Marietta College

Irvine Bldg, Marietta, OH 45750 -  View Map

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• Marietta College is one of America's 37 "Revolutionary Colleges," institutions with origins reaching back to the 18th century. Originally founded as the Muskingum Academy in 1797, today's College was chartered in 1835. Marietta College was founded nearly two centuries ago in Marietta, Ohio, the first settlement in the Northwest Territory. Initially charged with educating youth in "all the various branches of the liberal arts and sciences," Marietta College has continued to blend a strong curriculum in these areas with selected career-oriented programs.
• Marietta College offers a contemporary liberal arts education, providing students with an integrated, multidisciplinary approach to critical analysis, problem solving and leadership skills that are required to translate what is learned into effective action. Marietta offers several innovative career-oriented programs such as sports medicine, computer science, petroleum engineering, and environmental science. We also provide a diversity of concentrations such as leadership, finance, and Asian studies, which provide opportunities for a rich undergraduate experience.
• The Marietta College provides degrees in Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Fine Arts, Bachelor of Science, Bachelor of Science in Petroleum Engineering, Master of Arts in Education, Master of Arts in Liberal Learning, Master of Arts in Psychology, Master of Corporate Media, Master of Science in Physician Assistant Studies.
• Located at the confluence of the Ohio and Muskingum Rivers, Marietta is only a few hours from Columbus, Cleveland and Pittsburgh.
• Marietta College is accredited by North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools, The Ohio Department of Education, The American Chemical Society, The National Athletic Trainers' Association, The Accreditation Board Of Engineering and Technology, The Accreditation Review Commission on Education for Physician Assistants, Inc.
• Profile last updated: 00/00/0000.

In the News:

• Ex-FSU star to coach Bishop (The Pasco Tribune)
  posted on July 13, 2011 at 04:04:50 am
  Just months after Bishop McLaughlin's best football season ever, coach Matt Nardo has resigned to accept a position as an assistant coach at Marietta College in Ohio. That paves the way for former Florida State great Derrick Alexander to be named coach of the Hurricanes.
• Man's death leaves a void for college, community (The Marietta Times)
  posted on July 9, 2011 at 06:02:05 am
  The death last week of Dr. J. Michael Harding leaves a void at Marietta College and in the surrounding community. The 59-year-old Harding, director of the college's Counseling Center, died July 2 in a motorcycle crash in Morgan County.
• Apartments planned on Hillcrest (The Marietta Times)
  posted on July 8, 2011 at 07:32:05 am
  A new private apartment complex, Hillcrest Hollow, expected to open next spring off Hillcrest Drive in Marietta, is being specially designed to accommodate graduate students in Marietta College's growing physician assistant progra.
• Parking pinch (The Marietta Times)
  posted on July 6, 2011 at 07:56:56 am
  Marietta College officials are considering a plan that could ban incoming freshmen from having vehicles on campus, as a way to help ease parking congestion on campus and on the city streets around i.
• 5 indicted for rumble at MC (The Marietta Times)
  posted on July 6, 2011 at 07:56:34 am
  Five area men are each facing more than 10 years in prison after police say they forced their way into a Marietta College dormitory in April and attacked a student, creating a "near-riot.

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