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.

05/02/2023

Alum Oversees Wildlife at Zion National Park

Wolves, bear, bison, elk — Franklin & Marshall College alumna Janice Stroud-Settles '00 has studied them all (and more). On the heels of National Park Week, Stroud-Settles gave us a behind-the-scenes glimpse into her life as the wildlife program...

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04/25/2023

'I Left As a Leader': Young Alumni Share Stories

In a panel sponsored by the Alumni Leaders of Tomorrow program, Franklin & Marshall College graduates Emma Corrado '16, Wyatt Behringer '18 and Danielle Sang '18 spoke to students about their top F&M takeaways and the strength of the True Blue networ...

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04/20/2023

'Pivotal Moment': Accomplished Alum Returns to F&M to Mark Milestone for Sophomores

One clear strength of Franklin & Marshall College throughout its 235-year history is its outstanding alumni. Today, its living graduates number more than 29,000 and stretch around the world. They...Banking and Legal expert Dorinda Foster '09 returns...

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04/18/2023

Guns, Place and Public Health: A Conversation

As a mathematics student at Franklin & Marshall College, Charles Branas '90 never imagined he'd one day lead gun violence research cited by the Supreme Court. Now chair of the Department of Epidemiology at Columbia University's Mailman School of...

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04/12/2023

Mehlman Named Board of Trustees Vice Chair

The Franklin & Marshall College Board of Trustees has named trustee Ken Mehlman '88 as a vice chair, effective March 3, 2023. Mehlman has been a member of the Board since 2003 and serves on the...The F&M College Board of Trustees named trustee Ken...

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03/31/2023

Rolling Stone Reporter: 'F&M Was The Right Place for Me'

One clear strength of Franklin & Marshall College throughout its 235-year history is its outstanding alumni. Today, its living graduates number more than 29,000 and stretch around the world. They...A candid conversation with F&M grad Asawin Suebsaeng...

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03/16/2023

Generous Gift Furthers Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Efforts on Campus

Class of 2000 alum Andrew Roth's contribution will fund diversity, equity and inclusion programming on campus over the next five years. Franklin & Marshall graduate Andrew Roth '00 has fond...Class of 2000 alum Andrew Roth's contribution will fund...

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03/13/2023

Father-Daughter Grads Reward Faculty with Readership

Father and daughter Robert and Sarah Glidden both graduated from Franklin & Marshall. Along with Bob's wife and Sarah's mother, Eileen, the two alums recently celebrated their alma mater and the...The Glidden family established an endowed readership...

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03/07/2023

How to Have Hard Conversations: Sarah Pharaon '00

Franklin & Marshall College alum Sarah Pharaon has built a career in some of the nation's most renowned museums. After 20 years of museum work, she launched Dialogic to help nonprofit institutions have better conversations around difficult histories....

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03/02/2023

Driven By Passion: Classic Car Specialist Greg Duckloe '13

One clear strength of Franklin & Marshall College throughout its 235-year history is its outstanding alumni. Today, its living graduates number more than 29,000 and stretch around the world. They...Meet Greg Duckloe '13, director of research & operations...

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02/27/2023

Alumni Spotlight: Every Stitch Tells a Story

It's not every day you wear hoops skirts, bustles and bonnets to work — let alone hand-stitch them. But for Franklin & Marshall College alum Rachel Sheffield, it's just another day on the job. Sheffield, an American studies major and Italian minor,...

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02/17/2023

Alum Has Hand in Super Bowl Halftime Show

As the nation tuned into Super Bowl LVII, Franklin & Marshall College alum Kristin Schlossman '13 and her colleagues were more concerned with what hovered above the stadium's 50-yard line....F&M grad Kristin Schlossman '13 is senior manager of inclusive...

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