Dec
22
FMU Pee Dee Regional Math Tournament celebrates 40th contest
For the past 37 years, the equation Francis Marion + the Pee Dee’s top math students has always equaled the Pee Dee Regional High School Mathematics Tournament. The tournament, sponsored and presented the FMU Department of Mathematics, has grown from a small affair, to something high school students train for far in advance. The tournament’s [...]
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Dec
22
FMU to award honorary degrees at commencement
Francis Marion University will award honorary degrees to a Florence City Councilwoman and a South Carolina state senator during fall commencement ceremonies at 10 a.m. on Saturday, Dec. 17 in the Smith University Center gymnasium. Selected to receive the degrees are South Carolina state senator Vincent Sheheen and Florence City Councilwoman Teresa Ervin. More than [...]
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Dec
19
FMU has large presence at American Chemical Society event
Seventeen Francis Marion University chemistry students and eight faculty and staff members from the FMU Department of Chemistry participated in the 68th Southeastern Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society (SERMACS), October 23-26 in Columbia. Students were involved in poster presentations, demonstrations and activity leaders. Faculty staff also presented posters, presided over symposia sessions, made oral [...]
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Dec
19
FMU ranked among U.S. News’ “Best Colleges”
Francis Marion University once again is ranked among U.S. News & World Report magazine’s top Regional Universities in the South The 2017 edition of USN&WR’s “America’s Best Colleges,” one of the oldest of the dozens of college rating sites on the Internet, is available today online. The information also will appear in the magazine’s print editions later [...]
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Dec
17
Sheheen to Francis Marion University graduates: be courageous
Francis Marion University awarded 350 degrees at its fall commencement ceremony on Saturday, Dec. 17 at the Smith Center on the FMU campus. The graduates included 282 baccalaureate degrees and 68 graduate students in Business, Education, Nursing and Psychology. Among the undergraduates students who marched were 27 majors from FMU’s new Healthcare Administration program. They [...]
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Dec
16
It’s world tour time for FMU’s piano master
Hitting the road for a concert is nothing new for FMU Professor of Music Dr. Paolo Gualdi. The award-winning pianist regularly piles up the miles, both in the United States and Europe, playing recitals and teaching master classes. But Gualdi’s schedule during the upcoming Winter Break is extreme, even for him. During a 25-day stretch [...]
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Dec
14
Another original work by Goff debuts at the PAC
A new symphonic suite for chorus and orchestra by Dr. Brandon Goff, a professor in Francis Marion University’s Music Industry program, will debut Thursday night at the FMU Performing Arts Center. The new work, entitled It is Well … A Healing Suite, will be performed by the Florence Symphony Orchestra and the Masterworks Choir. The [...]
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Dec
14
FMU’s Carter joins executive committee of SCRA board
Francis Marion University President Dr. Fred Carter was recently named to the South Carolina Research Authority (SCRA) board’s executive committee. The SCRA, an applied research corporation based in Columbia, aims to enhance the development of the state’s innovative capabilities to further economic growth, and facilitate university research commercialization. The addition of Carter to the board [...]
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Dec
10
FMU physics grad hopes to work on Wall Street
When Jared Singleton was a young boy, his parents cut the number of cable channels the family received. One they didn’t cut -- whether by choice or accident -- was the Science Channel, a network devoted to the exploration and explanation of scientific history and happenings. Young Jared discovered it. Fast forward a few years [...]
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Dec
09
New Healthcare Admin degree flourishing at FMU
New academic programs typically require a crawl-walk-run phase as they ramp up and become a full-fledged major. Francis Marion University’s new Healthcare Administration major isn’t typical. The inaugural graduating class, which marched Saturday in FMU’s Fall 2016 commencement, boasts 27 students. That’s third most in any major among the more than 300 graduates at this [...]
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Dec
02
Vietnam Memorial Moving Wall coming to FMU
The Moving Wall, a portable replica of the famed Vietnam Memorial in Washington, D.C., is coming to the Francis Marion University campus on Oct. 27. The Moving Wall is the now, 32-year-old project of a group of veterans determined that the experience of the Vietnam Memorial be shared across the nation. It tours the country [...]
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Dec
02
FMU announces faculty tenure and promotions
Francis Marion University’s Office of the Provost recently announced the promotion of 13 faculty members for the 2016-17 academic year. Promoted to full professor were: Dr. Wendy Caldwell Richardson, Department of English, Modern Languages, and Philosophy; Dr. Larry P. Engelhardt, Department of Physics and Astronomy; Dr. Michael P. Hughes, School of Business; Dr. Tracy E. [...]
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