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Muhlenberg College Commits to Lifelong Support of Students, Graduates

Allentown’s Muhlenberg College has been earned national acclaim for the college’s financial planner in a field that historically students and graduates also benefit from
making headlines—and not just for the environmental efforts, including water has been dominated by men and reaching the nearly 2,800 alumni and parents who
research and expertise of its exceptional conservation. out to young women like herself to ensure have offered to serve as mentors and
faculty or the surveys conducted by its Realizing Powerful Outcomes that all of her clients are confident and in provide career advice. Those connections
nationally recognized polling center. control of their financial futures. and career center guidance provide
Muhlenberg senior Kevan Shah is a
CBS News noted Muhlenberg’s success in public health major with medical school Muhlenberg by the Numbers students with up to 13,500 project-based
returning students to in-class instruction aspirations. Thanks to his drive to shape Stories like Shah’s and Kozakis’s are professional experiences and over 6,000
following the first year of the pandemic. a better future—which includes founding common on Muhlenberg’s campus. internship opportunities.
And The Chronicle of Higher Education a nonprofit that combats opioid overdoses The consistent success of Muhlenberg It’s also worth noting that the Muhlenberg
applauded the approach Muhlenberg deaths—and support from Muhlenberg graduates proves that an investment
took to incorporate new technologies into faculty mentors, he’s been recognized in a Muhlenberg education is a sound student experience, filled with
admitted-student events. as one of the nation’s most promising prospect: Muhlenberg alumni have been opportunities to conduct research, perform
students. Shah was recently named the hired by each of the nation’s top four and exhibit original artwork, spend weeks
The college’s career center director was college’s first recipient of a Schwarzman accounting firms for the past five years, or months studying abroad and assume
interviewed by Forbes about creative Scholarship, one of the most prestigious and the college boasts a nearly 90% leadership roles, is considered exceptional
ways for students to explore and obtain post-graduate fellowships in the world. medical school acceptance rate and by any measure.
internships and first jobs. Muhlenberg’s Next year, he’ll complete a master’s entry into the nation’s top master’s and
process for providing a supportive program in global affairs in Beijing, China. doctoral programs, including Harvard, Muhlenberg’s history of strong academic
mentoring environment for traditionally the University of Pennsylvania, Johns programs—which has only improved over
underrepresented students was published Sydney Kozakis graduated last year with Hopkins, Georgetown and the University time with forward-thinking programs like
in an Inside Higher Ed op-ed. a business administration degree. During of Michigan. sustainability studies and public health—is
her internship with Northwestern Mutual,
Muhlenberg was noted for its civic she rose to the top of the financial service That success is due in large part to the supported by the addition of graduate
engagement, with students recognized firm’s team of 2,500 college financial student support on campus (81 percent programs and an alumni and career
as among the most active voting bodies representatives—only the second woman of the student body takes advantage network thousands of members strong.
among higher education institutions. to earn the distinction in more than 50 of career center programming) and the Expect to hear even more about this local
And Muhlenberg’s focus on sustainability years. Now, she’s working as a certified exceptional Muhlenberg faculty—but wonder in the years to come.

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