FLORENCE, SC – Francis Marion University’s spring 2018 class will be the second largest in the University’s 48-year history, with nearly 400 undergraduate and graduate degrees being conferred, according to a press release.
The ceremony will begin at 10 a.m. on Saturday, May 5 in the Smith University Center Gymnasium. South Carolina Senator Harvey Peeler will deliver the commencement address.
Peeler has been a member of the South Carolina Senate since 1981 representing Cherokee, Spartanburg, Union and York counties comprising South Carolina District 14. He was the Senate majority leader from 2005 to 2016, has served on the education, ethics, finance, interstate cooperation, transportation committees and is the chairman of the Medical Affairs Committee.
