The Muhlenberg Memories Project
Get Involved
History – past, present, and future – is forever to-be-continued. The present version of the Muhlenberg Memories Project is both illustrative of the stories that have been told and suggestive of stories that should be told. In other words, itâs an open invitation to students, faculty, and staff across history, engaged in any field or major.
Be a part of the Muhlenberg Memories Project. As a researcher, your intellectual curiosity and engagement are the key to an abundance of possibilities. As a storyteller, we would be honored to capture the oral history of your experiences while on campus.
Contact susanfalciani@muhlenberg.edu for more information
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Current Opportunities
The Muhlenberg Memories Project (MMP) is offering opportunities for interested, qualified students to undertake a semester-long Independent Study project to help add to the narratives of the history of diversity at Muhlenberg College.
What is the MMP?
The Muhlenberg Memories Project team promotes and supports engaged scholarship, intellectual vibrancy, and active citizenship in our work with students. We are a collaborative group who desire to shed light on marginalized and silenced stories in the history of diversity at the college. The MMP team comprises
Susan Falciani Maldonado, Special Collections and Archives Librarian
Tony Dalton, Digital Cultures Technologist, Media & Communication Department, Instructional Technology and Media Services
Dr. Kate Ranieri, Assistant Professor Emerita, Media & Communication Department
After the Spring 2022 launch of the website Toward Diversity (www.muhlenbergmemoriesproject.com/towarddiversity), we are ready to move forward with interested students to expand the narratives and to further our understanding of the history of diversity at Muhlenberg College.
What is the âToward Diversityâ Independent Study?
This Independent Study offers interested students the opportunity to research an aspect of the history of diversity at Muhlenberg College and to earn one general education credit. This credit will be rostered with Media and Communication, but each studentâs participation will include a discussion of how the credit might best serve their academic plans (for example, this credit might be applied toward the Africana Studies or Womenâs and Gender Studies minors, etc.).
A candidate must demonstrate the ability to:
- take guidance from the team
- seek assistance when encountering obstacles
- drive original research
- collect data
- analyze connections among ideas
- produce a digital-ready document with text and images
- communicate progress plan including milestones and deadlines
- engage with and write about others in an ethical, respectful manner
In other words, unlike a course that meets regularly, an independent study student works without a prescribed schedule. Instead, the student and MMP team work together to determine a research plan. While the team may assign foundational readings to support the studentâs project, the bulk of the research is initiated by the student to explore an area of interest, at the studentâs pace, with full support from the MMP team which includes:
Whatâs in it for me?
Students will benefit from shared resources, a collective effort, and the insight, support, and imaginations of colleagues, staff, and alumni. Along the way, students will acquire valuable skills that will transfer to other courses and to careers, including archival research, interviewing skills, and storytelling.
Contact susanfalciani@muhlenberg.edu for more information
