> (Top) Petroleum Engineering major Luis Chao ’21 competed in Round 2 (Proof of Concept) of the PioBiz Competition with his partner, Abdulaziz Boyabis ’20. Their product was Vero Valerio Men’s Luxury Apparel. 
> (Top left) France Moise ’20 and Dani Reed ’21 attended the opening of Gallery 310’s Rites and Passages: Selected Artifacts from the Marietta College African Art Collection. 
> (Top right) The Milton Friedman Lecture featured economist and journalist Dr. Allison Schrager, co-founder of LifeCycle Finance Partners, LLC, presenting “Managing risk in an uncertain economy: What we can learn from surfers, studs and sex workers.” 
> (Bottom left) Madison Roe ’20 (“Peegan”), Sam Bartlett ’22 (“Christy”) and Grace Tomasko ’22 (“Widow Quin”) entertained audiences during the Theatre Department’s production of The Playboy of the Western World: An Irish Comedy, which was directed by Lisa Grande. 
> (Bottom right) Light snow blanketed campus earlier this year.

Making Memories

The Comforts of Home

Spirit Week 2020 offered students the chance to get creative, get dressed up, get competitive and get loud.  
String Art Night, a Valentine’s Game Show, men’s and women’s home basketball games against Ohio Northern, and a Founders Formal Dance gave students plenty of opportunities to meet up with friends and show their Pioneer Spirit.

College Support

Houston-area alumni have shown an amazing commitment to Marietta College by hosting a golf tournament for the past 15 years and have raised more than $100,000. The 2019 outing was their biggest year, as they eclipsed $19,800 — making the total for the past four years nearly $46,000.

More than 100 people, including 40 Marietta College alumni, registered for the November 1st tournament, which included 35 companies being represented.

The annual event began in 2004 when Marty Hupp ’86 and the late Larry Stoltzfus ’86 were looking for a way to give back to their alma mater. In recent years, Hupp and Zach Stoltzfus ‘15, Larry’s son, have hosted the event and the Eastern Texas Regional Association — especially under the leadership of Stephanie Esparza Peloquin ’06, Elizabeth Bennon Jones ’08 and Aleah Telek Esparza ’09 — has helped organize and collect donations.

Ohio Pioneers

Since before David McCullough’s book The Pioneers hit bookshelves in May 2019, Marietta College’s Legacy Library has welcomed visitors to its Ohio Pioneers exhibit.

Navy Blue & Quote

“I think of faculty research in terms of a parade. I always want to be in the parade, and I know I won’t be at the front of it, but at least I’m not standing on the sidewalk watching it go by.”  
— Dr. Mark Sibicky, McCoy Professor of Psychology

Sibicky, a 30-year veteran of Marietta College’s faculty, is listed as the first author of the research article Psychological Misconceptions and Their Relation to Students, which is featured in the journal Teaching of Psychology. Also listed as authors are former Marietta College faculty member Dr. Chris Klein and alumna Emily Embrescia MAP’17.