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FMU Home > News > Archived News Releases > 1999

January 1999 News Releases for January 1999 are not available electronically.			February 1999 L.F. Swails, FMU biology deparmtent chair, to retire Kraikit gives $25,000 to Francis Marion University International Business program FMU Fine Arts Scholarship established in memory of Urma I. Thompson Live satellite teleconference on eating disorders set Thursday, Feb. 25 at Francis Marion University Economic Outlook brings Hoffman-LaRoche CEO Zenner to Florence FMU Art Gallery features paintings of South Carolina's Dowis Employee News Hallelujah Singers bring "Gullah" program to FMU Free Symphony Concert set at FMU FMU Students Selected for Honor Band; To Perform Friday FMU Seeks $8.9 Million in Capital Improvements Lundy New Internal Auditor at FMU First Tuesday Arts Series features duo at Francis Marion University FMU Psychology Club working to help others FMU Ars Medica donates $5,400 to local clinic English class donates writing project to FMU Rogers Library FMU field study courses "going west" Pee Dee Education Center announces plans for move, new facility near FMU campus FMU Students Display Works FMU's Vickers Named President of Dickinson State University FMU alum becomes partner in law firm FMU PROFESSORS' ACTIVITIES UPDATE 3rd graders invade FMU campus for county-wide Storytelling Festival Carraway named outstanding FMU business graduate FMU Public Relations Program Gets Merit Award
March 1999 Summer Courses, You & FMU FMU ART COURSE VIEWING ART FIRSTHAND FOUR TEACHERS RECEIVE NATIONAL CERTIFICATION FMU ALUM PROMOTED PLAYWRIGHT GIVES APPROVAL TO FMU PERFORMANCE Gray display sculptures at FMU Location Changed for March 8 Meeting of FMU Trustees Author Pat Conroy To Speak at FMU Camper to discuss snake roundups Barrett Named Associate Provost at FMU Faculty News FMU Department Wins Safety Award It's nearly spring and music is in the air! FMU hosts NanYa international lectures, featuring State Department representative, foreign dignitaries, and FMU professors FMU Trustees To Meet Via Telephone March 18 Peter Horry & Marion's Brigade are topic of Heritage Center Program at CCU FMU Math Department Ready to Tackle & Solve Community Problems Carter Named Fourth President of Francis Marion University Y2K: How ready is FMU? Columbia native, Oglesby, named FMU Homecoming Queen Pacolet native, Porter, named FMU Homecoming King FMU taking entries in International Environmental Essay Contest FMU offers advising for students in evening classes FMU sorority to host open house; offer a "Glimpse Back in Time" Six FMU Students Inducted into Phi Alpha Theta Hendrick to Head Heritage Center Board Nice receives $500 award FMU HOSTING ANNUAL SPECIAL OLYMPIC GAMES Artists, students display works in FMU galleries University Theatre to perform Williams' "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" FMU employees, students donate 2,571 cans of food			April 1999 FMU's Pruitt returns to full-time teaching FMU Program for Young Scholars Taking Applications 16 FMU Students Named to Who's Who Enroll now to become certified to teach Florence Artists Auction Works at FMU Pompe's works selected for show; Marion exhibit FMU teacher education program evaluated for accreditation 13 Teachers Chosen for FMU Writing Project FMU Professor Wins Sasakawa Fellowship FREE CERAMICS WORKSHOP AT FMU Vickers Couple Honored for Service to FMU FMU's Spring Enrollment Ranks Fifth FMU Trustees To Meet April 21-22 FMU employee news Spring Choral Concert set FMU Hosts 22nd Annual Art's Alive! Auction To Benefit FMU Art Students Hank Jones to perform at Art's Alive Gwinnett Festival Singers to perform at Art's Alive "Lenti 20" to perform at Art's Alive! Carter To Address FMU Faculty Harding Named FMU's Distinguished Professor No Fee Increase Planned for Francis Marion University
May 1999 FMU offers short spring term course on family life FMU offering school psychology courses in summer school 23 FMU students inducted into Honor Society DEGREES AWARDED AT FMU COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES MAY 8 Students inducted into political science honor society Graham named Ms. FMU Students inducted into Pi Gamma Mu honor society FOUNDATION GIVES $65,000 TO FMU for NURSING SCHOLARSHIPS FMU Accounting Society Names Scholarship Winners JUDGE ANDERSON NAMED FMU OUTSTANDING ALUM LIFE SCHOLARSHIPS ENTER 2ND YEAR JULIA KREBS NAMED FMU DEPARTMENT CHAIR/FMU'S KNOWLES IS PUBLISHED FMU AWARDS ACADEMIC HONORS FMU ANNOUNCES PRESIDENT'S LISTS AND DEAN'S LISTS FOR 1999 SPRING SEMESTER Register now for summer courses at Francis Marion University FMU golf tournament scores $10,500 for scholarships FMU's Center for Economic Education offers summer course Dining Services gives $1,500 to FMU scholarships FMU is one site of state government's Y2K readiness workshop Two FMU Alums Appointed to Board of Trustees FMU's Stokes, Knowles, Hall are published			June 1999 Turner Named Student Life Coordinator at FMU FMU BLOOD PRESSURE SCREENING RESULTS ANNOUNCED Pace To Chair FMU's Education Department FMU students win Sierra Club grants for biology trip Roche Donates Chemistry instrument to FMU program Charleston Alumni of FMU Meet June 27 Greenwood's Edmonds Elected to FMU Board of Trustees FMU GRAD PUBLISHES FIRST NOVEL BellSouth Pioneers contribute to FMU scholarship Department of Education gives $2,000 to FMU Young Scholars FMU Offers Teacher Certification Program in German FMU SAYS GOODBYE TO TWO LONG-TIME EMPLOYEES PEE DEE ELECTRIC GIVES $58,990 to FUND FMU SCHOLARSHIPS Roche Carolina gives $10,000 toward exchange program FMU Students Get Accepted into Professional Health Sciences Programs
July 1999 NEW SGA OFFICERS MOVE IN AT FMU Lynch Named Volunteer Chaplain at FMU FMU Education Department to host information session FMU's Tuttle Receives Playwright Arts Commission Fellowship FMU Trustees Adopt $33.9 Million Budget FMU's Thrower retiring, but staying active APOLLO THEATRE HOLDING KIDS TALENT SEARCH TONIGHT AT FMU Sallenger Named FMU's Outstanding Staff Employee Latta School Board okays $10,000 FMU Teacher Ed Scholarship Carter Receives National Governors Award For Distinguished Service to State Government FMU to Begin its 30th Year FMU Trustees To Meet Aug. 5 FMU Planetarium Website receives award of excellence			August 1999 Grande receives teaching scholarship FMU HOSTS GE/QEM PARTNERSHIP WORKSHOPS FMU's Udogu is published/FMU's Zadek presents paper FMU Summer Enrollment Up, though Summer II headcount down Barnes-Young Named to FMU Advising and Retention Post FMU OFFERING STUDENTS CHANCE TO VOLUNTEER FMU receives $52,000 from the state CHE National Psychology Groups to Meet at FMU in Year 2000 Carter to be installed as FMU's 4th President Area Students participate in FMU's Program for Young Scholars Francis Marion University awards scholarships FMU recognized for having one of South's most diverse student bodies FMU students practicing what they're taught! FMU math department offers practical solutions to problems; Wins award for work with ESAB FMU Art Gallery features quilts of Roberta Olmstead SCANA Donates $100,000 to Francis Marion University on Behalf of Creighton McMaster
September 1999 1998-99 gifts to Francis Marion exceed $1 million FMU PLANETARIUM TO BE CLOSED DURING SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER Prospective students, alumni meet FMU Patriots on Tour Prospective students, alumni meet FMU Patriots on Tour Prospective students, alumni meet FMU Patriots on Tour at Wallace Hall Prospective students, alumni meet FMU Patriots on Tour Prospective students, alumni meet FMU Patriots on Tour Prospective students, alumni meet FMU Patriots on Tour Denton to perform "Life and Music of Herbert L. Clarke" FMU receives $110,404 for technology training FMU employees published, promoted Goodman speaks at graduation, exhibits works FMU FALL CULTURAL EVENTS CALENDAR NOW AVAILABLE Williams, Brown appointed to FMU Board of Trustees TOWN OF LATTA GIVES $1,000 to FMU FRESHMAN Area supporters give $11,000 to university for scholarships FMU's Xu signs book contract Alberty composition to be performed FMU's Fox makes presentations, is published FMU STUDENTS CONDUCTING CHEMISTRY RESEARCH Classes Cancelled at Francis Marion University FMU CANCELATIONS DUE TO HURRICANE FLOYD Francis Marion University Cancels Classes Until Monday FMU ART GALLERY SERIES FEATURES ALUMNI INVITATIONAL FMU Signs Exchange Agreement With German School University Holds Open House for prospective students FMU Faculty Senate elected Art gallery features works by Rose Metz Francis Marion Alumni Association names officers FMU CHEMISTRY LABS RECEIVE SAFETY AWARD FMU Professors planning Spring European Theatre Trip FMU WEBSITE ADDS CATALOGS FMU ANNOUNCES NEW FACULTY MEMBERS Author, Former State Legislator to Speak at FMU McCall receives FMU chemistry scholarship FMU Accepting Papers for Americanism Scholarship Competition			October 1999 Nevitt exhibit opens Oct. 19 Leary exhibits pottery at Francis Marion University FMU selects AAUP officers Web-based learning explored via live, interactive teleconference is set at FMU on Thursday, Oct. 7 University Theatre to present Caucasian Chalk Circle Harpsichord duo set to perform Oct. 27 at FMU FMU takes on "Flag Flap" FMU Hosts Foreign Language Declamation Shenandoah Shakespeare Express to perform at FMU Joyner to explore Southerners' shared traditions Libraries, Copyright and the Internet Occupational Health and Safety Seminar Set for Nov. 4 FMU Trustees Meet Oct. 21-22 Abbott to be guest Hunter Lecturer in Literature at FMU FMU FACULTY/STAFF NEWS NCATE ACCREDITS FMU's TEACHER EDUCATION PROGRAM Grooms receives scholarship at FMU FMU CREATES MATH COMPUTER LAB FMU FACULTY FEATURES FMU's Fall Enrollment Is 3,814
November 1999 Renaissance Lute concert planned at FMU FMU Computer Club to meet, discuss Y2K Bug Air Force Jazz Ensemble to Perform at FMU Student named library assistant of the month Student directs, student writes one-acts for production UPE Inducts students, faculty member FMU Offers Economics Course to Teachers Timmonsville School Board okays $40,000 for FMU Scholarship FMU students can get immunization to prevent meningitis MBA alumni hold breakfast for faculty, grads, students Take a Spring trip to London & Athens to tour theatres FMU students get training to lead local culture tours FMU FACULTY NOTES Udogu has article published Scholarship honors FMU professor Skip Hendrick FMU hosts teleconference on testing Professor gets electronic bibliography published FMU Choral Groups Ring in Holidays with free concert Free Holiday Wind, Jazz Concert set at FMU Faculty, staff, students participate in MADD safety campaign			December 1999 FMU Faculty News FMU Homecoming 2000 set for Jan. 29 FMU Holiday Hours FMU Presents African Art FMU student teacher gets grant to teach manners FMU student report goes to senate subcommittee FMU to confer honorary degrees at December commencement; Justice Toal to speak Garrett named Ms. FMU Some FMU Employees Awarded $300 Bonuses FMU Professor Ron Hall has philosophy book published FMU Professor Richard Larsen dies DEGREES AWARDED AT FMU COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES DEC. 18