Lifelong Learning

Muhlenberg creativity abounds, and our campus frequently hosts world-class artists, musicians and performers. Join us for a cultural experience unparalleled in the Lehigh Valley! If you’d like to showcase your visual art, take part in our annual Alumni Art Show. Artists are invited to submit original work for inclusion each spring, and the show goes on display each fall.

Learn something new and stay connected to the college through Muhlenberg-produced podcasts.

• 2400CHEW — features a series of fresh and future-focused conversations with alumni sharing their careers and their takes on industry trends.
• ReligionWise — features educators, researchers, and others discussing religion and its relevance to public conversation via the Institute for Religious and Cultural Understanding.

Want to relive your academic collegiate experience for an afternoon? These single-session courses are designed exclusively for Muhlenberg alumni and taught by current Muhlenberg faculty. This popular program is held on campus each fall.

Dive into free, non-credit courses designed exclusively for alumni by current Muhlenberg faculty. Each class explores one fascinating topic over a period of multiple weeks. Participants prepare with readings and discussion questions, and enjoy weekly virtual meetings with instructors and classmates. This popular program is offered annually in July and August.

Shining a nonpartisan light on critical issues ahead of Election Day, our Department of Political Science offers a regular series that brings influential speakers and thinkers to campus and invites our own community scholars to discuss and dissect.

Since 2001, Muhlenberg's Institute of Public Opinion has conducted scientific-based research of public opinion at the local, state and national levels. The highly-rated institute is trusted by national media outlets for its measurement on electoral and public policy issues, as well as environmental and health matters.

Muhlenberg's Center for Ethics hosts lectures and events — both on campus and online — to engage our community in developing capacity for ethical reflection, moral leadership, and responsible action. Each year focuses on a different theme.

Funded by a grant from the Council of Independent Colleges / Network for Vocation in Undergraduate Education, this speaker series seeks to initiate a deeper conversation about Muhlenberg's Lutheran values, which have underpinned the transformative changes the college has experienced over the past 50 years.

A unique component of the college’s creative writing program, the Living Writers Series brings burgeoning and established writers to campus to interact with students before holding a public reading of their work and taking part in a question and answer session and book signing.

Trexler Library offers borrowing, reference assistance, and InterLibrary Loan privileges to Muhlenberg alumni. Present identification when visiting the library to register for an alumni library card.