and recent grads, on-campus recruiting and alumni programming, opened in 2012 and enjoys wide support from students and alumni. The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation awarded F&M a $700,000 grant for its Faculty Center, which was launched in 2013 to improve support for faculty in their roles as researchers and educators.
On May 1, 2014, Franklin & Marshall College was named as one of 55 colleges under review or investigation by the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights, for their policies or practices for handling sexual assault reports. Prior to the public announcement, President Porterfield sent an email to address the impending OCR "fact-finding investigation."
=== Presidents ===
Franklin College
Gotthilf Heinrich Ernst Muhlenberg (1787–1815)
Operated as an academy by Board of Trustees (1816–1853)
Marshall College
Frederick Augustus Rauch (1836–1841)
John Williamson Nevin (1841–1853)
Franklin and Marshall College
== Academics ==
Franklin & Marshall confers Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) degrees in …
