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May
16

Nitty Gritty Dirt Band coming to the PAC

It’s time to get down to the nitty gritty at the FMU Performing Arts Center. It will happen Aug. 30 when that great American ensemble, the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, comes to town.

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May
05

Francis Marion celebrates spring commencement

Francis Marion University awarded degrees to 346 new graduates at its spring commencement ceremony on May 5.

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May
04

FMU basketball star Browning joins classmates at graduation

Detrek Browning is the all-time scoring leader in men’s basketball history at Francis Marion. He’s also the reigning Peach Belt Conference Player of the Year, just the second all-American selection from men’s basketball, and just the third FMU basketball player to have his jersey retired.

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May
04

Son follows in father’s footsteps to be commissioned as officer at FMU

Ian McCarley has been looking up to his father for his entire life. His father, Burton McCarley, served his entire career in the U.S. Army and Army National Guard, leaving an indelible mark on his son.

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May
04

FMU undergrads tag-team cancer research

Taylor Broach and Jessica McNeil were great friends going through college. They hung out, took many of the same classes, and did a lot of things friends do. They also made the Biology lab at Francis Marion University their second home for their final year in college, researching cervical cancer and different alleles of the [...]
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May
04

Faculty connections made all the difference for Bustos Jaimes

Professors and the relationships they build with students are one of the most important aspects of college life at Francis Marion University. Javier Bustos Jaimes, a part of FMU’s class of 2018, knows all about that. Bustos Jaimes, a much-decorated Industrial Engineering-Mathematics double major from Eagle Springs, N.C., says his connections with FMU faculty made [...]
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May
04

After horrific crash, graduation Walk means more to Hucks

On a day in late May just three years ago, FMU Nursing student Grayson Hucks endured an unexpected series of events that would forever change the course of her life.

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May
04

Inman finds calling in FMU’s Criminal Justice Program

A small town girl with a multiple college degrees, a future as military officer, a desire to travel internationally, and dreams of imparting change on the justice system from a national platform. And this only partly describes, Chasity Inman, one of the stalwarts of Francis Marion University’s Class of 2018. An Effingham, S.C. native, Inman [...]
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May
04

In San Diego, they’ve heard of FMU now

Mia Much, one of the stars of the Class of 2018, is spreading the Francis Marion to the far ends of the earth. Even California Melania “Mia” Much grew up in the northern suburbs of San Diego and is quick to describe herself as a “southern California girl, born and bred.” Now, she can describe [...]
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May
04

Francis Marion’s second triple-major graduate makes history

Yang met the major requirements in Accounting, Finance and Mathematics and became just the second triple major in Francis Marion’s history.

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Apr
28

FMU welcomes scholarship recipients

Francis Marion University opened its doors to welcome new scholarship recipients at its annual Scholarship Awards Day on Saturday.

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Apr
24

Senator Peeler to deliver Francis Marion commencement address

Nearly 400 graduate and undergraduate degrees will be conferred – one of FMU’s largest graduating classes – during Francis Marion University’s spring commencement ceremony on Saturday, May 5.

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