Marietta College

Marietta College

Former names	Muskingum Academy (predecessor) (1797–1833) Marietta Collegiate Institute and Western Teachers' Seminary (predecessor) (1833–1835)
Motto	Lux et veritas
Motto in English	Light and truth
Type	Private liberal arts college [1]
Established	January 16, 1835;190 years ago (1835-01-16)
Academic affiliations	CIC, Space-grant
Endowment	$102.6 million (2021) [2]
President	Kathleen Poorman Dougherty (interim)
Provost	Suzanne Walker (interim)
Students	1,171 (fall 2023) [3]
Undergraduates	1,085 (fall 2023) [3]
Postgraduates	86 (fall 2023) [3]
Location	Marietta, Ohio , U.S.
Campus	Small town
Colors	Navy blue, white
Nickname	Pioneers
Sporting affiliations	NCAA Division III – OAC
Website	www.marietta.edu

Marietta College

Marietta College (MC) is a private liberal arts college in Marietta, Ohio, United States. Its campus encompasses approximately six city blocks next to downtown Marietta and enrolls 1,200 students.

History

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. ^{[4] [5]}

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. ^[6]

College presidents

Presidents of Marietta College ^[7]

Tenure	Name
1835-1846	Joel H. 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 W. Bruno
2016-2023	William Ruud
2023-2024	Margaret Drugovich (interim)
2025-	Kathleen Poorman Dougherty (interim)

Academics

Erwin Hall

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. ^[8]

There are three honors tracks: curriculum honors, research honors, and college honors. The curriculum honors track provides a course of study for accomplished students. The research honors designation varies across disciplines but typically involves the writing and defense of a thesis. When a student completes the honors curriculum and successfully defends an honors thesis, they achieve college honors status. ^[9]

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. The center today offers a bachelor's degree in International Leadership Studies, a minor, and a Certificate in Leadership Studies. There is also the Teacher Leadership Certificate (TLC), an academic program designed for students pursuing careers in education. ^[10]

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. ^{[11] [12] [13]}

Reputation and rankings

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. ^[14] College Factual ranked Marietta #20 out of 80 Ohio schools. ^[15] In 2020, Washington Monthly ranked MC #62 for bachelor's degrees. ^[16]

Student life

There are several national and international fraternities and sororities on campus. Students attending Marietta College have the opportunity to qualify for any of 23 honor societies. ^[17]

Athletics

Don Drumm Stadium

Dyson Baudo Recreation Center

Marietta College is a member of the NCAA Division III and the Ohio Athletic Conference, ^[18] a 10-team collegiate conference founded in 1902 and the third-oldest in the nation. ^[19] 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. ^[20] 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. ^[21] Five former Pioneer baseball players—Kent Tekulve, Duane Theiss, Jim Tracy, Terry Mulholland and Matt DeSalvo—have reached the Major League level.^{[ citation needed ]}

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. ^[22] 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. ^[23]

Broadcasts

Marietta sporting events are often broadcast on WMRT-FM, WCMO-FM, and WCMO-TV, the college's radio and television stations. 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, a commercial AM station in Marietta. WMRT and WCMO broadcasts are all produced and called entirely by students, many of whom are Mass Media students.

Notable alumni

Main article: List of Marietta College alumni

Alumni of Marietta College are collectively known as the "Long Blue Line". ^[24]

References

1. Marietta College's official website Archived December 10, 2005, 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. "Marietta College". National Center for Education Statistics . Retrieved February 2, 2025.
4. 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.
5. Hildreth, Samuel Prescott. Memoirs of the Early Pioneer Settlers of Ohio, p. 82, Badgley Publishing Company, 2011. ISBN   978-0615501895.
6. Jordan, Wayne. "MARIETTA COLLEGE AND THE OHIO COMPANY". resources.ohiohistory.org. Ohio History Journal. Retrieved September 24, 2023.
7. "College Presidents". Marietta College. Archived from the original on January 6, 2021. Retrieved January 24, 2021.
8. "General Education" (PDF). April 10, 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 25, 2022.
9. "Honors" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on May 25, 2022.
10. 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.
11. 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".
12. "University of International Relations". Australian Strategic Policy Institute . Archived from the original on November 27, 2019. Retrieved November 27, 2019.
13. 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.
14. "Marietta College". Archived from the original on February 4, 2021.
15. "Search". College Factual. February 20, 2013. Archived from the original on December 7, 2020. Retrieved January 24, 2021.
16. "Full Main rankings". 2020. Archived from the original (XLSX) on October 14, 2020.
17. "Marietta College Honor Societies". April 22, 2016. Archived from the original on February 20, 2018. Retrieved February 19, 2018.
18. "Ohio Athletic Conference (OAC)". Ohio Athletic Conference (OAC). Archived from the original on March 12, 2017. Retrieved March 4, 2017.
19. "Ohio Athletic Conference (OAC)" (PDF). Ohio Athletic Conference (OAC). Archived (PDF) from the original on May 21, 2017. Retrieved July 10, 2017.
20. "Marietta College Athletics - History and Records". pioneers.marietta.edu. Archived from the original on March 5, 2017. Retrieved March 4, 2017.
21. "NCAA Division III Baseball Champions". NCAA. Archived from the original on July 9, 2017. Retrieved July 10, 2017.
22. "Marietta College Athletics - History and Records". pioneers.marietta.edu. Archived from the original on October 8, 2017. Retrieved July 10, 2017.
23. "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.
24. "Alumni". Marietta College. February 13, 2017. Archived from the original on July 21, 2018. Retrieved July 21, 2018.

External links

• Official website
• The Marcolian, the student newspaper

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