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Jennifer Offenberger of the MCAA Board welcomed the Class of 2018 during the Matriculation ceremony on Aug. 21. Listen to it here.  

The name Mike Eisenberg ’09 often evokes remembrances of a hard pitch exploding into a catcher’s glove, the number 30 billowing on the back of a pinstriped uniform and the dust of the diamond floating around a team of celebrating championships.

Dr. Robert Pastoor, Vice President for Student Life, delivered a welcome to the Class of 2018 during the annual Matriculation ceremony. Listen to his welcome here.  

For months leading up to Winter Break, Whitnie Pinkston ’15 (Parkersburg, W.Va.) tried to save and raise as much money as she could to afford her journey south for 10 days.

As a History major, Kristen Onkka ’14 (Brecksville, Ohio) is familiar with the time and effort it takes to fully research a topic.

Maj. Gen. Chris Cortez ’71, a member of Marietta College’s Board of Trustees, will be speaking on campus from 5-6 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 13. (CANCELED: Mr. Cortez was not able to make it to Marietta because of inclement weather) Cortez, who served in the U.S. Marine Corps for more than 33 years, will speak in the Alma McDonough Auditorium, and...

At Marietta College, the Late Night Breakfast is and has been one of the most popular traditions on campus for more than 15 years. This year, like all of those in the past, students will line up outside of Gilman Dining Hall in anticipation of the event that runs from 9-11 p.m., Sunday, Dec. 7.

Marcia Meyer, co-founder of The Be Kind People Project, will deliver the keynote address at Marietta College’s 177th Commencement Exercises on Sunday, May 11.

Peta Kalokola ’18 (Charlotte, N.C.) and her family had barely finished moving her belongings into her Elsie Newton Hall room when a couple of visitors stopped by for a visit.

A memorial service celebrating the life of Caitlin Yager ’16 will be held at 7 p.m., Tuesday, Jan. 21, at Marietta College’s Fenton Court. All are invited for the service and the reception to follow.

Marietta College’s Dr. Joan Price was recently honored at the national Society for Collegiate Journalists conference with the Outstanding New Adviser Award.

It didn’t take any special recognition from the Ohio Board of Regents to convince Megan McGrath ’10 of the quality of Marietta College’s Education Department.

Hey! How’s it going? I’m fine, thanks for asking. Are you feeling a little bit nervous about coming to Marietta College?

Seventeen Marietta College students were recently selected for the 2015 “Who’s Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges.” Since 1934 students have been honored in the annual directory as outstanding campus leaders of the year. “Who’s Who Among Students” gives each chosen student national recognition as well as one of the most...

Eight members of Marietta College’s American Advertising Federation team recently competed in the Regional National Student Advertising Competition in Louisville, Ky.

Michael Salnick ’75 had plenty of memorable and life-changing experiences while a History major at Marietta College.

Author Amy Irvine McHarg, a sixth-generation Utahn and longtime wilderness activist, will conduct a reading from her latest book at Marietta College’s Alma McDonough Auditorium on Monday, Feb. 3.

Marietta College’s annual International Week has been moved to the fall semester to coincide with the national Week of International Education, which is sponsored by the U.S. Department of State and the Department of Education.

As Dr. Paul Daniell was looking over the new Pump Lab, he turned to the three students in the room and asked, “What do you think is making it cavitate like this?”

Following a national search, Ron Patterson ’02 has been selected from a highly competitive pool of applicants to serve as the Vice President for Enrollment Management at Marietta College. President Joseph W. Bruno made the announcement to campus today.

As we transition into a new year, Marietta College has an abundance of special moments from 2013 to add to its history book. In addition to graduating an accomplished group of seniors, the College welcomed the future Class of 2017.

Marietta College’s Office of Civic Engagement recently completed an inventory of community service completed by students, faculty and staff and are pleased to announce the group accumulated 5,791 hours during the 2013-14 academic year.

Trying to crack through the maze of an autistic mind is no easy task. Doctors and scientists have been working on this for years with some success, but no one has truly cracked the code. Pat Tegge ’14 (Glenshaw, Pa.), along with four other Marietta College peer mentors, may not have any concrete answers but they did learn first-hand this...

Gathering in a first floor lab in Rickey Science Center, a group of 17 teachers broke into small teams to work through a variety of lab experiments that will improve their ability to teach a specific physics topic to their high school students in the coming academic year.