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Message from the President
“We live in a world of
constant change. With
those realities in mind,
we strive to connect
liberal arts education to
a global society.”
Making an impact
D R . J E A N A . S C O T T
Educators greet autumn, with its familiar and exciting
rhythms marking the opening of the academic year. It is
a time to begin anew and to focus upon the aspirations
of our students and goals as a College.
This fall, our excitement is heightened by the launch
of this new publication designed to help you feel better
connected to Marietta College, our students and faculty
and to all the alumni who comprise The Long Blue Line.
The theme of this issue is another special connection
that Marietta College cultivates for its students – a
connection to the world community. A core value, this commitment to an
international emphasis is more critical now than perhaps at any time in our
generation. In the face of international terrorism, war and the rapid development
of the world economy, we must prepare our students to thrive in a diverse, yet
cooperative, global society. We take this daunting, yet exciting, task very seriously.
We are striving to achieve an ambitious goal – to make it possible for every
Marietta College student who wants a meaningful study abroad experience
to have one. A growing array of J-term and early summer short courses and
international partnerships in Brazil, China and Korea move us ever closer.
An international issues requirement and International Leadership Studies
major available through the McDonough Leadership Center further support
this direction.
A significant and growing number of international students on our campus
enriches the perspectives of all of our students, encouraging them to set aside
assumptions and prejudices and concentrate upon learning how to work and
play effectively together. A variety of intellectual, cultural, and social interactions
contribute to a more sophisticated understanding of our society than would be
available to our international students from textbooks or the news media.
International understanding and friendship have always been important, but in
the world of the early 21 st century, preparing our students to solve problems that
have global connotations is essential to their lives and careers and to the future
of the planet.
This publication will give you some appreciation of the ways in which Marietta
College undertakes that task.
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