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Marietta College
Latin: Collegium Mariettensis
Former names
Muskingum Academy (predecessor) (1797–1833)
Marietta Collegiate Institute and Western Teachers' Seminary (predecessor) (1833–1835)
MottoLUX ET VERITAS
Motto in English
Light and truth
TypePrivate liberal arts college[1]
EstablishedJanuary 16, 1835; 189 years ago (1835-01-16)
Academic affiliations
CIC, Space-grant
Endowment$102.6 million (2021)[2]
PresidentMargaret Drugovich (interim)
ProvostKathleen Poorman Dougherty
Academic staff
103 full-time
49 part-time
Students1,265
Location
Marietta, Ohio
,
U.S.
CampusSmall town
Colors    Navy blue, white
NicknamePioneers
Sporting affiliations
NCAA Division III – OAC
Websitewww.marietta.edu
Marietta College

Marietta College (MC) is a private liberal arts college in Marietta, Ohio. It offers more than 50 undergraduate majors across the arts, sciences, and engineering, as well as Physician Assistant, Psychology, Clinical Mental Health Counseling, and Athletic Training graduate programs. Its campus encompasses approximately three city blocks next to downtown Marietta and enrolls 1,200 full-time students.

History[edit]

Marietta College began as the Muskingum Academy in 1797, which was the birth of higher education in Ohio. In April 1797, which was only nine years after Ohio had been settled, a committee of Marietta citizens, led by General Rufus Putnam (the "Father of Ohio"), met to establish a college. The Muskingum Academy, completed late that year, became the first institution of its kind in the Northwest Territory, providing “classical instruction ... in the higher branches of an English education.” Its first instructor was David Putnam, a 1793 Yale graduate.[3][4]

The academy eventually evolved into a college, initially chartered as the Marietta Collegiate Institute and Western Teachers' Seminary on January 16, 1833. However, this institution lacked the critical authority to grant degrees, so a wholly new charter was approved two years later, bringing the renamed Marietta College into existence on January 16, 1835. The former Muskingum Academy was continued as the Marietta College College Preparatory Department until its elimination in 1913.[5]

College presidents[edit]

Presidents of Marietta College[6]
Tenure Name
1835-1846 Joel Harvey Linsley
1846-1855 Henry Smith
1855-1885 Israel Ward Andrews
1885-1891 John Eaton
1892-1896 John Wilson Simpson
1900-1912 Alfred Tyler Perry
1913-1918 George Wheeler Hinman
1919-1936 Edward Smith Parsons
1937-1942 Harry Kelso Eversull
1942-1945 Draper Talman Schoonover
1945-1947 William Allison Shimer
1948-1963 William Bay Irvine
1963-1973 Frank Edward Duddy
1973-1989 Sherrill Cleland
1989-1995 Patrick McDonough
1995-2000 Larry Wilson
2000-2012 Jean Scott
2012-2016 Joseph Bruno
2016-2023 William N. Ruud
2023-2024 Margaret L. Drugovich - Interim
President's House.
This monument to the pioneers of Ohio is in Muskingum Park, Front St., Marietta, Ohio.

Academics[edit]

Marietta College is a Phi Beta Kappa liberal arts institution, requiring students to complete courses in Quantitative Reasoning, Artistic Expression, Civilization & Culture, Social Analysis, and Scientific Inquiry regardless of their major track. Additionally, students are required to have a secondary academic concentration, complete an out-of-classroom education experience, and achieve proficiency in a second language.[7]

Scholarships[edit]

The college offers several merit scholarships and awards based on incoming student's high school GPA, as well as several premier scholarships. High-achieving accepted students are invited to compete in a weekend-long series of tests and group interviews. The John G. McCoy scholarship is awarded to the top student who receives full tuition, room, and board. Trustee scholarships are awarded to other top students who receive full tuition. The Rickey Scholarship is awarded to the top student pursuing a degree in physics, receiving full tuition.[8] In 2019, the college began a new scholarship program, awarding up to five additional full tuition scholarships for students promoting social justice and inclusion in their community named the Charles Sumner Harrison awards after the first African-American graduate in 1876.[9]

The Honors Program[edit]

There are three honors tracks: curriculum honors, research honors, and college honors. The curriculum honors track provides a course of study for accomplished students, requiring successful completion of five honors courses integrated within the general education requirement. The research honors designation varies across disciplines but typically involves the writing and defense of a thesis. While most major programs require some form of student research, the honors designation can be achieved with deeper academic objectives or an interdisciplinary element. When a student completes the honors curriculum and successfully defends an honors thesis, they achieve college honors status.[10]

Notable degree programs[edit]

Bachelor of Science in Petroleum Engineering[edit]

Marietta College is the only liberal arts institution that offers a Bachelor of Science in Petroleum Engineering.[11] In 2019, the college expanded their engineering offerings with a Bachelor of Science in Environmental Engineering.

Bachelor of Music in music therapy[edit]

In 2017, the college unveiled a renovated McKinney Building with a new, state-of-the-art clinical observation room and recording studio.[12] In 2022, the college announced it will sunset the program, with an aim to graduate the final music therapy majors in 2025.[13]

Partnerships[edit]

Marietta College maintains a partnership with the University of International Relations, a university with ties to the Ministry of State Security of the People's Republic of China.[14][15][16]

Rankings[edit]

In 2021, Marietta was included in national rankings by U.S. News & World Report as #3 for Best Value Schools and #8 for Regional Colleges in the Midwest.[17] College Factual ranked Marietta #20 out of 80 Ohio schools.[18] In 2020, Washington Monthly ranked MC #62 for bachelor's degrees.[19]

The McDonough Center for Leadership and Business[edit]

The McDonough Center for Leadership and Business at Marietta College started in 1986 with a $5.5 million gift from the Bernard P. McDonough family. With an inaugural cohort of 28 students, the center originally only offered a Certificate in Leadership Studies. Through a collaborative process with faculty, students, college trustees, and community partners, the center evolved into its current shape, offering a bachelor's degree in International Leadership Studies, a minor, and a Certificate in Leadership Studies. In Fall 2008, the McDonough Center also launched its Teacher Leadership Certificate (TLC), a new academic program designed for students pursuing careers in education. Each of these degree and certificate offerings exists collaboratively with the other academic programs at Marietta College to strengthen the students’ educational experience.[20]

McDonough events[edit]

  • EXCEL (Experience Civic Engagement and Leadership) Workshop: All incoming McDonough Scholars are required to participate in this five-day event before the general new student orientation at the beginning of the fall semester. Upperclass EXCEL Leaders run this workshop and serve as mentors for the new leadership students. Participants are challenged to see themselves as active members of a new learning community.[21]
  • McDonough Leadership Conference: This national event brings together undergraduate and graduate leadership students from many different institutions around the world. The conference is planned and executed by McDonough Leadership Students.[22]

Athletics[edit]

Don Drumm Stadium / Press Box.
Dyson Baudo Recreation Center

Marietta College is a member of the NCAA Division III and the Ohio Athletic Conference,[23] a 10-team collegiate conference founded in 1902 and the third-oldest in the nation.[24] The Pioneers compete in 22 varsity sports, including teams in crew, baseball, basketball, football, women's volleyball, track & field, cross country, tennis, soccer, and softball. They added men's and women's golf to the athletic department for the 2017 season and lacrosse in 2018.

Marietta's baseball team has won six national championships, and an NCAA Division III record: in 1981, 1983, 1986, 2006, 2011, and 2012.[25] The first three were under coach Don Schaly, who died on March 9, 2005; the three most recent have been under coach Brian Brewer. By repeating as the national champions in 2011 and 2012 the Pioneers became the first team to do that in NCAA Division III play since the Rowan Profs won back-to-back championships in 1978 and 1979.[26] Five former Pioneer baseball players—Kent Tekulve, Duane Theiss, Jim Tracy, Terry Mulholland and Matt DeSalvo—have reached the Major League level.

Since 2010, the men's basketball program has averaged 21.9 victories a season since 2010.[27]

The crew program competes at the annual Dad Vail Regatta each spring in both men's and women's events, and earned a gold medal in the Men's Varsity Eight in 2006, and gold medals in the Women's Varsity Eight in 2011, 2012, and 2014.[28] Alumni include two-time Olympian and CEO of Boathouse Sports, John Strotbeck Jr., and 2003 World Championship silver medalist in the USA Lightweight Eight, Andrew Bolton.[29]

Broadcasts[edit]

Marietta sporting events are often broadcast on WMRT FM, WCMO FM, and WCMO TV the college's two FM radio stations and TV channel. All of the football games are broadcast on WMRT. Home football, volleyball, soccer, basketball, softball, and baseball games are all carried on the Marietta College radio network. The baseball games are also carried on WMOA. WMRT and WCMO broadcasts are all produced and called entirely by students, many of whom are Mass Media students.

Greek Life[edit]

Alpha Sigma Phi (Delta Chapter), Alpha Tau Omega, Delta Tau Delta, and Lambda Chi Alpha are national and international fraternities that have local chapters for male students to join. They are governed by an Interfraternity Council, which follows the guidelines of the North American Interfraternity Conference.

Alpha Xi Delta, Chi Omega, and Sigma Kappa are national and international fraternities and sororities that have local chapters for female students to join. They are governed by the Panhellenic Council, which follows the guidelines of the National Panhellenic Conference.

Honor societies[edit]

Students attending Marietta College have the opportunity to qualify for any of 23 honor societies.[30]

Notable alumni[edit]

Main article: List of Marietta College alumni

Alumni of Marietta College are collectively known as the Long Blue Line.[37]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Marietta College's official website Archived 2005-12-10 at the Wayback Machine - see description at the foot of the page
  2. ^ As of June 30, 2021. Marietta College Independent Auditor's Report and Financial Statements June 30 2021 and 2020 (Report). Federal Audit Clearinghouse. February 8, 2022. Archived from the original on May 25, 2022. Retrieved February 8, 2022.
  3. ^ Hubbard, Robert Ernest. General Rufus Putnam: George Washington's Chief Military Engineer and the "Father of Ohio," pp. 156, 187, McFarland & Company, Inc., Jefferson, North Carolina. ISBN 978-1-4766-7862-7.
  4. ^ Hildreth, Samuel Prescott. Memoirs of the Early Pioneer Settlers of Ohio, p. 82, Badgley Publishing Company, 2011. ISBN 978-0615501895.
  5. ^ Jordan, Wayne. "MARIETTA COLLEGE AND THE OHIO COMPANY". resources.ohiohistory.org. Ohio History Journal. Retrieved September 24, 2023.
  6. ^ "College Presidents". Marietta College. Archived from the original on January 6, 2021. Retrieved January 24, 2021.
  7. ^ "General Education" (PDF). April 10, 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 25, 2022.
  8. ^ "Scholarships & Grants". Marietta College. Archived from the original on March 6, 2021. Retrieved January 24, 2021.
  9. ^ "Marietta College to offer full-tuition scholarships to honor diversity". mariettatimes.com. Archived from the original on March 8, 2019. Retrieved January 24, 2021.
  10. ^ "Honors" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on May 25, 2022.
  11. ^ "Best Schools for Petroleum Engineering". ThoughtCo. Archived from the original on November 30, 2020. Retrieved January 25, 2021.
  12. ^ "Alumni gift brings music therapy program to MC". mariettatimes.com. Archived from the original on October 23, 2017. Retrieved January 25, 2021.
  13. ^ "Marietta College plans to discontinue 10 academic programs". September 28, 2023.
  14. ^ Golden, Daniel (October 10, 2017). Spy Schools: How the CIA, FBI, and Foreign Intelligence Secretly Exploit America's Universities. Henry Holt and Company. pp. 85–89. ISBN 978-1-62779-636-1. OCLC 967864126. - Google Books profile - Pages 86-87 explicitly say there is a "partnership".
  15. ^ "University of International Relations". Australian Strategic Policy Institute. Archived from the original on November 27, 2019. Retrieved November 27, 2019.
  16. ^ Kelly, Michael (October 27, 2017). "Book about Chinese students' training lists Marietta College". The Marietta Times. Archived from the original on October 27, 2017. Retrieved February 19, 2020.
  17. ^ "Marietta College". Archived from the original on February 4, 2021.
  18. ^ "Search". College Factual. February 20, 2013. Archived from the original on December 7, 2020. Retrieved January 24, 2021.
  19. ^ "Full Main rankings". 2020. Archived from the original (XLSX) on October 14, 2020.
  20. ^ McNaboe, Dennis (2011). A Study of the Relationship between Participation in Marietta College's McDonough Leadership Program and the Leadership Development of College Students (EdD dissertation). West Virginia University. doi:10.33915/etd.3102. Archived from the original on October 20, 2020. Retrieved January 24, 2021.
  21. ^ "EXCEL Workshop". Marietta College. Archived from the original on March 2, 2021. Retrieved January 24, 2021.
  22. ^ "McDonough Leadership Conference (Marietta College)". International Leadership Association. Archived from the original on March 27, 2022. Retrieved January 24, 2021.
  23. ^ "Ohio Athletic Conference (OAC)". Ohio Athletic Conference (OAC). Archived from the original on March 12, 2017. Retrieved March 4, 2017.
  24. ^ "Ohio Athletic Conference (OAC)" (PDF). Ohio Athletic Conference (OAC). Archived (PDF) from the original on May 21, 2017. Retrieved July 10, 2017.
  25. ^ "Marietta College Athletics - History and Records". pioneers.marietta.edu. Archived from the original on March 5, 2017. Retrieved March 4, 2017.
  26. ^ "NCAA Division III Baseball Champions". NCAA. Archived from the original on July 9, 2017. Retrieved July 10, 2017.
  27. ^ "Marietta College news". www.marietta.edu/news-center. November 2, 2017. Archived from the original on January 11, 2018. Retrieved November 7, 2017.
  28. ^ "Marietta College Athletics - History and Records". pioneers.marietta.edu. Archived from the original on October 8, 2017. Retrieved July 10, 2017.
  29. ^ "Bolton helps U.S. win rowing gold". pioneers.marietta.edu. July 30, 2008. Archived from the original on February 20, 2018. Retrieved February 19, 2018.
  30. ^ "Marietta College Honor Societies". April 22, 2016. Archived from the original on February 20, 2018. Retrieved February 19, 2018.
  31. ^ "Alpha Lambda Delta (Freshmen)". Marietta College. April 22, 2016. Archived from the original on November 8, 2017. Retrieved November 8, 2017.
  32. ^ "Alpha Lambda Delta developing new identity". Marietta College, marietta.edu. November 12, 2013. Archived from the original on November 8, 2017. Retrieved November 8, 2017.
  33. ^ "Alpha Psi Omega (Drama)". Marietta.edu. April 22, 2016. Archived from the original on November 8, 2017. Retrieved November 8, 2017.
  34. ^ "Alpha Sigma Lambda (Nontraditional)". Marietta College. April 22, 2016. Archived from the original on November 8, 2017. Retrieved November 8, 2017.
  35. ^ "Pi Kappa Delta (Speech & Debate)". Marietta College. April 22, 2016. Archived from the original on November 8, 2017. Retrieved November 8, 2017.
  36. ^ "Tau Pi Phi Business honorary". Marietta College. April 22, 2016. Archived from the original on February 20, 2018. Retrieved February 19, 2018.
  37. ^ "Alumni". Marietta College. February 13, 2017. Archived from the original on July 21, 2018. Retrieved July 21, 2018.

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