Muhlenberg College

Muhlenberg teams and athletes set or tied many school records during the 2019-20 year, and they also achieved many career milestones.

A trip to Disney should be fun. But for a group of Muhlenberg students in January, the trip also helped explore the many ways that Walt Disney World staff create a culture of leadership.

The Shankweiler Scholars program is the newest honors program at Muhlenberg, designed for students with an interest in a future career as a physician and who also have other broad intellectual interests in the liberal arts, including the humanities and social sciences.

Jordan Cimring '20 shares how the Muhlenberg Career Center provided him with guidance that took him from his first internship application to the dream job he'll start after graduating in May.

A Dana Scholar and member of the Muhlenberg volleyball team, Shear studied in Florence, Italy, earlier this semester.

A new integrative learning partnership between the Department of Religion Studies and the Office of Housing & Residence Life helps resident advisors develop religious literacy.

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.

Allison Kaye '21, a political science major with a minor in women's & gender studies, interned earlier this spring in the office of U.S. Senator for New Jersey Cory Booker via the Lutheran College Washington Semester (LCWS) program.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.