Muhlenberg College

Due to COVID-19, collegiate sports were shut down last spring just as Centennial Conference Coach of the Year Jason McLean '01 was in Iowa with the first three Muhlenberg wrestlers to qualify for the NCAA Championships since 2009: Austin Sherman '20, Jimmy Fratantoni '20 and Luca Colestock '22.

Juniors Nikki Bonvini, Amanda Gorski, Sarah Karmazyn, and Kristin Oberg formed the Women in Business Club.

Students with a term GPA of 3.5 or higher for the semester were recognized for this academic achievement.

The Muhlenberg women's lacrosse player collected lacrosse equipment to promote the sport.

The Phi Sigma Sigma sorority, in an effort coordinated by Philanthropy Chair Sophie Capobianco '22, sent hundreds of winter coats, pairs of gloves and sets of headphones to students at an Allentown elementary school.

Sixty-four Muhlenberg College student-athletes were named to the Centennial Conference Academic Honor Roll for the fall 2020 season.

Muhlenberg College student Dan Gaines '22 was named to the Basketball Times preseason All-America team.

Muhlenberg wrestlers Billy Moore '22 and Ramiro Osuna '22 talk about their work on the campaign for a Pennsylvania Congressional candidate.

Muhlenberg men's lacrosse midfielder Jake Suesserman is participating in Israel Lacrosse's Masa Gap Year program.

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.

The Muhlenberg experience from the perspective of Gnim Bazim '21, a senior and athlete studying on-campus.

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.

Luca Colestock '22, a member of the Muhlenberg wrestling team, won the 2019-20 Sidney G. Weikert Sophomore Athlete of the Year Award which recognizes athletic achievement with accompanying campus contribution and strong academic record.

Field hockey senior Sophie Beeler '21, a public health major and political science minor, talks about her study on infectious diseases on the podcast.

Muhlenberg track and field jumper Lindsay Press writes about her summer physical therapy shadowing experience.

Paige Jones and David Strzeminski, both Class of '22, worked remotely with Professor of Chemistry Keri Colabroy this summer studying protein catalysts which can play a role in the discovery of new antibiotics and other natural products.

Scott had a remote internship with Muhlenberg alumnus Dr. Andy Golden '82 this summer, sponsored by the National Institutes of Health.

Danny Monzo worked with Biology Professor Bruce Wightman to study the genetics of sleep in the species C.elegans.

Alice Banta did research on Leonard Bernstein and how his personal identities helped shape the portrayals of race, gender and sexuality in "West Side Story."

The computer science major, business adminitration minor and member of the lacrosse team worked with Sectigo's DevOps team as a systems reliability intern.

Michael Gatazka '21, Maria Vazquez '21, Michael Albdewi '22 and Alexander Vu '22, under the guidance of Sherri Young, associate professor of chemistry, accumulated information on peptoids from the scientific literature to summarize and gain insight into how the conformational preferences of these molecules affect their properties.

The Muhlenberg experience from the perspective of a remote upperclassman, Brett Friedman.

Muhlenberg College is pleased to welcome the newest members of our community, including first year students, new transfer students and new School of Continuing Studies students, for the 2020-2021 academic year.

Sarah Vetesi '21 helped design a research project with her two mentors this summer that focused on assessing the level of care patients received when seeking treatment for potential sexually transmitted infections (STIs).

Aviv Campbell '23 and Renee Heller '21 are analyzing the vast amount of information found on marine acidification to find trends that can relate to freshwater acidification. The research team also plans to investigate which organisms would be most affected by the pH changes due to the acidification.

Caroline Dunn '21 is broadening her horizons with a remote development and events internship with the Barrington Stage Company.

Double major Francesca Jones '21 combines her interests in a summer research project examining differences in the perceived risk of climate change among different socioeconomic groups.

Because of an internship opportunity the College offered in the wake of COVID-19, Karla Sagastizado '21 is considering a career in law.

Vijay Rao '22 and Jessica Sommer '21, working with Jordanna Sprayberry, professor of biology, explore the intricacies of bumblebee foraging. They're creating a framework for their research to explore how the enviromental conditions affect bee foraging and help other researchers studying the topic.