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Special place, Special partnership

FMU joins CCU, Baruch Foundation to create new research institute at Hobcaw Barony By Tucker Mitchell Hobcaw Barony, with its unique mix of geography, history and...

Brave New World

At FMU’s Wildsumaco Research Station, new species – and new experiences for students – are popping up around every bend

Academia Winter 2018

Francis Marion welcomes 25 new faculty members Francis Marion University welcomed 25 new faculty members to campus as the 2017-2018 academic year began in August. The...

A Man with a Knack

Rich Chapman wasn’t a born administrator but he was a very good one

Wittmann-Price’s research model travels the globe

Wittmann-Price named a 2015-16 Trustee Research Scholar

Awards and Grants Winter 2018

FMU ranked among USN&WR’s top colleges Francis Marion University was once again ranked among U.S. News & World Report magazine’s top Regional Universities in the South....

Masters at Work

Francis Marion University’s cadre of artist-professors straddle two worlds in a never-ending balancing act

Gearing up for engineering’s future

Mechanical Engineering degree is next on the drawing board at FMU By Tucker MItchell Francis Marion University’s first engineering program was launched in 2014 – a...

A Bird? A Plane? No, it’s a SUPER Computer

New 'Patriot Cluster' gives students, faculty a taste of computing power usually only found at large research universities

December 2017 – Commencement View

Check out the views from the December 2017 commencement ceremony.