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The Patriot

The Patriot

Lauren Owens

Lauren Owens , Editor-in-Chief

Hometown: Johnsonville, SC

Major/Minor: Mass Communications/Spanish

Why did you want to work for The Patriot? I wanted to work for The Patriot because I've always loved journalism and photography.

Interesting Fact: I've won awards at the South Carolina Press Association for my stories.

Favorite Candy: Heath Bars! English Toffee is the bomb!

 

 

 

All content by Lauren Owens

A fight in the fitting room

Lauren Owens, Editor-in-Chief
March 8, 2018

Meet the Athletes: Marie Krüger

Lauren Owens, Editor-in-Chief
March 8, 2018
Student Spotlight

Students present research on probiotics

Lauren Owens, Editor-in-Chief
February 15, 2018
Coach-Spotlight

Meet the Coaches: Gary Edwards

Lauren Owens, Editor-in-Chief
January 18, 2018
Professor Spotlight

Professor Spotlight: Dr. Erica Johnson

Lauren Owens, Editor-in-Chief
January 18, 2018
Randy Branch, 2013 FMU graduate, films videos for local businesses and musicians with his company Randy Branch Media.

Alumnus creates videography business

Lauren Owens, Editor-in-Chief
November 16, 2017
Lee Nursing Building

FMU begins doctoral program

Lauren Owens, Editor-in-Chief
October 19, 2017
Professor David Baxley hopes to help students pursuing a career in journalism. He is the faculty advisor for the Student Media Association.

Professor Spotlight: David Baxley

Lauren Owens, Editor-in-Chief
October 5, 2017
The Florence Area Big Band plays jazz music from the 1940s. FMU alum Rod Pope performs with the Florence Big Area Band.

Big band performs free concert

Lauren Owens, Editor-in-Chief
October 5, 2017
Athlete Spotlight

Meet the Athletes: Devin Nelson

Lauren Owens, Editor-in-Chief
October 5, 2017

Faculty sponsors essay competition

Lauren Owens, Editor-in-Chief
September 21, 2017

Walk a mile in their shoes

Lauren Owens, Editor-in-Chief
September 21, 2017

Crosswalk caution

Lauren Owens, Assistant Editor
April 14, 2017
Student Spotlight

Single mother serves campus, community

Lauren Owens, Assistant Editor
February 25, 2017

The power of speech

Lauren Owens, Assistant Editor
February 12, 2017
Professor Jeremy Lewis

Professor Spotlight: Jeremy Lewis

Lauren Owens, Assistant Editor
January 12, 2017
MI Ensemble

MI Ensemble goes on tour

Lauren Owens, Content Editor
November 17, 2016

Low voter turnout for SGA elections

Lauren Owens, Content Editor
October 14, 2016
Professor Spotlight

Professor Spotlight: Dr. Wendy Caldwell

Lauren Owens, Content Editor
September 22, 2016

Gift of singleness

Lauren Owens, Content Editor
September 22, 2016
Student Spotlight

[Photo] Freshman records original music

Leah Power, Staff Writer
September 22, 2016
Move-in Day

[Photo] Move-in day

Rebecca Cross, Managing Editor
September 21, 2016

Right Here, Right Now

Lauren Owens, Content Editor
March 30, 2016
Jonathan Rainey visits Russkiy Island while studying Russian in
Vladivostok, Russia. Rainey has a passion for their history and
enjoys living in a different country, he said.

Grad furthers education in Russia

Lauren Owens, Content Editor
February 24, 2016

Private Fears in Public Places

Lauren Owens, Content Editor
February 2, 2016
Aaron Bunch spends his time outside of classes at FMU and
work training Boykin spaniels for shows. Bunch has three dogs
and has been training Boykin spaniels for most of his life.

Student trains dogs, wins awards

Lauren Owens, Content Editor
February 2, 2016
Eric Belk uses his life experiences to help teach his students business skills that they couldn’t
learn from a book.

Professor Spotlight: Eric Belk

Lauren Owens, Staff Writer
January 15, 2016

The Social Media Stir

Lauren Owens, Staff Writer
December 2, 2015

Strength In Adversity

Lauren Owens, Staff Writer
November 11, 2015

Student Stress: Just the beginning

Lauren Owens, Staff Writer
September 30, 2015
Dr. Will Daniel, assistant professor of political science, recently took a group of students to Europe to learn about the European Union’s political process after studying about it in the classroom.

Professor Spotlight: Dr. Will Daniel

Lauren Owens, Staff Writer
September 30, 2015
Country music group Sawyer Brown has performed more than 4,500 concerts and adds another show to their list on Sept. 25 at the Performing Arts Center in downtown Florence.

[Photo] Country music comes to FMU

Rebecca Cross, Managing Editor
September 30, 2015
Junior Carlie Smith (8), an outside hitter, jumps towards the ball for a spike as the Jaguars get ready to defend their side.

[Photo] Jags drowns in sea of red

Brandon Rybak, Sports Writer
September 30, 2015
The health science facility is scheduled to begin housing classes for the fall semester of 2016. Construction is on schedule and is ex- pected to be finished on-time. The facility is located downtown Florence at the corner of Evans Street and Irby Street.

[Photo] New programs for downtown facility

Rebekah Davis, Assistant Editor
September 30, 2015
Students and faculty eat lunch at The Grille, trying out the Subway addition on its opening day.

Aramark: FMU’s dining service

Lauren Owens, Staff Writer
September 5, 2015
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