ADVENTURES AT FRANKLIN

"One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well" -Adeline Virginia Woolf, English Writer. 

As of September 2020, this company provides food to FUS' dining services.

Welcome back or welcome to Adventures at Franklin! Eating is a huge part of our lives, but ironically, very little has been written about eating at FUS in the 7-year history of Adventures at Franklin. This changes today! In this post, I tackle eating at FUS, and crunch all the numbers (pun intended) regarding price/cost. 
Where we eat:  At FUS, we eat either in the Grotto (located on Kalestch Campus), or the Dining Hall (Located on North Campus). In the past, Grotto had longer opening hours but that has changed this year as the Dining Hall has extended hours.

What we eat:  We eat from a weekly menu (or as I like to call it "what's on display"), and a set menu.  What's on display or the weekly menu is released at the start of the week, and usually consists of a salad bar/fr…

Welcome back or welcome to Adventures at Franklin! This week we have the penultimate upside of Summer at Franklin! Here are the previous episodes in case you need to get caught up ;) 
Episode 1: Introduction to the podcast Episode 2: Health and mental well-being Episode 3: Academic Projects/French Episode 4 Description:  Although represented by a smaller department (Visual Communication Arts and Art History and Visual Culture), Franklin boasts a vibrant community of artists and aesthetes. Especially during the lockdowns, many found refuge and reassurance in expressing themselves artistically. Consequently, some student leaders found the opportunity to create, and others to document these creative outputs. Tune in today to learn more about how seniors Taku Suda and Heaven Howard delved into and encouraged this spirit of artistic expression, and how sophomore Saeeda Bano was inspired by shows of resilience and creativity worldwide, resulting in her need to archive this turbulent, yet fruitfu…

"It's not about your resources, it's about your resourcefulness" -Tony Robbins, American Author, Coach, Motivational Speaker, and Philanthropist.

Welcome back or welcome to Adventures at Franklin! In this post, we tackle one of the most important resources available to FUS students, office hours. Some of the most common cases why I have attended a professor's office hours are to ask for advice/review (on papers, assignments, future course selections etc.), to check/clarify course material/grades, or ask about external resources/opportunities. The semester has just started, which means most people who traveled to campus are still in quarantine, but thankfully students can still set up appointments with professors virtually! Here are some reasons why office hours are so important, and how to use them :) 
Why are Office Hours Important?
It is an opportunity to clarify information and/or ask questions. As a student, maybe something did not make sense in class when the p…

Welcome back or welcome to Adventures at Franklin! Another week means another episode of The Franklin Podcast! Here are Episodes 1 and 2 in case you need to get caught up :)
Episode Description:
"During the regular academic year, students have a wealth of resources available to help them succeed. One of these is the language tutors at the Writing and Learning Center (WLC). These tutors hold regular, weekly tutoring sessions with groups of students from the various language classes, tutoring students up to the 300 level. During the summer, however, these sorts of resources are cut down, as there are also not too many students taking language classes. Yet, this summer, a couple students decided to change that, with Vasco Aguglia offering tutoring to interested students taking Italian classes and Rim Maslouh supporting students taking French classes. Anushka Bagde, on the other hand, held group tutoring and study sessions to help motivate students of any subject. Listen to today’s e…

Welcome back or welcome to Adventures at Franklin. 7 years, 121 posts about life at Franklin University Switzerland (FUS), yet there are very few mentions of the Student Government Association (SGA), but that changes today. SGA is one of the of the most important and active voices on campus. As per the FUS website, “SGA elected by the student body at large, assumes the duty of representing students’ needs and interests in all facets of University life, from academics to student engagement… SGA is responsible for providing students opportunities to develop and enhance their leadership abilities while promoting institutional improvement and innovation”. In this post of Adventures at Franklin, it's wonderful to have the Executive Board for 2020-2021 share their stories by introducing themselves and providing some insight into SGA.------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------…