The 2020 Sports Hall of Fame inductees (L to R): Becky Piloto Fennessy '92, Bobby James '84, Shelby Irving '84, and Elizabeth Adams O'Neal '00. Not pictured: Kathy Bocock '84 and Jim Hartbarger. 10/30/2021 In a brisk, outdoor ceremony at the Franklin Hall Quad on Saturday, October 30, Ferrum College recognized its [...]
SMLA President John Rupnik presents the Melvin Johnson Award to Dr. Bob Pohlad. 10/22/2021 During their monthly meeting on Tuesday, October 19, the Smith Mountain Lake Association (SMLA) bestowed the 2021 Melvin S. Johnston Citizen Volunteer Award upon Ferrum College Professor Emeritus Bob Pohlad. The annual award, named for philanthropist and SMLA [...]
From left to right in the photo: Ferrum College students Mikayla Floyd, Andre Williams, Ahjaley Henderson, and Damon Curry, with Director of Student Activities Justin Muse '05. 10/20/2021 From Thursday, September 30 through Saturday, October 2, four Ferrum College students voluntarily attended the National Association for Campus Activities (NACA) Leadership Conference held [...]
10/20/2021 Ferrum College nursing students in class. Dr. Kim Brown photo. The Division of Nursing at Ferrum College will take its next leap forward with a powerful boost from the Virginia Tobacco Region Revitalization Commission (TRRC). On September 21, the TRRC’s Education Committee met at the Peaks of Otter Lodge in Bedford to [...]
Homecoming 2019 tailgate at Bassett Field 9/9/2021 After the cancelation of last year’s homecoming events in an attempt to mitigate the spread of COVID-19, Ferrum College is excited to once again welcome alumni, students, parents, families, faculty, staff, and friends back to campus to enjoy the 2021 festivities. Picnics, music, sports, reunions, [...]
10/14/2021 On October 12, 2021, Ferrum College celebrated its own day of giving, ending the campaign with a record-breaking day: $109,382 from 275 donors. This year’s total more than doubles last year’s, when Ferrum received $56,786 from over 260 donors on December 1, 2020 during #GivingTuesday, the global day of giving. “During a time [...]
10/6/2021 Ferrum College has announced the new Student Government Association (SGA) cabinet officers for the 2021-22 academic year. For the senior class, Andre Williams ’22 was named president and Damon Curry ’22 was named vice president. Kelsey Smith ’23 was named junior class president. She will serve alongside Jazmin Scarberry ’23 as vice president, Jess Bollinger [...]
Photo by Brad Holley Photography 10/5/2021 The Ferrum College community will celebrate its Giving Day on Tuesday, October 12, 2021. The theme of this day is “The Tie That Binds,” which pays tribute to the relationships shaped at Ferrum College. Vice President for Institutional Advancement and External Relations Wilson Paine, who is [...]
Grace Howell '22. Photo by Ferrum College student Ryann Tyree. 10/5/2021 On Thursday, October 7, Ferrum College senior Grace Howell presented during the 2021 virtual session of Virginia Social Work Education Consortium’s (VSWEC) Student Rally in the Valley conference. Howell’s presentation focused on the intersecting barriers that women of various sexual orientations [...]
President David Johns (September 29, 2021) I spent many of my after school evenings at the Greentown Branch Library. I really don’t remember how it started or why I gravitated there; there was no formal program, no academic intervention, no outreach to poor kids in the neighborhood; but, for some reason, the library is where [...]
