Social Sciences

On Thursday, April 18th, not a single class will be conducted on Marietta College’s campus. However, it would be easy to make an argument that more learning and academic pursuits will take place than any other day throughout the year. Marietta College is conducting its ninth annual All Scholars Day, which is a campus-wide celebration of...

Four Marietta College students recently presented papers at the “All Politics Is Local” undergraduate research conference at Walsh University in Canton. Those who presented were:

Ashley Klopfenstein ’20 is well aware of the lore of Punxsutawney Phil. She has heard of the groundhog’s prediction skills when it comes to foreseeing an early spring on Feb. 2. However, she had no idea the impact the little guy had anticipating the ups and downs of the United States’ financial markets. “It is quirky, but when you look at...

Growing up in Zanesville, Ohio, Alec Shook ’19 often heard family members talk about working in the oil and gas industry. His interest grew and when he learned about Marietta College’s Land and Energy Management program, he felt he found a career that checked all of the boxes. “I wasn’t too much of a math and science guy, I was more business...

Every college student has been assigned a case study to research and write a report. It’s right up there with group projects and adding a works cited page. Mark Vizza ’98 remembers them all too well, and every case study seemed to come from another era. “It drove me crazy and I wondered to myself, ‘Did nothing of significance happen at any...

Dr. Mark Schweitzer, Senior Vice President with the Cleveland Federal Reserve Bank, will deliver the 35th annual Milton Friedman Lecture at Marietta College. Schweitzer’s talk on “Opioids and the Labor Market,” begins at 7 p.m., Tuesday, March 5th, in the Alma McDonough Auditorium. The program is free and open to the public.

Students in the Sport Facility and Event Management course (SMGT 334) were treated to a high-profile guest lecturer on Thursday: Jenny Carnes, executive director of the San Antonio Local Organizing Committee (SALOC), the group charged with planning, executing, and evaluating the 2018 NCAA® Division I Men’s Final Four® on behalf of the city of...

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 partnership with Marshall,” said Dr. Janet Bland, Marietta College Provost. “We think it will be a...

It’s such a miniscule number it almost doesn’t seem real; 0.0008. That’s the percentage of CPA candidates who won the 2015 Elijah Watt Sells Award — given to those who obtained a cumulative average score above 95.50 across all four sections of the Uniform CPA Examination, passed all four sections on their first attempt and completed testing...

Marietta College’s Grace Johnson, McCoy Professor of Management and Accounting, recently completed two publications.

Marietta College officials are excited to announce the launch of a new initiative aimed at providing entrepreneurship and computer coding skills to area middle school students. As part of the Ely Chapman Education Foundation afterschool program, Marietta College students will be delivering a year-long curriculum to middle school students to...

Marietta College’s Education Department recently inducted nine students into Kappa Delta Pi, an international honor society in education, during a special ceremony earlier in April.

Marietta College’s Education Department learned today that it was awarded a $223,000 incentive grant from the Ohio Deans Compact on Exceptional Children. The funding will support the redesign of Marietta’s Early Childhood and Intervention Specialist programs through the adaptation of a merged/blended dual licensure teacher preparation model.

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...

In the broad spectrum of popular culture today, everyone is a fan of something. Whether it’s the next reboot of a beloved ’80s franchise, the up-and-coming folk superstar or the newest fantasy novel with a boy wizard and misunderstood vampire duo, there is something for everyone to love.

The entrepreneurial mindset that flows throughout the Marietta College student body was on full display on Friday, December 1st when students presented 21 different for- and non-profit business projects during the first round of this year’s PioBiz competition. Competing students presented their business ideas to three judges and more than 50...

Marietta College offers more than 40 majors that will help you fulfill your professional goals. In addition to focusing on a major, Marietta students also receive a solid liberal arts education, which bolsters critical thinking skills as well as writing skills. Here are some you could consider:

With each session revolving around a different intriguing topic, this year’s PioPitch series at Marietta College is sure to excite and inspire many entrepreneurial minds throughout the campus and local community. The 2017-18 season of PioPitch will feature engaging problem-solving sessions led by entrepreneurs working in a variety of areas....

It’s unlikely a U.S. newspaper or magazine would have published the editorial cartoons that France’s Charlie Hebdo did in regards to Islam, according to Marietta College’s Dr. Mike Tager.

Following an eye-opening internship in New York City last summer, Mandee Young ’18 (Poca, West Virginia) had lowered her expectations a bit for this summer. That all changed when she learned earlier this month that she was one of 20 students to receive a Vance and Betty Lee Stickell Internship. “Even after receiving my offer letter, I’m...

This fall, Marietta College’s students will see some major — as well as some minor — additions to their educational opportunities. In keeping with the increasingly diverse academic interests of students, Marietta will offer five new majors, six new minors and one new graduate program. These new additions build on the more than 50 majors,...

A three-student team from Instructor Lori Smith’s Advertising & Public Relations class placed in the semifinals of the 2014 EFFIE Collegiate Brand Challenge. All of the students in the class worked in three-person teams and developed an integrated marketing communication case for the client.  U by Kotex.

The Marietta College chapter of the American Advertising Federation (AAF) recently offered students a glimpse into a facet of the design world not often seen by people today. On Friday, February 10th the AAF club hosted a Cards and Cookies event at justAjar, a graphic design and letterpress studio in downtown Marietta. The event was put on...

Ashley Klopfenstein ’20 (Cicero, Indiana) has competed in PioBiz, studied abroad and will represent the student body as a member of the Student Government Association next academic year. But her most exciting day as a Marietta College student may be when she learned she was awarded the Robert Evans Internship Endowment, which will provide...

Marietta College’s Dr. William M. Bauer, McCoy Associate Professor of Education, was recently awarded the Ben Bonanno Disability Advocate Award. The award was presented by the Opportunities for Ohioans with Disabilities (OOD) Commissioners during their meeting with the Ohio Disability Jobs Summit.