Shaylyn Allen '14 Spent the Fall Semester Studying in Costa Rica

2012 Jan 9

Shaylyn Allen '14, of Logan, OH, experienced life in Costa Rica during the Fall 2011 semester as a participant in Marietta College's Education Abroad program.

Allen is majoring in Spanish and Environmental Science.

Students are encouraged to incorporate an Education Abroad experience while at Marietta. The college offers faculty-led programs, exchange programs and partnerships and affiliations with overseas universities and institutions.

Located in Marietta, Ohio, at the confluence of the Muskingum and Ohio rivers, Marietta College is a four-year liberal arts college. Tracing its roots to the Muskingum Academy begun in 1797, the College was officially chartered in 1835. Today Marietta College serves a body of 1,400 full-time students. The College offers more than 40 majors and has been listed among Barron's Best Buys in College Education and Peterson's Competitive Colleges, and has been recognized as one of the top regional comprehensive colleges by U.S. News and World Report and The Princeton Review.

Student's hometown ZIP code: 43138