McDonough Center for Leadership & Business at Marietta College

09/05/2026

🎠 Today kicks off the 175th Annual Washington County Fair! As part of our region-wide 9/11 Day Initiative, Marietta College students, faculty, staff, and community supporters were able to hand out ☀️ positive message bracelets 👏🏽 to all the kids along the two-mile long parade route.

Special shout out to the 🥎 Marietta College Softball team for recruiting student volunteers and being a key part of the event!

🇺🇸 Our 9/11 Day activities and events are happening all month long thanks to a number of community partners and campus groups as we all come together to lift our communities up, support one another, and commemorate the 25th anniversary. Thanks to our supporters 9/11 Day, AmeriCorps, and Community Campus Coalition.

09/05/2026

Marietta College is honored to be part of 9/11 Day this month. Through funding from the organization, as well as AmeriCorps and Community Campus Coalition, we are able to support numerous opportunities to bring community together to create positive connections and commemorate 9/11 throughout September.

This evening, our Center for Appalachian Innovation intern with Marietta Main Street hosted a Positive Message Board at their September First Friday: Back to School event.

09/02/2026

As our nation commemorates the 25th anniversary of 9/11 next week, Marietta College is bringing together veterans, students, faculty, staff, civic organizations, and community members for a day of remembrance and service centered on “Our Neighbors, Never Forgotten.”

Join us Friday, Sept. 11, from 3-6 p.m. outside on campus — all are welcome to attend.

Marietta College will bring together veterans, students, faculty, staff, civic organizations and community members on Friday, Sept. 11, for a community-wide commemoration of the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. The open-house-style event will take place from 3-6 p.m. outsid...

09/01/2026

♥️🤍💙 YOU ARE INVITED ♥️🤍💙

Our community-wide commemoration with the Center for Appalachian Innovation on Friday, September 11, 2026 will feature memorial yard signs 🎗️ honoring regional individuals lost during or as a result of 9/11, along with 🇺🇸 American flags displayed across campus in remembrance.

Veterans, students, civic leaders, educators, and community members are invited to gather to reflection, show gratitude, and serve.

Thank you to those supporting our 9/11 Day initiatives:
9/11 Day
AmeriCorps
Community Campus Coalition

08/31/2026

Let the Games begin! The Hunger Games just arrived at the McDonough Center and our first-year students are diving in. They will use the books to explore the 5 Components Model of Leadership - created right here at McDonough by Robert McManus and Gama Perucci.

08/28/2026

We are so excited to welcome Cael to the McDonough team and to collaborate with Shelby in her role with the Center for Appalachian Innovation!

08/17/2026

☔ Rain or shine, service shines brighter! ☀️

In honor of National Nonprofit Day, Marietta College's 🧩 McDonough Leadership Program EXCEL freshmen hit the streets of Marietta today to give back to the community that gives us so much! A little rain couldn't dampen our spirit of service -- so proud of this next generation of leaders! 🧭

Special thanks to our amazing nonprofit community partner host sites:

• Alice Chapman Early Learning Center
• The Betsey Mills Club
• Boys & Girls Clubs of Washington County
• BB2C - Building Bridges to Careers
• EVE, Incorporated
• GoPacks
• Marietta College
• Marietta College Milone Center
• O'Neill Center
• The Salvation Army - Marietta, OH
• St Mary Catholic School

08/14/2026

Celebrate 40 years of Marietta College's McDonough Center for Leadership and Business, the oldest and most prestigious undergraduate leadership program in the US! Our 40th Anniversary apparel is available NOW — get yours before the Team Store closes August 24th.

Hurry, shop closes 08/24/2026!

05/13/2026

History and leadership walked the same ground this weekend at Gettysburg National Military Park!

Marietta College LEAD and History students and faculty spent two days on the battlefield, tracing decisions from the 1863 Civil War battle and talking through what they mean for leaders today.

Huge thanks to the generous donors who funded the trip because they believe history still teaches us how to lead. Grateful to travel and learn with Professors Brandon Downing and Jason Nulton and a great crew of students.

05/06/2026

Congrats to McDonough Leadership poster competition winner Kaira Gulett!!

Students were asked to design a poster creatively expressing what leadership means to the McDonough community. One poster was chosen from the categories of

1) The Five Components Model
2) Leadership
3) Followership

Winners are displayed prominently in our front offices for at least one year. Congrats!!