KENOVA, WV (LOOTPRESS) – Marietta College’s Jaden Koren of Kenova, West Virginia, was one of 36 students who earned the designation of Pioneer Scholars.
Koren, who is majoring in Biochemistry, scored in the top 20% of the senior class on the ETS Proficiency Exam, which assesses critical thinking, math, and communication.
Koren is a graduate of Spring Valley High School.
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 back in 1797, the College was officially chartered in 1835. Today Marietta College serves a body of 1,200 full-time students. The College offers more than 50 majors and is consistently ranked as one of the top regional comprehensive colleges by U.S. News & World Report and The Princeton Review, as well as one of the nation’s best by Forbes.com. Marietta was selected seventh in the nation according to the Brookings Institution’s rankings of colleges by their highest value added, regardless of major.