Muhlenberg College

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.

Krystal Hall '21 is the student director of the M.U.L.E. Community Cabinet which provides resources for Muhlenberg students experiencing scarcity or other hardship.

Muhlenberg student Olivia Toner '20 spent her summer in Lehigh Valley Health Network's Oncology Lab, where she worked alongside health professionals to map treatment strategies and record patient outcomes.

First performed in 1895, Oscar Wilde's 'The Importance of Being Earnest' continues to be one of the most popular and performed comedies of the modern stage. In this production, Wilde's much loved masterpiece is celebrated with cutting wit, deadpan ludicrousness, and a dubious fervor for all things "Bunbury" - and performed entirely by an acting company of women.

Maya Illovsky '21 totaled 51 digs in two matches against Vassar and Morrisville State, raising her career total to 1,010. She is the 14th player in team history to reach 1,000, but just the second to get there as a junior.

Val Weisler '20 helps empower young people around the world.

Olivia Garcia '20 conducted historical research this summer at Muhlenberg College. Working with Cathy Ouelette, associate professor of history, Garcia connected several fields of study, such as political science, economics, dance, Latin, and American studies, to understand Argentine identity in the early 2000s. Titled 'The Politics of Performance,' the project seeks to make connections across disciplines in order to draw conclusions about the state of Argentina and its people in the time period.

Working with Erika Iyengar, professor of biology, Austin Hoffman studied how the time in streams and ponds can affect the biodiversity that colonizes leaf packs he plants. Isopods are crucial to stream and pond biodiversity, considering the amount of organisms that feed on them. By looking at the condition of leaves that is most inhabitable for the isopods, Hoffman can gauge when they are more effectively populated.

Steven Smith '19 studied the impact of age and gender on a child's ability to manage behavior and presented his research last spring at the Society for Research in Child Development Conference in Baltimore, Maryland.

Caroline Hogg '20 landed a summer role with the Madison Square Garden Company after learning about the position through a trip with Muhlenberg's Career Center.

Maye-gan Brown '20 was a communications intern last summer with the Philadelphia Department of Human Services, as part of the Mayor's Internship Program.

After twice working as a summer analyst, Wells Fargo offered Gabrielle Neuman '20 a full-time role for after graduation.

Psychology students work with a local nonprofit to collect and analyze information it can use to ensure its continued funding-and continued success.