Winter 2018
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December 2017 – Commencement View
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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...
FMU Athletics Round-up
Women’s Volleyball
Record: 9-18
Peach Belt Finish: 3-9 (6th)
First-year head coach Lauren Baufield fielded a very young Patriot squad in 2017 with only two seniors and...
Internships make FMU’s Industrial Engineering program go
By Matt McColl (‘09)
Francis Marion University launched its Industrial Engineering program in the spring of 2014.
Four years later it’s already paying dividends for the...
New alumni director has deep roots with FMU
Alumni often find their way back to Francis Marion.
Count Lee Daugherty (‘89) among them.
Daugherty is FMU’s new director of alumni affairs. He...
Alumni Association changing of the guard
Bailey happy to have made a difference
Outgoing President of the Francis Marion University Alumni Association Craig Bailey is proud to have left his...
FMU students see the world, experience growth through BCM’s “Love Goes”...
By Lauren Owens (’18)
For FMU student Kennon Strowd, a summer spent surveying water wells and meeting the locals in a remote corner of India...
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....
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...
Class Notes Winter 2018
Ninteen 70s
Lang Beaty (‘74) was awarded the 2017 John J. Kispert Leadership Award at FMU’s Annual Staff Awards Luncheon.
Billy Hoylen (’75) and Hoylen Agency,...