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Biochemistry major wins Miss West Virginia USA pageant
In the days leading up to Marietta College's four-day break, biochemistry major Casey Lassiter '18 (Spencer, West Virginia) went through two rigorous interviews for entrance into graduate physician assistant programs. But rather than taking the foll...
Oct 16, 2017, 9:35am EDT
Ribbon-cutting ceremony scheduled for Music Therapy facilities
Ten months after receiving a generous $1 million gift from Don '81 and Leslie Straub Ritter '85, Marietta College is hosting a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the opening of the renovated Music Therapy facilities and recording studio at 4:30 p.m., Friday, ...
Oct 13, 2017, 6:00pm EDT
Marietta College honored as a Tree Campus USA for 2016
Marietta College was recently recognized as a Tree Campus USA by the Arbor Day Foundation. Marietta is one of only 344 colleges and universities to receive this special distinction, which sets it apart from other schools and shows the College's comm...
Oct 10, 2017, 4:00pm EDT
'Last Chance U' star Brittany Wagner to speak at Marietta on March 1
Brittany Wagner, who quickly became the star of the Netflix docu-series Last Chance U, will visit Marietta College on Thursday, March 1st, to lecture about the importance of students maintaining focus on their academics. Marietta College's Sports Ma...
Oct 5, 2017, 3:00pm EDT
Marietta a recipient of Fund for Positive Engagement Award
Campus Compact, a Boston-based nonprofit organization working to advance the public purposes of higher education, has announced 40 college and university recipients of grants to bring people together across lines of difference from its Fund for Positiv...
Oct 5, 2017, 11:00am EDT
WSJ study puts Marietta among the best in student success
Marietta College ranks No. 230 nationally in the 2018 Wall Street Journal/Times Higher Education survey of more than 1,000 U.S. colleges and universities released last week. "WSJ provides, in my opinion, one of the most comprehensive and fair evalua...
Oct 4, 2017, 1:13pm EDT
WSJ study puts Marietta among the best in student success
Marietta College ranks No. 230 nationally in the 2018 Wall Street Journal/Times Higher Education survey of more than 1,000 U.S. colleges and universities released last week. "WSJ provides, in my opinion, one of the most comprehensive and fair evalua...
Oct 4, 2017, 1:12pm EDT
College to host esteemed domestic violence therapist on Oct. 2
Jereme Ford's life - from birth to young adulthood - was filled with suffering, pain, abandonment and loss, and that life could have put him on a path of violence and destruction. Instead, he chose understanding and compassion, education and outreac...
Sep 29, 2017, 5:45pm EDT
Exhibition to feature work of former professor William Gerhold
The Marietta College Art Department's newest exhibition will showcase the work of William Gerhold, a nature lover, and former Marietta professor. "Nature, Landscape, and Essence: Selected Artwork by William Gerhold," will open in Gallery 310 on Frid...
Sep 28, 2017, 1:00pm EDT
New flute quartet to perform at Marietta College on Oct. 3
PANdemonium4 Flute Quartet, a newly formed group of teachers and performing professionals who represent a diverse group of Ohio universities, will be performing in concert at 7:30 p.m., Tuesday, October 3rd, in Marietta College's Alma McDonough Auditor...
Sep 27, 2017, 10:00am EDT