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Jun
11

FMU Nursing receives prestigious CCNE accreditation

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

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Jun
09

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.

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Jun
04

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.

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Jun
04

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.

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Jun
04

FMU to facilitate community forum on diversity. ‘We can do better, we must do better,’ says Carter

FMU President Dr. Fred Carter told the university’s board of trustees Thursday that FMU would take the lead in sustaining a regional conversation on racial justice and equality in the wake of the George Floyd murder.

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Jun
04

FMU Board of Trustees Meeting Live Stream

Live stream the June 2020 meeting of Francis Marion University’s Board of Trustees.

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Jun
01

Francis Marion University resumes summer hours

Francis Marion University’s campus re-opens to the public on June 1, along with other state government offices across South Carolina.

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May
29

FMU mourns the passing of Marvin Lynch, founding staffer

Francis Marion University is mourning the loss of one of its founding staff members. The Rev. Marvin W. Lynch, who was FMU’s first director of admissions, passed away on Friday. 

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May
22

FMU administration, faculty plan for return to campus

FMU President Dr. Fred Carter and members of the university’s administration briefed the academic deans and department chairs on Friday, May 22 on the progress of FMU’s planning for the return to in-person instruction on campus in the fall.

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May
08

FMU’s Glasgow ready to jump into world of healthcare

Kennedy Glasgow has not led a sheltered life. And that’s not going to end now as she graduates from Francis Marion University. Glasgow, from Newberry, S.C., earned her nursing degree and will move directly into the “frontlines”  in the surgical intensive care unit at the Medical University of South Carolina Florence during one of the [...]
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May
07

FMU recognizes top students with annual academic awards

FMU announced the winners of its annual academic awards, a tradition at FMU, recognize the very best students in various academic areas.

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May
04

Concert cancelled? No problem for FMU’s clever Jazz Ensemble

Like a lot of events this spring, the Francis Marion University Jazz Ensemble’s spring concert was cancelled because of the coronavirus outbreak. And then it re-emerged last week in a different form.

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