Francis Marion University
Francis Marion University (FMU) is an American university in South Carolina near the city of Florence .
The university is named after the war hero Francis Marion and was founded in 1957. It initially only served as a University of South Carolina freshman center until it became a full-fledged college in 1970 .
There are currently about 4,000 students at FMU, 93 percent of whom were born in South Carolina .
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Coordinates: 34 ° 11 ′ 28.9 " N , 79 ° 39 ′ 11.8" W.