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.
03/21/2025
Ready to Respond: John Allison '25 Gears Up for Disaster Relief Work
John Allison '25 created a highly personalized academic experience and gained the confidence to achieve success at F&M and beyond. Blending government, environmental studies, and hands-on Emergency Management Services training, the senior plans to...
03/20/2025
Students Help Plan Emerging Writers Festival
Meet the students behind the Emerging Writers Festival, slated April 2 to 4. The collaborative effort between students and faculty champions the work of rising writers early in their careers.
03/13/2025
Turning College Dreams Into Global Goals
With a passion for psychology and natural gift for helping others, April Rump ’25 set her sights on F&M, a college she said “just felt right.” Financial aid played a crucial role in her journey, empowering her to not only attend F&M, but study...
03/07/2025
Preparing to Make Real Change in Public Health Advocacy
Anaya Peguero ’25 quickly found that F&M professors saw her promise — and would challenge her to fulfill her potential and own her influence.
03/06/2025
Art History Student Explores Portraiture Through a New Lens
Mary Wade ’25 was interning with the Phillips Museum of Art when a particular set of photographs caught her eye. The photos, taken by 20th century photographer Mike Disfarmer, inspired an independent study researching the evolution of portraiture.
03/04/2025
Humanizing Medicine by Embracing the Liberal Arts
Jocelyn Chow ’26 has challenged herself as an F&M student with sights set on medical school — and she is using the arts and student life as tools to get there.
02/27/2025
From Classroom to Published Research: Seizing Every Opportunity at F&M
Jackson Milone ’25 isn’t waiting for medical school to make his impact in the sciences — he’s already done it: He’s a co-author for two peer-reviewed papers. He volunteers for Crisis Text Line. And, he's worked with F&M Dining staff to...
02/24/2025
From F&M to Finland: Astrophysics Grad Takes STEM Skills Abroad
A graduate student at Finland’s University of Jyvaskyla, Joshua Millman ’22 is pursuing a master's degree in education science. F&M students experienced a virtual rendering of life on Mars through Millman's research.
02/19/2025
Student Film Chronicles French Farm Living
Abby Metcalf ’25, a film and media studies major, found herself increasingly immersed in French culture and cinema during her time at F&M. That interest deepened when she studied abroad in France, where she produced her own documentary and participated...
02/18/2025
F&M’s Resident Poet Inspires Students to Find Their Voices
Documentary Poet Niki Herd, an assistant professor of English at F&M, is an artist and a teacher who inspires.
02/12/2025
Ensuring the Success of the College That Brought Them Together
Katja Seim ’95 and John Parapatt ’95 met for the first time at F&M in 1992. More than 30 years later, the two demonstrate gratitude for the college that brought them together through philanthropy. “Our giving is motivated by a desire for other...
02/06/2025
Andrew Rich, Dean of CCNY’s Colin Powell School, Appointed President of Franklin & Marshall College
Andrew “Andy” Rich, dean of the Colin Powell School for Civic and Global Leadership at the City College of New York (CCNY), has been named the 17th president of Franklin & Marshall College.