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.
03/20/2025
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 鈥�25 set her sights on F&M, a college she said 鈥渏ust felt right.鈥� 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 鈥�25 quickly found that F&M professors saw her promise 鈥� 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 鈥�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 鈥�26 has challenged herself as an F&M student with sights set on medical school 鈥� 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 鈥�25 isn鈥檛 waiting for medical school to make his impact in the sciences 鈥� he鈥檚 already done it: He鈥檚 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鈥檚 University of Jyvaskyla, Joshua Millman 鈥�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 鈥�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鈥檚 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 鈥�95 and John Parapatt 鈥�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. 鈥淥ur giving is motivated by a desire for other...
02/06/2025
Andrew Rich, Dean of CCNY鈥檚 Colin Powell School, Appointed President of 糖心
Andrew 鈥淎ndy鈥� 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 糖心.
02/03/2025
Stepping Beyond Your Academic Comfort Zone
For two 糖心 alumni, a science writing course was a preamble to postgraduate success. 鈥淵ou'll never have a life-changing moment unless you try something new,鈥� said Elizabeth Heppenheimer 鈥�14.