Muhlenberg’s Institute of Public Opinion Earns Top National Ranking
The institute ranked in the top 4% of polling organizations nationwide based on quality and accuracy of work.
All students chose a First-Year Seminar (FYS)—small discussion-oriented courses that introduce students to academics at Muhlenberg. Students learn about the academic expectations at the College and what it means to think deeply,discuss, read and write critically about ideas. Working with your professor and a writing assistant, you will learn basic information about academics and academic resources.
FYS courses are offered by disciplines across the curriculum with a range of topics to choose from. Recent courses included Road Trip: Global Humanitarians, Quantum Weirdness & Probability and How Tea Conquered the World and Do Robots Dream.
Working with your academic advisor you will have the opportunity to begin exploring courses in disciplines that are new to you. Your first-year course work will go a long way toward helping you choose a major and eventually begin to focus your studies.
During your first year you will form a close connection with at least one professor. Maybe it will be your academic advisor, your FYS instructor or a professor in one of your classes. The ways that faculty work with students at Muhlenberg means you begin to form a lasting relationship with your professors—and maybe even find your faculty mentor.
Muhlenberg’s First-Year Seminars allow faculty to explore interesting topics and help incoming students develop analytical composition skills.
The institute ranked in the top 4% of polling organizations nationwide based on quality and accuracy of work.
Glass is even more deadly to birds than previously thought, according to a new peer-reviewed study led by Professor of Ornithology Daniel Klem. But, unlike many environmental problems, the solutions are simple.
New research shows a college degree brings greater wealth, health and happiness — and a bigger impact on communities and the world. How can colleges provide people with the necessary resources to reach this milestone? Read President Kathleen Harring's op-ed analyzing this critical issue, and find out what Muhlenberg is doing about it.
Muhlenberg’s share of the innovative solar facility will offset 100 percent of the electricity usage on campus.