Francis Marion University (FMU) honored long-time university friend and advocate of the downtrodden, the late Fred Sheheen, at a special event at the FMU Performing Arts Center on Jan. 26. More than 150 state leaders, university officials and faculty, and friends and family turned out for a tribute to Sheheen that culminated with naming of the FMU Non-Profit Leadership Institute (NPLI) in Sheheen’s honor. Sheheen, a Camden native whose career was spent in public serve to the people of South Carolina, was killed in a tragic auto accident in June 2016.