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Posts by Briana Hammontree

Work hard, play hard

Culture September 2, 2018September 9, 2018 Briana Hammontree 0 Comments

As a new year at Ferris begins, so does the opportunity for students to find employment. This is the first year the Center for Leadership, Activities and Career Services (CLACS) […]

Summer eats

Culture, Summer May 25, 2018 Briana Hammontree 0 Comments

With summer upon us, many students return home while others remain on campus and in the Big Rapids area. The following are places to eat in Big Rapids when taking […]

Conflict resolution

Culture, Summer May 14, 2018 Briana Hammontree 0 Comments

The first year as a freshman can be hard, especially when you’re not used to sharing a room. It’s a year of learning to adapt to a person’s surroundings, a […]

The Truth behind sun-kissed skin

Culture, Top Stories April 25, 2018April 24, 2018 Briana Hammontree 0 Comments

Women younger than 30 are six times more likely to develop melanoma by tanning indoors Use of tanning beds before age 35 can increase the risk of melanoma, the deadliest […]

Fan of the tan?

Culture April 24, 2018April 24, 2018 Briana Hammontree 0 Comments

The American Academy of Dermatology Association (AAD) found that 7.8 million women and 1.9 million men in the United States tan indoors. Within this range, 59 percent of American college students […]

Meeting a milestone

Culture, Top Stories April 18, 2018April 17, 2018 Briana Hammontree 0 Comments

 It has been five years since the first opening of the Center for Latin@ Studies in the IRC and on Wednesday, April 11, in celebration of that milestone, the IRC […]

A new place to call home

Culture April 18, 2018April 17, 2018 Briana Hammontree 0 Comments

Ferris social work freshman Juan Ramirez-Diaz Jr. initially came to Ferris unaware of what he was stepping into.  Ramirez-Diaz is a first-generation college student who set foot on campus with […]

Clean love

Culture, Top Stories April 12, 2018April 10, 2018 Briana Hammontree 0 Comments

Having worked with the nonprofit organization the Clean Love Project, Starbucks spent all of March collecting essential hygiene products for the young women in the Metro-Detroit area.  The Clean Love […]

What defines you

Culture April 11, 2018April 10, 2018 Briana Hammontree 0 Comments

 As a senior in the journalism and technical communication program, I just recently had my portfolio reviewed by professionals in my field.  The experience of knowing and having professionals look […]

We don’t need no education

Opinions, Top Stories April 7, 2018April 9, 2018 Briana Hammontree 0 Comments

As a kid, I’d always hated taking tests. I was a good student but often my test scores didn’t reflect this fact. I remember hating filling out the Scantron forms for […]

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