Partnering with F&M
Ways to Get Involved
There are numerous opportunities to become an F&M partner. Explore the many ways we connect with the surrounding Lancaster community — and reach out when you’re ready to talk about how you can become part of this success!
Ware Institute for Civic Engagement
F&M’s Ware Institute for Civic Engagement connects students, faculty, and staff with opportunities to learn, serve, and work in Lancaster. Discover how your organization can partner with us and connect with the F&M community.
Conference and Events Services
The Office of Conference & Event Services is the one-stop shop for event planning on campus for external clients. From mid-May through early August, we specialize in renting college facilities for conference and camp use. During the academic year, we assist in planning conferences, athletic events, business meetings, and educational classes.
Center for Opinion Research
The Center for Opinion Research is a full-scale survey research organization based at F&M. With research capabilities enhanced by its relationship with F&M, the center designs innovative and thoughtful research solutions to help organizations answer important questions and make strategic decisions.
Entrepreneurship at F&M
In the spirit of living up to Benjamin Franklin’s legacy of creating solutions in the service of the public good, Entrepreneurship at F&M is a program that offers exciting courses and programs for entrepreneurial students.
Center for Politics and Public Affairs
Located within Franklin & Marshall College, the Center for Politics and Public Affairs (CPPA) fosters the practice of democracy through the study of politics and public policy.
AdvisePA (Advise Pennsylvania)
The College Advising Corps in Pennsylvania aims to increase the number of low-income, first-generation college, and underrepresented high school students who enter and complete higher education.
Hire F&M Student and Graduate Talent
If you’re looking to connect with students or recent graduates who have exceptional writing, analytical, critical thinking, and creative skills, you’ve come to the right place.
F&M Alumni
An F&M education opens doors — and no one understands that value better than you. Get opportunities in front of students quickly by emailing hirediplomats@fandm.edu.
External Partners
Fill out our Employer Intake Form to learn how you can post an opportunity or recruit on campus.
September 23, 2026 Franklin & Marshall has been selected to join Project Pericles, an honor that underscores the College’s commitment to fostering meaningful impact in its home city of Lancaster. September 8, 2026 Molly DeBrandt ’28 transformed academic curiosity into career conviction. As an intern with the Office of the Public Defender of Lancaster County, she stepped directly into the daily realities of public defense and discovered a passion for law. “I now intend to apply to law school following my graduation from F&M,” she said. September 2, 2026 For Frances Taylor ’27, the Lancaster Vice project checked all the right boxes: collaborating with a faculty mentor, exploring how their two majors converge in the real world, and unearthing stories the city had forgotten. “I enjoy learning about hidden history that popular culture often overlooks,” Taylor said. 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.Our F&M Partnerships in Action
F&M Joins Project Pericles, Amplifying Community Partnerships in Lancaster
Lancaster Internship Shapes Pre-Law Path
‘I Find It Important and Necessary’: Uncovering Lancaster's Hidden History
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