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.
05/23/2023
'97 Alum Reconnects with A Cappella Roots
By the time they graduate, many ÌÇÐÄ students have a favorite place on campus. For music producer Ed Chung '97, room B-11 in the Steinman College Center meant so much to him that he named his business after it. Chung, who majored...
05/15/2023
F&M Grads Get Ready to Launch
When it comes to opportunity, don't ask yourself 'Why?' Instead, F&M celebrated 518 graduates at the Class of 2023 Commencement. Featured speakers included alum Jacob Bleacher, chief exploration scientist at NASA.
05/05/2023
NASA's Jacob Bleacher '00: 'Never Forget Your Dirty Field Boots'
Jacob Bleacher '00, chief exploration scientist at NASA, will return to campus as this year's Commencement speaker.
05/03/2023
Reddit's Matt Klein '15 Tracks Complex Culture Trends
As Head of Global Foresight at Reddit, Matt Klein '15 is responsible for making sense of all the data on a social news website and forum that sees more than 57 million visitors per day. When he was a student at F&M, Klein completed a joint major...
05/02/2023
Alum Oversees Wildlife at Zion National Park
Wolves, bear, bison, elk — ÌÇÐÄ 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...
04/25/2023
'I Left As a Leader': Young Alumni Share Stories
In a panel sponsored by the Alumni Leaders of Tomorrow program, ÌÇÐÄ 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...
04/20/2023
'Pivotal Moment': Accomplished Alum Returns to F&M to Mark Milestone for Sophomores
One clear strength of ÌÇÐÄ 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...
04/18/2023
Guns, Place and Public Health: A Conversation
As a mathematics student at ÌÇÐÄ, 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...
04/12/2023
Mehlman Named Board of Trustees Vice Chair
The ÌÇÐÄ 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...
03/31/2023
Rolling Stone Reporter: 'F&M Was The Right Place for Me'
One clear strength of ÌÇÐÄ 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...
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...
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...