The Student Ambassadors, an RSO on cam­pus ded­i­cated to intro­duc­ing Ferris to high school stu­dents, will have a new name next year along with a few changes.

The pro­gram will no longer be named “Student Ambassadors;” it will be renamed “Student Recruiting Associates”. (more…)

Softball team hit­ting on all cylinders

Six games were played this week for FSU’s soft­ball team, and they came away look­ing bet­ter than ever before. This past Wednesday the team trav­eled to Northwood University for a two-game set, and the Bulldogs ended up win­ning them both by the scores of 6–3 and 13–5, which ended up in a mercy rule in the fifth inning. After the Bulldogs had to post­pone April 20 matches against Saginaw Valley State University because of weather, they took on the Cardinals in four straight games span­ning two days. (more…)

The Jim Crow Museum has been at Ferris State University for many years now. However, the museum is mov­ing from its pre­vi­ous loca­tion in an old class­room on the third floor of the Starr Building to the base­ment of FLITE library and in the process greatly expand­ing itself into a much larger display.

“We were stuck in a con­verted class­room,” said Dr. David Pilgrim, chief diver­sity offi­cer at the Office of Multicultural Student Services and founder of the the museum. “There was no room for the dis­plays there.”

The new facil­ity cer­tainly gives much more room and expands the museum greatly, Pilgrim said. (more…)

Roommates, The Rock Café and res­i­dence hall activ­i­ties are all great oppor­tu­ni­ties for stu­dents liv­ing on cam­pus; how­ever, some may want the expe­ri­ence of liv­ing off cam­pus as an option.

After receiv­ing obser­va­tions and con­cerns that most other state uni­ver­si­ties do not have this same age require­ment, Director of Housing and Residence Life Jon L. Shaffer said this has pro­vided an oppor­tu­nity to review the hous­ing pol­icy. (more…)

Derek Roggenbuck
HVAC engi­neer­ing technology

Did you start in that major when you came to Ferris? Yes, I started in the HVAC pro­gram and grad­u­ated with my associate’s.

What’s your best mem­ory at Ferris State? Some of the best mem­o­ries I have at Ferris State are teach­ing swim lessons at the UREC. I have been teach­ing some of them for four years, and it’s the best feel­ing see­ing your kids grow over the years. (more…)

Illegal dri­ver

April 14 at 10 p.m., traf­fic stop for expired plate at State Street at South Street. Driver was arrested for not hav­ing a license and lodged in the county jail.

Suspended license

April 15 at 1:55 a.m., vehi­cle was stopped at Perry Street for reg­is­tra­tion plate vio­la­tion. Driver was found to be dri­ving on a sus­pended license. (more…)

No Torch issue next week

This issue is the last issue of the semes­ter, so there will be no Torch next week. The Summer Edition of the Torch will be avail­able May 16.

The annual PIGNIC

The Office of Multicultural Student Services is putting on its annual PIGNIC where every­one is wel­come to attend. (more…)

As a rep­re­sen­ta­tive from the fourth con­gres­sional dis­trict, where Mecosta County falls, he has been serv­ing in con­gress since 1991.

Camp’s speech focused mainly on tax­a­tion and fun­da­men­tal reform to the cur­rent tax sys­tem that is imposed upon Americans. He advo­cates some cuts to the sys­tem and a gen­eral reform toward a sim­pli­fied tax code. (more…)

Seven groups of stu­dents as well as three com­mu­nity mem­bers did so at the Innovation Unleashed event on April 11. The idea of the event was to encour­age stu­dent entre­pre­neurs to reach out and bring their busi­ness ideas to life. (more…)

Barger, an FSU junior in busi­ness admin­is­tra­tion, said one rea­son it’s become pop­u­lar in the last two years is because it’s fun, eas­ier and more con­ve­nient, while being a quick means of trans­porta­tion. Barger recently started an open Facebook group called FSU Longboarding in which stu­dents can get together and ride. (more…)