Pilgrim to speak at NAACP forum

Ferris State University’s Vice President for Diversity and Inclusion, Dr. David Pilgrim, has been invited to speak at a national forum on con­tem­po­rary racism and intol­er­ance. The forum titled “From Symbols of Hate to Portraits of Understanding” will bring together mem­bers from dif­fer­ent cul­tures to address, iden­tify and find solu­tions for prob­lems stem­ming from hatred in the United States. The cur­rent dis­course in our nation regard­ing the dig­nity and respect of diverse cul­tures, var­i­ous eth­nic groups and per­sonal sex­ual ori­en­ta­tion give rise to an impor­tant need for con­tin­u­ous dis­cus­sion related to these mat­ters. All indi­vid­u­als who believe these issues are impor­tant enough to dis­cuss are invited to attend. The event will be held on April 30 at the UAW/General Motors loca­tion in down­town Detroit and is free to the pub­lic. More infor­ma­tion related to the event can be found at prnewswire​.com/​n​e​w​s​-​r​e​l​e​a​s​e​s​/​n​a​t​i​o​n​a​l​-​f​o​r​u​m​-​f​r​o​m​-​s​y​m​b​o​l​s​-​o​f​-​h​a​t​e​-​t​o​-​p​o​r​t​r​a​i​t​s​-​o​f​-​u​n​d​e​r​s​t​a​n​d​i​n​g​-​1​1​9​8​8​6​7​2​9​.​h​tml

Spaghetti Bridge Competition

The 11^th annual Spaghetti Bridge Competition was held at Ferris State University on March 19 — 20. First through fifth place win­ner were awarded to teams in four cat­e­gories: Authentic Bridge Design, Oral Presentation, Written Presentation and Load-Bearing Competition.  First, sec­ond and third places were awarded to the competition’s over­all winners. 

The com­pe­ti­tion was estab­lished in 1999 to encour­age sci­ence, math­e­mat­i­cal and engi­neer­ing skills in high school students. This com­pe­ti­tion included 20 high schools through­out the state of Michigan, includ­ing Sacred Heart Academy’s Team * and the Noodlepalooza! Team. It was designed to be an enjoy­able, chal­leng­ing, team-oriented, prob­lem solv­ing opportunity. All teams worked hard in com­ing up with an oral and writ­ten pre­sen­ta­tion of their design the­o­ries, as well as con­struct­ing an authen­tic bridge before the com­pe­ti­tion. Judging for this took place on the first day. The fol­low­ing day the teams had two hours to con­struct a free­stand­ing bridge that crossed an open span of 24 inches using only two pounds of spaghetti and six sticks of glue. The bridges were then tested to deter­mine which one held the most weight.

Cash prizes for teams earn­ing first through fifth place in each cat­e­gory ranged from $50 to $500 for school labs, class­rooms or clubs. SHA’s team placed first over­all, with each team mem­ber earn­ing a $2,000 schol­ar­ship to Ferris State University. Team mem­bers include seniors Richie Flannery and Mitchell Reetz along with sopho­mores Lindsey DeRoche and Dakota Manley. The team placed first in writ­ten pre­sen­ta­tion and sec­ond in bridge design and oral presentation. 

11^th annual Torchbearer Awards Ceremony

All are wel­come to attend Ferris State University’s 11^th annual Torchbearer Awards Ceremony on April 27 at 7 p.m. in the Williams Auditorium. The Torchbearer Leadership Awards Ceremony started as an annual tra­di­tion in 2000 by the Office of Student Leadership and Activities to rec­og­nize the achieve­ments of stu­dent lead­ers, stu­dent orga­ni­za­tions and the faculty/staff that sup­port their efforts at Ferris.

Those in atten­dance will have a chance to see the Torchbearer Awards, Rising Star Awards, Outstanding Campus Advisor, Greek Awards, Initiative 125 Awards, and the Five-Star RSO Awards be given to recip­i­ents. At this year’s cer­e­mony, Nichole Wheelock, for­mer Torchbearer Award recip­i­ent, will deliver the keynote. Light hors d’oeuvres and refresh­ments will be served at 6 p.m. prior to the start of the 7 p.m. cer­e­mony. This event is busi­ness casual attire. Anyone with a dis­abil­ity and is in need of spe­cial accom­mo­da­tions to attend should con­tact exten­sion 2606. n

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