTown.” The International Economics student — who presented one of 13 ideas during the competition — won $140. PioBiz is a business start-up competition with a final award of up to $...

Marietta College ranks No. 221 nationally in the inaugural Wall Street Journal/Times Higher Education survey of more than 1,000 U.S. colleges and universities released this week.

Three Marietta College seniors were inducted into the prestigious Phi Beta Kappa society, which was established in 1860 at the College, during a ceremony that was held in the Betty Cleland Room on Monday, April 30. The inductees, who will graduate May 6 during Marietta College’s 181st Commencement ceremony, were Franco Biondolillo (...

In an era when corporations are being asked to look at carbon accounting, approach financial planning through the lens of sustainability and minimize environmental impact, Marietta College is excited to announce a new minor and certificate in Organizational Social Responsibility.

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...

At times, it seems the histories of Marietta College and the City of Marietta are intertwined. This academic year, Marietta College plans to put a twist on this relationship by hosting Marietta’s Hidden Histories — six different presentations touching on the city’s interesting and colorful past. The series kicks off Monday, Sept. 28, with...