Alumni News
Inspirational Professors
Students and alumni often say that among their reasons for attending Franklin are the small classes and personal relationships with professors. Today average class size is close to 16 students per class with a student/fulltime faculty ratio of 10 to 1. From long-serving professors to recent additions to the faculty, all Franklin professors inspire the students they teach. Volunteering to Rebuild
The Fall 2008 Academic Travel to Croatia was the first trip completely dedicated to service for the duration of the Academic Travel. The students were there to roll their sleeves up to help the local economy, in the process becoming friendly with the people, learning about Croatia and the impact of the war in the ’90s and eating – a lot.
Making a Difference In the fall semester of 2007, Anne Deriaz delivered an inspiring speech as part of the Franklin Fall Lecture Series about her work in India with the Spiti Valley Buddhist monks. Adrian Mangiuca ’09 was immediately captivated and wanted to be personally involved himself. He began an internship with Deriaz and Les Amis de la Sapan Foundation with which she worked and whose goal is to preserve Tibetan culture through education and community-based projects. With the help of Dean of Arts and Humanities Sara Steinert-Borella, he started to conceptualize a trip to the Spiti Valley region for the summer of 2008 that would include teaching English to Buddhist monks. The Ursula Gentile Lowerre Outstanding Service Award 2009 James E. Moore was honored with the 2009 Ursula Gentile Lowerre Outstanding Service Award at Franklin College’s commencement ceremony in May. Moore, who attended the College in 1974 through a semester-abroad program, holds a B.A. degree from Claremont McKenna College and an M.B.A degree from the University of Chicago.
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