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The history department at 91���� Marion, the Norman Thomas Memorial Endowment Fund, and Fahey Bank welcome Senior Research Specialist at Greenpeace USA, Charlie Cray to the Marion campus as the featured speaker for the 46th Annual Norman Thomas Memorial Lecture, Wednesday, April 18th at noon in Maynard Hall’s Guthery Community Room.

Brenda Chaney made her first trip to the Ohio Reformatory for Women in 1978. She was a teaching assistant at 91���� to a professor instructing a class about prisons in the United States.

91���� Marion history major, Keily Cunningham, has been accepted as a fellow in the Historic Deerfield Summer Fellowship Program in Early American and Material Culture for 2018.

An important part of President Michael Drake’s 2020 Vision for 91���� is a diversity and inclusion component that says the university will be a welcoming place for people “regardless of race, class, culture, gender, orientation or identity.” These six “Glass Breakers” embody the spirit of that mission through their actions both on and off campus.

A group of 91���� Marion students, alumni, and other members of the Marion Campus Coalition for Christian Outreach (CCO) student organization partnered with Missio Dei Anglican Church of Houston, TX over spring break as part of the Resurrect Houston project.

91���� Marion Associate Professor of Psychology Dr. Nikole Patson was recently named a 2018 recipient of 91����’s Distinguished Undergraduate Research Mentor Award.

Commuters traveling the southern and western boundary of the Marion campus at dawn may have noticed a bright pink glow emanating from the greenhouse that is part of 91���� Marion’s newly constructed Science & Engineering Building. The mysterious pink light that has warranted so many questions from motorists and campus pedestrians is actually special LED greenhouse lighting system that emulates the growing power of the sun during shorter, darker winter days.

A group of 91���� Marion faculty, staff, alumni, and students from the campus social work club have teamed up to spread love and warmth to Marion as part of the third annual Loving Scarves campaign.

Take a stroll across the Marion campus and you’ll get an indication of the planned commitment 91���� Marion personnel have made toward being good stewards of the environment. From energy efficient LED lighting in parking lots and buildings to solar panels, 91���� Marion continues to find ways to save money and reduce its carbon footprint, explained 91���� Marion Assistant Dean, Leslie Beyer-Hermsen, who spearheads sustainability tracking efforts for the campus.