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Apr
24

FMU Holds 48th-Annual Athletic Awards Gala

Francis Marion University recently held its 48th-annual Athletic Awards Gala in the university’s Performing Arts Center. Most Valuable Player awards were given in 14 sports. A school spirit award, most outstanding cheerleader award, and a student-athlete award were also presented.

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Apr
24

FMU retires Browning’s jersey

Francis Marion University honored the extraordinary career of men’s basketball star Detrek Browning by retiring his jersey at Monday night’s FMU Athletic Awards Gala at the FMU Performing Arts Center

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Apr
20

Four FMU professors honored for teaching, service, research, governance

Four FMU faculty members were honored for outstanding individual work during the past year at an annual faculty recognition banquet Thursday night.

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Apr
20

Francis Marion’s Wittmann-Price named distinguished professor for 2018-2019

Dr. Ruth Wittmann-Price, Dean of the FMU School of Health Sciences, was named the J. Lorin Mason Distinguished Professor for the 2018-19 academic year at the school’s annual faculty awards dinner.

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Apr
17

Francis Marion presents student academic awards

Francis Marion University presented awards to outstanding students in all its academic departments during a ceremony on April 16.

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Apr
13

FMU’s Phi Kappa Phi chapter inducts 28 new members

FMU’s chapter of Phi Kappa Phi, a nationwide honor society which recognizes superior academic achievement regardless of field of study, inducted 28 new members at its annual induction ceremony Thursday night in the McNair Auditorium on the FMU campus.

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Apr
11

Francis Marion University names McNair Scholars

Francis Marion University has named two students as recipients of the prestigious McNair Scholarship for the 2018-2019 school year.

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Apr
11

FMU Physics hosts Russian health physics program manager

Francis Marion University’s Department of Physics hosted Barrett N. Fountos, manager of the United States Department of Energy’s Russian Health Studies program, for a talk to university students and staff Tuesday.

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Apr
03

FMU chapter of ODK inducts 24 new members

FMU’s chapter of Omicron Delta Kappa, the national honor society, inducted 24 new members at its annual induction ceremony Monday night in Thomason Auditorium on the FMU campus.

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Apr
02

Francis Marion students take part in 11th Model U.N. simulation

Eight Francis Marion University students took part in the National Model United Nations simulation at U.N. headquarters in New York City last week.

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Mar
29

Adele Kassab Art Gallery to showcase FMU Visual Arts majors’ works

Francis Marion’s graduating Visual Arts majors will take the spotlight in April as their installations don the Adele Kassab Art Gallery in the Peter D. Hyman Fine Arts Center.

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Mar
28

Fed Reserve employees give FMU Business students career insight

Two members of the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, Va. visited a Francis Marion University School of Business class with a bit of real world advice today.

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