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Aug
04

FMU Board of Trustees Meeting to be live streamed

Francis Marion University’s Board of Trustees will hold a regularly scheduled meeting at 4 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 6, on the FMU campus.

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Jul
24

FMU will reopen Aug. 17, first three weeks will be online

Francis Marion University will reopen for the fall 2020 semester on Aug. 17 with three weeks of online classes for all students before moving to a mixture of traditional, online and blended classes on Sept. 8. 

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Jul
14

FMU’s Driggers named NCAA Woman of the Year nominee

FMU’s Emma Driggers was one of just 605 female college athletes nominated for the 2020 NCAA Woman of the Year Award. 

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Jul
14

Allman Betts Band concert at FMU PAC rescheduled for 2021

The Allman Betts Band is rescheduling its August concert dates throughout the country, including the Aug. 19 concert at the Francis Marion University Performing Arts Center. 

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Jul
07

Gittings named FMU School of Health Sciences dean

Francis Marion University has named Dr. Karen Gittings, a highly respected nursing educator, as the dean of its School of Health Sciences.

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Jun
30

Founders Day at 50: Founding of FMU remains a hot topic

Fifty years ago, higher education in the Pee Dee changed forever. That’s when Francis Marion University was created.

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Jun
29

FMU alumna creates new scholarship honoring William H. Johnson

A new scholarship honoring Florence-born artist  William H. Johnson will support students in FMU’s new African American Studies minor  while also bringing awareness to Johnson, and to African and African American art.

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Jun
18

FMU joins in national observance of Juneteenth

Francis Marion University joins other colleges and universities throughout the nation in celebrating Juneteenth on Friday, June 19.

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Jun
11

FMU Nursing receives prestigious CCNE accreditation

FMU’s nursing program has received initial accreditation from the prestigious Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education. 

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Jun
09

FMU releases spring 2020 President’s, Dean’s lists

Francis Marion University named 523 full-time students and 25 part-time students to its President’s List for the spring semester. An additional 514 full-time students and 26 part-time students made the Dean’s List for the spring semester.

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Jun
04

FMU’s new student body president aims to ‘meet students where they are’

Students at FMU will be seeing incoming student body president Tymoshio “Ty” Robinson and his fellow SGA officers around campus a lot this fall.

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Jun
04

FMU freezes tuition, fees for second year in a row

FMU’s trustees affirmed that the University would freeze tuition and fees for a second straight year.

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