Fummer 5k - Saturday, October 5

We are excited to host our 3rd annual Fummer 5k during F&M's Homecoming & Family Weekend on Saturday, October 5.  The race begins at 9am out at the Baker campus fields.  Runners and walkers of all ages and abilities are welcome.

More details and registration info is available online.  We hope you will join us!

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#tbt - F&M Class of 2005

F&M's Class of 2005 Maura Lentz (#3) and Lauren Dodrill (#31) were talented basketball players and great teammates for the Dips.  

Lentz is in the F&M record books in the top 20 for both career 3pt FG made and career 3pt FG %.  Dodrill was a 2005 All Centennial Conference Honorable Mention pick. She ranks in the F&M Top 20 for career FT made and career rebounding average.  Dodrill is also 8th in career rebounds. 

Check back next week for another #tbt.

Convocation 2013

On Tuesday, F&M celebrated the official start of the 2013-2014 with Convocation.  The Class of 2017 donned their house cords during the ceremony when they were officially welcomed into the F&M community.  The faculty speaker, Professor Carol Auster, from the sociology department had great advice for the Class of 2017 and everyone at F&M.  She spoke about the 4 Ps:

Possibilities:  F&M is a place full of possibilities - academically, in extracurriculars, and in friendships. Possibilities at F&M can lead to lifelong passions.

Passion:  you arrive with some and find new passions while you are here.  More importantly, is passion in the moment - participate, interact, respond to fellow students.  Be enthusiastic, be fully energized in that moment.

Persistence: you need it to succeed academically, to study a big longer, to polish written work just one more time.

Posse - from the idea behind the Posse Foundation - everyone needs their own F&M posse.  Your posse can open your mind to new ideas, celebrate achievements, support and help with your persistence, help you smile and find humor in life.

Finally, be inspired to make F&M the place that you want it to be.


Great advice to start the school year.  Professor Auster's full remarks are online.

Summer Fun Part II

Emma Lisle '14 just wrapped up her internship at the Mystic Aquarium in Mystic, CT.  We are all looking forward to her return to campus to hear more about her amazing experience there this summer.

Summer Fun

Our players have been doing all sorts of cool stuff this summer - internships, traveling to new places, and of course preparing for our upcoming basketball season.  Check out our Facebook page to see some pictures from the summer!

Kara Bacile '15 got to meet a former VT Hokie at Redskins training camp

Check it out . . .

Have you seen F&M's 225th Anniversary video?  It captures many of the events during the 2012-2013 year that celebrated the College's 225th anniversary.   Check it out!  

Camp Time

The month of June is full of camps for players of all ages.  I have worked a couple and observed a couple others, spanning a range of ages.  No matter the age, I always love to see players who go out of their way to encourage a teammate (or fellow camper), who find joy in making a good pass, and who really like to work hard to improve in the little things.  All are factors of what makes a great teammate!

A Short Course in Human Relations

Over the weekend I was reading a John Maxwell book and came across this:

A Short Course in Human Relations

The least important word:  I

The most important word:  We

The two most important words:  Thank you.

The three most important words: 
All is forgiven.

The four most important words:  What is your opinion?

The five most important words:  You did a good job.

The six most important words:  I want to understand you better.


This is so applicable to the interactions between teammates and how a team works together.  I'm sure we can all think of some situations where we could have put some of these words to better use.  The more a team relies on this, the stronger it will be.

Campus Snapshots

Campus is quiet now with the start of summer.  It is a beautiful day, so I went for a walk around campus this morning and took a few pictures.   In a short time, campus will be buzzing with more energy when a number of students return to do summer research projects, local internships, and all sorts of pretty interesting stuff!  We'll be sure to keep you posted on what our players are doing this summer.  

Congratulations F&M Baseball!

Congratulations to the F&M Baseball team on winning the Centennial Conference Championship over the weekend.  They did it in grand fashion winning the decisive game by the score of 16-1.  Now it is on to regionals May 15-19.  Check out the full recap at GoDiplomats.com.