Center for Ethics
- The Center for Ethics Living & Learning Experience (CELLE) is an annual program co-sponsored by the Center for Ethics and the Office of Residential Services. Participants in the CELLE include 8 students (sophomore, juniors, and seniors only) selected annually from a pool of applicants, who live together in 2 suites in an on-campus residential facility. These students are mentored by one Faculty Scholar-Residence, also selected annually. Together, the Faculty Scholar-in-Residence and the CELLE students form a living-learning community based in the residence hall that explores issues raised by Center for Ethics programming.
The Living & Learning Experience program is not operating during the 2012-2013 academic year. Look for more information about future year programs here.
- Meet the 2010
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Living & Learning Community
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- Faculty Scholar in Residence: Holly Cate
Hometown: Colorado Springs, Colorado
Year: Professor (this is my fifth year at Muhlenberg)
Major/Minor: my undergraduate degree is in English History and Literature; my graduate degree is an MFA in Acting
Favorite class taken in college: undergrad, Shakespeare, taught by Marjorie Garber; grad school, Movement and Improvisation, taught by Annie Loui
Best thing I’ve read in college so far: undergrad, Daniel Deronda by George Elliot; more recently, Among the Thugs by Bill Buford
What I like to do: cook, watch sports, play games
Favorite scientific principle, theory, idea or invention: the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle, which very simply stated says that you can’t observe something without changing it
Most pressing ethical question facing science today: the sequencing of the human genome – do we really want to know all the secrets our genes hold? Would you want to know you had a fatal disease that will kill you in ten years?
Something many people don't know about me, but if they did, they'd understand me better: I’m fascinated by numerical systems; to me, integers have personalities. -
- • Name: Alyssa Balogh
• Hometown: Kintnersville, Pa
• Year: Junior (2012)
• Major/Minor: Biology
• Favorite class taken in college: Physiology with Meier
• Best thing I’ve read in college so far: Player Piano, FYS: science.culture
• What I like to do: Play/watch sports, read, cook
• Favorite scientific principle, theory, idea or invention: the CERN particle accelerator
• Most pressing ethical question facing science today:
• Something many people don't know about me, but if they did, they'd understand me better: I’m a small town girl who owns horses so I think differently than most people
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- • Name: Ann-Marie Cittadino
• Hometown: Tinton Falls, New Jersey
• Year: Junior
• Major/minor: Biology Major
• Favorite class taken in college: General Physiology with Dr. Meier
• Best thing I’ve read in college so far: "McClellan and Failure" by Dr. Bonekemper
• What I like to do: Playing softball, boxing, running, painting, and watching the NY Mets.
• Favorite scientific principle, theory, idea or invention: String Theory because it's exciting and different. Theorists must find new dimensions to prove the theory, however the it can't be disproved.
• Most pressing ethical question facing science today: How far is too far when it comes to the topic of genetic engineering? (Creating a perfect human?)
• Something many people don't know about me, but if they did, they'd understand me better: I'm a perfectionist and can't stand failure. I have to try my best 100% of the time.
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• Name: Cristina Gannon
• Hometown: Eagan, MN
• Year: Junior
• Major/minor: Currently Neuroscience, but switching to Psychology & Education with an Art minor
• Favorite class taken in college: Printmaking and Genetics
• Best thing I’ve read in college so far: Water for Elephants
• What I like to do: Hanging out with friends, piano, horseback riding, art
• Favorite scientific principle, theory, idea or invention: Theory of Relativity
• Most pressing ethical question facing science today: What is the right balance between the benefits of scientific advancements in genetic engineering and stem cell research vs. their potential risks?
• Something many people don't know about me, but if they did, they'd understand me better: I love confident, opinionated people that are still open-minded. Then having deep conversations with these people for hours pondering life
- • Name: Anyka Jerome
• Hometown: Brooklyn
• Year: 2013
• Major/minor: Biology
• Favorite class taken in college: FYS: Diagnosing Healthcare in the United States with Dr Meier.
• What I like to do: Reading Fiction novels and finding out about unpopular bands or artists on Youtube.
• Favorite scientific principle, theory, idea or invention: Crystal Field Theory.
• Most pressing ethical question facing science today: Should Stem cell research be allowed? Is destroying pre-embryos ethical and acceptable?
• Something many people don't know about me, but if they did, they'd understand me better: I’ve been living in the States for almost four years now.
- • Name: Leah Kirby
• Hometown: River Vale, NJ
• Year: 2013
• Major/Minor: Biochemistry with a minor in Spanish
• Favorite class taken in college: General Chemistry II
• Best thing I’ve read in college so far: Why We Get Sick: The New Science of Darwinian Medicine by R.Nesse and G.Williams
• What I like to do: Be as colorful as possible
• Favorite scientific principle, theory, idea or invention: Evolution and Natural Selection
• Most pressing ethical question facing science today: Any topic that involves science, religion, gender and sexuality
• Something many people don't know about me, but if they did, they'd understand me better: I’m an outrageous, colorful, constantly laughing, non-conforming kid who just really loves science!
- • Name: Monica Shin
• Hometown: Flushing, New York
• Year: 2012
• Major/minor: Psychology
• Favorite class taken in college: FYS: What is Normal?
• Best thing I’ve read in college so far: Perfect Girls, Starving Daughters by Courney E. Martin.
• What I like to do: What I love to do above all else is travel. I also enjoy reading on my spare time, singing, dancing, yoga, and hanging out with my hometown friends.
• Favorite scientific principle, theory, idea or invention: The Chaos Theory—a field of study focusing on the behavior of dynamical systems greatly sensitive to initial conditions.
• Most pressing ethical question facing science today: Genetic Engineering: should we have the right to experiment with the blueprint of life?
• Something many people don't know about me, but if they did, they'd understand me better: I tend to get very antsy if I have too much free time.
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- • Name: Steven Solano
• Hometown: Eastchester, NY
• Year: Sophomore
• Major/minor: Double Physics & Chemistry Major
• Favorite class taken in college: First Year Seminar: Ethics of Nuclear Energy
• Best thing I’ve read in college so far: “The Pillars of the Earth” by Ken Follett
• What I like to do: Just sit down with a nice glass of…whatever, and listen to some Korn.
• Favorite scientific principle, theory, idea or invention: “The Theory of Everything” – the theory that has yet to be found AND proved.
• Most pressing ethical question facing science today: The most obvious question of them all: why people are still debating whether or not scientists have ethical and moral responsibilities?
• Something many people don't know about me, but if they did, they'd understand me better: I’m always right…just kidding. But really…one thing that I even hate about myself, a contradiction – I love to learn, but I hate to read.
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- • Name: Khadejah Whyte
• Hometown: Queens, New York
• Year: Sophomore
• Major/Minor: Undecided
• Favorite class I’ve taken in college: First Year Seminar: Diagnosing Health Care
• Best thing I’ve read in college so far: Along For The Ride by Sarah Dessen
• What I like to do: Reading Sarah Dessen’s novels, daydreaming, shopping, traveling, listen to music, dancing, and watching movies
• Favorite scientific theory, principle, theory or idea: Evolution is the core theme of biology
• Most pressing ethical question facing science today: Why do some people refuse to believe evolution?
• Something many people don’t know about me, but if they did, they’d understand me better: I am still a little kid at heart just trying to figure things out for myself.