Founded in 1848, Muhlenberg is a highly selective, four-year, residential, liberal arts college in the city of Allentown, Pa., with nearly 2,000 bachelor’s and master’s degree-seeking students. The college’s curriculum and experiences are designed opens doors to new ideas, discoveries, friendships and a lifetime of personal and intellectual growth.
(see more)Founded in 1848, Muhlenberg is a highly selective, four-year, residential, liberal arts college in the city of Allentown, Pa., with nearly 2,000 bachelor’s and master’s degree-seeking students. The college’s curriculum and experiences are designed opens doors to new ideas, discoveries, friendships and a lifetime of personal and intellectual growth.
Kabir Burman '27 Selected for The New York Times Corps
Only 20 students nationwide are invited to be part of the mentorship program each year.

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Jan 31
Muhlenberg Graduate Named Princeton in Asia Fellowship Finalist
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.

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Feb 28
Two Muhlenberg Students Research History and Create Website
Roman Craig '27 and Alexa Cinelli '27 researched Muhlenberg College's LGBTQ+ history and created a website to showcase their findings.

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Jan 2
Kinerney Named to All-Region Team
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.

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2024 Dec 12
Muhlenberg Athletes Recognized for Sportsmanship
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.

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2024 Dec 11
Muhlenberg Students Recognized for Pairing Athletic and Academic Excellence
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.

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2024 Dec 6
Muhlenberg's Revamped Winter Break Externship Program Launches
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.

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2023 Jan 18
Senior Named to ProPublica's 2022 Class of Emerging Reporters
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.

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2022 Nov 29
Meet Lexy Widi '26
Widi is a dance and neuroscience double major from Stillwater, Minnesota.

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2024 Nov 21
Jane Banahan Selected to Attend the NCAA Career in Sports Forum
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.

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2022 Aug 10
Spotlight on Raymond Ceres
Ceres is a rising sophomore from Saylorsburg, Pennsylvania.

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2022 Aug 1
One Student's Job Shadow Experience at a Fertility Center
Or-El Ankori '25 spent a day learning about in vitro fertilization from Evelyn Neuber '87.

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2022 Apr 12
Kevan Shah '22 Named Schwarzman Scholar
Shah is the first Muhlenberg student to receive the award, one of the most prestigious in the world.

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2022 Jan 4
Personally Speaking: Giovanni Merrifield '23
Giovanni Merrifield is a sociology major and Africana studies minor from Standish, Maine.

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2021 Aug 16
Muhlenberg Announces Winners of English Literature and Writing Awards
The College's Department of English Literatures & Writing celebrated the winners of The Edwin A. Miller Writing awards and The Muhlenberg Weekly Journalism awards.

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2021 Aug 9
Mock Trial Team Makes Its Case on the National Stage
In only its second year, Muhlenberg's squad advanced to the second round of the American Mock Trial Association's annual national tournament.

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2021 May 3
Personally Speaking: Michelle Rajan '21
Michelle Rajan, a neuroscience major on the premedical track and a creative writing minor, was featured in "Muhlenberg Magazine."

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2021 Mar 26
Donovan Brady Publishes Article In Support of the Equality Act
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.

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2021 Mar 26
Kyle Ropski '22 on His Muhlenberg College Experience
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.

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2020 Dec 14
Muhlenberg Student Athlete Gnim Bazim Shares Fall 2020 Experience on Campus
The Muhlenberg experience from the perspective of Gnim Bazim '21, a senior and athlete studying on-campus.

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2020 Dec 14
Two Muhlenberg College Students Created Berg Originals to Help Writers Within Their Community
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.

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2020 Dec 14
Sophie Chong Elected as Chair of Centennial Conference Student Athlete Advisory Committee
Sophie Chong talks about being elected chair of the Centennial Conference Student Athlete Advisory Committee as a guest on Episode 4 of the Muhlenberg Mules Podcast.

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2020 Dec 3
Sophie Beeler Dicusses Life Before and After COVID-19 on Muhlenberg Muse Podcast
Field hockey senior Sophie Beeler '21, a public health major and political science minor, talks about her study on infectious diseases on the podcast.

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2020 Dec 1
Environmental Science Senior Uses Video to Teach Science to Elementary Schoolers
Even while away from his students, Ian Wolfe Adler '20 is still creating lesson plans.

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2020 May 8
A Welcoming Place for All Religious Traditions
A new integrative learning partnership between the Department of Religion Studies and the Office of Housing & Residence Life helps resident advisors develop religious literacy.

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2020 Apr 27
Behind the Healthcare Curtain
From an early age, Meredith Krewson '20 knew that she wanted a career in medicine and healthcare for small children.

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2020 Apr 8
Kyra Hickey '21 Honored as a Newman Civic Fellow
Students selected for the fellowship are campus leaders who demonstrate a commitment to finding solutions for challenges facing communities locally, nationally and internationally.

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2020 Apr 8
Four Muhlenberg Students and Alumni Named as Fulbright Semifinalists
The Fulbright Scholars Program supports extended research or study abroad opportunities for college graduates.

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2020 Mar 30
Personally Speaking: Emily Sinensky '21
Sinesky founded the entrepreneurship club Be Your Own Boss (B.Y.O.B.) as a first-year student at Muhlenberg. Its signature event is April's Failure Fest.

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2019 Dec 9
A Class of Published Authors
All fourteen students in Professor Lanethea Mathews-Schultz's course 2018: The Political Year of the Woman had their research collected into an Open Educational Resource. It is available for free to scholars around the world.

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2019 Nov 21