News from Muhlenberg College
Gabrielle Hondorp of Poughquag Graduated
from Muhlenberg College
ALLENTOWN, PA (06/24/2019)– Please note: This corrects the date in the version of this story you received earlier today.
Muhlenberg College celebrated its 171st Commencement on May 19, 2019. During the ceremony, which was held on the College Green, 502 students were awarded their undergraduate degrees.
The following local students graduated from Muhlenberg:
Gabrielle Hondorp (Poughquag, 12570): Gabrielle Hondorp of Poughquag graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English and Media and Communication.
The College also conferred honorary degrees to Commencement speaker author and attorney Scott Turow as well as former Deputy Secretary of the U.S. Department of the Treasury Sarah Bloom Raskin and chief of the Wills Eye Pediatric Ophthalmology and Ocular Genetics Service Dr. Alex Levin ’78.
Watch Muhlenberg’s 2019 Commencement summary video and as well as the Baccalaureate Candle Lighting and Faces of Class of 2019. See what’s next for some of our newest graduates here, here and here.
Founded in 1848, Muhlenberg is a highly selective, private, four-year residential, liberal arts college located in Allentown, Pennsylvania, approximately 90 miles west of New York City. With an undergraduate enrollment of approximately 2,200 students, Muhlenberg College is dedicated to shaping creative, compassionate, collaborative leaders through rigorous academic programs in the arts, humanities, natural sciences and social sciences as well as selected pre-professional programs, including accounting, business, education and public health. The College is affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. A member of the Centennial Conference, Muhlenberg competes in 22 varsity sports.
