LETTER: Reader responds to letter
Published: October 15, 2009
I would like to respond to Linda Page’s letter to the editor of the Florence Morning News on October 8.
Francis Marion University is in Florence County, but it is important to the whole Pee Dee region.
My four sisters and I had to go to Rock Hill to Winthrop College. My five brothers attended Clemson and the University of South Carolina. There was no college nearby.
The performing arts building in downtown Florence will be an asset to the city and county as well as the entire Pee Dee.
I would like to see more support from individuals to FMU. Please join the Swamp Fox Club, give to the FMU Foundation, support its scholarships and encourage students to attend our great university!
In the fall of 2008, there were 4,019 students enrolled at FMU. Ninety-five percent were from South Carolina. Today, the enrollment is higher, and 54 percent are from the Pee Dee. Seventy-nine percent of the alumni still live in the state with 29 percent living in Florence County.
Latta, Ms. Page’s hometown, is a part of Dillon County. There are 587 FMU alumni now living there.
I would like to challenge all towns and counties in the Pee Dee to join the City of Florence in supporting Francis Marion University!
Reader Reactions
I would like to thank the webmaster and the Morning News for permitting reader comments on this letter the editor. I wish you would permit comments on all letters. Please open comments for all letters.
Excellent letter. Francis Marion University is one of the great assets in Florence. Lead by Fred Carter and so many other dedicated and professional administrators and faculty, this university actually serves the Pee Dee region. Unlike so many of our other schools that have large numbers of students from outside South Carolina. Support FMU.
Wonderful Response.
FMU was created on an excellent geographical location as a central campus. This Arts Building should be on the main campus- not inside the City of Florence.
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