A Message From The President
Dear Ferrum Friends, I hope you
are all enjoying a wonderful summer. For many, this is a time of
travel, rest and renewal. For others, the long hours of daylight
present the opportunity to work on projects that were postponed
during the more hectic months of the year. And for most of us, summer
means a healthy balance of refreshment and reinvigoration. |
The campus has been very busy with the construction and renovation involved with FerrumPLUS! We have been inspired by the tremendous work accomplished by Food Services, Housekeeping, Maintenance and the post office staff who have continued to operate in spite of the construction disruption, and we are always grateful for the reassuring presence of Campus Police. We also thank so many of the staff who participated in our “Commitment to Student Welfare” workshops earlier this summer. The valuable input generated from these gatherings will be incorporated into our Strategic Plan. Special thanks to the Blue Ridge Institute for curating the traveling “Car Crazy” exhibit, as well as other traveling exhibits this summer, and congratulations to the Blue Ridge Dinner Theatre upon the conclusion of their successful “touring”season. We also want to particularly thank our summer program staff for coordinating the multiple youth groups -- band camps, Jobs Daughters, Roanoke Youth Symphony, leadership retreats, Girl Scouts of America, soccer camps, etc. -- that make the Ferrum campus so lively during this time. In Academic Affairs, much hard work has continued on the development of our new “Pathways to Success” academic program that will be launched in the fall, an initiative that we are certain will bring the multiple components of the Ferrum academic program into an integrated and comprehensive experience for our students. Many of our faculty, students and staff members have been extremely productive in other ways this summer as well, traveling for study or pleasure to far-flung destinations, taking part in various workshops and conferences and working on individual projects. In particular I urge all of you to visit the exciting “live cam” set up by Bob Pohlad where you can view live action from the Ferrum campus in “real time” from your Internet connection. I have been busier than ever this summer, attending various conferences and meetings of the myriad professional organizations that are so vital to the support of our faculty, staff and students and play such an important role in our educational endeavors. In the space of less than two months I have traveled from Australia to Florida and points in between, attending meetings of the Appalachian College Association (ACA), the Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church; the Bonner Foundation; the Council of Independent Colleges in Virginia (CICV), the International Association of Methodist Schools, Colleges and Universities (IAMSCU), the National College Athletic Association (NCAA); the National Association of Schools and Colleges of the United Methodist Church (NASCUMC), and the Virginia College Fund (VCF). I also visited several foundations during this time, including the Arthur Vining Davis and the Jessie Ball duPont foundations. It is critical that Ferrum have a presence at all of these events, since these organizations contribute tremendous support in one way or another to everything we do as an institution of higher education. Yet, as much as we value the support of these organizations, your generous support, as individual friends and alumni, is tremendously important as well. Alumni giving is at an all time high at Ferrum and we want to especially thank Institutional Advancement for their leadership in this effort. Foundations and major donors consider alumni giving as an important indicator for determining their investment in institutions. We have a number of exciting alumni events scheduled across the state this month and hope that you can join one or more of them. Ferrum College is the sum of its parts, and you are the heart, the soul and the backbone of this wonderful school. May the blessings of these remaining days of summer continue to be yours. |
Sincerely yours,
Jennifer
L. Braaten
President
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Ferrum College
Follows New Leaders in its “Pathways to Success” Program
Ferrum College is
pleased to announce the Pathways to Success academic program. In the midst
of exciting renovations and construction projects to the physical campus,
Vice President and Dean of the College Dr. Leslie Lambert has been working
with Ferrum’s faculty on similarly exciting developments in the
college’s academic architecture. In conjunction with this new initiative,
Ferrum College is also pleased to announce the appointment of the leaders
for this exciting new academic direction.
The Pathways to Success program aims to bring focus to Ferrum College’s mission-derived motto – “Not self, but others.” The Pathways program will build upon Ferrum’s focus on integrated and interdisciplinary programs, tying student-learning experiences in the liberal arts and sciences and with imbedded service learning and experiential education components. Further, it will lead students from these foundational learning experiences into their major programs of study with the goal of helping students gain knowledge and understanding and, in turn, applying skillfully their understanding as they make a commitment to impact their communities, the nation and world. Read more...
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Ferrum College
Continues Monitoring Smith Mountain Lake Water Quality
In a Boston Whaler,
flanked by lab technicians and armed with monitoring equipment of all
sorts, Ferrum College faculty and students will begin their 19th year
of the SML Volunteer Monitoring Program, monitoring water quality on Smith
Mountain Lake in 2005. This summer, through the generosity of the Appalachian
Power Company, the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality and the
Tri-County Lake Administrative Commission, Ferrum will monitor dissolved
oxygen levels in the lake. Funds were raised by the Smith Mountain Lake
Association on behalf of the Ferrum College Life Sciences effort to steward
Smith Mountain Lake water quality through education and monitoring. Read
more...
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Events In August: Shenandoah
Valley Alumni Chapter Roanoke
Alumni Chapter Tidewater-Hampton
Roads Alumni Chapter Tidewater-Hampton
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Ridge Folklife Festival Family
Weekend The President's Speaking Engagements: Sat., Aug. 13 Dr. Braaten to speak at Whitmell UMC prayer mtg. w/ dinner, near Danville Sunday, Aug. 14 Dr. Braaten to speak at Rocky Mount UMC Tues., Nov. 8 Dr. Braaten to speak at Greene Memorial UMC, Roanoke, Women’s Society mtg. Sun,
Nov. 13 Dr. Braaten to speak at Penhook UMC for Founders
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