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{{Short description|Public university
{{more citations needed|date=September 2014}}
{{Infobox university
|name = Francis Marion University
|image =
|image_size =
|former_name = Francis Marion College (1970–1992)
|mottoeng =
|established = 1970
|type = [[Public university]]
|endowment = $165.5 million (22-23)
|faculty =
|president = [[Luther F. Carter]]
|city = [[Florence, South Carolina]]
|country = U.S.
|coordinates = {{Coord|34.1904|-79.6542|region:US-SC_type:edu|display=inline,title}}
|students = 4,
|campus = Rural, {{convert|
|colors = Blue, Red, & White<br/>{{
|sports_nickname = [[Francis Marion Patriots|Patriots]], Pats
|mascot = [[Patriot (American Revolution)|Patriot]]
|athletics_affiliations = [[NCAA Division II]], [[Conference Carolinas]], [[NCAA Division I]] [[Southland Conference]]
|website = {{url|www.fmarion.edu}}
|logo = [[File:FMblueredLogo.png|200px]]
}}
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==History==
The university dates back to 1957, when the [[University of South Carolina]] set up a freshman college in a basement room of the Florence County Library. A few years later, in 1961, USC-Florence was set up on land donated by the Wallace family six miles east of [[Florence, South Carolina]].
In 1992, Francis Marion College achieved university status and subsequently changed its name to ''Francis Marion University''. Today, Francis Marion has a student body of approximately 4,000. FMU draws students from across the country and around the world, but remains true to its original mission: to educate the people of the Pee Dee Region and the State of South Carolina. The student body's average in-state enrollment is 95 percent. Just more than half of FMU's students come from the Pee Dee Region.
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[[File:StokesFallBldg1 lg.jpg|alt=Stokes Administration Building|thumb|224x224px|Front View of Stokes Administration Building]]
Francis Marion is [[educational accreditation|accredited]] by the Commission on Colleges of the [[Southern Association of Colleges and Schools]] (SACS) to award [[bachelor's]] and [[master's degree]]s. The business programs are accredited by the [[Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business]] (AACSB). The teacher education programs of the university are accredited by the [[
==Campus==
Located on a {{convert|400|acre|ha|0|adj=on}} tract of land originally included in a [[land grant|grant]] by the [[King of England]] and later made a [[cotton plantation]] by the Wallace Family, Francis Marion University is situated {{convert|6|mi|km}} east of Florence. The [[campus]] includes {{convert|100|acre|ha|0}} of mixed pine-hardwood and bottomland forests accessed by a series of trails. The university is located on U.S. Highways 76 and 301
===Academic facilities===
[[Image:Lee Nursing.jpg|thumb|right|Lee Nursing Building, home of the FMU Nursing Program]]
The university's physical plant includes eleven major buildings
The university has a writing center.
Completed in Summer 2011, the FMU Performing Arts Center is located in downtown Florence
The Griffin Athletic Complex, located near the main FMU campus, opened in 2012
==Faculty==
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==Athletics==
{{main|Francis Marion Patriots}}
The Francis Marion athletics program is a member of the [[NCAA Division II]] [[Conference Carolinas]] (CC), which consists of 13 member schools in [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]], [[North Carolina]], [[South Carolina]], and [[Tennessee]]. FMU joined CC after 31 years in the [[Peach Belt Conference]].<ref>{{cite press release|url=https://conferencecarolinas.com/newmembers|title=Conference Carolinas Announces Addition of Francis Marion and UNC Pembroke|publisher=Conference Carolinas|access-date=April 18, 2020|archive-date=October 18, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211018073714/https://conferencecarolinas.com/newmembers|url-status=dead}}</ref> The school sponsors 15 intercollegiate varsity sports; men's sports are baseball, basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, tennis, and indoor
==Student life==
Francis Marion University fields numerous [[Fraternities and sororities in North America|fraternities and sororities]], as well as other clubs and organizations on campus.
The university has had four presidents to date:
▲==University Presidents==
▲The university has had four presidents to date: Dr. Walter Douglas Smith (1969 to 1983), Dr. Thomas C. Stanton (1983 to 1994), Dr. Lee A. Vickers (1994 to 1999), and Dr. [[Luther F. Carter|Luther Fred Carter]], the current president.
==Notable alumni==
* [[Bree Boyce]] - Miss South Carolina 2011
▲* [[Yancey McGill]] - Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina
* [[Mark L. Walberg]] - Television Host
* [[Alan Wilson (South Carolina politician)|Alan Wilson]] - Attorney General of South Carolina
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* [[Josh Edgin]] - Former New York Mets pitcher
* [[Terry Alexander (politician)|Terry Alexander]] - Member of the South Carolina House of Representatives
* [[Carl Anderson (South Carolina politician)|Carl Anderson]] - Member of the South Carolina House of Representatives
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