Francis Marion University News

The Francis Marion University men's and women's cross country teams finished 22nd and 23rd in their respective meets at the NCAA Division II Southeast Regional Championships, Saturday morning in Wingate, NC.

FLORENCE, S.C. For those looking to get in a bind, the book festival held annually at Francis Marion University is the place to be.

Thumbs up to Project Turn Around for recently being awarded a $600 South Carolina Arts Commission grant.

Jordan Celeste Horn of Savannah, Ga. and Benjamin Ronald Conner of Florence, SC were married on Saturday, September 26, 2009, at Dr.

FLORENCE, SC Fifth-seeded Francis Marion University will travel west on Interstate 20 to play at the University of Montevallo on Tuesday evening in a first-round match of the 2009 Peach Belt Conference Men's Soccer Tournament.

Francis Marion University hosted a two-day seminar last week saluting the late Gov.

Dierdre Tanecia Young of Effingham, SC and Anthony Victor Cadore of Point Fortin, Trinidad, WI, exchanged nuptials on September 5, 2009, at 5:30 at the home of the bride's parents.

The 18th-ranked Chattanooga Mocs and Wichita State University are tied for the 36-hole lead of the Aldila Scenic City Invitational Golf Tournament at Council Fire Golf Club, while Francis Marion University stands 15th after the first day.

Noted South Carolina historian and ETV radio personality Walter Edgar will headline Francis Marion University's first McNair Center Symposium on Thursday and Friday.

Thursday, October 22, 2009 at 11:58 p.m. South Carolina ranks 37th in the nation on the Energy Efficiency Scoreboard, according to the American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy .

FLORENCE, SC Sporting pink jerseys as part of the Dig Pink National Breast Cancer Awareness Rally, Francis Marion University swept past local-rival Coker College in three games Tuesday evening in non-conference volleyball action.

Florence-Darlington Technical College Instructor of Psychology Chris Thomas has won the Governor's Professor of the Year honors from the S.C. Commission on Higher Education.

FLORENCE, SC Francis Marion University's Gail and Terry Richardson Center for the Child will partner with Barnes & Noble to host a family fun night and book fair on Oct.

Five contestants will compete for the title of Miss Florence at 7 tonight at the Hartsville Center Theater.

FLORENCE, S.C. Francis Marion University junior Clark Richeson was named the Peach Belt Conference's "Goalkeeper of the Week" for the week ending Oct.

Art's Alive and the Pee Dee International Festival have been recognized as premier events that showcase talent.

Francis Marion University's Information Technology Team has recently been rewarded the 2009 Innovation in Technology Award by the South Carolina Information Technology Directors Association.

Florence County School District 1 Superintendent Larry Jackson and Chairman of the Board Porter Stewart campaigned this week for a property tax increase to provide funding for new facility plans.

Francis Marion University Department of Fine arts will present Faculty Jazz at 7:30 p.m. Thursday in Kassab Recital Hall.

When Mary Jane Baber Johnson left Crozet, Va., in the early 1980s for more fertile ground in South Carolina, Crozet got its first stoplight.