Muhlenberg College

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Muhlenberg College is a private liberal arts college founded in 1848. Its campus is located on the west end of Allentown, Pennsylvania, in the United States.

Muhlenberg employs nearly 200 full-time faculty members. It 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.

On Muhlenberg College's Haas College Center central lawn, Mark di Suvero's Victor’s Lament

The College was also the site for the filming of the 1998 documentary Frat House.

It has four fraternities and four sororities.

The College's independently-run student publication is The Muhlenberg Advocate.

Athletics

Muhlenberg College: Stadium and field

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 team include football, soccer, cross country, basketball, wrestling, baseball, track, tennis, lacrosse, and golf. While women compete in tennis, field hockey, cross country, track, volleyball, basketball, softball, soccer, lacrosse, and golf.

Campus

The campus includes numerous buildings with red doors, which is the German sign of welcome, and also one of the school's colors.

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.

Affiliated points of interest

• Lee and Virginia Graver Arboretum in nearby Bath, Pennsylvania

External links

• [Muhlenberg College web site].
• [Muhlenberg College profile, NNDB].
• [The Muhlenberg Advocate, Muhlenberg College's Online Newspaper].

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