Forecast Radar Cameras Photos Your weather just got better.

    Ferrum College is officially a WeatherBug site, joining over 8,000 schools and businesses nationwide that actively monitor the weather and collect weather data.  Those interested can go to http://weather.weatherbug.com and enter ‘Ferrum’ to get real-time weather on campus. 

    You can also access other active sites with weather conditions and cameras as well. The college’s WeatherBug camera is currently located on top of the Skeens Alumni Center at Franklin Hall in the center of campus. The zoom, 360 degree camera has its own computer hook-up that attaches to the network.

    This interactive technology will not only display weather events on campus, but will be used by Ferrum College professors as an important interactive tool when teaching a variety of subjects including geography, physics, mathematics and technology.  This system gives Ferrum College access to WeatherBug Achieve, an educational resource that will allow the college to retrieve weather data from around the country. Students can download real-time data to study and analyze everything from rainfall and ocean currents to global warming and weather phenomenons such as El Nino.  Dr. Bob Pohlad, Ferrum College Professor of Biology, says he plans to incorporate the technology in his curriculum, especially with the Watershed Project. The project monitors and analyzes streamflow, precipitation, soils, vegetation, and a wide range of other ecological parameters. He says the opportunities the WeatherBug technology will provide are endless. “This technology gives us a whole new collaborative effort not only with other professors and departments here on the Ferrum College campus, but also with other colleges and universities around the country.”

    For more information on WeatherBug, contact Dr. Bob Pohlad at bpohlad@ferrum.edu or call 365-4367.

    Ferrum College is a four-year, private, co-educational, liberal arts college affiliated with the United Methodist Church. Ferrum offers a choice of nationally recognized bachelor’s degree programs at a cost well below the national average for private colleges. For more information on Ferrum, visit www.ferrum.edu.