F&M Stories
At Franklin & Marshall College, we connect our students with extraordinary opportunities so they can accomplish great things in their four years on campus. Here are just a few of their stories.
10/23/2025
A Custom Blueprint for an Architectural Future
Alex Scarboro ’26 is following his own blueprint for a career in architecture. The senior designed a custom major in studio art and business, organizations, and society. “My decision to combine the two disciplines was rooted in my innate love...
10/23/2025
Get to Know F&M's New Faculty
This fall, five new professors joined the Franklin & Marshall faculty—a vibrant community of scholars who shape the College’s distinctive academic experience. Their research interests range from parasitology to documentary film, from diplomatic...
10/23/2025
Alumni Gifts Endow Director Position for Klehr Center for Jewish Life
Franklin & Marshall College is pleased to announce that the directorship of the Klehr Center for Jewish Life has been endowed by a group of alumni, parents and friends in honor of Ralph S. Taber, who spent more than 34 years working to support student...
10/21/2025
Fall Sports Teams in Prime Condition for Postseason
Raise Our Game – F&M’s annual fundraising campaign supporting Diplomat student-athletes, coaches and athletic programs – began on Oct. 1, and the final whistle will blow Oct. 31. Read a roundup of fall athletic standings.
10/16/2025
Alumni Share Advice with Future Diplomats
We asked our alumni to share advice with students taking their first steps on campus during our Fall Open Houses. Their reflections offer a valuable insight into the transformative experience future Diplomats can expect at F&M.
10/14/2025
Math with Meaning: F&M Students Combat Food Insecurity
Two F&M seniors turned a passion for math into meaningful solutions for the Power Packs Project, a nonprofit combating food insecurity in Lancaster, Lebanon and York counties.
10/10/2025
Why F&M? Current Students Share
Find your niche at F&M. As we inch closer to the Nov. 15 early decision deadline, current students share why F&M felt like the right college fit.
10/09/2025
F&M Poll: Voters Dissatisfied with How Democracy is Working
Several of the Oct. 9 Franklin & Marshall College Poll.questions, about regulating artificial intelligence (AI), political party satisfaction and democracy, were developed by students in Government Professor Stephen Medvic’s senior seminar class....
10/07/2025
Alumni Coaches Shape New Generation of Diplomats
Approximately 40% of F&M students compete in varsity sports. Some like it so much they return to lead the next generation of Diplomats. Meet the coaches who once represented F&M as student-athletes.
10/03/2025
Faculty Research Uncovers Vanished Refugee Colony
Conversations with colleagues across campus led an F&M Professor on a research journey to discover the location of a 19th-century refugee settlement on the Isthmus of Corinth in Greece.
10/03/2025
DesChamps Named Board of Trustees Chair-Elect
Franklin & Marshall College is pleased to announce that Matt DesChamps ’93, P’28 has been elected to become the next chair of the F&M Board of Trustees. His three-year term as Board chair will begin July 1, 2026.
10/03/2025
Ken Mehlman ’88 Gift Creates Pathway for Leadership & Performance Lab at F&M
Ken Mehlman, Franklin & Marshall College Trustee and Board Vice Chair, is paving the way for future Diplomats to lead and perform at the highest level. With a $500,000 gift from Mehlman, F&M will develop and pilot a new Leadership & Performance Lab.