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New initiative connects Marietta College Psychology alumni with students

by Gi Smith

Marietta, Ohio (09/22/2022) — A new initiative to connect current Psychology students with graduates from the program kicked off this semester with Megan Hendrich '17, MAP'19 coming to campus to talk about her educational experiences at Marietta and the connection to her career success.

Hendrich, an Associate Research Scientist and Survey Project Manager for IPSOS in Washington, D.C., talked to several undergraduate statistical lab classes and met with several groups of undergraduate and graduate students working in the psychology research lab. She told students about her past work completing a multimillion-dollar national survey for the U.S. Center of Disease Control on attitudes and behaviors associated with COVID-19 vaccination, and her current work on several national political opinion polls and corporate marketing surveys.

Hendrich works as an Associate Research Scientist and Survey Project Manager for IPSOS in Washington, D.C. (IPSOS is one of the world's largest global marketing and public opinion research firms).

Students were able to learn from her experiences at Marietta, as well as ask the alumna questions.

"The reasons for my career success? One was my research and statistical course training I had at MC, and the second was the unique and beneficial opportunities Marietta's Psychology Department gave me to get involved in research and to travel with faculty to present at national research conferences."

She noted she travels worldwide for IPSOS, presenting research at conferences.

Megan encouraged students to take advantage of all the research opportunities MC offers. In the next year, Megan plans to continue working for IPSOS, while also beginning a Ph.D. program in survey and data analysis at the University of Maryland.

"This program is part of the Psychology's DQI (Department Quality Initiative)," said Dr. Mark Sibicky, McCoy Professor of Psychology. "In the future, we plan to invite Psychology alumni in the areas of Occupational Therapy, Law, Mental Health, College Financial Aid and a variety of other careers related to majoring in Psychology."

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 back in 1797, the College was officially chartered in 1835. Today Marietta College serves a body of 1,200 full-time students. The College offers more than 50 majors and is consistently ranked as one of the top regional comprehensive colleges by U.S. News & World Report and The Princeton Review, as well as one of the nation's best by Forbes.com. Marietta was selected seventh in the nation according to the Brookings Institution's rankings of colleges by their highest value added, regardless of major.

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