Music festivals are an integral part of summertime. When most people think of the summer music festivals, big names like Bonnaroo in Tennessee, Coachella in California, and Lollapalooza in Chicago […]
Month: May 2013
We’re Cookin’ now
Captain Jim Cook is the interim director of the Ferris State Department of Public Safety. He is a lifelong resident of Big Rapids and has been employed at Ferris since […]
Bike tour rolls through Big Rapids
Providing another thing to do this summer, the FSU Alumni Office will be conducting a bike tour through Big Rapids on Saturday, June 29. The scholarship-supporting community event promises fun, […]
Big Rapids Checklist
Tubing, tubing, all the time Tubing is as close to a required summer activity as there is in Big Rapids. Activities on the river—tubing, canoeing, and kayaking— are the go-to […]
Spending the summer in Big Rapids
The weather has finally taken a turn for the warmer, and summer approaches. Though many anxious, Big Rapids-weary Ferris students are itching to head home, not all the out-of-towners are […]
Finding something different somewhere bigger
Grand Rapids Are the Rapids here not big enough for you? Don’t fret; they have grander ones about an hour south of campus. Grand Rapids is one hour south on […]
Feeling Sall-ty
As far back as 1995 former Ferris State men’s head basketball coach Bill Sall’s fingerprints were all over the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. Sall was a top assistant for […]