ADVENTURES AT FRANKLIN

"S o do all who live to see such times. B ut that is not for them to decide.  All  we have to decide is what to  do  with the  time  that is given us" -J.R.R. Tolkien,  English Writer, Poet, Philologist, and Academic. This picture is taken from my first orientation trip to Valle Verzasca in 2017! I actually cannot see myself anywhere 😂 I remember being on the left side of the bridge (right side of the photo), but it's very possible that I'm not in the photo. We were the largest new group of students in recent years, and so we all could not actually fit on the bridge, so some of us were more on the side and I guess I was part of that group 😂 I also remembered we got yelled at for clogging up all the space on the bridge and people were trying to cross, fun times :D Welcome back or welcome to Adventures at Franklin ! People often say that you can only appreciate the magnitude of an experience until it's over. I think a big reason why this is often the ...

  I am so excited to introduce you to some of the most caring, intelligent, and awesome people I have met at Franklin: your Fall 2013 orientation mentors! In all seriousness the OM position is highly sought after and lucky incoming freshmen truly are getting the cream of the crop this year. Each and every OM is stoked to help you adjust to life at Franklin College and have the best experience of your life. So without further adieu, here they are ----------> Meet the Orientation Mentors: Fall 2013 from FC Switzerland Blog on Vimeo . F.A.Q's  (1) What exactly does OM stand for?  Good point, let's start with the basics. I know before I came to Franklin I felt like I was the only one who had no idea what an OM, AM or ISM was! So many abbreviations flying around! So here is a quick cheat sheet: OM = Orientation Mentor, we run orientation week and each OM heads an Orientation Group, a small group of aprox. ten students. AM= Academic mentor, every FYS (firs...