Name: Kim O’Brien
Hometown: New Holland, PA
Major(s): Media & Communications
Minor: Art History
Activities on Campus: Muhlenberg Advocate, Muhlenberg Weekly, Track & Field, Student Advisor, BOOM
Life after Muhlenberg: Freelance reporter for Lancaster Newspapers – and currently taking the summer off to look for journalism/ public relations work.
Favorite Hike Memory: Catching a glimpse of shooting stars on our first night of camping out – and – teaching some of the guys how to do laundry after the hike!
Name: Emily Petchler
Hometown: Middleton, WI
Major(s)/Minor: Biology and English, double major
Activities on Campus: student researcher with Dr. Iyengar, flute ensemble, Collegium Musicum, tutor
Life after Muhlenberg: working with the CT Department of Environmental Protection, mostly with Atlantic salmon
Favorite Hike Memory/ Memories: sitting on The Pinnacle and watching the hawks, hiking down the mountain to get water with Kim and Dr. Iyengar, chatting with my fellow hikers (then, and later, during many hiker reunions! ^__^)
Name: Sherri Spector
Hometown: Yardley, PA
Major(s)/Minor: Major-neuroscience/minor-art
Activities on Campus: Head tutor, Tour Guide
Life after Muhlenberg: Pharmacy Technician at CVS (at the beach!) for the summer then Drexel Medical School :)
Favorite Hike Memory: Our nightly hour long dinners in the GR freshman year. They were a perfect break from studying and our differences made for some fantastic conversations!
Name: Ashley Rider
Major(s)/Minor: Neuroscience, minors in Spanish and Public Health
Activities on Campus: research with Dr. Teissere, Caring Place Family Health Center Healthcare advocate and STD/HIV counselor, Head tutor, tutor, tour guide, cardinal key society
Life after Muhlenberg: Teach For America corps member in Houston, TX. Teaching high school chemistry at Eisenhower senior high school.
Favorite Hike Memory: When we returned to the same trail our senior year for a reunion hike! A perfect close to a great four years as "the hikers" :)
made for some fantastic conversations!