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Facilities Grades:
Quick StatsStudent Centers
- Steinman College Center (containing the Atrium)
Libraries
- Academic Technology Services
- Martin Library of the Sciences
- Shadek-Fackenthal (main library)
Athletic Centers
- Mayser Gym
- The Alumni Sports and Fitness Center (ASFC)
- The Strength Training Center (The Pit)
College Prowler Take
A number of new student buildings have popped up over the last decade, and students love the new spaces. The Barshinger Life Sciences & Philosophy building (LSP) is one example of the rapid expansion of F&M. Expect to see construction nearly constantly, but then again, that means that students will have new buildings pop up around them each year.
Several of the new buildings provide great resources for students. The Barnes and Noble bookstore inside the renovated Distler house includes a coffee shop. The Writers’ house, a two-story building with the feel of a home is ample space for Writing Center tutors, a reading room, performance space, and two seminar rooms. LSP boasts a magnificent three-story entrance, as well as a primate laboratory unusual for a school of this size. And of course, there is the gorgeous Roschel Performing Arts Center.
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F&MMH says: Franklin & Marshall College 2013 Biological and Biomedical Sciences  |
The facilities on campus are...
The facilities on campus are state-of-the-art. We have two huge libraries, a beautiful new athletic facility, an additional weight-lifting center, and a centrally located student center. There are food places, study rooms, lecture rooms, art galleries and museums, and community TVs.
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The Writers’ House, a space for...
The Writers’ House, a space for poets and writers, was built, and a Barnes and Noble bookstore is in the center of campus. Construction has been heavy on campus, and the administration is tirelessly looking for new ways to improve the campus. Look forward to many new, lovely buildings and facilities. |
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These two performance centers have...
These two performance centers have been built to help strengthen the arts at a very science-focused school. The chemistry, biology, and geology departments have typically been the most popular and most heavily-funded departments on campus, with excellent resources. |
Anonymous says: |
If you’re into the arts, you’re in...
If you’re into the arts, you’re in luck! We’ve built a gorgeous theater, the Roschel Center for the Performing Arts. This is on top of the Barshinger Hall and puts musicians, singers, dancers, and actors in seventh heaven. It’s too bad, of course, that they didn’t allot funds to staff the new building; the Department of Theater, Dance, and Film stretched its staff’s resources to the limit to run the Center in its first year. |
Anonymous says: |
I love the campus facilities. I...
I love the campus facilities. I think the school does a great job maintaining all of our buildings, and other than not being open late enough for my tastes, they do a great job. |
FactsWhat To Do on Campus
It is nearly impossible to be bored at F&M. Students sometimes complain that there is nothing to do on campus, but that is because they aren’t looking hard enough. Whether you want to see a show or concert at Roschel, or shoot some pool at Ben’s Underground, there is always something for everyone. The F&M College Calendar is constantly being updated to provide students with the latest activities around campus, and on any given weekend it is possible to participate in a variety of activities ranging from watching a sports game, hitting a frat party, or hearing an a cappella concert.
It is nearly impossible to be bored at F&M. Students sometimes complain that there is nothing to do on campus, but that is because they aren’t looking hard enough. Whether you want to see a show or concert at Roschel, or shoot some pool at Ben’s Underground, there is always something for everyone. The F&M College Calendar is constantly being updated to provide students with the latest activities around campus. On any given weekend, it is possible to participate in a variety of activities ranging from watching a sports game, hitting a frat party, or hearing an a cappella concert.
Favorite Things To Do
The Spring Arts Festival is a huge student favorite. For a weekend in April, dozens of bands are invited to play on the Green and Quad, student artwork is displayed, and cultural events proliferate, as does drinking! You couldn’t do everything if you stayed for eight Spring Arts Weekends. And of course, you can’t ever have too much of a good thing, and people are agitating for a Fall Arts Weekend! This is besides the huge concert each semester. Past bands have included Live, O.A.R., Talib Kweli and Plain White T’s. For more day-to-day excitement, students stir up debates in the weekly College Reporter and bimonthly College Dispatch, or work on the award-winning yearbook, the Oriflamme. Dancers have plenty of scope with the Dance Club, Dance Team, Ballroom Dancing Club, and a number of courses and master classes each semester. Want a radio show? The F&M radio station is award-winning as well and can be heard in many students' rooms, as well as in the dining hall.
Movie Theater on Campus
- No, but Campus Entertainment Committee will sometimes screen free movies for students on weekends
Coffeehouse on Campus
- Ben’s Underground
- Jazzman’s Café in Distler Bookstore
- Life Sciences and Philosophy Café
- Pandini’s in the Steinman College Center
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