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.
10/10/2025
Why F&M? Current Students Share
Find your niche at F&M. As we inch closer to the Nov.15 early decision deadline, current students share why F&M felt like the right college fit.
10/09/2025
F&M Poll: Voters Dissatisfied with How Democracy is Working
Several of the Oct. 9 Franklin & Marshall College Poll.questions, about regulating artificial intelligence (AI), political party satisfaction and democracy, were developed by students in Government Professor Stephen Medvic’s senior seminar class....
10/07/2025
Alumni Coaches Shape New Generation of Diplomats
Approximately 40% of F&M students compete in varsity sports. Some like it so much they return to lead the next generation of Diplomats. Meet the coaches who once represented F&M as student-athletes.
10/03/2025
Faculty Research Uncovers Vanished Refugee Colony
Conversations with colleagues across campus led an F&M Professor on a research journey to discover the location of a 19th-century refugee settlement on the Isthmus of Corinth in Greece.
10/03/2025
Ken Mehlman ’88 Gift Creates Pathway for Leadership & Performance Lab at F&M
Ken Mehlman, Franklin & Marshall College Trustee and Board Vice Chair, is paving the way for future Diplomats to lead and perform at the highest level. With a $500,000 gift from Mehlman, F&M will develop and pilot a new Leadership & Performance Lab.
10/03/2025
DesChamps Named Board of Trustees Chair-Elect
Franklin & Marshall College is pleased to announce that Matt DesChamps ’93, P’28 has been elected to become the next chair of the F&M Board of Trustees. His three-year term as Board chair will begin July 1, 2026.
10/01/2025
Starstruck in the Land of the Rising Sun
A Diplomat's influence reaches everywhere — even the skies of Japan. This summer, a handful of astrophysics majors and their professor enjoyed a two-week trip to Japan that was “part pulsar science expedition, part cultural exchange related to...
09/29/2025
Students Make Waves as Susquehanna River Watchdogs
Roselyn Ovalles ’26 and Grace Uwezukwe ’26 spent the summer monitoring the Susquehanna River and its many local tributaries as interns with the Lower Susquehanna Riverkeeper Association.
09/26/2025
Experience Lancaster: A Historical City with an Eye on the Future
Are you ready to see why Lancaster is such a great place to live and learn? While you’re here for a Fall Open House, we encourage you to step off campus, explore Lancaster, and start imagining your life as a Diplomat in the city that could be your...
09/22/2025
True Blue Weekend Celebrates Traditions Old & New
More than 2,000 students, parents and alumni filled campus Sept. 19-21 for True Blue Weekend. Find your favorite photos from the weekend.
09/22/2025
True Blue Weekend Award Ceremonies Mark Honors and Distinction for F&M Alumni
Over the course of 2025 True Blue Weekend events, the Franklin & Marshall community gathered to honor alumni whose philanthropy, service and achievement have shaped our College and the world. Their generosity, commitment and influence serve as a...
09/17/2025
‘My Magical Summer in Bath’: Junior Shares U.K. Study Experience
Eleanor Metz '27 did more than study Roman history this summer. She lived it in the 18th-century city of Bath – one of England’s most significant cultural sites – through F&M’s Advanced Studies in England program.