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The below op-ed by President Carter appeared in the print edition of The Post & Courier on Thursday, October 12.

Francis Marion University’s Specialist in School Psychology degree has been ranked fourth in the nation by CounselingPsychology.org for 2023.  FMU’s Specialist in School Psychology Program involves training in diagnostics, assessment, academic, behavioral, and counseling interventions, consultation, and program evaluation. Courses in the program offer a blend of classroom activities and experiential training designed to educate [...]

FMU English Professor and Director of the Honors Program, Jon Tuttle, was presented with an honorary doctorate of humanities from the university during the annual Honors Student Reception held at the FMU Performing Arts Center. Tuttle, a longtime faculty member at the university, will retire at the end of this academic year.   Tuttle joined [...]

Francis Marion University has again been recognized by U.S. News & World Report as a top Regional University in the South. The University has consistently been ranked among the best universities in the South for over two decades.   This year, the University was recognized in five different categories and showed improvement from last year [...]

Francis Marion University has been named to the 2023 Great Colleges to Work For® list for the eleventh year in a row, with top marks in all ten categories measured. Universities are recognized based on results from surveys administered to employees.    Being a workplace that excels in all ten parameters of the assessment, FMU [...]

On Thursday, Francis Marion University held its quarterly Board of Trustees meeting at the FMU Freshwater Ecology Conference Center. During the meeting, the naming of five facilities was approved.   Four classrooms and an auditorium within the new School of Education/School of Business building will be named for longtime FMU faculty who have had a [...]