Ferrum College is a diverse and inclusive community rooted in a faith that gives life, inspires respect, and welcomes all. For this reason, we are disappointed that after many years of study, prayer, and discussion, the General Conference of our sponsoring denomination, The United Methodist Church (UMC), has chosen a path of restriction and exclusion [...]
Senior Oliver Flood, a financial management major, assists a VITA client. Twenty-seven Ferrum College accounting students have received training to assist with STEP’s Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program, which will be available on campus through April 11. Tax Day is April 15. VITA, an IRS-sponsored program, provides free tax preparation assistance [...]
Miranda Dougherty, originally of Waretown, NJ, was five when she began her soccer career. Now she is a junior defender on Ferrum College’s women’s soccer team, is double-majoring in criminal justice and psychology, and carries a 3.97 grade point average. Dougherty’s future has always been steeped in success. Her mother was her “academic coach” and [...]
Brad Bass worked with theatre arts students to choreograph Pippin. Giuseppe Ritorto photo. Former Broadway star Brad Bass spent a month working with Ferrum College’s theatre arts students to choreograph the upcoming performances of Pippin, the story of a young prince in search of true happiness and fulfillment, in Sale Theatre on campus, [...]
I'm Emma Brubaker and I am a senior at Ferrum College. I am an ecotourism and chemistry major. I intend to pursue my Ph.D. in chemistry after graduation and one day become a professor. On campus, I am the president of Help Save the Next Girl, vice president of the National Society [...]
Ferrum College Associate Professor of Spanish Patty Suppes is the recipient of a 2019 NAFSA Region VIII Advocacy Day scholarship. Suppes will participate in NAFSA Advocacy Day activities on March 18 and 19 in Washington, D.C. She plans to lobby for support for international education: “That includes study abroad and international students coming here,” Suppes [...]
On April 1, alumnus Wilson Paine ’07 will take on his new role as vice president of Institutional Advancement at Ferrum College. Paine is no stranger to the campus; since 2009, he has served on Ferrum College’s Board of Trustees and its Alumni Board of Directors in various roles, including president and vice president. “I’m [...]
Top photo: Ferrum College Collegiates. Bottom photo: Ferrum College concert choir. As part of a music benefit series, Ferrum College’s concert choir and Collegiates will perform “Benefit Concert and Potluck: Ferrum College Choral Ensembles” at St. Elizabeth’s Episcopal Church in Roanoke on Friday, February 22 from 7 to 8 p.m., and “Music [...]
On Friday, February 22 at 12:15 p.m., Ferrum College provost and soprano Aimé Sposato, tenor Byron Jones, bassist John Moir, and pianist Robert Thieme will perform A Musical Conversation Between Friends in Vaughn Chapel on the Ferrum College campus. This classical voice recital will incorporate works by Mozart, Schumann, Mendelssohn, and Strauss, and is free [...]
Gospel Fest 2019 will take place on Saturday, February 9 at 5 p.m. in Vaughn Chapel on the Ferrum College campus. This concert is open to the community and admission is free. The event is headlined with fresh gospel music from Grammy Award contemporary gospel and R&B recording artist Rudy Currence, and emcee Chris "Minster [...]
