Muhlenberg College

Muhlenberg students presented global education research at the annual LVAIC Global Student Conference.

Justin Axelrod '20 spent four days all over Jersey City, New Jersey, during his externship with real-estate developer Paul Silverman '78.

Sydney Holliday '23 drew on her improv background for an externship with theatre educator Robert Wagner '07.

Rhiannon Harwi '20 completed an externship at the Allentown campus of human resources company ADP with Deb Clay-Alston '98 P'14.

From an early age, Meredith Krewson '20 knew that she wanted a career in medicine and healthcare for small children.

Three students shared their research at the Joint Mathematics Meeting's Student Research Poster Session in Denver, Colorado, this January.

The following people recently were initiated into The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, the nation's oldest and most selective collegiate honor society for all academic disciplines.

Forty Muhlenberg College student-athletes were named to the Centennial Conference Academic Honor Roll for the winter 2019-20 season.

Students selected for the fellowship are campus leaders who demonstrate a commitment to finding solutions for challenges facing communities locally, nationally and internationally.

The Fulbright Scholars Program supports extended research or study abroad opportunities for college graduates.

Ten students were cast members in the February 20-23 production, directed by Emmy Award nominee Jeffrey Page.

On February 6-8, Master Choreographers featured new dance works by critically acclaimed guest artists and faculty, performed by over 60 talented students.

Congratulations to the following Muhlenberg College and the Muhlenberg College School of Continuing Studies students! They earned a GPA of 3.5 or higher for the term and were named to the Dean's List for Fall 2019.

In November, over 130 local high school students experienced the legislative process firsthand through the Senator for a Day program at Muhlenberg College. Muhlenberg student volunteers helped coach the younger students through the committee meetings.

For 26 years, Muhlenberg College has hosted "Youth and Prejudice: Reducing Hatred; Lessons of the Holocaust" for middle school students in the Lehigh Valley, a program designed to connect the atrocities of Nazi Germany to modern-day actions of hate.

Muhlenberg College encourages students in every major to study abroad while earning college credit towards their degree. In fact, 56 percent of Muhlenberg graduates from the Class of 2019 studied abroad at least once during their college career, and between 250 and 300 students study abroad each year. The College supports discipline-specific study abroad opportunities as well as offering over 100 approved programs in Europe, Australia, Asia, Latin America and Africa.

The protest, organized by student group Muhlenberg Strike Circle, called for pressure on elected officials to support climate change legislation.

At an event organized by Challah for Hunger's co-presidents, Congresswoman Susan Wild and students discussed the stigma surrounding food insecurity on college campuses and how to make a difference.

Six talented Muhlenberg senior directing students presented their work as part of the College's "New Voices | New Visions" Festival this fall, an annual showcase for directors and playwrights, featuring groundbreaking and innovative short plays. The evening also included two world premiere plays written by Muhlenberg students.

Muhlenberg faculty and students are using the spotted lanternfly to attract local high schoolers to math and science.

Fifty-nine Muhlenberg College student-athletes were recognized for their performance in the classroom and on the field with their selection to the Centennial Conference Academic Honor Roll for the fall 2019 season.

The fourth-ranked Muhlenberg football team defeated sixth-ranked Salisbury, 24-8, to advance to the NCAA Division III semifinals for the first time in program history. The Mules (13-0) will host North Central, a 31-14 winner against Delaware Valley, at Scotty Wood Stadium at noon on Saturday, December 14.

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.

Muhlenberg's Digital Learning Assistants (DLAs) partner with faculty and students to advance technological use on campus.

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.

Three Muhlenberg student researchers co-authored a paper with Assistant Professor Justin Sparks published in 'American Chemical Society Photonics.'

Last spring, six Muhlenberg students who work with Gretchen Gotthard, associate professor of psychology and neuroscience, presented their research at a conference in France.

"Into the Woods," Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine's darkly comic reenvisioning of classic Brothers Grimm, came to the stage of Muhlenberg College's nationally recognized Theatre and Dance program, Oct 25 - Nov. 3. A book by Lapine and score and lyrics by Sondheim weave together the plots of several fairytale favorites, including Little Red Riding Hood, Rapunzel, Jack and the Beanstalk and Cinderella. The show features a complex, vocally challenging and multilayered score; a 15- piece professional orchestra accompanied the production.

Muhlenberg College Wescoe School of Continuing Education celebrated graduates of the Accelerated Degree Program on October 12, 2019.

The Muhlenberg student, who served as editor for the film "Dos Hermanos: The Blood of the California Fields," had her work screened at the 13th Pennsylvania College Student Film and Video Festival.