February 06, 2010 Temple Grandin '70 is subject of film.
Temple Grandin '70, autism expert and livestock welfare pioneer, is subject of HBO film....
January 15, 2010 Franklin Pierce freezes tuition
At a time when colleges and universities across the country are preparing to announce tuition increases, Franklin Pierce University will be freezing tuition for the 2010-11 academic year for the undergraduate College at Rindge. ...
January 06, 2010 FPU Women's Hoops Ranked #1 In The Nation
The Franklin Pierce University women?s basketball program added to its growing list of historical accomplishments on Tuesday as the Ravens were ranked No. 1 in the latest edition of the USA Today/ESPN WBCA Division II National Top-25 Poll....
December 11, 2009 Celebrating 40 years of "Walk" magic
Eye opening. Transforming. Life changing. While these terms are frequently referenced in college view books, they are offered up by real students every year to describe a very special program offered by Franklin Pierce since 1969 known simply as The Walk....
December 10, 2009 Franklin Pierce University Names New Provost
Franklin Pierce University has named Dr. Kim Mooney as Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs. Dr. Mooney, a member of the Class of 1983, has served the Franklin Pierce community as the Interim Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs sinc...
November 13, 2009 Franklin Pierce University announces new Accelerated Graduate Degrees for 2010
In response to the growing number of students opting to attend graduate school immediately after college graduation, Franklin Pierce University will offer three, accelerated master's degree programs on its Rindge campus beginning June 2010. ...
October 23, 2009 Franklin Pierce University announces new M.B.A. in Energy & Sustainability Studies
Franklin Pierce University announces new M.B.A. in Energy & Sustainability Studies. The new degrees has a dual focus - developing advanced leadership and business management skills along with a strong knowledge base in global sustainability challenges and...
October 22, 2009 Will Steger to discuss climate change at the annual Monadnock Institute conference on Oct. 24, 2009
This year's Monadnock Institute symposium, "Addressing Climate Change--Regional Approaches" features keynote Will Steger. Steger has led teams on some of the most significant polar expeditions in history, earning him the Lifetime Achievement award from Na...
October 10, 2009 Franklin Pierce installs Next Generation Thermal Heating System as Part of the University's Effort to Go Green
Franklin Pierce installs Next Generation Thermal Heating System as Part of the University's Effort to Go Green...
October 06, 2009 Fitzwater Center honored for contributions to New England higher education
RINDGE, NH - Franklin Pierce University's Marlin Fitzwater Center for Communication has been recognized by the New England Board of Higher Education for successfully preparing students to succeed as journalists, critical thinkers, and contributors to a he...
September 11, 2009 University welcomes first Goodyear, Arizona Doctor of Physical Therapy class.
University welcomes first Goodyear, Arizona Doctor of Physical Therapy class....
September 11, 2009 Franklin Pierce's Atlatl Team featured on WCVB-TV Boston's 'Chronicle' program.
Franklin Pierce's Atlatl Team featured on WCVB-TV Boston's 'Chronicle' program....
September 11, 2009 New scholarship to recognize 'legend' in motorsports journalism.
New scholarship to recognize 'legend' in motorsports journalism....
September 11, 2009 Yellow Ribbon Program
Franklin Pierce University participates in new Yellow Ribbon Program....
September 11, 2009 Three Ravens to participate in World University Games
Three Ravens to participate in World University Games in Belgrade....
June 10, 2009 Ravens pitcher selected in Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft
RINDGE, NH - Junior right-hander Kyle Vazquez of the Franklin Pierce University baseball team has been selected in the 15th round (447 overall) of the Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft by the San Francisco Giants....
May 23, 2009 Franklin Pierce University's Jean R. St. Pierre is profiled in Keene Sentinel newspaper story
RINDGE, NH - Keene Sentinel staff reporter Sarah Palermo interviewed Franklin Pierce's "jack of all trades" Jean St. Pierre on the occasion of his on-campus art show featuring photos and blown glass....
May 11, 2009 Franklin Pierce Baseball Set To Host NCAA Division II Championship East Regional
RINDGE, NH - The Franklin Pierce University baseball team has been named second seed and host of the NCAA Division II Baseball Championship East Regional, as announced Sunday night by the NCAA. The six-team, double-elimination regional will be held Thursd...
May 07, 2009 University to celebrate 44th commencement
RINDGE, NH - Franklin Pierce University will celebrate its fourty-fourth commencement on Saturday, May 16 at 10:30 a.m. on the Rindge, N.H. campus. A total of 573 students will graduate, with 44 students receiving doctoral degrees, 69 students receiving m...
April 30, 2009 Spring Issue of Northern New England Review Now Available
RINDGE, NH - The spring issue (Volume 31) of the Northern New England Review (NNER), a literary review published by Franklin Pierce University, has just been issued. NNER publishes poems, short stories and essays by writers who live in or have strong ties...
April 29, 2009 Students help local diner strengthen its business practices through Small Business Advisory Group
RINDGE, NH - Franklin Pierce students, under the leadership of Marketing Professor Jason Little, help local companies strengthen their business practices through the University's Small Business Advisory group. The group was recently featured in the Keene ...
April 10, 2009 Franklin Pierce senior is part of news team that earned Murrow Award for Massachusetts radio station
RINDGE, NH - Franklin Pierce University senior Steven Dodrill was honored as part of a radio news team whose December 2008 coverage of a home explosion in Scituate, Mass led WATD to win the 2009 Radio Television News Directors Association (RTNDA) Regional...
April 07, 2009 Franklin Pierce University names Dr. James Birge as new president
RINDGE, NH - The Chairman of the Franklin Pierce University Board of Trustees, Dr. Zeddie Bowen, announced that Dr. James Birge has been elected as the university's fourth president. Dr. Birge was recommended by the search committee composed of members of...
March 27, 2009 University to host annual Earth Day Forum
RINDGE, NH - The public is welcome to Franklin Pierce University for its annual Earth Day Forum on Tuesday, April 21 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. in Pierce Hall. Keynote Speaker Dave Lunati, Director of Marketing at Monadnock Paper and an expert in the field of...
February 25, 2009 Polar explorer, global warming expert to speak on campus
RINDGE, NH - Franklin Pierce University will host world renowned polar explorer and global warming expert Will Steger in various educational venues on March 4 and 5 at our campus in Rindge, N.H. Steger will deliver a public lecture on Thursday, March 5 at...
January 19, 2009 University to convert major Rindge Campus buildings to renewable energy heating
RINDGE, NH - Franklin Pierce University has contracted with International WoodFuels LLC of Portland, Maine to provide wood pellet heating systems for several major buildings on the Rindge Campus this year as part of the institution's commitment to environ...
January 16, 2009 Fitzwater Center honored for contributions to New England higher education
RINDGE, NH - Franklin Pierce University's Marlin Fitzwater Center for Communication has been recognized by the New England Board of Higher Education for successfully preparing students to succeed as journalists, critical thinkers, and contributors to a he...
January 12, 2009 Leedham earns NE-10 Player of the Week honors for second-straight week
RINDGE, NH - Franklin Pierce University All-American and Great Britain international student Johannah Leedham, the 2007-2008 State Farm/WBCA Division II Player of the Year, was named the Northeast-10 Conference women's basketball Player of the Week for th...
December 17, 2008 Senior anthropology major featured in Archaeology magazine for hurling ancient weapons
RINDGE, NH - Franklin Pierce University senior Celine Rainville is the captain of the Hurling Ravens, one of the few college teams to participate in spear-thrower competitions. She was interviewed in the January / February 2009 issue of Archaeology magazi...
December 10, 2008 Franklin Pierce Director of Nursing Programs Receives 2008 statewide Leadership Award
RINDGE, NH - The New Hampshire Organization of Nurses has selected Judith Evans, Director of Nursing Education at Franklin Pierce University, to receive the 2008 Award for Excellence in Nursing Leadership....
December 08, 2008 Goalkeeper featured in Sports Illustrated
RINDGE, NH - Freshman goalkeeper Kristin Tormollan (Waterville, Maine/Waterville), of the Franklin Pierce University field hockey team, is featured in the "Faces in the Crowd" section of the December 8 issue of Sports Illustrated....
November 25, 2008 University to host and perform holiday concerts
RINDGE, NH - Franklin Pierce University will host the 35th annual production of Handel's Messiah, conducted by David Brandes, on December 6. The University's Lachrimae group will also offer several performances of Renaissance music and dance throughout th...
November 04, 2008 Alumna to be subject of HBO film
RINDGE, NH - Franklin Pierce alumna Temple Grandin '70 is the subject of a semi-autobiographical HBO movie that will show how she overcame the limits associated with autism to become one of the world's foremost experts in autism studies and livestock welf...
October 21, 2008 Students selected to provide Election Day coverage for media
RINDGE, NH - Franklin Pierce student reporters, bloggers, analysts and other members of the Pierce Media Group's news production team have been invited to partner with mainstream media to provide up-to-the-minute coverage of the presidential election and ...
October 20, 2008 Franklin Pierce expands M.B.A. to Ukraine, earns Governor's Export Award
KEENE, NH - Franklin Pierce University received the Governor's Export Achievement Award for its partnership with a Ukrainian university that is offering a growing number of international students an English Conversation Institute and M.B.A. program in a r...
October 16, 2008 Petrocelli Hall dedicated
Franklin Pierce University dedicated its new academic building on October 16, with a tribute to the alumni family who made it possible and a tour of the three-story structure that offers a dynamic learning environment and technology-rich meeting space for...
October 08, 2008 University's Fitzwater Center to host New Hampshire Congressional Debates
MANCHESTER, NH - The Fitzwater Center for Communication at Franklin Pierce University will host a pair of key congressional debates that will help shape the race for New Hampshire's 1st and 2nd Congressional Districts. The event is co-sponsored by the Fit...
October 01, 2008 University presents humanities division Oktoberfest
A diverse series of events featuring a banned book "read out," lively Socratic exchange and a talk by one of the nation's foremost civil rights leaders begins this week and continues through the month as Franklin Pierce University celebrates Humanities Ok...
August 07, 2008 Franklin Pierce students to cover national political conventions
Franklin Pierce University students will be among the literally thousands of news media covering the Democratic National Convention in Denver, Co., from August 25-28 and the Republican National Convention from September 1-4 in Minneapolis, Minn.. The Univ...
May 05, 2008 University honors White House Press Secretary Dana Perino with 2008 Fitzwater Award
White House Press Secretary Dana Perino received the 2008 Marlin Fitzwater Award for Leadership in Public Communication from Franklin Pierce University on May 5 in ceremonies held on the Rindge campus. Perino was the fifth recipient of the award, which ho...
May 01, 2008 University partners with Abrazo Health Care to offer pre-licensure nursing program in Goodyear, AZ
Franklin Pierce University is pleased to announce its new collaboration with Abrazo Health Health Care of Arizona. The two organizations will combine resources to address the critical nursing shortage in the West Valley by offering a pre-licensure nursing...
April 10, 2008 SIFE teams wins regional honors, heads to nationals
This year's Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE) team won first place honors at the SIFE regional competition in Warwick, Rhode Island. The team shared first place honors with another New Hampshire institution, St. Anselm College. The achievement marked the...
April 04, 2008 Petrocelli Hall on schedule to open for Fall '08
Franklin Pierce University Vice President Bruce Kirsh announced today that the construction of Petrocelli Hall is ahead of schedule and interior finish-work is being completed for a scheduled August 15 opening. Furniture has been ordered and details are i...
March 28, 2008 Women's basketball reaches Division II Elite Eight
Franklin Pierce University, ranked 18th in the final regular season USA Today / ESPN / WBCA Division II poll, made its debut at the NCAA Division II Women's Basketball Elite Eight against No. 9 University of Alaska Anchorage on March 26, hosted by the Uni...
March 03, 2008 University seeks to expand Physical Therapy program to Goodyear, Arizona
The Franklin Pierce University, College of Graduate and Professional Studies, Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) Program is seeking accreditation for an expansion program in Goodyear, Arizona....
January 25, 2008 Student media earn praise for NH Primary political coverage
Franklin Pierce University students had the opportunity to participate in New Hampshire's First in the Nation Presidential Primary, serving as pundits, pollsters, podcasters, video technicians and as contributors to YouTube's political footage....
January 15, 2008 Franklin Pierce signs national climate pledge
Franklin Pierce University has pledged to sharply reduce all of the University's carbon emissions in a major effort to help combat global warming. The pledge is part of the American College and University Presidents' Climate Commitment....
November 26, 2007 University explores campus village concept
Franklin Pierce University announced that it has signed a memorandum of understanding with Leewood Real Estate Group to explore the feasibility of creating a Campus Village Initiative to potentially include retail shops, new student housing and an active ...
June 20, 2007 University breaks ground for Petrocelli Hall
Franklin Pierce University broke ground for a new academic building that will house the arts, humanities and social science programs at the Rindge Campus. The three-story, $4.5 million academic building will be called Attilio and Beverly Petrocelli Hall, ...
May 15, 2007 High school journalists get front row seat to presidential politics
More than 30 young journalists from across the country will spend a week in New Hampshire immersed in the dynamics of presidential politics, as part of Franklin Pierce University's third annual Presidency and the Press program...
