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 Marietta College 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 Ohio 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 Cleveland 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 graduate school 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: American University 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 Kent State University Reported full time graduate/professional school study . 36 Marietta College Reported part time graduate/professional school study . 3 Ohio State University Reported seeking full time employment ............. 57 Seton Hall University Reported searching for programs for further study. 13 University of Akron 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 Wright State 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 Ohio University 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