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Ferrum College Scales Up its Computer Networking System to New Levels of Service, Security, and Reliability
Ferrum College has chosen Juniper Networks Inc, a high-performance network infrastructure, to rebuild its entire campus-wide network with Juniper switching, network access control (NAC) and firewall/VPN solutions. Ferrum selected Juniper to meet the demanding network requirements posed by exceptional growth in student enrollment, and to enable the college to extend 10 Gigabit Ethernet (10GbE) throughput across the network in support of advanced Voice over IP (VoIP) by fall 2009.
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Ferrum College History Professor to be Featured on a New Series on The Discovery Channel September 8th
Ferrum College Professor of History, Dr. Richard Smith, will be featured on an episode of a new series that will debut on September 8th on The Discovery Channel at 10:00pm. The show will be hosted by award-winning television personality Josh Bernstein, widely known for his popular adventure-archaeology series called “Digging for the Truth” on the History Channel. The episode featuring Dr. Smith, entitled “Africa’s El Dorado,” will focus on the history of the Saharan desert city of Timbuktu, which was the center of the gold trade between the 14th and 16th Century.
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Two Ferrum College Professors, Students/Alumni Take Part in Summit at UVA to Discuss Virginia’s Water Supply
Dr. Dave Johnson and Dr. Jason Powell, along with students Austin French, Autumn Spencer and Tim Pohlad-Thomas traveled to Charlottesville to meet with representatives from the Department of Environmental Quality and other experts to talk about the quality of Virginia’s waters. They also presented the findings of their work on Smith Mountain Lake.
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Ferrum College President Receives Prestigious Paul Harris Fellow Award from Local Rotary Club
On Thursday July 3rd, members of the Rocky Mount Rotary Club awarded Ferrum College President Jennifer Braaten a Paul Harris Fellow Award during the club’s annual Independence Day Festival. Braaten was honored for her role in the revitalization of the College. The Paul Harris Fellow recognition, the highest award presented in Rotary, was created in memory of Paul Harris, the founder of Rotary, as a way to show appreciation for contributions to the Foundation's charitable and educational programs.
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Sanders Family Christmas opens at the Blue Ridge Dinner Theatre on the Ferrum College campus
Sanders Family Christmas opens at the Blue Ridge Dinner Theatre (BRDT) July 15th, and continues until August 2nd. Like the other two Sanders' Family musicals done by the dinner theatre, this musical features more than twenty-five Gospel and Bluegrass songs.
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Ferrum Hosts 4th National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Institute
Ferrum College hosts the 4th Biennial Summer Institute for College and University Teachers, funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). The Institute runs from June 8 through July 4, 2008. The Institute at Ferrum examines Appalachian issues that link regional study to the liberal arts.
Read more »
Two Exhibits Cruise Down the Crooked Road Music Trail
Southwest Virginians have an ear for music, and two new exhibits at the Blue Ridge Institute & Museum of Ferrum College showcase the long history of picking and singing in the mountains. Crooked Road Royalty and Musical Styles Along the Crooked Road are open daily in the museum’s galleries on the Ferrum College campus through February of 2009. The museum is the State Center for Blue Ridge Folklore and a major venue along the Crooked Road: Virginia’s Heritage Music Trail. Gallery admission is free.
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Students! Enter the Ferrum College Video Contest!
Attention Ferrum College Students! We’re offering you a chance to show off your Panther Pride. Here’s a chance to express your creativity and passion. How? Through Ferrum College’s video contest! If you are a full-time Ferrum College student, tell us your story and your love of everything Ferrum. You could win cash prizes!
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Virginia Racing and Rodding History Roars Across the Internet
For 80 years Southwest Virginia has had a love affair with fast automobiles, oval track racing, drag racing, and custom car builders. To tell the story, Ferrum College’s Blue Ridge Institute & Museum has launched a new online exhibit, Full Throttle: Racing and Rodding in Southwest Virginia.
Read more »
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Spring 2008
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Ferrum College Scales Up its Computer Networking System to New Levels of Service, Security, and Reliability
Ferrum College has chosen Juniper Networks Inc, a high-performance network infrastructure, to rebuild its entire campus-wide network with Juniper switching, network access control (NAC) and firewall/VPN solutions. Ferrum selected Juniper to meet the demanding network requirements posed by exceptional growth in student enrollment, and to enable the college to extend 10 Gigabit Ethernet (10GbE) throughput across the network in support of advanced Voice over IP (VoIP) by fall 2009.
Read more »
Ferrum College History Professor to be Featured on a New Series on The Discovery Channel September 8thFerrum College Professor of History, Dr. Richard Smith, will be featured on an episode of a new series that will debut on September 8th on The Discovery Channel at 10:00pm. The show will be hosted by award-winning television personality Josh Bernstein, widely known for his popular adventure-archaeology series called “Digging for the Truth” on the History Channel. The episode featuring Dr. Smith, entitled “Africa’s El Dorado,” will focus on the history of the Saharan desert city of Timbuktu, which was the center of the gold trade between the 14th and 16th Century.
Read more »
Two Ferrum College Professors, Students/Alumni Take Part in Summit at UVA to Discuss Virginia’s Water Supply
Dr. Dave Johnson and Dr. Jason Powell, along with students Austin French, Autumn Spencer and Tim Pohlad-Thomas traveled to Charlottesville to meet with representatives from the Department of Environmental Quality and other experts to talk about the quality of Virginia’s waters. They also presented the findings of their work on Smith Mountain Lake.
Read more »
Ferrum College President Receives Prestigious Paul Harris Fellow Award from Local Rotary ClubOn Thursday July 3rd, members of the Rocky Mount Rotary Club awarded Ferrum College President Jennifer Braaten a Paul Harris Fellow Award during the club’s annual Independence Day Festival. Braaten was honored for her role in the revitalization of the College. The Paul Harris Fellow recognition, the highest award presented in Rotary, was created in memory of Paul Harris, the founder of Rotary, as a way to show appreciation for contributions to the Foundation's charitable and educational programs.
Read more »
Sanders Family Christmas opens at the Blue Ridge Dinner Theatre on the Ferrum College campusSanders Family Christmas opens at the Blue Ridge Dinner Theatre (BRDT) July 15th, and continues until August 2nd. Like the other two Sanders' Family musicals done by the dinner theatre, this musical features more than twenty-five Gospel and Bluegrass songs.
Read more »
Ferrum Hosts 4th National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Institute
Ferrum College hosts the 4th Biennial Summer Institute for College and University Teachers, funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). The Institute runs from June 8 through July 4, 2008. The Institute at Ferrum examines Appalachian issues that link regional study to the liberal arts.
Read more »
Two Exhibits Cruise Down the Crooked Road Music Trail
Southwest Virginians have an ear for music, and two new exhibits at the Blue Ridge Institute & Museum of Ferrum College showcase the long history of picking and singing in the mountains. Crooked Road Royalty and Musical Styles Along the Crooked Road are open daily in the museum’s galleries on the Ferrum College campus through February of 2009. The museum is the State Center for Blue Ridge Folklore and a major venue along the Crooked Road: Virginia’s Heritage Music Trail. Gallery admission is free.
Read more »
Students! Enter the Ferrum College Video Contest!
Attention Ferrum College Students! We’re offering you a chance to show off your Panther Pride. Here’s a chance to express your creativity and passion. How? Through Ferrum College’s video contest! If you are a full-time Ferrum College student, tell us your story and your love of everything Ferrum. You could win cash prizes!Read more »
Virginia Racing and Rodding History Roars Across the Internet
For 80 years Southwest Virginia has had a love affair with fast automobiles, oval track racing, drag racing, and custom car builders. To tell the story, Ferrum College’s Blue Ridge Institute & Museum has launched a new online exhibit, Full Throttle: Racing and Rodding in Southwest Virginia.
Read more »
Fe Dispatch archives online
Spring 2008
More online archives are coming soon.