The Diplomat Way.
Dig Deeper. Explore Further.
When you become an F&M Diplomat, your influence reaches everywhere—the classroom and laboratory, the studio and stage, the playing field, the city of Lancaster and beyond. Because each step you take, each choice you make, expands into something greater.
To shape the world, start right where you are. That's the Diplomat way.
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Help Us Raise Our Game
Each October, F&M brings together alumni, families, students and friends for Raise
Our Game, a month-long campaign to support Diplomat Athletics. Our 28 teams count
on your generosity to ensure they have the equipment, training and opportunities to
excel, both in competition and in their own academic and professional goals.
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Join Us at Our Fall Open House
Ready to explore F&M? Join us at our Fall Open House on Saturday, Oct. 19, 2024, and get exclusive insight into the F&M experience, including the application process, our academic programs, successful outcomes for F&M graduates, and more.
Learn more »Explore, Experience, and Succeed at F&M
Research Possibilities
The cornerstone of the educational experience we offer is students working side-by-side with faculty who want to help them test ideas — not just talk or read about them. These are not experiences you have to wait until graduate school to pursue. It's a core part of what we do.
A Global Education
Our focus on global education recognizes that, no matter where life takes you after F&M, you will work and live with people with vastly different ways of perceiving our world. A global education helps you begin to understand how to negotiate these differences, strengthening your abilities to successfully live and work in our increasingly global society.
Success Beyond F&M
We’re a partner in your success on Day 1. Explore how we engage with students across all four class years — and discover how that commitment helps you land jobs in leading industries and gain admission to high-demand graduate and professional programs around the world.
Our Home: The City of Lancaster
F&M's extraordinary home city is an urban oasis. Lancaster, PA offers a rich mixture of arts and culture filled with experiences for every taste and preference — all within safe walking distance of campus.
discover the city »F&M Stories
October 16, 2024
Senior Interns to Protect Farmland in Lancaster
Jessica Perfit ’25 spent her summer surrounded by Lancaster countryside. “Since I arrived in Lancaster to attend F&M, I have developed an appreciation for agriculture,” she said. The environmental studies and dance major interned with Lancaster Farmland Trust, a nonprofit focused on preserving farmland.
October 14, 2024
Teach for America: F&M Alumni Share Their Stories
As F&M students catch their breath during fall break, eight May graduates are experiencing the other side of the classroom through Teach for America. Current and past Teacher Corps members share their experiences.
October 11, 2024
Professor’s Book Looks at Securing the Seas
In her recently published book about protecting the oceans through conservation, F&M's Elizabeth De Santo explores the geopolitical, environmental justice and science implications.