PIONEERING TRANSFORMATIONS Report on Engagement and Post-Graduation Plans Class of 2013 & 2014

Maggie Behlen ’14 Keith Foster ’14 Currently: Experiential Currently: Acting in a Psychology Graduate community production Fast Facts: Program at Towson, Md. of Love’s Labour Lost Academic Year 2013-14 Major: Psychology Major: English and Minor: Art and Theatre Internships: Leadership • 105 internships for academic credit Keith had never heard • 50% were paid internships Originally from the Baltimore area, Maggie about until he met a • Several occurred outside of the U.S. developed an interest in Marietta College due professor from Marietta at a theatre seminar • More than half took place outside of the to the leadership program. She also liked in Akron. The small campus size really Valley region the aspect of getting individual attention and appealed to him, and he liked the flexibility • More than 50 students participated the low faculty-student ratio really attracted of the curriculum since his interests weren’t in formal presentations related to their her. While at Marietta, Maggie became very necessarily focused on one major. He is internships inspired in civic engagement and was able to currently acting in a community production of • Took students on alumni networking trips take advantage of three alternative break trips Love’s Labour Lost and anticipated moving to and NYC including Nicaragua, the Dominican Republic, to Chicago to teach arts management • Participated in 3 job fairs throughout the and then Nicaragua again! She says that classes and direct contemporary plays. When region, state these experiences instilled in her a desire he reflects on his experiences at Marietta to make a difference in the world. She also College, he recalls three major highlights. Civic Engagement: believes that her leadership skills and abilities First, in the summer of his junior year, Keith • 500 total student volunteers — 39% of to make cross-cultural connections were participated in the Summer Investigative student body volunteered enhanced. But her travel experiences weren’t Research program, where he received • 115 Student leaders trained to lead just through the Office of Civic Engagement funding to create a full-length solo work that volunteer group programs programs, as Maggie also took a biology he performed the summer after graduating. • Over 5,000 total hours of volunteer class that focused on sustainability and Second, his study abroad in the fall of 2013 service by MC students included trips to Costa Rica and Belize. She in Prague introduced him to the connection • Two community service trips: one to thrived in the group research component and between the art world and social change. South Dakota (Indian Reservation) and one knew after these trips that While in Prague he was able to develop to Nicaragua would be her first destination after college. a new one-act play for the Pride Theatre In fact, in August 2014, Maggie will begin Festival. Third, in his senior capstone project, Study Abroad: her Master’s program at the University of Keith directed a main stage production • 21 students studied abroad Towson, Md., in Experiential Psychology and and delighted in the faculty and student • 2 faculty-led trips (Costa Rica via Drs. from there hopes to apply to a PhD program. collaboration it involved. “The experience Brown & McShaffrey — Ghana via Dr. “The faculty connections and research of supervising peers in all aspects of the Vulor & Mr. Bosworth) methodology gained from Marietta College production of Time Stands Still has provided will definitely serve me well in my next steps.” an incredible backdrop to begin my career.” Research/Investigative Studies/REUs: The following are some of the titles of Ashley Thomas ’14 recent research projects in summer Currently: Logistics Executive Team Leader for Target Corporation Investigative Studies-funded fellowship Major: Sports Management program: Minor: Advertising/Public Relations and Leadership • Does berberine have anticancer properties and induce programmed cell Originally from a large metropolitan area, Ashley craved an environment death in B16 melanoma cells? that would be both supportive and engaging. She found that unique • The effect of emotional arousal and combination at Marietta College. “Marietta College felt like home but misinformation on recall in eye-witness offered experiences that would take me out of my comfort zone. Now when I reflect on testimony my four years, I am so thankful for the network — it is all about relationships and my MC • The effects of antioxidants on ultra-violet network will never die!” Her study abroad experience in Australia and her alternative spring light-induced skin cell death break service trip allowed her to expand her horizons while learning more about how her • Aaron and Othello: Shakespeare’s skills and abilities can impact in this world. In addition, Ashley valued her leadership role in presentation of ethnic minorities in Titus initiating a new campus organization called “Women of Substance.” Watching the growth Andronicus and Othello and evolution of something that she helped to start was extremely rewarding. In her current • Cataloguing and analyzing the James B. role as a Logistics Executive Team Leader for Target Corporation, Ashley motivates a large Stowe Letter Collection work team in a fast-paced environment — all of which has resulted from her Marietta College • The history and influence of language “upbringing.” policy and planning in Spain

Marietta College • 215 Fifth Street • Marietta, OH 45750 Office of Admission • 800.331.7896 • [email protected] | Career Center • 740.376.4645 • [email protected] Graduate Schools: Class of 2014: Arizona State University Bowling Green State University 145 respondents to First Destination Survey Bristol University Case Western Reserve University What describes your plan after graduation? Columbia University Dominican University Reported full time employment...... 53 East Carolina University Reported part time employment...... 17 Reported full time graduate/professional school study ...... 36 Marietta College Reported part time graduate/professional school study ...... 3 Reported seeking full time employment ...... 57 Seton Hall University Reported searching for programs for further study...... 13 University of Georgia Are you satisfied with your plans for after graduation? University of Montana Yes ...... 94 University of Nebraska No...... 17 University of Pittsburgh Unsure...... 38 West Virginia University

Graduate School Areas of Study: Employers: Air Heater Seal Marketing Law American School of Madrid Sustainability Entomology Anadarko Petroleum Sports Management Accounting Calfrac Well Services Creative Writing, Poetry Physical Therapy CIEE Economics Museum Studies ConocoPhillips MBA Human Resources Fastenal Engineering Dentistry Ernst & Young Environmental Science and Policy Geology Ohio Gov. John Kasich’s Office Special Education Journalism & Mass Communication Great Lakes Science Center Pediatric Health and School Psychology Geoscience Horry County Schools Library and Information Science Political Science L.J. Smith, Inc. Psychology Osteopathic Medicine LPR Land Services Early Childhood Education Applied Mathematics Microbac Northwest Immigrants’ Rights Project Nicole Schaly ’14 Sydney Maltese ’14 Peoples Bank Currently: Production Currently: Jesuit Quidel Engineer at Anadarko Volunteer Corps member Salvation Army/ Boys & Girls Club Major: Petroleum serving in a one-year Target Corporation Engineering Position as Asylum and Teach for America Intake Coordinator in the The Sherwin Williams Company Nicole remembers how Pacific Northwest. WTAP early she was able to get Major: Organizational involved in “big things” at Marietta College. Communications and Public Relations Job Titles: For example, the spring of her freshman year Minor: Leadership General Music Teacher she worked with faculty from the Petroleum Drilling Engineer Engineering department to initiate a new Sydney attended a small, private high school Technical Specialist in Training student organization, a part of the national and really wanted a small, private college Teaching English in Spain chapter of the Society of Women Engineers. experience. While at Marietta College, she Associate Engineer “The leadership and networking opportunities became very involved in the Office of Civic English Teacher that stemmed from this early engagement Engagement and Leadership programs. Sales Executive were phenomenal!” Not only was Nicole “The connections made through these Staff Accountant busy during the academic years, she also opportunities were rewarding and enhanced Constituent Affairs participated in full time internships every my ability to see how public service was Education Specialist summer. The first summer she interned with transformative.” Sydney values the work she Assistant Director of Business Affairs Southwestern Energy and then her next two did in the Grants Office, which started out as Project Manager summers she spent working for Anadarko, a work-study position and eventually led to Intake Coordinator where she began her full-time Production an internship. She met community leaders Professional Development Associate Engineering position in August 2014 in and learned a lot about the art of grant Research & Development Assistant Evans, Colorado. “Seek out the amazing writing, which she knows will be valuable in Athletic Director opportunities that Marietta has to offer — her career. “The people at MC, the lessons Executive Team Leader they all count and add up!” taught both inside and outside of the Special Education Teacher classroom — these are the things that I will Field Internal Auditor remember the most from my college days.” Coordinator of Multicultural Recruitment Producer Marietta College • 215 Fifth Street • Marietta, OH 45750 Office of Admission • 800.331.7896 • [email protected] | Career Center • 740.376.4645 • [email protected] Cole Turner ’14 Currently: Medical student at Ohio Class of 2013: University’s Heritage College of Osteopathic 281 total students – 198 reported information Medicine 35 reported to be attending graduate school (12.5%) Major: Biochemistry Graduate Schools: Graduate School The Physician Assistant Graduate Program Areas of Study: at Marietta College caught Cole’s interest, Columbia University and once he visited campus, he couldn’t Texas State University Architecture forget about Marietta. One of the highlights Northeastern University Physical Therapy he relates is the strong academic preparation Still University of Health Sciences Athletic Training that he received. Most of his medical school University of Nebraska Biochemistry friends were not able to do dissections Marietta College Physician Assistant themselves during their undergraduate Ohio University Osteopathic Medicine cadaver lab experiences like he was at The Ohio State University Dentistry Marietta. “The accessibility of the faculty and Marquette University Education the rigorous academics are things that I will Penn State University Higher Education Administration never forget!” Chatham University English Literature Indiana University Geological Sciences Point Park University Law Northwestern University Entertainment Management Cody Clemens ’13 University of Buffalo Journalism Currently: Ball State University Chemistry Communication and San Franciso State University Physics Rhetorical Studies University of Akron Counseling & School Psychology Graduate Student and University of Michigan Public Health Assistant at Duquesne Higher Education Administration University Kent State University Major: Organizational Duquesne University Communications & Public Relations Minor: Health Communications Jessa Herron ’13 Certificate: Leadership Currently: International Volunteer Coordinator for H.E.L.P. Major: Political Science Cody will always remember the networking Certificate: Leadership and TEFL and leadership development experiences he received at Marietta. His participation Jessa was originally recruited to Marietta to play , but it was in Student Senate, the Career Center actually the experiences she had with the Office of Civic Engagement student-alumni networking trips and his that better defined her undergraduate years. She became interested fraternity made his experiences outside of in humanitarian projects, attributing her first trip to Ghana is what underscored a desire to the classroom as strong as those inside of seek a career in international development and philanthropy. The exposure she received the classroom. One of his college highlights through OCE’s programs and her experience with the Leadership program instilled both involves an international research project strong leadership and program management skills. Those skills are useful in her role as an between faculty and students from Marietta International Volunteer Coordinator for H.E.L.P, where she interned as a Marietta student. College, Texas A&M and a university in Brazil. Recently, her job sent her back to Africa — this time in Malawi — to continue her efforts for The team-based research project culminated the international, humanitarian organization that provides teachers for elementary and middle in a trip to Brazil to compare the different schools in Malawi. Jessa’s sorority experiences at Marietta have also served her well. In fact, cultural definitions of leisure. He utilizes his it was through a sorority connection that she was able to obtain the internship with H.E.L.P, research background in his current role as which eventually led to her career. “At Marietta College Greek Life is intertwined with service graduate student and graduate assistant and philanthropy which really sets it apart from other schools.” at Duquesne University. As he applies to doctoral programs, he knows that his Caleb Muller ’13 publications and professional association Currently: Working in the Leadership Development Rotational Program presentation experience, which began at at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Marietta as a first-generation college student, Major: Information Systems gives him an edge in this competitive Minor: Leadership process. “The attention that Marietta gives you is exceptional. The quality of the advising, When Caleb was a student at Marietta College, he was often seen guidance and constant feedback really running around campus and the community, not just to stay in shape for allowed me to grow quickly and deeply.” the cross country and track teams, but also to keep up with numerous activities on campus and off campus. One of the highlights Caleb will always remember is the McDonough Leadership program, where he coordinated the Great Decision Series and built networks in the community through the non-profit capacity development program. Caleb recalls that Marietta was the place that helped him develop confidence in his abilities. “While at MC, I was thrown into roles that I wasn’t familiar with … the environment was supportive and I really grew into myself.” In his current position at UPMC, Caleb believes he is able to utilize the leadership and communication skills, which Marietta helped to instill in him.

Marietta College • 215 Fifth Street • Marietta, OH 45750 Office of Admission • 800.331.7896 • [email protected] | Career Center • 740.376.4645 • [email protected] Megan Mason ’13 Currently: Social Worker for Adult Protective Services for West Virginia Employers: Major: Psychology Minor: Spanish Auditor of the State UPMC RJF International Fidelity Investments Megan chose Marietta Concensus Technologies Cap Gemini College “because it felt like home but offered Teach for America Hyland Software the challenges to make me a better person.” Ann Taylor Lord & Taylor For two and a half years of her four years at Chevron Marietta, she served as a Resident Assistant. Planet Fitness Marietta Times Her initial goal was to help students make CVS White Space Creative a successful transition to college, but then Fifth Third Bank PLS Logistics she realized just how much she was getting Pharmafors National Federation for Independent out of it herself in terms of developing her New Community Bible Fellowship Businesses leadership and organizational management WHDH TV American Income Life skills. Before coming to Marietta, Megan Paramour Industries Grove City Schools knew she always wanted to travel but felt New Albany City Schools Marathon Oil she never had enough money to make it Christy & Associates Chesapeake Energy happen. The idea that her financial aid and North Canton Schools Halliburton scholarships would be applied to the cost of Lake Erie Prep School Chevron studying abroad while at Marietta made her Punhahou School BP dream become a reality. Her junior year she Banfield Pet Hospital Southwestern Energy studied in Perugia, Italy. She chose a smaller Oil & Gas Title Abstracting ConocoPhillips city and program that didn’t require speaking MAI Wealth Advisors Chevron Italian. She thrived in studying the rich Italian Southwestern Energy Cabot Energy history and culture and knows that her cross- Baker Hughes Classic Design Stone cultural experiences and ability to handle the Team Detroit Weathervane Theatre unknown definitely help her succeed in her Marcom Group State Farm Insurance challenging career today. Off & White Americorps Watson Institute Camden Clark Medical Center University Hospitals IMG Select Energy Services U.S. Dept. of Treasury, Fiscal Services Ian Boley ’13 Marietta Memorial Health System Chicago Hospitality Company Currently: Chinese Peoples Bank Marietta YMCA Philosophy Graduate Enterprise Rent a Car Metropolitan Museum of Art Store Student at Fudan Speedway corporate headquarters Highmark West Virginia University near Shanghai, China Major: History and Asian Studies Minor: Philosophy Job titles: Overnight supervisor Educational services representative Ian originally chose to attend Marietta College Pharmacy technician Project manager because it was close to his home in Ohio Assistant office manager IT specialist and his family was already involved in the Personal banker Deputy sheriff international student family mentoring project. Chemist IT development analyst As a member of the Honor’s program, Ian Account manager Consultant took great interest in building relationships Lease team member Sales associate with faculty throughout the disciplines and Agency coordinator Intervention specialist also enjoyed his experiences as a tutor in Production assistant Assistant coach the Writing Center. He attributes his ability Sales and promotions leader Reporter to debate diverse topics and strong writing Philanthropy analyst Field completions engineer and analytical skills to his experiences at Brand ambassador Well site manager Marietta College. His study abroad semester Financial analyst Business owner in China was one of his personal highlights Veterinary assistant Reservoir engineer and credits the strong academic preparation Admissions counselor Claims representative he received at Marietta College to helping him GIS technician Adult protective services social worker successfully transition into his competitive, Financial representative Bilingual service representative international graduate program. Ian received Records assistant HR coordinator a full scholarship, including tuition, room, Rotational engineer Sports coordinator and board, and enjoys living on campus and Graphic designer Pitching coach tutoring Chinese students in English and Teacher Freight operations manager assisting them with the American college Billing compliance assistant application process. He is currently in the process of applying for the Foreign Service and looks forward to his continuing his world adventures with this agency.

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