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 magazine....
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 8, 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 the Monadnock Region...
November 4, 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 welfare...
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 capture the voice of young voters in New Hampshire...
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 region that had lacked opportunities for graduate-level business training...
October 16, 2008 Prowess with ancient weapon earns recognition for anthropology students
RINDGE, NH - The art of throwing with the atlatl - an ancient spear-tossing tool that preceded the bow and arrow - is being preserved and promoted by a group of students at Franklin Pierce University. The University is home to one of the few college atlatl teams in the nation...
October 8, 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 Fitzwater Center, New Hampshire Public Television, New Hampshire Public Radio, New England Cable News and PolitickerNH.com...
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 use by the University and the community.....
October 1, 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 Oktoberfest. The annual academic series is sponsored by the University’s Humanities Division and focuses on a broad range of programs and topics to engage Franklin Pierce students, faculty and residents of the Monadnock Region...
August 7, 2008 Franklin Pierce professors honored by national science education organization
Franklin Pierce University Professors Frederick Rogers and Frank Hubacz have been elected SENCER Leadership Fellows for 2008-09 by the National Center for Science and Civic Engagement (NCSCE). Rogers is associate professor of geology and Hubacz is professor of chemistry. They are two of 76 fellows chosen from a field of 1,300 eligible faculty members and academic leaders...
August 7, 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 University’s Fitzwater Center for Communication received credentialing as a media organization recently....
May 5, 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 honors an individual who has made significant contributions to public discourse in the spirit of a healthy democracy....
May 1, 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 program pending the approval of the Arizona State Board of 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 fourth regional championship won by Franklin Pierce students in eight years of competition...
April 4, 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 in place to meet the University's commitment to begin utilizing this new teaching and learning space for the fall semester, Kirsh said...
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 University of Nebraska-Kearney...
March 3, 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...
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 adult community...
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 ..
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, to honor the major donors to the project...
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...
