The Muhlenberg Experience
How learning comes to life at Muhlenberg
Coaching and Mentorship
Your dedicated coaching team — committed to your academic, college life, and post-graduate success — is with you every step of the way on your Muhlenberg journey. These mentors are in your corner to ensure you don’t just meet your potential — you exceed it.
Academic Challenge
Muhlenberg’s Pathways for Discovery curriculum leads you from exploration to expertise, weaving together the richness of the liberal arts with real-world application. Cultivate lasting curiosity, take intellectual risks, and integrate what you learn across a wide swath of disciplines.
Community in Motion
Learning happens everywhere at Muhlenberg — through late-night conversations, shared meals, collaborative projects, and moments of inspiration with your peers. Whether you live on campus or commute from nearby, you belong to a vibrant, interconnected community that helps you grow and find your purpose.
Where Learning Meets Doing
Experience the liberal arts in action. Through research, internships, study abroad opportunities, community partnerships, and more, you’ll apply your learning in ways that shape your future, creating a meaningful impact.
Explore the Muhlenberg Journey
From the moment you choose to become a Mule, your success will be a priority every step of the way.
First Year: Explore and Engage
- Guided Start: Even before you arrive on campus, you’ll have access to individualized advising. Your three-pronged coaching team will be established, providing support in academics, student life, and your post-graduate planning.
- Strong Foundations: The first-year Foundations for Student Success course will help you navigate college life and discover your role in the Muhlenberg community.
- First-Year Seminars: Dive into courses that prepare you to transcend academic disciplines, think critically, and write compellingly.
- Community Connections: Engage in campus traditions and regional events, discovering the experiences that will make you a lasting part of the ’Berg community.
- Purpose in Progress: Explore interests, discover strengths, and begin shaping a path that is uniquely yours.
Second Year: Focus and Forge Ahead
- Define Your Direction: Declare your major and refine your academic path in partnership with your coaching team and campus mentors.
- Step Into Discovery: Take on emerging research or scholarship opportunities that deepen your understanding and skills.
- Expand Your Horizons: Begin exploring opportunities to study abroad or engage in community-involved experiential learning.
- Kickstart Career Confidence: Connect with the Career Center and preprofessional advisors to pinpoint your post-graduate goals.
- Get Involved: You’ve discovered your favorite events, organizations, and activities at ’Berg. Now it’s time to get more involved and make it your own.
Third Year: Lead With Purpose
- Explore Your Independence: With expanded opportunities for campus living in suite- or apartment-style housing, you may discover a new sense of independence.
- Take the Lead: Step into leadership roles in student organizations, campus life, and beyond.
- Go Deeper: Collaborate with faculty on advanced research, fieldwork, and creative projects.
- See the World: Make the most of Muhlenberg’s global connections through study abroad opportunities.
- Plan Your Next Step: Engage intentionally with internships, career explorations, and pre-professional advising, further fine-tuning your post-graduate plans.
Fourth Year: Launch With Confidence
- Capstone Experience: Complete your Culminating Undergraduate Experience (CUE), showcasing your growth and expertise.
- Career-Ready Support: Partner with the Career Center for job searches, networking, and employer connections.
- Graduate and Professional School Guidance: Receive personalized mentorship through applications, recommendations, and next-step planning if further education is in your future.
- Celebrate Your Journey: Participate in beloved Muhlenberg traditions and commencement milestones, looking back on how far you’ve come with an eye on what’s next.
- Stay Connected: Join a lifelong network of nearly 30,000 alumni, parents, and friends who keep the Muhlenberg spirit alive.
First Year: Explore and Engage
- Guided Start: Even before you arrive on campus, you’ll have access to individualized advising. Your three-pronged coaching team will be established, providing support in academics, student life, and your post-graduate planning.
- Strong Foundations: The first-year Foundations for Student Success course will help you navigate college life and discover your role in the Muhlenberg community.
- First-Year Seminars: Dive into courses that prepare you to transcend academic disciplines, think critically, and write compellingly.
- Community Connections: Engage in campus traditions and regional events, discovering the experiences that will make you a lasting part of the ’Berg community.
- Purpose in Progress: Explore interests, discover strengths, and begin shaping a path that is uniquely yours.
Second Year: Focus and Forge Ahead
- Define Your Direction: Declare your major and refine your academic path in partnership with your coaching team and campus mentors.
- Step Into Discovery: Take on emerging research or scholarship opportunities that deepen your understanding and skills.
- Expand Your Horizons: Begin exploring opportunities to study abroad or engage in community-involved experiential learning.
- Kickstart Career Confidence: Connect with the Career Center and preprofessional advisors to pinpoint your post-graduate goals.
- Get Involved: You’ve discovered your favorite events, organizations, and activities at ’Berg. Now it’s time to get more involved and make it your own.
Third Year: Lead With Purpose
- Explore Your Independence: With expanded opportunities for campus living in suite- or apartment-style housing, you may discover a new sense of independence.
- Take the Lead: Step into leadership roles in student organizations, campus life, and beyond.
- Go Deeper: Collaborate with faculty on advanced research, fieldwork, and creative projects.
- See the World: Make the most of Muhlenberg’s global connections through study abroad opportunities.
- Plan Your Next Step: Engage intentionally with internships, career explorations, and pre-professional advising, further fine-tuning your post-graduate plans.
Fourth Year: Launch With Confidence
- Capstone Experience: Complete your Culminating Undergraduate Experience (CUE), showcasing your growth and expertise.
- Career-Ready Support: Partner with the Career Center for job searches, networking, and employer connections.
- Graduate and Professional School Guidance: Receive personalized mentorship through applications, recommendations, and next-step planning if further education is in your future.
- Celebrate Your Journey: Participate in beloved Muhlenberg traditions and commencement milestones, looking back on how far you’ve come with an eye on what’s next.
- Stay Connected: Join a lifelong network of nearly 30,000 alumni, parents, and friends who keep the Muhlenberg spirit alive.
Evan Schlotterbeck ’25
“I’ve been grateful to Muhlenberg for allowing me to pursue a lot of things, and that kind of allowed me to make [my time in college] what I wanted to make it.”Read His Story
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