Muhlenberg College

Eighty-one Muhlenberg College student-athletes were named to the Centennial Conference Academic Honor Roll for the fall 2025 season.

Muhlenberg senior Dani Klingener received honorable mention on the All-Centennial Conference women's soccer team, for fall 2025.

A record 109 Muhlenberg College student-athletes were recognized for their performance in the classroom and on the field, court, track and course with their selection to the Centennial Conference Academic Honor Roll for the spring 2025 season.

High achieving Muhlenberg College students were inducted into Phi Beta Kappa this spring. Established in 1776, Phi Beta Kappa is the nation's most prestigious honor society for liberal arts and sciences undergraduates. Only about 10% of U.S. institutions have been granted Phi Beta Kappa chapters and each chapter employs a highly selective, merit-based invitation process to admit members. Because only 8-10% of the students in each member institution's graduating class can be admitted to Phi Beta Kappa, inducted students typically have credentials greatly exceeding the minimum 3.5 GPA in PBK-eligible courses (those outside of applied or professional/vocational courses), the minimum placement in the top 15% of their graduating class, and good student standing.

Ten Muhlenberg College athletes were recognized for their behavior on the field, course, court and track with their selection to the 2025 Spring All-Centennial Conference Sportsmanship Team. Established by the conference's Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC), the All-Sportsmanship Team honors a member from each squad who displayed good sportsmanship throughout their career.

Christine Compton, Pen Argyl, Pa., will offer remarks as a graduating student during the Muhlenberg College commencement ceremony, Sunday, May 18 at 10 a.m., in the PPL Center, Allentown, Pa. Compton is earning a Muhlenberg Bachelor of Business Administration degree following a 20 year career in healthcare and a decade in healthcare administration at St. Luke's and Lehigh Valley Health Network/Jefferson Health. She is currently a member of the financial clearance leadership team at Lehigh Valley Health Network/Jefferson Health and will be pursuing her master's degree in healthcare management and leadership at Muhlenberg in the fall.

Ty Palmieri, an economics major at Muhlenberg College, will finish his bachelor's degree a year early and head to the Charles Widger School of Law at Villanova University.

"The human mind is so interesting. There's so much left unknown," says Emma Shay, a psychology major with minors in women's and gender studies and Italian studies. "That's part of how I knew that specifically, research was for me - thinking about how there's so much that we don't know." (Click name to read full story):

Teigan Brown, of Glenmoore, Pa., will offer remarks as a graduating senior during the Muhlenberg College commencement ceremony, Sunday, May 18 at 10 a.m., in the PPL Center, Allentown, Pa. A graduate of Downingtown STEM Academy, Brown is earning a Muhlenberg Bachelor of Science degree in neuroscience this spring. When not conducting research in the laboratory of Stanley Road Professor of Neuroscience Jeremy Teissere, Brown has been active within Student Government Association, on the President's Diversity Advisory Council, as an orientation leader, a Cardinal Key, and as a crew chief and EMT with Muhlenberg College EMS.

Samuel Roter '25 is a familiar presence on Muhlenberg's stages - he's been in six departmental productions. Most notably, he played Pierre in last fall's musical, "Natasha, Pierre, & The Great Comet of 1812." The cult favorite, which ran on Broadway for less than a year, was the best known of the departmental productions he's been in. The challenge of performing in these more experimental, less commercially palatable shows has transformed his idea of what theatre can and should be. (Click name for full story):

Princeton in Asia (PiA) fellowships are one- or two-year immersive, paid work placements at host organizations in Asia. The fellowships emphasize cultural immersion and contributing to host communities. Fellows are committed to furthering the PiA mission of fostering mutual appreciation and cross-cultural understanding between the United States and Asia. Only about 10% of PiA applicants are accepted into the program.

Only 20 students nationwide are invited to be part of the mentorship program each year.

Roman Craig '27 and Alexa Cinelli '27 researched Muhlenberg College's LGBTQ+ history and created a website to showcase their findings.

Muhlenberg senior guard John "Jack" Kinerney has been named to the D3football.com All-Region 2 third team for the second year in a row. A three-time first-team All-Centennial Conference (CC) selection, Kinerney started every game at right guard for the third consecutive season. As the Mules' top lineman, he helped the offense average a CC-leading 37.2 points per game and 441.0 yards per game, allowing only one sack all year. Kinerney played in 45 of Muhlenberg's 46 games since 2021, starting 37. During that time, the Mules went 36-10, averaging 37.2 points and 424.0 yards per game.

Seven Muhlenberg College athletes were recognized for their behavior on the field, court and course with their selection to the 2024 Fall All-Centennial Conference Sportsmanship Team. Established by the conference's Student-Athlete Advisory Committee, the All-Sportsmanship Team honors a member from each squad who displayed good sportsmanship throughout their career.

Six Muhlenberg College student-athletes have been named to the Academic All-Centennial Conference team for the fall 2024 season. Honorees have earned academic recognition via the conference's Academic Honor Roll, as well as being named to the All-Centennial Conference team for excellence in their individual sport.

Widi is a dance and neuroscience double major from Stillwater, Minnesota.

This winter break, 49 students completed externships through the Career Center. These typically one- to five-day personalized experiences, most with alumni hosts, are designed to allow students of all class years to explore different postgraduate opportunities.

Alongside 200 other chosen collegiate athletes from around the country, Banahan networked with and learned from athletics professionals and explored her interests in pursuing a career within athletics.

Ceres is a rising sophomore from Saylorsburg, Pennsylvania.

Alex Caban-Echevarria '23, a double major in media & communication and English, is receiving guidance from one of the outlet's investigative journalists, plus her team of Muhlenberg mentors, as she applies to graduate school.

Or-El Ankori '25 spent a day learning about in vitro fertilization from Evelyn Neuber '87.

Shah is the first Muhlenberg student to receive the award, one of the most prestigious in the world.

Giovanni Merrifield is a sociology major and Africana studies minor from Standish, Maine.

The College's Department of English Literatures & Writing celebrated the winners of The Edwin A. Miller Writing awards and The Muhlenberg Weekly Journalism awards.

In only its second year, Muhlenberg's squad advanced to the second round of the American Mock Trial Association's annual national tournament.

Michelle Rajan, a neuroscience major on the premedical track and a creative writing minor, was featured in "Muhlenberg Magazine."

Brady wrote the op-ed as part of a Media Advocacy class project in coordination with the Bradbury-Sullivan LGBT Community Center in Allentown, PA.

Alison Cummins '21 and Sarah Gordin '21 started Berg Originals to help students, alumni, faculty and others share and receive feedback on their work remotely.

The economics and sustainability studies double major talks about the interconnectedness of his fields of study, his involvement with the nonpartisan BergVotes student club, a compelling research project and more.