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On Saturday, students around campus, among others, swarmed to the UC front lawn from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. for a unique and celebratory experience of culture and diversity in the Arts International Festival. The annual event was organized to highlight the different cultures, arts and music from other countries, allowing students to get an...
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More than 50 students, staff and faculty gathered at the Founder’s Hall lawn on Monday to celebrate the release of Snow Island Review Volume 35, featuring art and literary works by Francis Marion University undergraduates. Snow Island Review (SIR), FMU’s undergraduate literary magazine, has operated as a student organization for more than 35 years. Sigma...
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More than 30 students gathered at the Honors Center this week for a Study Sesh, a collaborative event held from 4 to 7 p.m. by the Office of Student Life and the Campus Activities Board (CAB), aimed at helping students manage stress as exams approach. The session included academic and school resources, such as tutors...
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Grace Cribb was crowned Miss FMU on Thursday at the 2026 Miss FMU Scholarship Pageant, competing against five contestants before an audience of more than 70 at Chapman Auditorium. Francis Marion University faculty and staff served as judges: Student Health Services nurse practitioner Amy Shockley; Sarah Kershner, associate professor of public health and chai
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More than 60 students, faculty and community members gathered at Harris Auditorium Thursday for the annual Common Author Colloquium featuring author Gary Jackson, who discussed his new book “Small Lives: Poems,” which reimagines superheroes with new themes. The event, hosted by Adam Houle, professor of English who also teaches a creative writing poetry works
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The CAB Spring Egg Hunt led off an exciting Thursday on campus as more than 60 students flocked to the Smith University Center (UC) front lawn for festivities. The egg hunt, organized by the Campus Activities Board (CAB), gave students a chance to take a break from the hustle and bustle of the semester and...
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In observance of Sexual Assault Awareness Month, the Francis Marion University department of sociology welcomed and hosted the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Relatives (MMIWR) task force Wednesday from 3:45 to 5 p.m. Kiley Molinari, an associate professor of anthropology, introduced the panel’s guest speakers. Veronica Smith, a staff member with t
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Associate Professor of Political Science and Chair of the Department of Political Science and Geography Dillion S. Tatum and Associate Professor of Political Science Tobias Lemke hosted more than 45 members of the university community Thursday for a public forum on examining President Donald Trump’s war in Iran. The forum was held within Harris Auditorium lo
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