<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/stories/student-gardner-finds-her-campus-roots.html" dsn="news"><featured/><pubDate>08/26/2021</pubDate><title>Student Gardener Finds Her Campus Roots</title><description>Finished with her last week of summer work in the greenhouse, which sits atop the Barshinger Life Sciences &amp; Philosophy Building on campus, junior Erblina Beqiri reflected on her experience. Franklin &amp; Marshall College offers students a hands-on education that emphasizes close relationships with faculty. Students flourish in a supportive community that treats them as an individual, and their successes continue long after F&amp;M. The College is a national leader in launching students and alumni to opportunities where they make a difference in the community and the world.</description><author>Peter Durantine</author><image><img src="/uploads/files/95146810361720373-08-18-greenhouse-21-dg.0.38.1200.723.full.jpg" alt="As an assistant gardener in the campus greenhouse this summer, Beqiri says,"/></image><image-caption/><tags><tag>Business Organizations and Society</tag><tag>Campus</tag><tag>Environmental Studies</tag></tags></item>