Sheneika Simmons ’15 has spent the majority of her professional career as an educator. After she graduated from Ferrum College in 2015, she participated in the “Teach for America” program where participants teach in low-income public schools. After spending five years in the classroom, Simmons chose to pivot her career to help and advocate for [...]
Blue Ridge Literacy recently named Ferrum College Associate Professor of English Allison Harl to its Board of Directors. Blue Ridge Literacy is a nonprofit organization that provides opportunities for adults to strengthen their literacy skills including English to Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) tutoring, private one-on-one tutoring, and citizenship preparation classes. In addition to supporting [...]
“It is clear that the Vickie Van Kleeck Softball Complex states that Ferrum softball is no longer an afterthought,” said Julie Thomas ’96 during the ribbon cutting for the new softball complex at Ferrum College, which was held Saturday, March 25. Ferrum College recognized its former head softball coach, Vickie Van Kleeck, by naming the [...]
Ferrum College senior Geovanni Garcia has always wanted to be a physician but he hasn’t always believed he could attain this goal. Originally from Mexico City, Mexico, and the first in his family to attend college, Garcia is a Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipient who transferred to Ferrum College from Patrick Henry Community [...]
More than $4,000 was raised for Ferrum College Theatre Arts during last week’s “An Evening of Dinner and Theatre With Mark Twain” event—written by and starring award-winning playwright and Professor Emeritus R. Rex Stephenson—which was held March 15 on campus to coincide with the SML Gives community fundraising event. R. Rex Stephenson as Mark [...]
Photo Courtesy of Bob Pohlad. FERRUM, VA (March 22, 2023) – More than $10,000 was raised during this year's Empty Bowls fundraiser, which was held Sunday, March 19 at Ferrum College. Event proceeds will support Panther Packs, a program that sends food-insecure Ferrum Elementary students home with backpacks stocked with nutritious, non-perishable food [...]
FERRUM, VA (March 10, 2023) - Ferrum College Theatre Arts will host “An Evening of Dinner and Theatre With Mark Twain,” written by and starring award-winning playwright and Professor Emeritus R. Rex Stephenson, on Wednesday, March 15. Stephenson and friends of the College’s Theatre Department are giving this one-evening performance to support Ferrum College Theatre [...]
Photo Courtesy of Bob Pohlad. Last month, Ferrum College Musical Theatre major Sarah Laliberte took to the stage in Sale Theatre on February 24 and 25 to perform Flashes of Life: The Story of Lee Miller, Model Turned Photographer, a one-person show she wrote, produced, and performed for her senior capstone project. The [...]
On Thursday, March 2, 2023, mental health advocate and social media lifestyle influencer Sydel Curry-Lee spoke to Ferrum College students and employees about balancing college life, mental health, and athletics as part of the College’s JED Campus programming in support of student well-being and mental health. Curry-Lee, who was on campus for Mental Health Awareness [...]
