HLTH-301-CE – Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction
Schedule: Mondays, 6pm-7:45pm Location: Carter Center for Health Sciences (CCHS), Room 114 Faculty: Ms. Laura Hilb Credits: 3 An evidence-based program, MBSR teaches practices that can help participants use inner resources to cope with stress, illness, and pain. This course will include one full day session on a Saturday. Students will learn mindfulness practices such […]
ENG-497-CE1 – True Crime, Mostly Murder
Schedule: Mondays, 6pm-7:45pm Location: Leatherman Medical Education Complex (LMEC), Room 206 Faculty: Dr. Beckie Flannagan | rflannagan@fmarion.edu | 843-661-1516 Credits: 3 We live in an age of 24/7 news cycle, so at just about anytime, day or night, you can read about yet another true crime. Since Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Murder of Marie Roget” […]
ART-306-CE – Make Better Photos: Digital Photography Fundamentals
Schedule: Mondays, 6pm-7:45pm Location: Leatherman Medical Education Complex (LMEC), Room 102 Faculty: Julie Mixon | jmixon@fmarion.edu | 843-661-1541 Credits: 3 This beginner level photography course includes an introduction to various types of digital cameras, exposure fundamentals (aperture, shutter speed and ISO) and other camera settings such as white balance, file formats and focus functions. Instruction […]
ENG-497-CE3 – Skilled Hands and Thinking Minds
Schedule: Tuesdays, 4pm-5:45pm Location: PAC Scene Shop Faculty: Dr. Christopher Johnson | cjohnson@fmarion.edu | 843-661-1518 Credits: 3 This course will investigate the intersections between skilled labor and academic learning. The course will begin by exploring the degree to which American culture and educational practices seek to separate the two entities in arbitrary and limiting ways. […]
ANTH-300-CE – Homesteading in the Modern World
Schedule: Mondays, 4pm-5:45pm Location: Leatherman Medical Education Complex (LMEC), Room 201 Faculty: Dr. Greg Pryor | gpryor@fmarion.edu | 843-661-1403 Credits: 3 When President Lincoln signed the Homestead Act in 1862, millions of settlers claimed land across the United States with the goal of becoming self-sufficient. Like those early homesteaders, modern homesteaders strive to become more […]
BIOL 306-CE – Biology of Cancer
Schedule: Mondays, 4pm-5:45pm Location: Leatherman Medical Education Complex (LMEC), Room 206 Faculty: Dr. Elizabeth Jones | Elizabeth.Jones@fmarion.edu | 843-661-1899 Credits: 3 Roughly 40% of Americans will receive a cancer diagnosis in their lifetime. Chances are you know someone who has had this diagnosis. This course is designed to provide a broad understanding of cancer, including […]
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O’Kelley begins term as FMU faculty chair
Dr. Sharon O’Kelley, professor of mathematics, began her term as head of the faculty last month after being elected to succeed outgoing chair Professor Glen Gourley.
FMU’s Evening College
FMU continues tradition of naming facilities for faculty, staff
Colleges and universities have many traditions, but at Francis Marion University naming buildings and other university facilities to honor the contributions of faculty and staff members has become one of its most cherished practices.