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Bridgett Award Honors Creator of F&M's First Civil Rights Week
F&M's Black Student Union honored Chyann Starks with the Bridgett Award, named for one of F&M's first African-American graduates, at the BSU's Black Carpet Formal March 23. Starks was selected for her work in organizing the College's first Civil Rights Week in February.
Catastrophic Relief Alliance Lends a Helping Hand on Staten Island
A group of 20 students and staff spent their vacation sorting and distributing furniture, dismantling flooring, installing drywall and spackling walls in houses throughout Staten Island in areas that were devastated by Hurricane Sandy in October 2012.
F&M Students Travel to Honduras for Medical Mission
For 10 Franklin & Marshall students, a medical mission to La Cascada, Honduras, was the perfect way to spend the mid-semester break.
F&M Student Finds Honeybees Can Be Trained to Avoid Herbicides
Special Studies major Eric Mellis '13 examined whether honeybees could be trained to avoid plants treated with herbicide during an independent study with Sarah Dawson, director of the Wohlsen Center for the Sustainable Environment at Franklin & Marshall College.
'Textbooks Come to Life' as F&M Students, Professors Visit Hawaii
F&M's Department of Earth & Environment organizes a field trip to Hawaii for students to experience one of the most geologically active places on the planet.
F&M Production of 'Orlando' Explores Struggles, Triumphs of Love
An all-student cast will perform "Orlando," 7:30 p.m. April 4-7 at the Schnader Theater of the Roschel Performing Arts Center at Franklin & Marshall. The play, by Sarah Rhul, is adapted from Virginia Woolf's acclaimed novel "Orlando: A Biography."
Loyalty, Security, Suspicion: Dickstein '47 Gives F&M Students Tour of McCarthy Era
In a third-floor classroom in Franklin & Marshall's Stager Hall on March 20, a group of students learned more about disloyalty than they probably ever imagined -- from one of F&M's most loyal alumni.
Expert Panel to Discuss 'Building the New Economy' at F&M March 26
A panel of experts on banking, politics and the state economy will discuss "Building the New Economy" at a forum slated for 7 to 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 26, at Franklin & Marshall College.
F&M President Discusses 'Holistic' Approach to Education
F&M President Daniel R. Porterfield and Shawn Jenkins, special assistant to the Dean of the College for strategic projects, talk with "Higher Education Today."
Verveer, First U.S. Ambassador on Women's Issues, to Speak at F&M's 2013 Commencement
Melanne S. Verveer, the first U.S. ambassador-at-large for global women's issues and also chief of staff to First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton during the Clinton administration, will deliver Franklin & Marshall College's Commencement address Saturday, May 11.
