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