Francis Marion University is a public university in close proximity to Florence, South Carolina. It is one of the state’s 13 public universities.
History
Named after General Francis Marion, American Revolutionary War Brigadier, the university was established in 1957. A couple of years later, the school moved on a plot of land donated by the Wallace family six miles east of Florence. After years of Florence-area citizens lobbying for a four-year university, in 1970, Governor Robert E. McNair signed into law an act that created Francis Marion College. The college achieved university status in 1992.
Academics & Campus
The 400-acre campus includes 100 acres of pine-hardwood and bottomland forests with a series of trails. The academic departments are divided into three schools: School of Education, School of Business, School of Health Sciences, along with the College of Liberal Arts.
Francis Marion provides five undergraduate degrees and is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. Present-day, the university has roughly 4,000 students enrolled. Francis Marion University offers numerous clubs and organizations, including numerous fraternities and sororities.
For more information, visit: www.fmarion.edu. The campus is located at: 4822 E Palmetto St, Florence, SC 29506, United States.
Athletics – Patriots
The athletics program participates in the NCAA Division II Peach Belt Conference. The men’s golf team competes as an NCAA Division I independent.
The Patriots athletic teams include:
Women: basketball, cross country, soccer, softball, tennis, track & field, and volleyball.
Men: baseball, basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, tennis, and track & field.
In 1993 and ’94, tennis players Mary Hirst and Lee Whitwell won the NCAA Division II Women’s Doubles championship. Golf player, Jonathan Burnett, won the NCAA Division II Men’s Golf championship in 2003. Go Red, Blue, & White!
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