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Mar
22

FMU School of Business honors Freeman with alumni award

Francis Marion University’s School of Business honored North Augusta businessman Tracy Freeman with the 2023 Morgan B. Coker Outstanding Alumni award at its annual alumni reception held at the FMU Performing Arts Center on Tuesday night.

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Mar
22

Congratulations Dr. Ivan Dungan : The First McNair Institute Fellow

The McNair Institute of Research and Service is proud to announce the establishment of the McNair Research Fellowship program and welcomes Dr. Ivan Dungan as the Institute’s first Fellow. 

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Mar
15

FMU Earns 2023-2024 Military Friendly® School Designation

Francis Marion University has once again been recognized as a Military Friendly® School because of its work with military veterans, service members, and their dependents.

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Mar
07

Warters appointed next Francis Marion provost

Dr. T. Alissa Warters has been appointed as the next provost for Francis Marion University. Warters will succeed outgoing provost Dr. Peter King who will retire in June after six years of exemplary service as provost for the university.

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Mar
06

FMU honors five distinguished alumni at Awards Ceremony

Francis Marion University honored five of its distinguished alumni at its annual Alumni Awards Ceremony on Thursday, March 2 at the FMU Performing Arts Center.

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Mar
02

FMU approves Doctor of Psychology degree

Francis Marion University is once again expanding its graduate degree offerings with the approval of another doctoral degree program, the Doctor of Psychology degree. 

By Anna Todd | News
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Feb
27

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.

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Feb
24

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.

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Feb
22

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.

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Feb
07

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.

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Feb
06

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.

By Anna Todd | News
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Feb
06

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.

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