<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/stories/international-first-years-begin-their-f-m-journey-abroad.html" dsn="news"><featured/><pubDate>12/03/2020</pubDate><title>International First-Years Begin Their F&amp;M Journey Abroad</title><description>After their final months of high school were disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic, incoming college first-years wondered: Would their college experience start off the same way? Across the country, they...Franklin &amp; Marshall College created five cohorts for international first-year students, offering an adapted F&amp;M experience abroad.</description><author>Alicia Morrissey</author><image><img src="/uploads/files/1833425884889261-f-m-in-bath.0.199.1190.717.full.png" alt="First-year international students in F&amp;Ms Bath cohort hiking along the Dorset coastline"/></image><image-caption/><tags><tag>International Student Services</tag><tag>Joseph International Center</tag></tags></item>