FLORENCE, South Carolina, March 8 -- Francis Marion University issued the following news on March 6, 2026: * * * FMU Board of Trustees meets, names facility for longtime faculty member The Francis Marion University Board of Trustees held its quarterly meeting Thursday at The Cottage on FMU's main campus. During the meeting, the Trustees approved the naming of a facility in the FMU Performing Arts Center in memory of a longtime faculty member. The D. Keith Best Black Box Theatre, located insi  more

PINE BLUFF, Arkansas, March 8 -- The University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff posted the following news: * * * UAPB Museum Preserves the Legacy of Elizabeth Cash Green, Honoring a Life That Spanned Slavery to the Civil Rights Era * A framed photograph donated by alumnus LTC (RET) Amos King Jr. ensures the story of his great-grandmother-recognized by some historians as one of the last surviving formerly enslaved women in the United States will be preserved for future generations through the UAPB  more