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Dear Alumni:
It is an honor to serve as president of your Alumni
Association for the 2007-2008 term. I would also like to thank
each of the other alumni who serve on this board and are willing
to dedicate their time and energy to making sure this great
university continue to prosper. Thank You! I would also like to
take this opportunity to welcome Kim Turbeville who has been
named Director of Alumni Affairs. Kim is a 1995 graduate of
FMU with a B.A. degree in English. Welcome, Kim!
If you’ve lost touch with your alma mater in recent years
you’re missing out on some of the most exciting times in the
history of the university. It’s almost too much to share in this
short letter, but one of the things I would like to mention is
the completion of the 30,000-square-foot, $8 million nursing
building named for Dr. Frank B. Lee Sr. It is truly an amazing
facility that is a great benefit to our students and to the Pee
Dee region. Also on the horizon is a joint project between the
university and the city of Florence to construct the Francis
Marion University Performing Arts Center which will be located
in downtown Florence. There are many other wonderful things
that are happening but are too numerous to mention them all.
Finally, I would like to share with you the new branding
campaign the university has undertaken. The tag line is “FMU:
Join the Revolution.”
Jane Hart Lewis, director of best practices and training for the
Pee Dee Mental Health Center in Florence, has been honored by
the Francis Marion University Department of Psychology with
an outstanding alumni award.
Lewis received the Professional Psychology Award for 2007-
08 at a reception held recently on the FMU campus.
Lewis earned a bachelor of arts in philosophy and graduated
with a master’s degree in applied psychology from FMU. She
continued her training after finishing the master’s program in
psychology with formal training in rational behavior therapy,
redicision therapy, experiential mapping and dialectical behavior
therapy.
In addition to her job at the Pee Dee Mental Health Center,
Lewis is an adjunct faculty member of the Department of
Psychlogy. She is also a S.C. Licensed Professional Counselor
and a licensed supervisor for professional counselors. She is a
nationally certified psychologist with the National Association
of Master’s Psychologists, and a certified cognitive-behavioral
therapist with the National Academy for Certified Family
Therapists.
Lewis has served as the vice president of the Candlelight
Civitan Club and as president, vice president and treasurer of the
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“Our brand is an expression
of our unique personalityour
traditions, history,
culture, values, mission
and aspirations,” said FMU
President Fred Carter. With
these thoughts in mind we
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would like to invite you to
“Join the Revolution” that is the
FMU Alumni Association. For this great university to continue
to build and create this wonderful legacy we need the support
of each and every alumnus. If you haven’t already joined the
Alumni Association, why not join today online at www.fmarion.
edu/alumni/membership. You can help insure our future and our
success.
Best Wishes,
Stephen N. Jones, ‘88
President, Alumni Association
Lewis receives alumni award
from FMU Psychology Department
Assembly Club and the
Tarantella Club. She
has also served on the
board of directors for
Encore Theatre and has
been director of several
productions at the
Florence Little Theatre
and the Junction
City Little Theatre in
Kansas.
Lewis was selected
as Employee of the Year
by the Greater Florence
Chamber of Commerce
and was named
National Watchdog
of the Taxpayers of
South Carolina State Lewis
Treasurer’s Office. She
won the Florence Little Theatre Irving for playing Elizabeth I in
Vivat, Vivat, Regina.