The Ferrum College Titmus Agricultural Center is garnering national attention, ranking among the best college farms in the United States. In December, U. S. College Ranker placed the Titmus Center #8 on its 40 Best College Farms list. More recently, the Center was ranked #20 on the College Rank 35 Best College Farms list. The Titmus Agricultural [...]
American journalist and photographer Dennis Dimick will be Executive in Residence at Ferrum College on Tuesday, February 14, 2017. Dimick will give a public keynote address at 11:15 a.m. in the Blue Ridge Mountain Room in Franklin Hall on campus. Dimick served for years as executive environment editor for National Geographic magazine, and was a picture [...]
Happy New Year! In what I hope will become an annual tradition, I will address students, faculty, staff, alumni, and friends of the college, reflecting upon our recent accomplishments and challenges and outlining new initiatives that will help strengthen the support and education for our students. I would like to invite you to attend the “State of the College” address on Thursday, [...]
Dr. Walter Earl Fluker will give the keynote address during the Martin Luther King, Jr. Convocation at Ferrum College, which will be held Mon., Jan. 16, 2017 in Vaughn Chapel on campus. The event, which begins at 10:15 a.m., is free and open to public. Dr. Fluker is the Martin Luther King, Jr. Professor of Ethical [...]
A celebration of life ceremony in memory of Dr. Joseph Tate Hart, eighth president of Ferrum College, will be held at 2 p.m. on Sat., Jan.14, 2017 in Vaughn Chapel on campus. The service is open to the public. Hart, who died on Dec. 9, 2016 at his home near Ferrum, served as Ferrum College [...]
Ferrum College Adjunct Instructor of English Cameron MacKenzie is honored to be nominated for a 2017 Pushcart Prize by Able Muse magazine for his short story "Up From Grundy." Cameron earned his PhD in English from Temple University in 2010, and his work has appeared in The Michigan Quarterly Review, The Rumpus, Permafrost, The Cormac McCarthy Journal, SubStance, Solstice and The Painted Bride Quarterly, among [...]
UPDATED Sat., Jan. 7: Weather conditions continue to improve but roads may still be unsafe in parts of Virginia and North Carolina. If students are able to travel safely on Sunday, residence halls will be open as scheduled. For students who have not completed check-in, time will be set aside Monday and Tuesday to complete [...]
