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The Impact of Your Gifts

Your gift to Franklin & Marshall enables our students to pursue an education that explores the natural, social and cultural worlds in a dynamic and engaging environment.

Here are some of their stories:

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A business and psychology double major with a French minor, Raysa Rivera '10 has been a busy undergraduate. Rivera, who graduates in May, is a William H. Gray Scholarship recipient and the first in her family to graduate from college. Read more >

 

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Prescott McWilliams '11, a John Marshall Scholar, has taken full advantage of the unique opportunities at F&M to nurture both scientific and artistic talents. A chemistry major, he found a second home in the College's musical ensembles. Read more >

 

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As chancellor of Bonchek House, Laura Schimberg '10 has managed a sizable budget,  helped to oversee a restructuring of the student government system while serving as vice president of Hillel. And those are just her extracurriculars. Her classroom engagement has been equally impressive.  Read more >

 

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As part of an ongoing archaeological investigation of the excavated 18th-century village of Otstonwakin, John Picard '11 was able to apply the principles of osteology—the study of bones—to a human skeleton recovered from the site's burial ground in 1936.  Read more >

 

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A passionate supporter of the liberal arts, Lin Nie '10 co-authored a book to help Chinese students make higher education decisions. First published in May 2009, the book quickly sold out its first printing of more than 8,000 copies, which were distributed throughout big cities in China. Read more >

 

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Jim Hagelgans '79, a successful lawyer with his own practice, is doubly grateful to F&M—for his education and for the College's efforts to improve the city he loves. Now that he's able to give back, he supports the College so that others of limited means might have the same opportunities he had. Read more >
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  • "Part of a liberal arts education is seeing the world from different perspectives—perspectives of time, culture, nation, region, race, ideology and social class. Having students from different backgrounds in class enhances our efforts to make sense of life experiences."

Robert C. Gray

Department Chair and The Honorable and Mrs. John C. Kunkel Professor of Government

Department
Government

Research Interest
U.S. national security policy

Years at F&M
This is my 38th year.

Favorite F&M Memory
Hearing from graduates about their lives and careers.