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Muhlenberg Scores 96/99 on Princeton Review ‘Green Colleges’ Scale Muhlenberg College has earned placement on The Princeton Review’s Top 50 Green Colleges list, earning a green rating score of 96 out of 99 for 2026. The Princeton Review ranks Muhlenberg No. 3 in Pennsylvania and No. 31 in the country. Thursday, October 23, 2025 07:51 AM

Summer Check-In: Debbie McDonald ’26 Interns With Local Farm and Food Bank McDonald, a sustainability studies major, splits her time between The Seed Farm and Second Harvest Food Bank – a local opportunity she found through Muhlenberg’s Office of Community Engagement.

Summer Check-In: Gideon Israel ’27 Gains Experience in Environmental Fieldwork An environmental science and Jewish studies double major, Israel is spending a second summer working in mosquito control for the Rockland County (New York) Department of Health. Thursday, August 7, 2025 10:19 AM

Summer Research: Victoria Diaz ’28 Helps Assess Stream Health Diaz, an environmental science major, worked to capture and count small aquatic organisms in nearby Little Cedar Creek as part of an ongoing project led by Professor of Biology Erika Iyengar and Senior Lecturer of Environmental Science Karen Tuerk. Thursday, July 10, 2025 11:00 AM

After a summer searching the job market, environmental science and sustainability studies double major Anna Shigo ’24 began her role as the open space coordinator for Carbon County, Pennsylvania. Now she’s working to preserve the environment she grew up in, just north of Muhlenberg.

“The Princeton Review Guide to Green Colleges: 2025 offers Green Rating for each school. Muhlenberg earned a score of 98 out of 99.

Kira Wiener ’25, who is interested in a career in sustainable architecture, spent the summer planning and executing this on-campus research project.

In her role with the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, Kunsch develops programs to encourage the adoption of clean transportation and green buildings in the Commonwealth.