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<title>Franklin Pierce University announces new Accelerated Graduate Degrees for 2010</title>
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<description>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. </description>
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<title>Franklin Pierce University announces new M.B.A. in Energy &amp; Sustainability Studies</title>
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<description>Franklin Pierce University announces new M.B.A. in Energy &amp; 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 practices. </description>
<author>Michelle Marrone &lt;marronem@franklinpierce.edu&gt;</author>
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<title>Will Steger to discuss climate change at the annual Monadnock Institute conference on Oct. 24, 2009</title>
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<description>This year's Monadnock Institute symposium, &quot;Addressing Climate Change--Regional Approaches&quot; 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 National Geographic Magazine. Steger will highlight the effects of climate change and summarize his expedition plans for Copenhagen (site of the UN Climate Change Conference this December). A panel discussion led by Richard Ober, VP of Civic Leadership and Communications at the NH Charitable Foundation and member of the NH Climate Coalition, will focus on state and regional approaches. The symposium dovetails with the International Day of Climate Action.
All are invited to attend. The event will be held 8 a.m.-noon in Cheshire Hall on the Franklin Pierce University Rindge Campus. Admission is free. 

For more information, contact Monadnock Institute Executive Director John Harris at harrisjr@franklinpierce.edu or 603.899.4010.

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<title>Franklin Pierce installs Next Generation Thermal Heating System as Part of the University's Effort to Go Green</title>
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<description>Franklin Pierce installs Next Generation Thermal Heating System as Part of the University's Effort to Go Green</description>
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<title>Ravens pitcher selected in Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft</title>
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<description>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.</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Franklin Pierce University's Jean R. St. Pierre is profiled in Keene Sentinel newspaper story</title>
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<description>RINDGE, NH - Keene Sentinel staff reporter Sarah Palermo interviewed Franklin Pierce's &quot;jack of all trades&quot; Jean St. Pierre on the occasion of his on-campus art show featuring photos and blown glass.</description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 23 May 2009 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Franklin Pierce Baseball Set To Host NCAA Division II Championship East Regional</title>
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<description>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 Thursday, May 14 through Sunday, May 17 at Franklin Pierce's Dr. Arthur and Martha Pappas Field. The Ravens will open pursuit of their fourth consecutive regional championship against fifth-seeded Assumption on Thursday at 2:30 p.m.</description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2009 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>University to celebrate 44th commencement</title>
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<description>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 master's degrees, 427 students receiving bachelor's degrees and 33 students earning associate degrees. This will be the first time the University isgraduating students from its Bachelor of Science in Nursing program</description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2009 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Franklin Pierce Selects NBC's Luke Russert and President George J. Hagerty for Fitzwater Honors</title>
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<description>RINDGE, NH - NBC news correspondent-at-large, Luke Russert, and retiring Franklin Pierce University president, George J. Hagerty, will be honored with the 2009 Marlin Fitzwater Award for Leadership in Public Communication on Monday, May 4, in ceremonies on the Rindge campus.</description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>University to Host Nationally Recognized Garden Designer Gordon Hayward</title>
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<description>RINDGE, NH - Franklin Pierce University will host nationally recognized garden designer, writer and lecturer, Gordon Hayward, on Tuesday, May 5. His lecture, &quot;Fine Painting as Inspiration for Garden Design&quot;, will be presented at 4:30 p.m. in Pierce Hall. The public is invited and admission is free.</description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Spring Issue of Northern New England Review Now Available</title>
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<description>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 to the northern New England states of Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont</description>
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<title>Franklin Pierce senior is part of news team that earned Murrow Award for Massachusetts radio station</title>
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<description>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 Edward R. Murrow Award for Breaking News Coverage in Small Market Radio</description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Franklin Pierce University names Dr. James Birge as new president</title>
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<description>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 the faculty, staff and board of trustees, and included the president of the study body, and the president of the Alumni Association Executive Committee</description>
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<title>University to host annual Earth Day Forum</title>
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<description>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 sustainable print and packaging initiatives, has13 years experience working in paper manufacturing and technology for a wide range of industries. The event will also feature exhibitors and a series of panel discussions.</description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Polar explorer, global warming expert to speak on campus</title>
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<description>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 7 p.m. in Pierce Hall at Franklin Pierce University. The public is invited and admission is free...</description>
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<title>University to convert major Rindge Campus buildings to renewable energy heating</title>
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<description>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 environmental sustainability and energy efficiency, University President George J. Hagerty announced this week.</description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Fitzwater Center honored for contributions to New England higher education</title>
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<description>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 healthy democracy.</description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Fitzwater Center honored for contributions to New England higher education</title>
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<description>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 healthy democracy.</description>
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<title>Franklin Pierce Director of Nursing Programs Receives 2008 statewide Leadership Award</title>
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<description>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.</description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 10 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>University to host and perform holiday concerts</title>
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<description>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</description>
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<title>Leedham earns NE-10 Player of the Week honors for second-straight week</title>
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<description>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 the second-straight week</description>
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<title>Students help local diner strengthen its business practices through Small Business Advisory Group</title>
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<description>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 Sentinel newspaper for its most recent project, working with Lindy's Diner in Keene, New Hampshire.</description>
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<title>Senior anthropology major featured in Archaeology magazine for hurling ancient weapons</title>
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<description>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.</description>
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<title>Goalkeeper featured in Sports Illustrated</title>
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<description>RINDGE, NH - Freshman goalkeeper Kristin Tormollan (Waterville, Maine/Waterville), of the Franklin Pierce University field hockey team, is featured in the &quot;Faces in the Crowd&quot; section of the December 8 issue of Sports Illustrated.</description>
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<title>Students selected to provide Election Day coverage for media</title>
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<description>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.</description>
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<description>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.</description>
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<title>Prowess with ancient weapon earns recognition for anthropology students</title>
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<description>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.</description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 16 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Franklin Pierce expands M.B.A. to Ukraine, earns Governor's Export Award</title>
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<description>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.</description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 20 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>University's Fitzwater Center to host New Hampshire Congressional Debates</title>
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<description>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.</description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Petrocelli Hall dedicated</title>
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<description>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.</description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 16 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Franklin Pierce professors honored by national science education organization</title>
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<description>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.</description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>University presents humanities division Oktoberfest</title>
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<description>A diverse series of events featuring a banned book &quot;read out,&quot; 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.</description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>University honors White House Press Secretary Dana Perino with 2008 Fitzwater Award</title>
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<description>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.</description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Franklin Pierce students to cover national political conventions</title>
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<description>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.</description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>University partners with Abrazo Health Care to offer pre-licensure nursing program in Goodyear, AZ</title>
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<description>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.</description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Petrocelli Hall on schedule to open for Fall '08</title>
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<description>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.</description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 04 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>SIFE teams wins regional honors, heads to nationals</title>
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<description>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.</description>
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<title>Women's basketball reaches Division II Elite Eight</title>
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<description>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.</description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 28 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>University seeks to expand Physical Therapy program to Goodyear, Arizona</title>
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<description>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.</description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 03 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Student media earn praise for NH Primary political coverage</title>
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<description>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.</description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>University explores campus village concept</title>
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<description>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.</description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 26 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Franklin Pierce signs national climate pledge</title>
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<description>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.</description>
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<title>University breaks ground for Petrocelli Hall</title>
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<description>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.</description>
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<description>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</description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2007 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>University welcomes first Goodyear, Arizona Doctor of Physical Therapy class.</title>
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<description>University welcomes first Goodyear, Arizona Doctor of Physical Therapy class.</description>
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<description>Franklin Pierce's Atlatl Team featured on WCVB-TV Boston's 'Chronicle' program.</description>
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<title>New scholarship to recognize 'legend' in motorsports journalism.</title>
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<description>New scholarship to recognize 'legend' in motorsports journalism.</description>
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<title>Three Ravens to participate in World University Games</title>
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<description>Three Ravens to participate in World University Games in Belgrade.</description>
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<description>Franklin Pierce University participates in new Yellow Ribbon Program.</description>
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