11/02/2023
Great time with a fun-loving and diverse group of students from Dr. Ward’s Death and Dying in Social Context course. On October 27, they traveled to Charleston, SC for a night-time, two-hour walking tour of Magnolia Cemetery. The tour guide provided a fascinating history of Charleston’s unique burial customs, and everyone returned with a few ghost stories to tell as well! Many thanks to the Ready to Experience Applied Learning (REAL) program and the Department of Sociology at FMU for helping to fund this special trip!!
Pictured left to right: Cannon Miles (computer science), Jalen Freeman (psychology), Maleah Condrey (sociology), Shelly Hedrick (sociology), Breana McCrimmon (sociology), Mikayla Brown (psychology), Jaiden Dunigan (psychology), Kassie Clark (sociology and psychology), myself (sociology), Monique Ceaser (sociology), Jovon Paige (psychology), and Layla Murray (psychology). Not pictured: Kahvon Brown (political science) and Tahtiahna Goodman (sociology).
04/28/2023
On April 21, Drs. Doucet and Burke took three of our majors to participate in the South Carolina Sociological Association’s Carolina Undergraduate Social Science Symposium.
Our very own James Creel received awards for Best Research Paper and Best Presentation!
10/04/2022
Interested in a career in criminal justice? RSVP today for our upcoming panel on how sociology can help you with a career in the criminal justice system!
09/20/2022
Have you sent your RSVP yet? If not, you better hurry...
Remember that this event is free to all FMU students, faculty, and staff. Each participant will get a potted shrub to create their own topiary to take home!
09/12/2022
Francis Marion University is honored to be included as one of the top Regional Universities in the South by U.S. News & World Report - 2022: Best Value and Social Mobility, Best Regional Universities in the South, Top Public Schools, Best Colleges for Veterans, and Best Value Schools.
https://www.fmarion.edu/fmu-honored-usnews-2022/
09/08/2022
Thinking about graduate school? You will not want to miss our Grad School Panel on September 28. Lunch is provided. Please RSVP by September 20.
06/06/2022
Dr. Rusty Ward has recently published “The effects of nonresponse and follow-up mailings on a citizen survey of law enforcement services” in the peer-reviewed journal, Police Practice and Research. Dr. Ward also delivered the presidential address at the 46th annual meeting of the South Carolina Sociological Association (SCSA) hosted by Francis Marion University in downtown Florence, SC on February 26th. Dr. Ward’s presidential address was titled, “On making sociology matter: Lessons to (un)learn,” and the full-text of his scholarly paper appears in the spring 2022 issue of South Carolina Sociologist, the official publication of SCSA. Congratulations on your recent publications, Dr. Ward!
09/13/2021
Francis Marion University has again been recognized by U.S. News & World Report magazine as one of the top Regional Universities in the South!!!
FMU was also recognized in three sub categories: Top Performer for Social Mobility; Top Public School; and as Best Value School. Read more here: https://www.fmarion.edu/fmu-ranked-among-best-colleges-in-the-south-by-u-s-news-world-report/
09/08/2022
09/13/2021