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Oct
13

Colleges should help students who need it most. We do.

The below op-ed by President Carter appeared in the print edition of The Post & Courier on Thursday, October 12.
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Oct
04

FMU’s Graduate Degree in School Psychology Ranked 4th in the Nation

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 [...]
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Sep
29

Longtime FMU Professor receives honorary degree from FMU

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 [...]
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Sep
18

FMU once again ranked among U.S. News & World Report’s “Best Colleges”

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 [...]
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Sep
11

Francis Marion recognized as a 2023 Great College to Work For® eleven years in a row

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 [...]
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Sep
07

FMU Board of Trustees names facilities in new School of Education/School of Business Building for longtime faculty members

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 [...]
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Aug
24

FMU fall semester underway with new programs, record scholarship funding

Francis Marion University’s fifty-third academic year is underway and with it, a few new programs as well as record scholarship funding. During the university’s annual faculty welcome event, FMU President Fred Carter provided updates on funding, scholarships, and academic programs. Carter praised the faculty for their teaching and research accomplishments and discussed appropriations and new [...]
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Aug
22

Chemistry Department Welcomes Dr. Trevor Baumgartner

The Chemistry Department welcomes Dr. Trevor Baumgartner. Dr. Baumgartner received his B.S. in Chemistry (with a Biochemistry emphasis) from Bemidji State University in Minnesota in 2013.  He then earned his PhD in Biochemistry from North Dakota State University in Fargo in May 2023.  His research focuses on using S. cerevisiae (yeast) with CRISPR-Cas9 targeted gene […]

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Aug
21

Chemistry Professors Presented Service Pins

Dr. Barbara Holliman and Dr. Kris Varazo were presented with service pins at the FMU Faculty Reception on Monday, August 21, 2023. Dr. Holliman has served the Chemistry Department for 40 years and Dr. Varazo, 20 years.

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Oct
17

FMU ready to host 2022 Pee Dee Fiction and Poetry Festival

The 15th Annual Pee Dee Fiction and Poetry Festival

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Jan
26

Associate English Professor Named Winner of Fellowship

Dr. Jo Angela Edwins: Associate Professor of English, was named the 2014 winner of the 5th Annual Carrie McCray Nickens Fellowship in poetry by the South Carolina Academy of Authors. Edwins’ manuscript was chosen in a blind competition by this year’s judge, poet Lavonne J. Adams. The fellowship in poetry was established in 2009 to […]

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Jan
26

Associate English Professor Publishes New Anthology of Prize-Winning Short Stories

Associate Professor of English Philip Gardner, whose previous collections include Somebody Wants Somebody Dead (Boson Books 2012) and Someone to Crawl Back To (Boson Books 2003), has a new anthology of 18 select and prize-winning short stories, appearing as Available Light (Bitingduck Press, November 1, 2013).

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