Chase Deaton (English major, Teacher Ed minor, ‘19) has always enjoyed helping others and making a difference in his community. He transferred to Ferrum College in order to be closer to home and to enjoy the benefits of attending a small liberal arts college: "I appreciate the small class sizes and one on [...]
What subject do you teach and how long have you been teaching that subject? I am the resident botanist so to speak for years, so I teach mostly plant courses, but I’ve taught here, this is my 40th I also teach some biology. I’ve done all of those since I got here, [...]
What did you study when you were at Ferrum? When I was a student at Ferrum, I studied Social Work and Criminal Justice. What made you want to come Ferrum and stay here? I chose to come to Ferrum due to the Social Work Program being accredited. I loved it here. Academically [...]
What’s your favorite memory from being at Ferrum? “The Ferrum College Women’s Soccer game in Meredith in 2015. That was my favorite memory. We didn’t win, but we held Meredith off until the last two minutes in the game. They scored with a lucky goal, but the team played amazingly in that [...]
“My favorite Ferrum memory is bringing the first International organization to Ferrum College campus. It was a very hard experience, but I wouldn’t change it for the world because it is the best thing that ever happened to me.” “My favorite thing about being a Ferrum Alumni is coming back to hang out [...]
“My favorite Memory… I have so many memories here. I used to take walks at night, with a couple of friends, and so we’d walk around campus, like completely sober, in the middle of the week, on a Wednesday night at 11:00 at night we’d be with each other, we’d go for walks. [...]
“My favorite Ferrum memory is bringing back the equestrian team, and being able to successfully compete for almost 3 years on it, making it to regionals, and taking my team to the top. I mean, we got 6 place out of 12 last year at regionals?” “My favorite thing about being a Ferrum [...]
What did you study when you were at Ferrum? Art major with emphasis in graphic design. Minored in journalism What made you want to come Ferrum and stay here? I really focused in on Ferrum because it was a small school that was not too far from home. Everyone I knew that [...]
“My favorite memory was when we did Senior to Alum Crossover for DPhiE. All of us went to El Rio to have dinner together. We went back to Danielle Moon’s apartment, and we just hung out, and it was great, and we had a few drinks. I probably didn’t leave there until midnight [...]
What did you study when you were at Ferrum? I double majored in English and Spanish with a minor in Democracy, Justice, and Civic Engagement What made you want to come Ferrum and stay here? I chose Ferrum because it was close to home and I received a large scholarship through the [...]
