No Torch next week

There will not be an issue of the Torch printed on Wednesday, Nov. 23 due to the hol­i­day weekend.

All classes will be dis­missed at noon on Nov. 23.

No park­ing overnight dur­ing the win­ter

In order for the City of Big Rapids to prop­erly remove all snow and ice from streets dur­ing the win­ter months, no indi­vid­u­als are per­mit­ted to park their vehi­cle on any city street.

The rule went into effect on Nov. 15 and will last until March 1. Between the hours of 2–6 a.m., any vehi­cles parked in vio­la­tion may be tick­eted and/or impounded by the police.

Sidewalk snow removal notice

For any owners/occupants of an apartment/house, it is their respon­si­bil­ity to remove the snow and ice from the side­walks on their property.

A notice from the City of Big Rapids, Department of Public Works stated the occu­pant of any premises, or the owner of any unoc­cu­pied premises is required to keep the side­walks in front of or adja­cent to such premises cleared from snow and/or ice for pedes­trian use.

Accumulation of snow and/or ice is to be cleared within 12 hours.

Ferris part­ners with Wayne County Community College

Ferris State is part­ner­ing with Wayne County Community College District in order to ben­e­fit fam­i­lies in south­east Michigan.

On Nov. 9, there was an open house hosted by Ferris and WCCCD in Harper Woods, where WCCCD is located.

The open house was set up to intro­duce the new part­ner­ship, along with explain­ing what Ferris pro­grams are going to be offered at WCCCD.

The Bachelor of Science degree pro­grams that are avail­able are crim­i­nal jus­tice, infor­ma­tion secu­rity and intel­li­gence, dig­i­tal media soft­ware engi­neer­ing, allied health sci­ences and den­tal hygiene.

Ferris Alumnus becomes Red Wings assis­tant coach

This past sum­mer Jeff Blashill, Ferris alum­nus, accepted the posi­tion to be the NHL assis­tant coach for the Red Wings.

Blashill came to Ferris as a stu­dent in 1994, where he played on the D1 hockey team as the goal­tender. After the first year, he earned the Rookie of the Year Award.

After grad­u­at­ing, Blashill became the assis­tant coach for the Ferris hockey team for a few years until he took the assis­tant coach offer at Miami University.

He stayed at that posi­tion until 2008, when he was named head coach and gen­eral man­ager of the Indiana Ice of the United States Hockey League. He served these roles until 2010, when he became head coach of Western Michigan’s hockey team.

Eventually Blashill’s name became so well known in the hockey world that it caught the atten­tion of Detroit Red Wings head coach Mike Babcock, who then offered him a position.

Student Government’s fourth annual Holiday Food Drive

From Nov. 14 to Dec. 5, the Student Government Association is putting on a food drive.

Each hol­i­day, bins are set up in res­i­dence halls and other uni­ver­sity build­ings for stu­dents to donate food items. The pur­pose of this event is to help local fam­i­lies dur­ing the holidays.

For more infor­ma­tion, con­tact Carli Denholm at ext. 2611.

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