Franklin College (Indiana)

• Ranked #1 national liberal arts college in Indiana by Washington Monthly - 2016
• Ranked 44th top national liberal arts college in the country by Washington Monthly - 2016
• The only Indiana college ranked in Money’s Top 50 for Most Value Added - 2015
• Ranked 9th in U.S. News & World Report's Best Value category and 11th among Best Regional Colleges in the Midwest - 2015

Shirk Hall

• Old Main, the iconic clock tower located at the campus entrance, is used for classes in varying subjects. It also houses offices for areas of campus such as Information Technology Services, Development and Alumni Engagement, the Business Office, the President's Office, and a variety of faculty and staff offices. It also houses Custer Theatre where choir concerts and other functions take place. This building was almost completely destroyed by a fire on April 21, 1985. On the stairwell landing is a wooden stand with a bronze bust of Benjamin Franklin that is known for having paint rubbed off its nose due to students touching it. (College legend says doing so before an exam will bring good luck.)
• The Franklin College Science Center is the newest facility on campus and is where most undergraduate science classes are held.
• The Franklin College Graduate Health Science Center opened in 2018 and is where the college's master's programs are housed.
• Johnson Center for Fine Arts, called JCFA for short, was opened in 2001 and is where fine arts classes are held. School plays also are performed here in Theatre Margot.
• Shirk Hall, constructed in 1903, houses the Pulliam School of Journalism, is home to the Indiana High School Press Association and to radio station 89.5 WFCI and The Franklin, the college's student-run newspaper.
• B.F. Hamilton Library has a 24-hour computer lab, auditorium, Academic Resource Center, Silent Study area (2nd floor), and Disability Services.

Old Main and Shirk Hall were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.[4]

• Elsey Hall is a predominately freshmen dormitory that has exclusively double rooms (with the exception of RA rooms, but others can use one as a single for a fee). Originally, it was the only all-female dormitory on campus. Elsey Hall is connected to the four Panhellenic suites belonging to the three (formerly four) sororities.
• Hoover-Cline, two buildings connected by a glass tunnel and located in the center of campus, provides singles, doubles, and quads (exclusive to Hoover).
• Johnson-Dietz, for upperclassmen only, is two separate buildings and popular due to the residential suites with bay windows that are occupied by 3–4 people. Many on campus refer to it as "The Sections" because several suites are grouped in a particular section marked by a letter.
• Dietz Center, for upperclassmen only, offers single rooms and suites. Popular for its environment, the attached Dietz Center for Professional Development building is also used for community purposes and houses offices.

All campus-owned residence halls have air-conditioning, host events organized by RAs, have Wi-Fi and free laundry facilities.

Four of the five active fraternities currently have houses and provide residence to their members. Two other homes on campus are themed. One is used as housing for students enrolled in the college's master's programs. The other is called the BOLD (Building Our Leaders Through Diversity) House, which aims to promote and understanding and respect for multiculturalism and diversity and to provide intellectual, social and cultural programs focused on multicultural enrichment. The BOLD community was displaced from its house in Spring 2019, and the Living-Learning Community now resides in Section A of the Johnson-Dietz residence hall.

Franklin College is home to five fraternities and three sororities that are active. It's estimated that 40 percent of Franklin College students are involved in Greek Life. Of the fraternities, four out of the five provide housing, whereas the sororities use reserved Panhellenic suites owned by the college for meetings, ceremonies, and other activities. The Greek community plays an active role on campus and holds multiple philanthropic events throughout the year.

The fraternities include Sigma Alpha Epsilon (Indiana Alpha; 1892–present), Phi Delta Theta (Indiana Delta; 1860–present, suspended from 2016 to '19), Kappa Delta Rho (Epsilon; 1919–present, inactive from 1972 to 1980), Lambda Chi Alpha (Kappa Gamma; 1924–present) and Tau Kappa Epsilon (Rho Upsilon; 1988–present).

The currently active sororities include Zeta Tau Alpha (Beta Theta; 1927–present), Delta Delta Delta (Delta Zeta; 1912–present) and Pi Beta Phi (Indiana Alpha; 1888–present).

At one point, Franklin College also had three additional sororities that are no longer active - Kappa Kappa Gamma (Nu; 1879–1884), Delta Gamma (Phi Alpha; 1995–2008) and Delta Zeta (Psi; 1920–1990). In addition, benches on campus have been dedicated to both chapters and there are display cases in the Napolitan Student Center in their honor that show photos, shirts, and other insignia belonging to their members.

• George Banta, printer whose company is credited for designing multiple Greek crests, influential figure in development of Phi Delta Theta and Delta Gamma (the sorority's only male initiate)
• Joe Benigno, sports radio personality
• Roger D. Branigin, Governor of Indiana
• Walter Coffey, seventh president of University of Minnesota
• Steven A. Cohen, academic, author, environmentalist, professor of Public Management and Environmental Policy at Columbia University
• Brad Crawford, College Football Hall of Fame inductee
• Elmer Davis, The New York Times editorial writer, CBS radio newscaster, director of the United States Office of War Information, and Peabody Award recipient
• William G. Everson, major general in the United States Army and Chief of the National Guard Bureau
• Paul Franklin, running back for Chicago Bears from 1931 to 1933
• Christopher T. Gonzalez, LGBT activist
• Francis M. Griffith, Indiana State Senator (1886–1894) and U.S. Representative (1897–1905)
• Terry Hoeppner, head football coach at Indiana University and Miami University
• Ralph Isselhardt, American football player
• Eddy Jerman, inventor and an early expert in the techniques of medical radiography
• Marjorie Main, actress
• Gareth Matthews, renowned philosopher and college philosophy professor at University of Virginia, University of Minnesota, and most notably, University of Massachusetts Amherst
• Paul Monroe, notable collegiate history professor and author
• Thomas Jefferson Morgan, Educator and Civil War General, later Commissioner of Indian Affairs under President Benjamin Harrison
• Jesse Overstreet, U.S. Representative
• Edna Parker, for a year, the world's oldest person (since Aug 13, 2007) (1893–2008)
• Fuzzy Vandivier, Hall of Fame basketball player.
• Arch West, marketing executive who developed Doritos.[5]
• Gene White, original member of the basketball team that inspired the film Hoosiers
• Guilford M. Wiley, Wisconsin State Assemblyman
• Robert Wise, Academy Award-winning director and producer

• Albert Berg, football coach, deaf football player, and 40-year teacher at Indiana School for the Deaf
• John S. Hougham, professor, President of the Board, abolitionist, developer of the solar compass
• Thomas Locker, art professor, author, illustrator, and artist who later taught at Shimer College
• Homer Rainey, college president (1927–1931) who later served as president of Bucknell University (1931–1935), University of Texas at Austin (1939–1944), and Stephens College (1947–1956)
• Gene White, FC alumnus (see above), professor of mathematics, basketball coach, and part of the basketball team that inspired the film, Hoosiers