Focus Magazine F/W 22

I had always heard Francis Marion University was a great school to attend. I have family members who are alumni, including my dad. My whole experience at FMU left me feeling changed in a lot of ways. I met some of my best friends at FMU. My favorite professor was Dr. Sarah Kershner, my advisor […]

My career has taken a different path, but my experiences, classwork, and professors definitely helped me frame my mindset so that I could always be a leader in whatever industry I pursued. I walked away from FMU with such an amazing education that I just felt super prepared for the real world and able to […]

I went to Francis Marion University on scholarship to play soccer, and I ended up running track and cross country as well. It was fun. I enjoyed it, and I had a great time. Dr. Whiteley, who was the cross country coach, was awesome. He cared about my athletics, but he cared more about me […]

The education I got there has been the foundation of what I would like to think is my success. FMU means the world to me.

I was able to help people because of the foundation that was instilled in me.

At the time, it was Francis Marion College, and one of my best friends from high school was attending FMU. He had been there for a year before I started. It seemed like it was a smaller and more comfortable fit for me. That was pretty much why I enjoyed it. My family were all […]

It was a great place to find myself and figure it all out.

I would tell anyone who wanted to attend FMU to enroll as soon as possible. If I could make the grade, then the young folk right out of high school can make it, too. Being an alumna of FMU really helped me my whole life, and I made so many friends. It’s great to be […]

I started out at Francis Marion University with the intention of transferring out, which never happened. I wanted to start small and maybe branch out to a larger school… but once I got there, I actually really, really enjoyed being there on campus and everything. I liked my instructors and the people that I met, […]

FMU was home and a safe place. I wouldn’t trade it for anything in the world.

Dr. Morgan Coker was a big influence on me attending Francis Marion University. He was chairman of the Business Department at the time. He told me that FMU would be a great place for me to go. His family was from the Turbeville, SC area, which was my area of Clarendon County, so that was […]

It was tough, but that was what made me feel prepared.