Ferrum College

Don’t Wait! Now Is The Best Time To Write That Book!
2026-03-25 11:30 - 12:30 (America/New_York) | Stanley Library, 150 Wiley Drive, Ferrum, 24088, United States
Many college students dream of writing a book someday—but most believe they need more experience, more confidence, or permission before they can begin. In this engaging and practical talk, bestselling author Jane Fenton challenges that assumption and reveals why now is the best time to start writing and sharing your work. Drawing from her real-world experience publishing multiple books and building an audience from the ground up, Fenton breaks down the core principles behind writing a book people actually want to read. Students will learn why it’s important to know your audience, how social media can be used to connect with your readers, and why imperfect, authentic content consistently outperforms polished perfection. This presentation reframes writing a book not as a distant dream, but as a powerful tool for confidence and career momentum—whether students plan to become authors, entrepreneurs, or professionals in any field. Attendees will leave with a clear understanding of how to begin, practical steps they can take immediately, and the realization that waiting is often the biggest obstacle of all.
Inquiring Minds offers lively, informal presentations and activities on various interesting topics for the entire community. Stanley Library at Ferrum College presents the series on most Wednesdays during the academic year, in the LEaP Studio on the library’s main floor during the campus’s community hour from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Jane Fenton is author of the Repo Girl series of novels about a young woman who repossesses cars for a living and keeps running across dead bodies. They have been called “fast-paced mysteries with lots of laughs and a little romance.” Jane is an avid reader of books that combine romance, mystery, and laughter because they’re as satisfying as a triple fudge sundae—without the calories. Although she shares her heroine’s love of Roanoke City, good friends, junk food, stray dogs, and Jeep Wranglers, she’s quite happy to create these fun misadventures from the comfort of her quiet farmhouse in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains in Virginia where she lives with her family.
Jane Fenton website

Janine Latus: We Need to Talk (about Relationship Abuse)
2026-03-30 11:30 - 12:30 | Panthers Den
Janine Latus, author of the nonfiction book If I Am Missing or Dead, will return to the Ferrum College campus on March 30 to lead a discussion about relationship abuse. The event will take place in the Panthers Den in Franklin Hall at 11:30 a.m. All are welcome for free.
Latus is a journalist, author and advocate who describes herself as a “fierce warrior against sexual assault and domestic violence.”
She travels the world telling her own stories about domestic violence and educating clients who have included the U.S. Navy, Major League Baseball, and many other companies, nonprofits, and schools. Her work has inspired thousands of people to recognize relationship abuse, break free, and heal. One previous host called her “the most compelling speaker on sexual assault and relationship violence that I have ever heard.”
In addition to being a widely sought-after speaker, Latus is also a writing teacher and her New York Times best-selling book, If I Am Missing or Dead, was published in 2007. She earned a bachelor’s degree in horticulture and a master’s degree in journalism at the University of Missouri-Columbia. One Amazon reviewer wrote about her book, “I give this story . . . my highest recommendation. I would like to track down the journalism professor who once gave Janine Latus a ‘C’ and buy her a copy of the book.”
After one of Latus’ previous three visits to Ferrum College, Professor of English Lana Whited wrote, “I have seldom heard the undergraduate students on our campus quieter than when Janine Latus was speaking to them. At the end of my class, students filed out, shaking her hand and offering their thanks. Over the course of the three days she spent on our campus, she spoke in five classes, at a campus-wide program, and with clients at our local women’s shelter. On campus, I frequently saw students talking with her privately, sometimes with tears in their eyes. Janine helps victims of abuse understand that they neither deserved nor provoked it, and she encourages them on their own healing journeys. She is generous with her time and talents and unwavering in her crusade to spare others what she and her sister Amy endured. Her message resonates long after she has gone.”
You can watch a TED talk by Latus on YouTube, and you can read her feature stories at janinelatus.com.
Copies of her book will be available for purchase, and a reception will follow the program. It is sponsored by the Ferrum chapter of Help Save the Next Girl, as well as the Quality Enhancement Program and the Office of Student Leadership and Engagement.
Help Save the Next Girl is a national nonprofit organization formed in honor of Morgan Dana Harrington, a 20-year-old Virginia Tech student who was abducted and murdered in 2009. It seeks to sensitize young women and girls to predatory danger. The foundation fosters mutual respect and camaraderie with young men, and is committed to be an active, imaginative presence on campuses and in clubs and violence prevention forums across the country. Help Save the Next Girl continually develops vital relationships with media and law enforcement. Its connections enhance its ability to quickly disseminate urgent information, such as about a missing person. Help Save the Next Girl also provides outreach support to victims’ families. Its media presence also promotes its mission to keep young women and campus communities alert to predatory danger. It participates actively in endorsing legislation that augments safety practices in communities. Through diligent activism in education, victim support, and legislation, it creates a strong foundation against violence as it strives to help save the next girl.

More background:
“If I am missing or dead, this has obviously not protected me,” wrote Janine Latus’s youngest sister, Amy, in a note she taped to the underside of her desk in 2002. The note was found after Amy disappeared during the same spring when Janine left her own marriage–escaped, she would say–due to feelings of being “afraid, controlled, inadequate, and trapped.” A journalist by training, Janine turned her skills in investigation and analysis to the question of how she and her sister, “two seemingly well-adjusted, successful women,” ended up in relationships with men who regularly assaulted and denigrated them physically, emotionally, and psychologically. The result was If I Am Missing or Dead: A Sister’s Story of Love, Murder, and LIberation, published by Simon & Schuster in 2007. On the momentum of the book’s success, Latus launched a crusade to take her insights wherever they might be useful–to college campuses, civic and advocacy organizations, and training sessions with organizations such as the U.S. Department of Defense and Major League Baseball.
Information provided by Dr. Lana Whited and Ms. Janine Latus.

Global Conflict and Human Consequence: A Talk with Kenneth R. Rosen
2026-04-07 11:30 - 12:30 | Panthers Den
Join us at Ferrum College on Tuesday, April 7, for a thought-provoking and timely talk by award-winning journalist and author Kenneth R. Rosen, from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in the Panthers Den at Franklin Hall. This engaging event will cover key issues in political science, journalism, geopolitics, and Arctic affairs, and is free and open to everyone. Rosen’s talk will also be live-streamed on the Ferrum College Facebook page.
Rosen is an internationally recognized narrative journalist whose work focuses on the human impact of global conflict and geopolitical changes. A recipient of the Kurt Schork Award and the Bayeux-Calvados Award for War
Correspondents—and a two-time finalist for the Livingston Award—his reporting has taken him across Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and Asia.
Rosen’s work has appeared in major publications such as “The New Yorker,” “The New York Times,” “The Atlantic,” and “WIRED.” He is the author of three books, including his latest, “Polar War: Submarines, Spies, and the Struggle for Power in a Melting Arctic,” which examines rising tensions and global power struggles in the Arctic.
Rosen divides his time between Western Massachusetts and Northern Italy with his wife and their three children.

Pixels and Pages: Senior Art Exhibit by Mattie Green
2026-04-16 16:30 - 18:00 | Stanley Library, 150 Wiley Drive, Ferrum, 24088, United States
Pixels and Pages is multimedia storytelling exhibition that examines both the magic and the macabre found in the forests of Appalachia. Through a blend of photography, poetry, memoir, and digital design, Mattie Green explores the fragility and determination of life nestled in the mountains. The exhibition will be opened with a reception in the E. Taylor Greer Art Gallery, in Stanley Library at Ferrum College, on April 16, 2026, 4:30-6:00 p.m. All are welcome to attend for free.
In her art, Green is drawn to the way nature coexists with the often unnoticed and abandoned traces of humanity. She enjoys searching for the unseen and highlighting that in her work. Rain, rust, insects, and forests are commonly showcased, and an undercurrent of transformation and renewal frequently makes an appearance.

Mattie Green is an Appalachian artist and multi-disciplinary creative currently living in Rocky Mount, Virginia. As a self-proclaimed “Jill of All Skills,” she thrives on learning new tools and approaches to solve complex problems from every angle. You can find samples of her work @GreenfinchMedia on Facebook and Instagram.
Mattie will graduate on May 2 with her B.S. in Marketing and her B.A. in Graphic Design at Ferrum College. On campus, she serves as editor-in-chief for Chrysalis Literary and Arts Magazine, and president of the Art & Media Club. Additionally, she is a member of Sigma Tau Delta (International English Honor Society) and the National Society of Leadership and Success.
After the opening reception on April 16, the exhibit can be viewed until May 1 during the following hours:
Monday – Thursday: 7:45 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Friday: 7:45 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Sunday: 3 – 11 p.m.

Academic Awards Ceremony
2026-04-17 16:00 | Vaughn Chapel, 80 Wiley Dr., Ferrum, United States
The Ferrum College community will gather to celebrate academic excellence and achievement during the annual Academic Awards Ceremony beginning at 4:00 p.m. on Friday, April 17, in Vaughn Chapel.
This special event recognizes the outstanding accomplishments of Ferrum College students, faculty, and staff across a range of areas, including academic achievement, leadership, service, and campus engagement. The ceremony reflects the spirit of Ferrum’s guiding motto, “Not Self, But Others,” and highlights the dedication, scholarship, and contributions that strengthen the College community.
Students, faculty, staff, and guests are invited to attend as the College honors those who exemplify excellence both in and beyond the classroom.

Chrysalis Reveal
2026-04-23 19:00 - 20:30 | Blue Ridge Mountain Room, 215 Ferrum Mountain Road, Ferrum, VA, 24088, United States
The magazine staff will reveal the Spring 2026 issue of Chrysalis Literary and Arts Magazine, and contributors will read from their works and discuss their submissions. Contest winners will be announced, and refreshments will be served! Everyone is welcome.
The editor-in-chief is senior Mattie Green.
The advisor is Dr. Katherine Grimes.
Click here to read past issues of Chrysalis.

Photo of contributors from fall 2025 Chrysalis reveal
Photo below by Mattie Green from a past issue.

Blue Ridge BBQ Cook Off and 11th Moonshine Heritage Car Show
2026-04-25 10:00 - 17:00 | Blue Ridge Institute and Museum, 20 Museum Dr., Ferrum, VA, 24088
The 3rd annual Blue Ridge BBQ Cook Off for backyard cooks will take place at the 1800 farm museum along with live music, moonshine tastings by Five Mile Mountain Distillery, Living Proof & Scuffle Hill Brewing beer garden, wineries, food, vendors, plus—an even bigger children’s area!
Henry Lee Law of “Moonshiners” fame will be in attendance. The 11th annual Moonshine Heritage Car Show will be held right across the road on the beautiful campus of Ferrum College. Vehicles that were used, or would have been used for hauling liquor, will be on display. This thoroughly authentic car show is FREE and open to the public! Many thanks to the Outlaw-cruisers Car Club for helping to coordinate this unique event.
Click here to register for exhibiting in the car show.
Registration is now closed for entering your cooking in the BBQ cook off.
Click here to read more about it.
Follow the Facebook event page to see updates and photos.

Monday Music Jam
2026-05-04 19:00 - 20:30, 2026-05-25 19:00 - 20:30, 2026-06-01 19:00 - 20:30, 2026-06-06 19:00 - 20:30, 2026-06-15 19:00 - 20:30 | Blue Ridge Institute and Museum, 20 Museum Dr., Ferrum, VA, 24088
The Monday Music Jam at Ferrum College is a free weekly event on The Crooked Road: Virginia’s Heritage Music Trail. Every Monday of the year at 7:00, anyone can join in for an evening of authentic old-time and bluegrass music. You can play instruments, sing, dance, or just listen and enjoy.
Arrive any time between 7 p.m. and 8:30. Chairs are available for everyone and if you have mobility issues, or you’re carrying a big instrument, you can pull up right to the door. When the weather allows, the jam will move from the Blue Ridge Institute’s museum lobby to the Leo Scott Pavilion at the farm museum right across the road (Rt. 40).

Camp Fincastle Living History Day at the 1800 Farm Museum
2026-05-16 10:00 - 16:00 | Blue Ridge Institute and Museum, 20 Museum Dr., Ferrum, VA, 24088
Fincastle Company will have a FREE living history display at the Blue Ridge Farm Museum of Ferrum College on May 16.
Fincastle Company is a group of dedicated living historians who portray both military and civilian roles during the American War of Independence. They conduct extensive research and documentation on all the clothing and equipment used in order to be as accurate for the period as possible. The group performs living history displays at various historical sites throughout the mid-Atlantic region.
All are invited to come by for an immersive interactive experience and see what life was like in 18th-century Virginia! And, our 1800 living history farm will be open for tours!

Monday Music Jam
2026-05-18 19:00 - 20:30, 2026-07-13 19:00 - 20:30 | Blue Ridge Institute and Museum, 20 Museum Dr., Ferrum, VA, 24088
The Monday Music Jam at Ferrum College is a free weekly event on The Crooked Road: Virginia’s Heritage Music Trail. Every Monday of the year at 7:00, anyone can join in for an evening of authentic old-time and bluegrass music. You can play instruments, sing, dance, or just listen and enjoy.
Arrive any time between 7 p.m. and 8:30. Chairs are available for everyone and if you have mobility issues, or you’re carrying a big instrument, you can pull up right to the door, or near the pavilion. When the weather allows, the jam moves from the Blue Ridge Institute’s museum lobby (or sometimes indoors in Grousbeck Hall) to the Leo Scott Pavilion at the farm museum right across the road (Rt. 40).
See the Facebook page Appalachian Music at Ferrum College for more photos.

Blue Ridge Farm Museum Open on Saturdays
2026-05-30 10:00 - 2026-09-05 16:00 | Blue Ridge Institute and Museum, 20 Museum Dr., Ferrum, VA, 24088
Immerse your senses in 1800 rural Blue Ridge life at the Blue Ridge Institute and Museum’s Blue Ridge Farm Museum, a re-created Virginia-German farmstead. Join our costumed interpreters in a host of household and farm chores, including preparing meals over the open hearth, driving oxen, blacksmithing, and tending heirloom gardens and historic breeds of animals.
The living history farm on Rt. 40 in Ferrum is open every Saturday until Sept. 5, 10 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Group Tours are available by reservation April through November.
Click HERE for more information.
See the Blue Ridge Institute and Museum – BRIM in social media for more photos and updates.

Mark Twain and Music
2026-06-16 09:30 - 13:00
This lifelong learning program about Mark Twain and music will include discussion by Professor of English Lana A. Whited, with musical selections performed by Fair and Austin Robey, followed by lunch.
While Mark Twain is celebrated for his razor-sharp wit and literary realism, less well known is his lifelong interest in music, spanning both American popular music and the European grand operatic tradition. Influences upon him and his writing included spirituals and the Delta blues, the Presbyterian church, contemporary songwriters, classical composers such as Richard Wagner, and the habits of piano-playing and singing that filled his household in Hartford, Connecticut.
Twain’s letters, personal journals, and novels such as Huckleberry Finn and Pudd’nhead Wilson reflect how Twain used music as a tool for social commentary, character development, nostalgia, and humor. Throughout Twain’s public career, his writing about music illustrates the same key tension existing between Samuel Langhorne Clemens and his famous persona, Mark Twain–between the serious writer/critic and the amateur, or “mucker” (as he termed it). For example, he both enjoyed opera and wrote, “I have attended operas, whenever I could not help it, for fourteen years now; I am sure I know of no agony comparable to the listening to an unfamiliar opera.” The evolution of Twain’s tastes and attitudes concerning music explain how his biographer Albert Bigelow Paine, who had earlier found the author “wanting in artistic taste,” could write that by age 70, Twain had “a passion for music.”
Presenter Bios:
Professor of English Lana Whited, the longest-serving full-time member of the faculty at Ferrum College, wrote her master’s thesis on Mark Twain and music at the College of William and Mary. She is the author and editor of essays and books on fantasy literature, and author of the scholarly book about true crime fiction, Murder, In Fact.

Fair Robey enjoyed a long career teaching music in the Franklin County Public Schools and currently serves as music director at Saint Peter’s-in-the-Mountains Episcopal Church. She is a member of her family’s popular local band, The Robeys. She has served as accompanist for many productions of the Blue Ridge Dinner Theatre at Ferrum College.

Austin Robey is Director of Admissions at Mountaintop Montessori School in Charlottesville and a member of his family’s popular local band, The Robeys.
Date: Tuesday, June 16, 2026Location: Phoebe Needles Center, 732 Turners Creek Road, Callaway, VA 24067Doors Open: 9:30 AMProgram Begins: 10:00 AMLunch Served: Noon
For more info: 540.483.1518 or events@phoebeneedles.org or visit the Adult Programs tab at phoebeneedles.org. Click ticket link for this event to purchase tickets!

Monday Music Jam
2026-06-29 19:00 - 20:30 | Blue Ridge Institute and Museum, 20 Museum Dr., Ferrum, VA, 24088
The Monday Music Jam at Ferrum College is a free weekly event on The Crooked Road: Virginia’s Heritage Music Trail. Every Monday of the year at 7:00, anyone can join in for an evening of authentic old-time and bluegrass music. You can play instruments, sing, dance, or just listen and enjoy.
Arrive any time between 7 p.m. and 8:30. Chairs are available for everyone and if you have mobility issues, or you’re carrying a big instrument, you can pull up right to the door, or near the pavilion. When the weather allows, the jam moves from the Blue Ridge Institute’s museum lobby (or sometimes indoors in Grousbeck Hall) to the Leo Scott Pavilion at the farm museum right across the road (Rt. 40).
See the Facebook page Appalachian Music at Ferrum College for more photos and video.

Franklin County Builders Academy - Carpentry Week
2026-07-13 09:00 - 2026-07-17 15:00 | Ferrum College
Ready to get your hands dirty and explore a career that builds the world around you?
Join us for a FREE, fun, hands-on week for high school students interested in construction, engineering, design, & skilled trades.
Focusing on the carpentry trade, youth will explore the skilled trades using real tools and materials, and gain jobsite safety skills, all while being taught by industry professionals.
Transportation will be provided each day from The Franklin Center to Ferrum College’s beautiful campus. Students will also be provided lunch each day of the camp experience.
The camp is free for high-school-age students thanks to the generous sponsorship of Virginia Housing and Ferrum College in collaboration with the Franklin County Office of Economic Development.
Learn more and sign up today at https://buildsmartinstitute.classe365.com/…/application.
Event by Build Smart Institute, Ferrum College and Franklin County Office of Economic Development.
Click here for information on Concrete Week, July 6-10.
See also Build Smart web page about 2026 Camps.

Monday Music Jam
2026-07-20 08:00 - 17:00 | Blue Ridge Institute and Museum, 20 Museum Dr., Ferrum, VA, 24088
The Monday Music Jam at Ferrum College is a free weekly event on The Crooked Road: Virginia’s Heritage Music Trail. Every Monday of the year at 7:00, anyone can join in for an evening of authentic old-time and bluegrass music. You can play instruments, sing, dance, or just listen and enjoy.
Arrive any time between 7 p.m. and 8:30. Chairs are available for everyone and if you have mobility issues, or you’re carrying a big instrument, you can pull up right to the door, or near the pavilion. When the weather allows, the jam moves from the Blue Ridge Institute’s museum lobby (or sometimes indoors in Grousbeck Hall) to the Leo Scott Pavilion at the farm museum right across the road (Rt. 40).
See the Facebook page Appalachian Music at Ferrum College for updates and more photos.

Monday Music Jam
2026-07-27 19:00 - 20:30, 2026-08-03 07:00 - 20:30 | Blue Ridge Institute and Museum, 20 Museum Dr., Ferrum, VA, 24088
The Monday Music Jam at Ferrum College is a free weekly event on The Crooked Road: Virginia’s Heritage Music Trail. Every Monday of the year at 7:00, anyone can join in for an evening of authentic old-time and bluegrass music. You can play instruments, sing, dance, or just listen and enjoy.
Arrive any time between 7 p.m. and 8:30. Chairs are available for everyone and if you have mobility issues, or you’re carrying a big instrument, you can pull up right to the door, or near the pavilion. When the weather allows, the jam moves from the Blue Ridge Institute’s museum lobby (or sometimes indoors in Grousbeck Hall) to the Leo Scott Pavilion at the farm museum right across the road (Rt. 40).
See the Facebook page Appalachian Music at Ferrum College for updates and more photos and video.

Book Launch for "Staying Alive in Bear Country" by Professor Emeritus Pete Crow
2026-08-08 16:00 - 18:00 | Phoebe Needles Center, 732 Turners Creek Rd., Callaway, VA, 24067, United States
Staying Alive in Bear Country is a novel based on original Old Joe Grady tales told over the years by Professor Emeritus of English Pete Crow. The book will be published July 30, one year after Dr. Crow’s death. He wrote the novel and Dr. Lana Whited helped finish it in preparation for publication, along with his family and publisher. His wife Beth Crow ’79 designed the book cover.
Published by Black Rose Writing.
A discount is available from the publisher for preorders of this book.
All are invited to a book launch at Phoebe Needles Center in Callaway.
August 8, 2026, 4-6 p.m.
Please bring an appetizer to share.
Another book launch will be held on August 9, 3:00 to 5:00 p.m.
Church of the Nativity
8849 Ray Rd.
Raleigh, NC 27613
Website on Author Peter Crow and this book.
Note that these events are hosted by the Crow family and, in Callaway, the Phoebe Needles Center. Ferrum College is helping to publicize the book launch for a beloved professor emeritus who began telling these stories during his many years in Ferrum.

“Staying Alive in Bear Country is the magnum opus of Pete Crow’s heart, his lifelong project, and a synthesis of many of his life’s passions and experiences.”
Dr. Lana Whited
Click here for more on Pete Crow’s career.
Ferrum College news release on this book.

Monday Music Jam
2026-08-10 19:00 - 20:30 | Blue Ridge Institute and Museum, 20 Museum Dr., Ferrum, VA, 24088
The Monday Music Jam at Ferrum College is a free weekly event on The Crooked Road: Virginia’s Heritage Music Trail. Every Monday of the year at 7:00, anyone can join in for an evening of authentic old-time and bluegrass music. You can play instruments, sing, dance, or just listen and enjoy.
Arrive any time between 7 p.m. and 8:30. Chairs are available for everyone and if you have mobility issues, or you’re carrying a big instrument, you can pull up right to the door. When the weather allows, the jam will move from the Blue Ridge Institute’s museum lobby to the Leo Scott Pavilion at the farm museum right across the road (Rt. 40).

Monday Music Jam 2026
Photos by Dr. Bob Pohlad

Ferrum Community Book Club
2026-08-17 18:00 - 19:15 | Britt Hall, 205 Ferrum Mountain Road, Ferrum, 24088, United States
The Ferrum Book Club meets every month except December on the third Monday of the month at 6 p.m. All are welcome to join for any or all discussions.
Location: Britt Hall 204, Ferrum Mountain Road, Ferrum, VA 24088
(Turn left into 3rd driveway from Rt. 40 on Ferrum Mountain Road to park behind Britt Hall.)
If anyone has mobility issues, the group can meet downstairs, not far from a ground-floor door and handicapped parking spots. Just let someone know.
Book for discussion on August 17: A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness.
From Candlewick Press:
“Patrick Ness’s #1 New York Times bestseller and Carnegie Medal-winning masterwork is poised to attract a discerning crossover audience.
The monster in Conor’s backyard is not the one he’s been expecting — the one from the nightmare he’s had every night since his mother started her treatments. This monster is ancient. And wild. And it wants something from Conor. Something terrible and dangerous. It wants the truth. From the final idea of award-winning author Siobhan Dowd — whose premature death from cancer prevented her from writing it herself — Patrick Ness has spun a haunting and darkly funny novel of mischief, loss, and monsters both real and imagined.”
Also known as the Time Traveler’s Book Club, this group usually discusses one novel per month – different kinds of novels chosen by the group in fall for the following year, and occasionally a nonfiction book.
This is a small community group open to anyone, not a Ferrum College organization. No sign-up or prior notice is required. If you haven’t finished a book (and don’t mind spoilers) or haven’t read the book but you’d like to hear a book discussion anyway and see what it’s like, just show up. Participants acquire the books on their own from a library or bookseller.
For more information and to get on the group’s email list, contact Lana Whited at Ferrum College, lwhited@ferrum.edu, or Susan Selvage, sselvage22@yahoo.com.

Upcoming Books
Sept. 21 Night Watch by Jayne Anne Phillips
Oct. 19 Are You Now or Have You Ever Been? by Amanda Cockrell
Nov. 16 Nobody’s Girl by Virginia Roberts Guiffre
December – no meeting

Monday Music Jam
2026-08-17 19:00 - 20:30 | Blue Ridge Institute and Museum, 20 Museum Dr., Ferrum, VA, 24088
The Monday Music Jam at Ferrum College is a free weekly event on The Crooked Road: Virginia’s Heritage Music Trail. It is hosted by the Appalachian Music program, founded and directed by Program Coordinator of Music and Theatre Emily Blankenship-Tucker.
Every Monday of the year at 7:00, anyone can join in for an evening of authentic old-time and bluegrass music. You can play instruments, sing, dance, or just listen and enjoy.
Arrive any time between 7 p.m. and 8:30. Chairs are available for everyone and if you have mobility issues, or you’re carrying a big instrument, you can pull up right to the door. When the weather allows, the jam will move from the Blue Ridge Institute’s museum lobby to the Leo Scott Pavilion at the farm museum right across the road (Rt. 40).
See Appalachian Music at Ferrum College in Facebook for updates and many photos and videos.

Monday Music Jam summer 2026
Photos by Dr. Bob Pohlad

Monday Music Jam
2026-08-24 19:00 - 20:30, 2026-08-31 19:00 - 20:30 | Blue Ridge Institute and Museum, 20 Museum Dr., Ferrum, VA, 24088
The Monday Music Jam at Ferrum College is a free weekly event on The Crooked Road: Virginia’s Heritage Music Trail. Every Monday of the year at 7:00, anyone can join in for an evening of authentic old-time and bluegrass music. You can play instruments, sing, dance, or just listen and enjoy.
Arrive any time between 7 p.m. and 8:30. Chairs are available for everyone and if you have mobility issues, or you’re carrying a big instrument, you can pull up right to the door. When the weather allows, the jam will move from the Blue Ridge Institute’s museum lobby to the Leo Scott Pavilion at the farm museum right across the road (Rt. 40).
See the Facebook page Appalachian Music at Ferrum College for updates.

Monday Music Jam summer 2026
Photos by Dr. Bob Pohlad

Black & Gold Open House
2026-09-07 08:30 - 14:00 | Admissions, Spilman-Daniel House, 40 Stratton Lane, Ferrum, 24088, United States
We’re excited to invite you to Ferrum College for our Black & Gold Open House—a special event designed just for prospective students!
Come join us for a day in the life of a Ferrum College student. Students and parents will be welcomed to the campus for a short information session about the college. Then students will visit a class in their prospective area of interest. While students are in class, parents will be able to learn more details about the college. Students will then rejoin parents for Admissions and Financial Aid sessions.
Lunch will be provided for families. Lastly, a campus tour will be available for interested families. This event is for all potential incoming high school and transfer students for 2027 and 2028 entry terms.
Monday, September 7, 2026
8:30 AM – 2:00 PM EST
Location: Spilman-Daniel House on campus
40 Stratton Lane, Ferrum, VA 24088
Click here to register.
Registration period closes Friday, September 4, 2026.
Future dates planned for Black & Gold Open House: Oct. 12, Nov. 7

Come curious. Leave inspired. See yourself at Ferrum College.

Monday Music Jam
2026-09-07 19:00 - 20:30 | Blue Ridge Institute and Museum, 20 Museum Dr., Ferrum, VA, 24088
The Monday Music Jam at Ferrum College is a free weekly event on The Crooked Road: Virginia’s Heritage Music Trail. Every Monday of the year at 7:00, anyone can join in for an evening of authentic old-time and bluegrass music. You can play instruments, sing, dance, or just listen and enjoy.
Arrive any time between 7 p.m. and 8:30. Chairs are available for everyone and if you have mobility issues, or you’re carrying a big instrument, you can pull up right to the door. When the weather allows, the jam will move from the Blue Ridge Institute’s museum lobby to the Leo Scott Pavilion at the farm museum right across the road (Rt. 40).
See the Facebook page Appalachian Music at Ferrum College for updates and more photos and videos.

Monday Music Jam summer 2026
Photos by Dr. Bob Pohlad
