Muhlenberg college

Academics

• Phi Beta Kappa The Muhlenberg chapter of Phi Beta Kappa, the nation's most prestigious honor society for undergraduates in the liberal arts and sciences, has announced the students that have been elected for membership this year. To view the list of students and for more info on Phi Beta Kappa, follow the link. Read More
• Muhlenberg Team Wins Silver Medal at Fleming Ethics Bowl at DeSales University. Read More
• Eighteen student-athletes were named to the Centennial Conference academic honor roll for the winter 2012-13 season. Read More
• Trexler Proffitt and Clif Kussmaul helped run a workshop titled "Nifty Assignments" at the National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance in Washington, DC. Read More
• The Fourth Annual Innovation Challenge, sponsored by the entrepreneurial studies program, was held. Seniors Marty Witkin and Jeffrey Naids earned the grand prize for best in show. For a complete list of winners, click this link: Read More
• The following three people have been promoted to professor: Dr. Luba Iskold, Languages, Literatures & Cultures; Dr. James Peck, Theatre & Dance; Dr. Mark Sciutto, Psychology. Read More

Anthropology

• Chris Kovats-Bernat, associate professor of sociology/anthropology, had a chapter "'The Bullet Is Certain:' Armed Children and Gunplay on the Streets of Haiti" published in Adolescent Identity: Evolutionary, Cultural and Developmental Perspectives (edited by Hewlett; Routledge, 2013). The chapter covers fieldwork Chris has been conducting in Port-au-Prince.
• Dr. Christopher Kovats-Bernat Chris Kovats-Bernat, associate professor of anthropology, is the focus of a 2-page feature in Serena Nanda & Richard Warm's 11th Ed. of their textbook, "Cultural Anthropology" (Wadsworth/Cengage: 2014). Please see link for more info. Read More
• Benjamin Carter, visiting assistant professor of anthropology, has been appointed to a two-year term to the Committee on Curriculum of the Society for American Archaeology by SAA President W. Frederick Limp.

Art History

• Kathryn Schaar Burke, Exhibitions and Collections Manager at the Martin Art Gallery, will speak on Estate Planning for Artists and Collectors at an upcoming Lehigh Valley Arts Council seminar.

Art Studio

• Carol Heft, adjunct professor of art, has an exhibit at the Blue Mountain Gallery in New York City. The exhibit runs through the end of the month. Read More
• Kathryn Burke, Exhibitions & Collections Manager for the Martin Art Gallery, participated in a gallery talk about the works of artist Joan Mitchell currently in the Zoellner Arts Center, Lehigh University. The exhibition, Joan Mitchell: An American Master, continues through May 19th.

Biology

• Rich Niesenbaum, professor of biology and sustainability studies, was appointed by Allentown City Council to serve on the Allentown Environmental Advisory Council (EAC).
• Biology Department Dr. Erika Iyengar, Biology Dept, and students Will Levine, Kerry McGowan and Rachel Gonsenhauser attended the Lehigh Valley Ecology and Evolution Symposium to present their research. Iyengar fielded questions on research by Erica Wenzel and Liz Thompson who couldn't attend. See link for details. Read More
  

Business Administration

• Trexler Proffitt, Miers Chair in Entrepreneurial Studies, gave a talk on campus venture competitions at the National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance in Washington, DC. Read More
• Roland Kushner, associate professor of business, is author of a chapter "Cultural Enterprise Formation and Cultural Participation in America's Counties" in Creative Communities: Art Works in Economic Development, edited by Michael Rushton and published by Brookings Institution Press. Click the link for more info: Read More

Chemistry

• James Custer and Beshar Tolaymat On Tuesday April 16, James Custer '15 and Beshar Tolaymat '15 each presented a poster at the Lehigh Valley American Chemical Society Section's Undergraduate Research Poster Session held at Cedar Crest College. Dr. Joeseph Keane (Chemistry) is their research advisor.
• Chemistry Department The U.S. National Chemistry Olympiad was held in the Chemistry department on Apr 13th. Six students from high schools in the area took part in a day of examinations including a lab practical exam. For more details, see the link. Read More

Community Engagement

• Elizabeth Thompson Elizabeth Thompson '15 received a RAVE Award- Recognizing Achievement in Volunteer Excellence. "Liz volunteers at College Connect with the dance station and has done a wonderful job getting the kids to move. She has a great personality and is always enthusiastic."-The Office of Community Engagement
• Amanda German Amanda German '15 received a RAVE Award- Recognizing Achievement in Volunteer Excellence. "Amanda is an enthusiastic volunteer at Cleveland Elementary Art Day! In a moment of need she took over for a day and dealt with every obstacle thrown at her."-The Office of Community Engagement
• Sean Stipa Sean Stipa '14 received a RAVE Award-Recognizing Achievement in Volunteer Excellence. "Sean was a diligent and thorough VITA volunteer. He went above and beyond the call of duty often helping his fellow classmates become confident in the preparation process."-The Office of Community Engagement
• Amanda German Amanda German '15 received a RAVE Award- Recognizing Achievement in Volunteer Excellence. "Amanda is an enthusiastic volunteer at Cleveland Elementary Art Day! In a moment of need she took over for a day and dealt with every obstacle thrown at her."-The Office of Community Engagement
• Seniors Kwame Quaye, Elizabeth Helwig, Hannah Miller and Steven Moore were honored with the Muhlenberg College Board of Associates Award for Outstanding Community Service. Clair Miller '59 was also honored for his long-time service to the College and the Board of Associates.
• Carolyn Sciblo Carolyn Sciblo '13 received a RAVE Award-Recognizing Achievement in Volunteer Excellence. "Cara supported HYPE teens in Washington DC, whose film made it to the If I Had a Trillion Dollars Festival, advocating for education funding for opportunities for youth." -The Office of Community Engagement
• Sean Stipa Sean Stipa '14 received a RAVE Award-Recognizing Achievement in Volunteer Excellence. "Sean was a diligent and thorough VITA volunteer. He went above and beyond the call of duty often helping his fellow classmates become confident in the preparation process."-The Office of Community Engagement

Computer Science

• Clif Kussmaul, associate professor of computer science, gave a talk on process oriented learning for entrepreneurship at the National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance in Washington, DC. Read More
• Andrew Tullo '14 and Mike Borowsky '16 won first place in the programming contest at the Lehigh Valley Computer Science Celebration. Lindsay Coburn '14 and Tim Gee '14 also attended and competed.

Dance

• Emily Acona '13 and Amanda Moretz '13 both had their choreography selected via blind adjudication for performance on the gala concert at the Northeast Conference of the American College Dance Festival Association held at Hofstra University March 25-28. Read More

Education

• Mark Wolfmeyer, assistant professor of education, presented a paper, "Transformative Teaching in STEM Teacher Education" at the 6th annual Equity and Social Justice Conference at SUNY New Paltz.

English

• Jim Bloom, professor of English and American studies, has a review of Promiscuous by Bernard Avishai in the newest issue of Philip Roth Studies Volume 9, number 1 (2013).
• Dr. Tom Cartelli Tom Cartelli (English) presented a master class entitled "Forgetting Hamlet," and served as a facilitator of talk-back discussions at the Global Shakespeare Student Festival held at NYU Abu Dhabi March 14-19. See link for more details. Read More
• Francesca Coppa, professor of English, was a panelist at a conference on the End of Cinema and the Future of Cinema Studies at the University of Pennsylvania. Read More

Enviormental Science

• Jason Kelsey, associate professor of chemistry and director of the environmental science program is the first author of "Effect of C60 Fullerenes on the Accumulation of Weathered p,p'-DDE by Plant and Earthworm Species Under Single and Multi-species Conditions." This paper was recently accepted for publication in the journal Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry.
  

Film Studies

• Sarah Sheldon '14 was honored at the Hybrid Awards at Dublin City University, where she is in the study abroad program. Sarah's film won "Fictional Video of the Year," beating out more than 200 student-created videos. Emmy Award-winning director Dearbhla Walsh served as one of the judges and presented the award. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HaVHXt4PDNQ Read More

Languages, Literature and Cultures

• Luba Iskold, associate professor of Russian, presented a paper entitled "Facilitating Collaborative Learning in the Cloud" at the NEALLT 2013 Conference at Cornell University, April 12-14. Read More

Leadership and Greek Affairs

• Delta Zeta The Xi Iota Chapter of Delta Zeta recently attended their annual "Region Two Day," a gathering of the 10 chapters in the Eastern PA/NJ area for training and recognition. The Muhlenberg Chapter received numerous honors. See link for details. Read More

Mathematics

• William Dunham, Koehler Professor of Mathematics, presented the 2013 Pi Day Lecture at Harvard University on (of course) 3.14.13. Read More
• Penny Dunham, professor of mathematics, has an article "Food for (Mathematical) Thought" published in PRIMUS (Problems, Resources, and Issues in Mathematics Undergraduate Studies), Volume 23, March 2013.
• Penny Dunham, professor of mathematics, participated in the AP Statistics Faculty Colloquium in Chicago, April 5-7. She was one of 50 college faculty invited by the College Board to give feedback on the AP statistics program and exam.
• William Dunham, Koehler Professor of Mathematics, gave an invited talk before the Allegheny Mountain Section of the Mathematical Association of America at its annual meeting at Indiana University of Pennsylvania.
• Linda McGuire was interviewed about the use of Senior Exit Interviews for departmental assessment. The article appears in the April 2013 edition of Academic Leader (Volume 29, Number 4).
• Courtney Hunsberger '15 and Melanie Panosian '13 gave talks entitled "Loss Aversion and Baseball" and "Penny Auctions and Prospect Theory," respectively, at the Garden State Undergraduate Mathematics Conference at Felician College in Lodi, NJ. Their adviser was Dr. William Gryc, Assistant Professor of Mathematics, who was also in attendance.
• William Dunham, Koehler Professor of Mathematics, gave an invited talk to the mathematics colloquium of Tufts University.
• Elyn Rykken, professor of mathematics, gave an invited Math/CS Colloquium talk at Dickinson College. Her talk was entitled: "Graphical Sequences: Havel-Hakimi versus Wolfe" and was based on ongoing joint work with Linda McGuire.

Media and Communications

• Jeff Pooley, associate professor of media and communication, presented a pair of invited talks at Carleton University in Ottawa: "James W. Carey Before Cultural Studies" and "Sociology and the Socially Mediated Self."
• Dr. Paul McEwan Paul McEwan, associate prof. of media and communication and director of film studies, presented a paper at the Society for Cinema and Media Studies meeting in Chicago. The paper was titled "American Film Masters: The Birth of a Nation, the MOMA Film Library, and the Development of Film Culture."
• Elizabeth Nathanson, assistant professor of media and communication, just published her book "Television and Postfeminist Housekeeping: No Time for Mother" published (Routledge 2013).
• Susan Kahlenberg, associate professor of media and communication, had a chapter "The selling of gender-role stereotyping: A content analysis of toy commercials airing on Nickelodeon," published in Television and the Self: Knowledge, Identity and media representation (edited by Ryan and Macey, Lexington, 2013).
• Lora Taub, associate professor and department chair, led a workshop on mobile digital storytelling at the Lehigh Valley Storytelling Guilds Storyfusion 2013 festival. The event was at Northampton CC.
• Lora Taub-Pervizpour, chair of the media and communication department, presented in a NITLE Shared Academics webinar on digital field scholarship. For more details and a link to the project information click on this link: Read More
  

Music

• Dr. Douglas Ovens Douglas Ovens was one of fifteen composers whose pieces were selected for Fifteen-Minutes-of-Fame: Craig Hultgren, cello. Over 80 composers from around the globe submitted works for this competition. See link for details. Read More
• Tom Kozic, lecturer in the music department, was honored as the Jazz Artist of the Year at Pennsylvania Jazz Collective's first annual awards ceremony. Read More
• Karen Hiles, assistant professor of music, organized and chaired a paper session on "Eighteenth-Century Opera in Production" at the annual meeting of the American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies in Cleveland, OH.
• Diane Follet, associate professor of music, had her article, "Tales from the Classroom: Why Do We Part-Write?", published in Music Theory Pedagogy Online.

Philosophy

• Dr. Ted Schick Ted Schick, professor of philosophy, recently had the fifth edition of his text, "Doing Philosophy: an Introduction through Thought Experiments," and the 7th edition of his text, "How to Think about Weird Things: Critical Thinking for a New Age," published by McGraw-Hill.
• Ted Schick , professor of philosophy, recently had his text, "How to Think about Weird Things: Critical Thinking for a New Age, 7th Edition," translated into Chinese.
• Marcia Morgan, assistant professor of philosophy, published a peer-reviewed article "Heller's Either/Or: Continuing a Debate between Agnes Heller and Richard J. Bernstein from the Perspective of Hannah Arendt," in the journal Thesis Eleven, forthcoming 2014, Australia.

Political Science

• Alton Slane, professor of political science, presented a paper titled "Jail House Searches: Privacy Versus Security Concerns," at the Annual Meeting of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences in Dallas, TX.
• Political science and international studies students presented papers at a recent Pennsylvania Political Science Association conference at the Temple University Harrisburg Campus. Read More

Religion Studies

• Kammie Takahashi, assistant professor of religion studies, presented a paper on Tibetan sacred biography and historiography at the annual Association of Asian Studies meeting in San Diego.

Russian

• Luba Iskold, associate professor of Russian, published a chapter entitled "Imagined Identities: An Examination of Self-Authorship on Facebook" in "Readings in Language Studies: Language and Identity." For more information, click the link: Read More

Sociology

• Brianna Brown, sociology major, presented a paper from her honors thesis titled "Chester: A Case Study of Environmental Racism" at the Eastern Sociological Society Annual Conference in Boston, MA.
• Krista Bywater, Assistant Professor of Sociology, presented a paper "Moving Beyond 'Globalization from Below' and Re-imagining Communities" at the Eastern Sociological Society Annual Conference in Boston, MA.
• Neda Maghbouleh, Postdoctoral Fellow, Consortium for Faculty Diversit y, presented a paper at the Eastern Sociological Society conference in Boston titled "Our Table Factory, Inc: Active Learning to Teach Marx."

Spanish

• Mirna Trauger, lecturer (Languages, Literatures and Cultures), attended the 2013 Middle Atlantic Council of Latin American Studies (MACLAS) conference at Lebanon Valley College. In addition to preparing the program for the conference (in collaboration with Cathy Ouellette) she also chaired a session on Latin American film.

Staff Activities

• Mike Bruckner, vice president for public relations, was a co-presenter at a media relations panel at the College and University Public Relations Association annual conference in Hershey.
• Kathy Burke Kathy Burke, the Exhibitions and Collections Manager of the Martin Art Gallery, will be representing the gallery in an exhibition of work made by local directors and curators from various colleges, universities and museums called "Turning the Tables". More details in the link. Read More
• Wendy Cole and Anthony Barnold Wendy Cole, Assistant Dean of Academic Life, and Anthony Barnold, Program Coordinator of the Academic Resource Center, gave a presentation on "Using Peer Educators to Make the Difference in Gateway Courses" at the Conference on Excellence in Gateway Course Completion. See link for more info. Read More
• Betty Lees, director of purchasing, received the Volunteer of the Year Award from the National Association of Educational Procurement. The award was announced at the NAEP annual meeting in Orlando.
• Muhlenberg College was given the United Way Circle of Honor award at their recent Celebration of Caring event. Read More

Student Activities

• Rachel Lang, '13, an RJ Fellow, will be honored for her volunteer efforts at a ceremony with Allentown Mayor Ed Pawlowski. The ceremony is Tue Apr 23 at the Lehigh Valley Heritage Museum. Lang will be honored for her work with Alternative Spring Break.
• Rebecca McCammitt '14 will be honored for her volunteer efforts at a ceremony with Allentown Mayor Ed Pawlowski. The ceremony is Tue Apr 23 at the Lehigh Valley Heritage Museum. McCammitt is one of 12 individuals that will be honored for their community service efforts by the City of Allentown.
• Muhlenberg College students, who are part of the HYPE program, in partnership with Allentown teens, honored as finalists in the third annual "If I Had a Trillion Dollars” Youth Film Festival. Read More
• ODK presented its 2013 MULE Awards for leadership. For a list of the winners, click this link: Read More

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