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Ashville native earns Marietta's prestigious Virginia McCoy Scholarship

Paisley Holbrook '27 (Ashville, Ohio) comes across as your typical, mild-mannered new student. But the Marietta College freshman has a fierce competitive streak, as evidenced by her performance at the College's Premier Scholarship competition in Januar...

Sep 20, 2023, 9:59am EDT

Health Science student earns Marietta's prestigious Virginia McCoy Scholarship

Sep 19, 2023, 2:00pm EDT

Marietta No. 13 in Best Value Schools in U.S. News regional rankings

Marietta College was recognized among the best in three different regional categories, including No. 13 in Best Value School, which was published by the U.S. News & World Report Best Colleges Rankings. Marietta ranked 18th in the Best Midwest Regional...

Sep 18, 2023, 11:35am EDT

Marietta College announces 2023 Alumni Award winners

On Saturday, October 21, Marietta College will recognize 12 individuals as part of the Marietta College Alumni Awards ceremony in the Alma McDonough Auditorium. The program is part of MC's 2023 Homecoming Weekend. The Hall of Honor is the College's m...

Sep 15, 2023, 9:00am EDT

McCoy Scholar finds his place as a Pioneer in music, computer science, and rowing

Jackson Bandy '27 (Groveport, Ohio) fell in love with Marietta College while still a freshman at Groveport Madison High School. His desire to become a Pioneer continued to grow throughout high school because everything Jackson wanted in a college exper...

Sep 13, 2023, 4:00pm EDT

Wall Street Journal/College Pulse ranks Marietta No. 3 in Ohio for Salary Impact

A new ranking of the 2024 Best College in America highlights Marietta College at No. 304 nationwide based on student outcomes and graduate salaries, as well as No. 3 in Ohio for salary impact and social mobility. Released on Wednesday, The Wall Street...

Sep 8, 2023, 12:00pm EDT

MEDIA NOTICE: 9/11 celebration at Marietta College

ATTENTION MEDIA OUTLETS If you are looking for possible stories on 9/11, Marietta College's student veterans and other student organizations will be setting up small flags in the Kremer Amphitheatre to represent the people who died on Sept. 11, 2001. ...

Sep 7, 2023, 2:00pm EDT

Marietta College adding Master's Degree in Sustainability Leadership

Marietta College is launching a new online graduate degree in Sustainability Leadership that will welcome its first student cohort in January 2024. The Master of Sustainability Leadership allows the College to employ faculty from its nationally recogn...

Sep 6, 2023, 3:00pm EDT

Marietta College professor co-authors book 'Talking Tough in U.S. Foreign Policy'

Marietta College's Dr. Michael Morgan, McCoy Professor of Political Science, recently co-authored the book "Talking Tough in U.S. Foreign Policy," examining presidential rhetoric and the use of emergency powers. Released in late August, the book was c...

Sep 5, 2023, 11:00am EDT

Marietta College's Bailey Miller awarded prestigious MLBC Scholarship

Marietta College senior Bailey Miller '24 (Belpre, Ohio) has been awarded the Michael Late Benedum Chapter (MLBC) Scholarship for her exceptional leadership and commitment to the land and energy industry. Miller, a Land & Energy Management major, tied...

Aug 29, 2023, 2:00pm EDT

About Marietta College

The roots of Marietta College reach back to 1797, when it was known as the Muskingum Academy. Since receiving its charter from the state of Ohio in 1835, Marietta has continued to mature into one of the finest small, contemporary liberal arts colleges in the Midwest. U.S. News & World Report, The Princeton Review and Forbes.com consistently rank Marietta among the best small, liberal arts colleges in the nation. The College offers its more than 1,200 undergraduate students the opportunity to pursue 44 majors, 52 minors and five pre-professional programs, which prepare students for careers in dentistry, law, medicine and veterinary medicine. Marietta also has a 3-2 binary engineering program and graduate programs in Psychology and Physician Assistant Studies.