FMU Board of Trustees names facilities in new School of Education/School of Business Building for longtime faculty members
University statement on Hurricane Idalia
Update, Thursday, August 31st: The University will reopen and convene classes at 8:30 AM, Friday, September 1st. Idalia is expected to bring moderate to strong winds and heavy rainfall to the Pee Dee beginning late tomorrow afternoon and extending into the day on Thursday. The state climatologist informed us that the projected track has slipped […]
FMU receives $25,000 from Honda to fund cybersecurity initiatives
FMU fall semester underway with new programs, record scholarship funding
Endowed Scholarship at FMU Honors longtime community advocate and attorney
FMU announces Evening College courses for fall semester
FMU awarded over $400,000 in statewide effort to transform healthcare with the use of AI
FMU Nursing receives $2.2 million federal grant
New gift from longtime FMU donors to increase scholarship opportunities for First Generation education majors
Dr. Sompong and Mrs. Suwanee Kraikit of Florence recently continued their strong commitment to providing scholarship opportunities to Francis Marion University students by providing a substantial gift to the FMU Education Foundation. For more than two decades, the Kraikits have been generous donors to the university, establishing scholarships that have benefitted generations of students. […]
FMU staff members recognized at annual Staff Awards
Francis Marion University recognized four employees for their outstanding service during the annual FMU Staff Awards luncheon held at the Freshwater Ecology Complex Thursday. Jennifer Floyd received the John J. Kispert Leadership Award, Carla Rogers was awarded the Marvin Lynch Humanitarian Award, and Lorraine Burnett and Dennis Sullen were named winners of the two Outstanding […]
FMU Board of Trustees names facilities, adopts 2023-24 budget, and approves faculty and staff pay hikes
On Thursday, Francis Marion University held its annual staff awards ceremony followed by the quarterly meeting of the Board of Trustees. During the meeting, the naming of three campus facilities for long-time university faculty members and the university’s operating budget for the FY 2023-2024 were approved. Three areas within the University Honors Center will be […]
New Florence Behavioral Health Initiative represents first-of-its-kind collaboration
Governor McMaster, South Carolina House Speaker Murrell Smith, Florence Mayor Teresa Myers Ervin and a collaboration of health care organizations and university leaders today announced a historic, collaborative investment in South Carolina’s behavioral health system in Florence. The governor, speaker and mayor were joined by leaders from the South Carolina Department of Health and Human […]