FMU presents annual Marion Medallion Awards
On February 27, 2023, businessmen Jim Brown and Tim Norwood and former Florence City Council member and community activist Pat Gibson-Hye Moore received Marion Medallion awards during a ceremony held at the Francis Marion University Performing Arts Center.
Wages receives FMU’s AAFSC Diversity Award
Dr. Charlene Wages, Vice President for Administration and Planning at Francis Marion University, received the FMU African-American Faculty and Staff Coalition’s Diversity Award at the organization’s 22nd annual scholarship reception held at the FMU Performing Arts Center on Thursday night.
FMU’s South Carolina Chamber Music Festival returns February 28
Francis Marion University will host the eleventh annual South Carolina Chamber Music Festival at the FMU Performing Arts Center’s Black Box Theatre February 28 to March 3.
Hopla Receives 2023 AANP Advocate State Award for Excellence in South Carolina
In recognition of her contribution as an advocate on behalf of nurse practitioners and their patients, Dr. Deborah Hopla, DNP, APRN-BC, is being honored by the American Association of Nurse Practitioners® (AANP) as the 2023 recipient of the AANP Advocate State Award for Excellence in South Carolina.
FMU Students offer free tax return prep through April 12
Francis Marion University’s tax accounting students are offering free tax return preparation through the Internal Revenue Service’s Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program. The program runs through April 12.
CareFIRST Carolina, CareSouth Carolina give $25,000 in support to FMU in honor of Archie Tim Brown
The CareFIRST Carolina Foundation and CareSouth Carolina presented Francis Marion University (FMU) with the first of many annual support gifts, a total of $25,000, through the Archie TIM Brown Master of Science in Nursing — Family Nurse Practitioner Scholarship.
FMU Receives Substantial Gift for Endowed Chair in Autism Studies
In 2013, Dr. Ron Faulkenberry retired from Francis Marion University after teaching in its School of Education for almost forty years.
Search Committee selects three finalists in search for FMU Provost
The Francis Marion University Provost Search Committee has narrowed down the provost candidate pool to three finalists.
FMU Alumna Blankenship Recognized During McMaster’s State of the State Address
Francis Marion Hosts Hewn Timber Cabins Presentation
Francis Marion University will host a lecture on Thursday, January 19 at 6:00 p.m. in Chapman Auditorium entitled “A Plantation Economy and African Americans at Mars Bluff: A Brief Historical Perspective.” Presented by FMU professor emerita Yvette Hammonds Pierce, the lecture covers her research on the history of the cabins and the lives of those who lived in them.