The Franklin Residential College infuses the intellectual and cultural excitement of a world-class university into the residential experience of our nearly 160 students.  Our events and activities focus on building a small college atmosphere within a great university.

Weekly during the academic year, a committee of our students arranges for a Franklin College of Arts and Sciences or other faculty member to visit the FRC to discuss his or her scholarship with a group of interested students.  We also plan various occasions throughout the Fall and Spring for our students and our nearly 30 faculty fellows to connect.  Each Monday night, the dean and his family host students for home baked cookies and milk in their apartment, and join FRC students for dinner at dean’s table each Thursday evening.

Our performing arts series has six students join the dean and his family for dinner in their apartment before attending a theatre, music, or dance performance using the FRC tickets.  The FRC also sponsors an annual Fall visit to the High Museum in Atlanta.  In Fall, 2008, we will participate in the UGA Arts Festival, held during September 4-7 to commemorate the opening of the new Lamar Dodd School of Art building.  We also have an annual exhibit of the artistic work of our students.

Our annual Fall Break trip to the UGA Marine Institute on Sapelo Island is a highlight each year, with over 30 students spending the long weekend getting to know the work of the Institute and exploring the island.  We also have a study abroad trip to the UGA Research Station in San Luis, Costa Rica, offering a three-credit course to ten of our students in partnership with the Latin American and Caribbean Studies Institute (LACSI). 

There is a special FRC section of freshman composition, ENGL 1101 or 1102, offered in Fall, 2008 as a “reacting to the past” class, in which students adopt roles and act out various scenarios, informed by the literature they are reading.  Also, Tim Hollibaugh, the head of marine sciences, will offer a freshman seminar exclusively for FRC students in Spring, 2009, continuing that FRC tradition.

The array of activities at the FRC further includes our social service program, which offers opportunities for FRC students to apply for micro grants to fund a social service project that they define.  In addition, we encourage larger service projects that involve broader participation from the FRC community.

Finally, we have a wide range of social events, both major and more modest.  Among other occasions, we typically mark homecoming by participating in the parade in downtown Athens; tailgate on the Myers Quad before a football game; visit the UGA Observatory with Professor Magnani; and enjoy a few Sunday dinners prepared by our students across the academic year.

Click here for a complete schedule of our activities and events at the FRC.

In addition, the FRC has an active presence on facebook.com – please feel free to visit our space there.