With Election Day 2010 less than a week away, the GOP is poised to make seri­ous gains at both the state and national levels.

In this elec­tion, all 435 seats in the U.S. House of Representatives and 37 U.S. Senate posi­tions are up for grabs. In Michigan leg­is­la­ture, all 38 state sen­ate and all 110 state rep­re­sen­ta­tive seats are up for reelec­tion as well. (more…)

For stu­dents stay­ing in Big Rapids this sum­mer who are look­ing for some­thing to do, there is a star-studded lineup this con­cert sea­son in the sur­round­ing area.

Nickelback will be bring­ing their Dark Horse World Tour to Van Andel Arena on May 19. Breaking Benjamin, Shinedown, and Sick Puppies will accom­pany them on the tour. (more…)

The Osprey Web Cam Project was ini­ti­ated in the fall of 2008 in hopes to broad­cast images of nest­ing osprey for the Ferris com­mu­nity and sur­round­ing area. (more…)

Early this month, the Ferris Board of Trustees approved a new heat­ing and air con­di­tion­ing project for the Arts and Sciences Complex.

The project entails the instal­la­tion of a new heat­ing, ven­ti­la­tion and air con­di­tion­ing sys­tem in the Arts and Sciences Complex. This includes the Science and Starr Buildings, The Arts and Sciences Commons and G. Mennen Williams Auditorium. (more…)

The end of the semes­ter is only weeks away and for most stu­dents they have only one thing on their minds: summer.

The only prob­lem with mak­ing it to the end of the school year is get­ting through the last few weeks with those dreaded final exams, the term papers that need to be fin­ished, and maybe the wor­ry­ing about those cou­ple of course grades that could use a lit­tle boost. (more…)

“Vignettes Into the Life of Woodbridge N. Ferris”

On April 21 from 1 to 2:15 p.m. join in for a reader’s the­atre play writ­ten by Professor Emeritus William Keller. Victorian tea will be served at 1 p.m. and the play, per­formed by the­atre stu­dents, will begin imme­di­ately after. It will take place in Rankin Dome Room. For more infor­ma­tion, con­tact Mary Kay MacIver at maciverm@ferris.edu or call ext. 3739. (more…)

Aside from his usual teach­ing duties, one Ferris pro­fes­sor has taken it upon him­self to expand the job descrip­tion of a typ­i­cal professor.

Dr. Andy Kantar, a pro­fes­sor in the English Department and the direc­tor of the Ferris Writing Center, not only teaches, but is a pub­lished author as well. (more…)

The pep band per­forms and leads cheers at bas­ket­ball, foot­ball, hockey and vol­ley­ball games.

“We try to pro­vide a lively and fun atmos­phere while stay­ing pos­i­tive,” said Workman. (more…)

Mursalata Muhammad – ASL Motivational Speaker

The Academic Service Learning Project will host moti­va­tional speaker Mursalata Muhammad on April 14 from 5 to 7 p.m. in IRC 121. The pre­sen­ta­tion is designed to encour­age stu­dents to engage in aca­d­e­mic ser­vice learn­ing. For more infor­ma­tion, con­tact Denise Mitten at denisemitten@ferris.edu or call ext. 5317. (more…)

The Energy Center, which falls within the College of Engineering Technology, looks to develop Ferris’ resources and activ­i­ties in energy-related issues and is one of the dri­ving forces behind the two-day con­fer­ence. (more…)