Common Hour enables the entire Franklin & Marshall College community to gather for culturally and academically enriching events at midday each Thursday during the academic year. This opportunity to engage in a campus-wide dialogue originates with Common Hour and then extends beyond the confines of that time into classrooms, house commons, dining halls and beyond. These are vital international, national, local and institutional issues that are relevant to all.

Common Hour in the Spring semester of 2023 will resume as an in-person event in Mayser Gymnasium, Barshinger Center, or the Lisa Bonchek Adams Auditorium on Thursdays from 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Stay tuned for weekly location announcements by email and on the College Events Calendar.