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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.

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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.

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Marietta College students hosting annual Community Days for baseball and softball

Fifteen Marietta College students have raised the money and organized all the activities for the annual Community Softball Day (April 13) and Community Baseball Day (April 20).
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Community Service - 2024 Mar 29

10 Marietta College students participate in Alternative Spring Break working for Habitat for Humanity

While many of Marietta College's students spent spring break at home or on a beach, 10 students remained in Marietta to help with the local Habitat for Humanity.
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Community Service - 2014 Mar 21

13 Marietta College students participate in Alternative Spring Break in South Dakota

For more than a decade, Marietta College has been sponsoring Alternative Spring Break trips, that typically have a community service component. This March, 13 students traveled to South Dakota to work with the Oglala Lakota Indian communities.
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Community Service - 2014 Mar 19

Area Residents Volunteer During annual Make a Difference Day celebration at Marietta College

The following local residents volunteered during the annual Make a Difference Day at Marietta College this fall.
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Community Service - 2013 Nov 8
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