Parents & Families

Franklin Pierce University’s faculty and staff are here to help your student make the most of their experience here. You worked hard to get them ready for college. Now is their time to define their adult identity and dreams.

Welcome to the Raven Family!

Your college student still needs you—consider us an extension of your encouragement and support. At FPU, your student will receive the individualized attention they need to succeed. Our 1200-acre campus offers spectacular facilities to provide them with the space and tools they need to nurture their growth. Have a question for admission, send them an email at admissions@franklinpierce.edu.

Join the Pierce Parents Association

Current parents or parents who have graduates from FPU are invited to be involved with the Pierce Parents Association. There are many opportunities to participate!

Learn More About Parents Association

Group of students and families touring campus

Attend Family Day and Homecoming

This esteemed tradition brings alumni, parents, and friends back to our beautiful Rindge campus each Fall to celebrate, reconnect, and reminisce.

Check Out Family Day and Homecoming

Tuition and Financial Aid Resources

Find helpful resources about funding your student’s education: tuition bills, Raven card, banking services, scholarship aid, and student employment.

Explore Financial Aid

Academic and Student Life Services

We are dedicated to helping your student achieve academic success. Experience the difference our Center for Academic Excellence, Peter C. Wensberg Writing Center (WWC), and caring faculty advisors make.

Brouse Academic and Student Services

Confidential Health Education and Care

Our skilled professional staff of medical clinicians provides confidential medical and educational services to our students on the Rindge Campus. Our primary goal is to nurture the physical and emotional well-being of students.

Search On-Campus Health Services

Comfortable Residential Living

Think of our campus as your student’s second home. We help make the transition from living at home to on-campus as seamless and stress-free as possible, so your student can focus on making memories.

Check Out On-Campus Life

In addition to textbooks and school supplies, the campus bookstore carries

Franklin Pierce apparel
Postage stamps
Audio and video tapes
Compact discs
Convenience store items (i.e., snack food, beverages, frozen and microwavable food)

The bookstore will also special-order general reading books and offers a textbook "buy back" option every day the bookstore is open. Bookstore services are available online.

Any student may have a car on campus. Register the vehicle with the Department of Campus Safety and display a parking decal that is valid for the current academic year. Parking is limited in areas near the residence halls and is on a "first-come, first-served" basis.

If you have any questions about Telephone Service, Cable TV, e-mail, or the computer network please call the IT Help Desk at 603-899-4214. Important items to note:

FPU provides students access to computer resources, including equipment and network access.
Email is the primary means of official communication between the university administration and the students.
Our intranet, eRaven, provides students and community members with up-to-date information on events and activities.

Contact Your Director

40 University Drive
Rindge, NH 03461-0060

Katie Copeland
Director of Alumni & Parent Relations
603-899-4030
800-437-0048
Copelandk@franklinpierce.edu
Monday-Friday 8 am - 4:30 pm

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