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> MARIETTA COLLEGE CHOIR
The choir made national news in
China during its summer tour. It was
the first American college choir to
perform during the All China Choral
Directors Seminar.
> DORMS GO WIRELESS
Students will have more flexible
access to the web in the residence
halls with the addition of wi-fi. Prior
to this school year, residence halls
had only Ethernet capabilities.
Long Blue Lines
H U B B U R T O N , A S S O C I AT E V I C E P R E S I D E N T, A L U M N I & C O L L E G E R E L AT I O N S
January is for resolutions, but for my money,
September is really the month for new beginnings.
School opens, self-assured high school seniors
become freshmen all over again and even seasoned
alumni can be exposed to a few new wrinkles.
Take this magazine, for instance. With this first edition
of Marietta, The Magazine of Marietta College, the
relationship between the institution and its graduates
experiences a new beginning. While some might call it
a reinvention of that strong connection that continues
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to bind together The Long Blue Line, the challenge of
launching a new publication and sustaining it over time really is no mere overhaul
or makeover. Instead, it represents nothing short of a reinvestment in that most
valuable of resources – you, our alumni.
This inaugural issue of the magazine represents the culmination of a year-long
project. Along the way, the support of the administration, partners across campus
and the Marietta College Alumni Association Board of Directors has been
unstinting. We were encouraged to be creative and to push ourselves to meet
the challenge of telling our story to an audience that already believes it has a
pretty good idea of what that is. Sounds easy doesn’t it? Not really and I have to
give tremendous credit to our editor, Sherry Beck Paprocki, and to our designer,
associate professor of graphic design, Tina Ullman ’93. Their fresh ideas and
approaches will tempt you to read this publication in a whole new way.
While familiar items such as class notes are a staple, we also urge you to look
beyond the “back of the book” to catch up not just with former classmates and
friends, but also to learn more about the wonderful array of people, programs
and accomplishments that characterize the Marietta College of today. Some may
instantly recognize the contributions of faculty members they have come to know
and love. Others may take special notice of the energy, vitality and curiosity of new
teachers and the inspiration they provide our creative, imaginative and ambitious
students. Still more information will highlight the outstanding achievements of our
dynamic alumni. Whatever your particular interest, our goal is to capture the excitement
of your alma mater and bring it home to you.
It’s excitement that you can actively participate in by taking a moment to
nominate a classmate or fellow Pioneer for an alumni award. More convenient
than ever, I invite you to visit our online nomination site at www.marietta.edu/
alumni/nominate.html and get the ball rolling. By recognizing their achievements,
you not only honor their contributions to their
community or to their alma mater, you also highlight a
commitment to excellence that can serve as a model
for other graduates as well as for our students.
As long as I’m making introductions, I’d like to take
this opportunity to welcome Ann Foraker ’03, ’05 to our
office as the new assistant director of alumni events
and services. We’re very excited for her to come on
board and with her knowledge of the institution and her
FORAKER family ties to Marietta College, she is a wonderful addition
to our team. Her goal is to provide dynamic and
responsive event programming and to develop an alumni services program to
create value-added benefits for members of The Long Blue Line.
Makes January seem pretty dull, doesn’t it?
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