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Frances M. Franklin Scholarship Program

Frances M. Franklin Academic Alliance Scholarship Luncheon

Thank you to everyone who attended the 35th Annual Frances M. Franklin Scholarship and Protégé Luncheon: Resiliency Is Our Power with keynote speaker Congresswoman Shontel M. Brown. A dedicated public servant and advocate for equity, Brown represents Ohio's 11th Congressional District and is committed to uplifting communities through leadership, policy and service. Her work focuses on expanding economic opportunities, strengthening education, and ensuring social justice. 

Frances M. Franklin Scholarship Program

The Frances M. Franklin Academic Alliance oversees the awarding of student scholarships through the Frances M. Franklin Scholarship Fund. The scholarship honors the memory of Frances Mason Franklin, a Cleveland educator and former Tri-C faculty member. Every spring, the Council hosts the Frances M. Franklin Scholarship Luncheon where scholarships of various amounts are awarded. Contributions to the Frances M. Franklin Scholarship Fund can be made through the Tri-C Foundation. Proceeds from these donations support the education of deserving Tri-C students.

Frances Mason Franklin, a professor of English at Tri-C from 1969 to 1983, was born in Cincinnati. She received a bachelor's degree in English in 1942 from Spelman College. Her master's degree, also in English, was granted in 1946 from Atlanta University. Franklin was recognized for her extensive knowledge of African-American literature. She began research on the subject during the 1940s, collecting archival material on Black authors and discussing their works with many of them.  

Franklin attended the University of Chicago for three years for further graduate work in English and, from 1974 to 1976, was enrolled in the doctoral program of Urban Education Administration at the University of Akron. In the late 1940s and early 1950s, Franklin taught English at Spelman College, Tuskegee Institute and Fisk University. She received an Outstanding Faculty Award at Spelman College. She came to Cleveland in 1953.  

The next year, she joined the Cleveland Public School System and taught English at Charles W. Elliot Junior High School. She was the chair of the English department from 1959 to 1969, when she joined the Tri-C faculty. She became the coordinator of Developmental Education and the director and academic unit leader of the Learning Center. In 1974, she received an award for Outstanding Service to the College.  

Franklin was a member of the National Council of Teachers of English, the International Reading Association and the Spelman Alumnae Association. She was also a member of the College Entrance Examination Board and the Junior College Test Committee and a consultant to the Ohio Board of Education in Humanities.  

The scholarship honors Franklin for her tireless efforts on behalf of the many Tri-C faculty members for whom she served as a mentor. She passed away in 1983. Her only child is Carol S. Franklin, Ph.D., who recently retired from her position as the associate dean of Social Sciences at the Western Campus. 

You must:

  • Be a currently enrolled Tri-C student in the FMFAA mentoring program prior to Feb. 1 of the academic calendar year 
  • Be actively a part of FMFAA for one semester  
  • Have a current and locked Academic Plan  
  • Have 24 or more institutional credits 
  • Have a GPA of 3.0 or higher 
2025 Frances M. Franklin Event Photos
2024 Frances M. Franklin Event Photos
2023 Frances M. Franklin Event Recording
2022 Frances M. Franklin Event Recording

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Metropolitan Campus 
Alex B. Johnson Campus Center | MCC 059
216-987-4527
FrancesMFranklinAA@tri-c.edu
 

Jacques O. Smith, Sr. 
Program Manager
jacques.smith@tri-c.edu

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