Muhlenberg College
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| Established | 1848 |
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| Type | Private college |
| Faculty | 155 full-time and 99 part-time |
| Students | 2,125 |
| Undergraduates | 2,125 students (42% men, 58% women) |
| Postgraduates | 0 |
| Location | Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA |
| Campus | Suburban |
| Colors | Cardinal Red and Gray |
| Website | [1] |
Muhlenberg College is a private liberal arts college founded in 1848. Its campus is located in west-side Allentown, Pennsylvania, in the United States.
Muhlenberg is affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, but has a religiously diverse student body. The College has approximately 2100 full-time students and is particularly well known for its English, psychology, science, and theatre/dance programs.
The College's name honors Henry Muhlenberg, patriarch of the Lutheran Church in America.
Muhlenberg is one of two four-year colleges located in Allentown. Cedar Crest College, a liberal arts college for women, also is located there.
The College also served as one of the two sites for the filming of the 1998 HBO documentary Frat House.
It has four fraternities and four sororities.
The College's student run print publication is The Muhlenberg Weekly.[2] Established in 1883, the paper is published every week while school is in session. Copies of the paper are available in Seeger's Union every Thursday.
An independently-run student web publication, The Muhlenberg Advocate, was established in 2000.
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[edit] Athletics
In athletics, Muhlenberg is an NCAA Division III school and competes in the Centennial Conference. The college also has an ice hockey club team. Men's teams include football, soccer, cross country, basketball, wrestling, baseball, track, tennis, lacrosse, and golf. Women compete in tennis, field hockey, cross country, track, volleyball, basketball, softball, soccer, lacrosse, and golf.
[edit] Campus
The campus includes numerous buildings with red doors, which is the German sign of welcome, and also one of the school's colors.
[edit] Notable alumni
- Richard Ben-Veniste, attorney, lead prosecutor in the Watergate case and Democratic counsel in the Whitewater scandal hearings.
- Frederick Busch, author and literature professor, Colgate University.
- David Fricke, writer, senior editor of Rolling Stone magazine.
- Robert David Steele, author.
[edit] Affiliated points of interest
[edit] External links
- Muhlenberg College Official Web Site.
- Muhlenberg College profile at NNDB.
- The Muhlenberg Advocate, Muhlenberg College's Independent Online Newspaper.
- The Muhlenberg Weekly, Muhlenberg College's Official Weekly Newspaper.
| Colleges and universities of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
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| Augsburg • Augustana (IL) • Augustana (SD) • Bethany • California Lutheran • Capital • Carthage • Concordia • Dana • Finlandia • Gettysburg • Grand View • Gustavus Adolphus • Lenoir-Rhyne • Luther (IA) • Midland • Muhlenberg • Newberry • Pacific Lutheran • Roanoke • St. Olaf • Susquehanna • Texas Lutheran • Thiel • Wagner • Waldorf • Wartburg • Wittenberg |
| Centennial Conference |
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| Bryn Mawr • Dickinson • Franklin & Marshall • Gettysburg • Haverford • Johns Hopkins • McDaniel • Muhlenberg • Swarthmore • Ursinus • Washington Col. |
Categories: Universities and colleges affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America | Centennial Conference | Allentown, Pennsylvania | Eastern Pennsylvania Rugby Union | Educational institutions established in 1848 | Lutheran colleges and universities | Universities and colleges in Pennsylvania
