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Marietta College Unveils New Logo Package

New identity package designed by College Art Director Ryan Zundell ’93

MARIETTA, Ohio – Marietta College is excited to announce the unveiling of a new logo and identity package for the athletics department, the first of its kind in the 168 years of the College.

Marietta College has decided that now is the perfect time to put a visual representation of what “Pioneers” represents. A new symbol to coincide with the opening of the Dyson Baudo Recreation Center and a new era in athletics at MC.

Marietta College Art Director Ryan Zundell, who is a 1993 graduate, designed the new logo package. Zundell, who lives in Marietta with his wife, Renea, also earned his master’s of communication studies from West Virginia University in Morgantown in 1994. He is a 1989 graduate of Fairmont Senior High School.

“By giving the Pioneers a visual identity, Marietta College will have a professional look and a higher profile as a college,” Zundell said. “Many larger institutions like Boston College, BYU and San Diego State have recently updated their logos and team colors, giving them a unified look and professional feel.”

Zundell says the new logo design will provide the athletics department with the opportunity to bring uniform colors back to one standard and give the College a consistent look across all athletic teams.

“The new logo package is flexible and gives each coach choices as to how to use the logo family without changing the overall look and feel of the logo,” Zundell said.

The logo comes in both two and one color versions. It will be featured on all material (such as stationery, uniforms, hats, bags, T-shirts, travel suits, etc.) so that it conveys a simple and consistent message from Marietta College.

“We’ve been looking at the possibility of updating our ‘look’ for a while now,” said Director of Athletics Debora Lazorik. “We were presented with a variety of options that give our coaches flexibility, while at the same time maintaining a consistent look throughout the department.”

The new logo features the word “Pioneers” in white with a silver and navy blue outline, with the words “Marietta College” in navy blue underneath the logo. Also developed, as part of the package is an actual Pioneer mascot logo, and a new, modernized interlocking MC.

“This has been a very gratifying process,” said Zundell, who also played basketball at MC. “To be able to give this College a visual identity and to see the logo already used throughout the new Dyson Baudo Recreation Center and painted on the floor of Ban Johnson Arena makes me very proud.”

Zundell also redesigned the new Ohio Athletic Conference logo.

The Marietta College baseball team will be the lone exception to the logo identity. The baseball program will continue to use its traditional interlocking MC.

Located in Marietta, Ohio, at the confluence of the Muskingum and Ohio rivers, Marietta College is a four-year liberal arts college. Tracing its roots to the Muskingum Academy begun in 1797, the College was officially chartered in 1835. Today Marietta College serves a body of 1,100 full-time undergraduates hailing from 42 states and 14 countries. The College offers 39 majors and has been listed among Barron’s Best Buys in College Education and Peterson’s Competitive Colleges, and has been recognized as one of the top regional comprehensive colleges by U.S. World News and Report.

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