Muhlenberg College

Orientation Leaders are mentors charged with guiding new students in their academic, personal, and social transition from high school to college.

The mathematics and computer science double major is researching how students interact with an LLM-powered robot under different conditions.

The statistics and psychology double major compiled a report related to data center legislation and presented it to Allentown City Council at a public hearing this August.

The Class of 2028 student is using skills from both her accounting and media and communication majors to help with bookkeeping and social media for a local pool company near her hometown in Maryland.

The Jewish studies and music double major is working to catalog the Hebraic pamphlets collection.

The Muhlenberg College pre-med biology graduate will work to strengthen pediatric health care practices in partnership with a nonprofit in Bulgaria.

To be eligible for the Dean's List, Muhlenberg College students must earn a GPA of 3.5 or better while taking three or more course units during a semester.

Ten Muhlenberg athletes were recognized for their behavior on the field, course, court and track with their selection to the 2026 Spring All-Centennial Conference Sportsmanship Team.

For the first time since 2019, the Lehigh Valley's summer arts scene enjoyed musical theater at Muhlenberg College, with performances of "Seussical," the Dr. Seuss-inspired musical by Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty, June 12-27.

Congratulations to Muhlenberg College's class of 2026 bachelor's degree candidates! Muhlenberg graduates will celebrate the 2026 Commencement Ceremony on Sunday, May 17, 2025 at 10 a.m., at the PPL Center in Allentown. The event will be livestreamed on Muhlenberg's Commencement website.

Academic awards are bestowed each spring at Muhlenberg College's annual Honors Convocation -- a formal academic ceremony designed to honor and celebrate leadership and scholarly excellence and achievement in the college community. This year's convocation was held on Sunday, April 26, in Egner Chapel.

Skylyn Ellison named to National Student Voting Honor Roll as a leader in nonpartisan campus civic engagement

Alpha Epsilon Delta is the national honor society for students who plan to enter the health professions. Student must have completed at least three semesters of pre-health coursework with at least a 3.2 GPA.

Senior Muhlenberg field hockey player Erin DiSandro has been awarded an NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship. DiSandro will be attending medical school at the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University in Philadelphia after graduation.

At the end of October, Muhlenberg made the podium at the Consortium for Computing Sciences in Colleges Northeast Region programming competition - again. The team of Aidan Hamilton '26 (a computer science major and mathematics minor), Abhilasha Talwar '28 (a mathematics major), and Max Trimmer '27 (a mathematics major) took third place, beating out larger schools including Villanova University.

Nearly 80 Muhlenberg students are taking advantage of the college's wide variety of global study abroad experiences this spring.

Candidates presented bold ideas, thoughtful design, and the drive to solve meaningful problems through innovation at the fall 2025 Innovation and Entrepreneurship Challenge, in Fahy Commons.

Muhlenberg's newest students join the Allentown community from 26 states and 13 countries around the globe.

A public relation's internship has shown Media and Communication major, Marie Tohill, what her career may look like. "Interns at ArtsQuest are just as much a part of the action as the full-time staff. Right now, we are gearing up for Musikfest, the nation's largest free music festival, which will take over the ArtsQuest campus - and the rest of Bethlehem - from July 31 to August 10. I've written press releases to announce upcoming events, including headlining artists coming to perform at Musikfest. Additionally, I am working on an article for the ArtsQuest magazine, Inside ArtsQuest, about our relationship with a local supporter of our capital campaign. "

First-year students, Karla Lazaro and Alessandra Rodriguez -- both members of the inaugural Muhlenberg team received the NCAA Women's Scholar All-American Award from the National Wrestling Coaches Association.

Graduating in the top tenth of their high school class, Shankweiler Scholars exhibit significant extra-curricular accomplishments, SAT scores of at least 1350, and demonstrate interest in pursuing a medical degree upon entering college. To graduate with the "Shankweiler Scholar" designation, Muhlenberg students must carry a 3.3 GPA and successfully complete courses in "Medicine as a Human Endeavor," "Medicine and Society" and the senior year Shankweiler Scholars Seminar.

Student-athlete Bri Astbury '24 took part in the Major League Baseball Take the Field program, which allowed her to make industry connections and see how her Muhlenberg education is preparing her to pursue a career in sports analytics.

Eighty-two Muhlenberg College student-athletes were named to the Centennial Conference Academic Honor Roll for the fall 2023 season.

Head in the Game, which launched at Muhlenberg in 2021, recognizes that student-athletes from all sports face challenges with things like time management, perfectionism and performance anxiety and provides a space for bonding, venting and learning how to cope.

Students in Muhlenberg's Education Society sprang into action to help students at a nearby elementary school.