Ferrum College celebrated its 108th commencement and the inauguration of 13th College President Dr. Mirta M. Martin on Saturday, May 4, in the Swartz Gymnasium as nearly 160 graduates representing fourteen states, Puerto Rico, and three countries received diplomas. Seven of the graduates received Academic Excellence awards for consistently maintaining a 4.0 GPA and five [...]
Ferrum College began commencement weekend events officially Friday, May 3, 2024 with a Baccalaureate Service in Vaughn Chapel on the College campus. Avion Smith led his classmates in a Litany for Graduates, and Class President M'kayla McBride offered a scripture reading from Ecclesiastes 3:1. The Panther Singers performed "Turn, Turn, Turn" and "The Lord Bless [...]
On May 3, 2024, the third annual nursing pinning ceremony took place at Ferrum College’s Vaughn Chapel. Following the invocation by College Chaplain Pastor Michael Little, Dr. Mirta M. Martin brought greetings to the graduates and their families charging them to continue to live out the College motto as nurses. "Just as it is for [...]
On April 30, Virginia's Mountain Spirit Trail was announced at Ferrum College's Blue Ridge Institute and Museum (BRIM). The Mountain Spirit Trail is a collaboration between the West Piedmont Planning District Commission, Franklin, Floyd and Patrick Counties. The driving trail will link all three counties and will allow visitors to have stops at distilleries and [...]
Actor, rapper, and Ferrum College alum Jade Jones '13 (they/them) returned to campus April 24, 2024, for a concert and conversation with students, faculty, and staff in The Rex Stephenson Theatre. They performed a variety of songs, and took questions throughout the performance about their time at Ferrum and the development of their career. "Ferrum [...]
FERRUM, VA, April 25, 2024 –Ferrum College and Earn to Learn (ETL) announce their partnership to provide Ferrum College students with a new scholarship opportunity. Ferrum is the first college or university in Virginia and on the East Coast to offer the matched savings scholarship program designed to empower students. With the Earn to Learn [...]
Author Jim Minick recently visited Ferrum College to discuss his book "Fire Is Your Water". Professor of English Dr. Lana Whited invited Minick to campus to share his experience as an author with her creative writing students and the campus community. "They had assignments in poetry, fiction, and nonfiction, and Jim's work is a great [...]
On April 24, Ferrum College's Chrysalis Literary and Arts Magazine held their annual reveal of the Spring magazine. Chrysalis is a combination of student, faculty and staff literary work including photographs, poetry, and prose writing. Each semester, an invitation goes out to the College community to submit their work to the publication. Chrysalis student staff [...]
Over the last few weeks, Ferrum College's Citizenship and Service Learning course hosted a fundraiser for Kids Soar, a faith-based organization whose focus is on empowering children and families in the Roanoke Valley to end the cycle of poverty in their families through literacy education. The money was raised with a "Pie a Professor" crowd [...]
The Alpha Upsilon Iota chapter of Sigma Tau Delta recently welcomed Ferrum College seniors DJ Dungee, Taylor Seal, and Kiana Somerville into their society. Sigma Tau Delta is an international English honor society, established in 1924 at Dakota Wesleyan University. With over 850 chapters, it is one of the most active and largest academic organizations. Students [...]
