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.
03/25/2022
Student Realizes Her Future as Teacher in German Studies
Alison Geiger '22, a German literature and culture major, said, “Teaching German is going to be my future goal." Geiger got a glimpse into this future by being a preceptor for German 202, a fourth-semester course that had been redesigned with the...
03/22/2022
'A Little Medicine, A Little Philosophy'
An F&M professor and his former student — now a doctor — teamed up to explore an ethical puzzle: What if a patient's current best interests conflict with their past living will directives?
03/17/2022
'It Can Stop Being a Job, and Instead Become a Calling'
Franklin & Marshall College Alumna Shares Her Experience Opening a Nonprofit When she accepted her Franklin & Marshall College diploma and ceremoniously moved her mortarboard tassel to...Martha Mumenthaler '21 started a nonprofit, Foliage Retriever...
03/16/2022
Bank Prize Winner Jeremy Mauser Reflects on Writing
Novelist Weike Wang, author of the PEN/Hemingway Award-winner Novelist Weike Wang, author of the PEN/Hemingway Award-winner
03/14/2022
Community-Based Learning Teaches in Real Time
On a recent winter evening, students gather in a Franklin & Marshall lecture hall as Senior Adjunct Assistant Professor of Public Health David Ashworth announces a few pending judiciary field...Franklin & Marshall College offers students a hands-on...
03/10/2022
F&M Ranked Among Fulbright Award Top Producers
For the fifth consecutive year, the Fulbright U.S. Student Program recognizes Franklin & Marshall College among the top producing institutions. Top producing institutions are those with the...For the fifth consecutive year, the Fulbright U.S. Student...
03/07/2022
Why Research? It Teaches You More Than You Think
Students at Franklin & Marshall College embark on research projects expecting to dive deeper into their field, work side-by-side with passionate professors, and add an impressive feat to their...Students share the problem-solving skills they gained...
03/07/2022
'I Would Choose F&M a Thousand Times Again if Given the Chance'
Kate Trieschman '16, a biology major at Franklin & Marshall, is completing her final semester of dental school at the University of Pennsylvania. Up next for Kate? A pediatric dental...Biology grad Kate Trieschman '16 shares how her liberal arts...
03/04/2022
Behind the Scenes at the Green Room Theatre
It's so still and silent, you can hear a pin drop. F&M's Green Room Theatre is dark, ready for its next production. Only the faint red light of the exit signs illuminates the backs of the seats...Franklin & Marshall College offers students a hands-on...
03/03/2022
Voters Unhappy With Biden in Latest F&M Poll
President Joe Biden faces an unhappy electorate in Pennsylvania, even among his own party, reflecting a national mood and possibly auguring a grim future for his agenda, according to the latest...Franklin & Marshall College offers students a hands-on...
03/03/2022
Barbershops, Beauty Salons in COVID-19 Times
Photographer and visual artist Shelby Wormley, last fall's artist-in-residence at Franklin & Marshall College, shares the views she captured through her lens with an exhibit this month. Franklin & Marshall College offers students a hands-on education...
02/28/2022
Faculty, alumni, students react to war in Ukraine
Russia's invasion of Ukraine last week launched what could possibly become the largest land war in Europe since the end of the Second World War in spring 1945. The aggression has launched renewed interest in the humanities — from history to languages...