With sum­mer in full swing, the Ferris State foot­ball pro­gram is look­ing to find some hid­den tal­ent in the high school ranks dur­ing the 2010 sum­mer camp program.

The sum­mer camp pro­gram, which con­sists of three main events dur­ing July, will give high school ath­letes from around the state the oppor­tu­nity to prac­tice under the guid­ance of the Bulldog coach­ing staff. (more…)

SANTA CRUZ, Calif. _ At Monte Vista Christian School, his­tory text­books could soon be a relic of the past. Ditto for tomes on biol­ogy and English lit­er­a­ture. And spiral-bound note­books and pens _ who needs them?

They’re so old school when you have a 16GB iPad, and Monte Vista has 60 of the lat­est must-have tech­nol­ogy from Apple for use in class­rooms. The iPads were intro­duced Thursday to advanced place­ment stu­dents who will par­tic­i­pate in a pilot project. If all goes well, Headmaster Stephen Sharp antic­i­pates replac­ing heavy and expen­sive text­books with cheaper, inter­ac­tive e-versions. (more…)

The Ferris women’s vol­ley­ball pro­gram recorded its 12th con­sec­u­tive win­ning sea­son dur­ing the 2009 sea­son with an over­all record of 19–12 and will look to build off the suc­cess in 2010.

The Bulldogs also made their 12th con­sec­u­tive Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Tournament (GLIAC) appear­ance and 15th NCAA Division II tour­na­ment show­ing dur­ing the 2009 sea­son. Ferris is 7–15 over­all in NCAA Division II tour­na­ment play. The Bulldogs claimed the pro­grams ninth GLIAC Championship in 2004 by win­ning the leagues post­sea­son tour­na­ment. The team will have eight return­ing upper­class­men, seven under­class­men, and two incom­ing recruits for the 2010 sea­son. (more…)