Francis Marion University held four in-person commencement ceremonies for its spring and summer 2020 graduating classes Friday and Saturday.

Students at Florence One Schools returned to class on Sept. 8 with numerous safety and health guidelines in place due the COVID-19 pandemic.

Francis Marion University resumed in-person classes Sept. 8 after the fall semester’s first three weeks were administered remotely.

A new exhibit at Francis Marion’s University Place Gallery in Downtown Florence pushes the boundaries of art and virtual reality. Will Penny’s “Neutral Zone” opened on Sept. 8 and will run through Oct. 23.

The City of Florence, in conjunction with the Florence chapter of Eat Smart Move, is offering a grant to schools. The grant covers garden design and construction for up to three new school gardens in the city limits or for FSD1 schools whose zones cross s

The national office of Parents as Teachers has informed the Florence 1 Schools Parent as Teachers home visiting program that it has demonstrated high standards in all areas of its annual performance measures report. The home visiting program works with pr

MUSC Health Florence Medical Center and Florence 1 Schools are teaming up to make COVID-19 testing easily available for school district students and staff. This important partnership enables students and staff to get tested for COVID-19 in a timely manner

The Duke Energy Foundation has made a $50,000 gift to Francis Marion University’s new FMU Engineering Makerspace. The gift is a part of the Duke Energy Foundation’s continued support of the Department of Physics and Engineering at FMU. The FMU Engineering

Trinity Collegiate School opened Aug. 20 with 340 students in grades 6 through 12, its largest enrollment to date. The school, which has seen significant enrollment growth over the past decade, credits the record-breaking number to the variety of strong

Florence-Darlington Technical College recently announced the President's and Dean’s Lists for the College’s 2020 summer semester. A full-time student must achieve a 4.0 grade point average to make the President’s List. A full-time student must carry a 3.

Florence One Schools recently released its International Baccalaureate scores for the 2019-2020 school year. More than two dozen Wilson students earned the International Baccalaureate diploma upon graduation. Students had an 85 percent or higher pass rate

Dr. Jeremy Rentsch, an assistant professor of biology at Francis Marion University, was recently named recipient of a grant from South Carolina IDeA Networks of Biomedical Research Excellence’s Bioinformatics Pilot Program, funded by the National Institut

Agreement provides institutions with the assurance of mutual aid in planning, facilities access aas well as support, staffing should need arise. Four public institutions of higher education in the Pee Dee and Low Country regions of South Carolina have ag

MUSC Health-Florence Medical Center and Francis Marion University are proud to announce a partnership to bring COVID-19 testing to the FMU campus. Testing will be available beginning on Monday, Sept. 14, and continue each Monday through September from 8

Ruiz 4 Kids is accepting applications for its Ruiz 4 Kids Mini-Grants for Teachers Program for the 2020-2021 school year. The grants, up to $1,000, are available to educators teaching in a public K-12 school that is within a 50-mile radius of Florence. Th