Americans are sloppy, overweight, slovenly binge-drinkers who love McDonalds’ hamburgers. This is how AirTalk describes the European perception of us. When researching “American stereotypes,” it does not take long for […]
Posts by Jessica Oakes
Keynote speaker connects with students at annual diversity summit
Entrepeneur Dr. Christine Martey-Ochola speaks English along with several Kenyen languages. At Thursday’s diversity, equity and inclusion summit, she only spoke her truth. Martey-Ochola is the Lead Consultant at Grand […]
Proud to be women
Being a woman is certainly not for the faint of heart, between the gender pay gap, and the prevalence of sexual assault and harassment, there are definite challenges I have […]
The people behind the panel
Two historians, a Russian professor living abroad and a U.S. Marine Corps Reserve Officer quarantining in Poland joined forces to offer context and reason to an eager Zoom audience following […]
Pink selected as Eisler’s successor
Ferris history was made on Monday, March 28 when Dr. Bill Pink was publicly named the presidential search finalist. For the first time since the university’s founding, a person of […]
Ferris Faculty Association obtains 2021 compensation information for the president and provost
President David Eisler’s $612,766 compensation package for the year 2021 was broken down in a Freedom of Information Act report requested by UniServ director Brandy Vanderhovel. While the administrators’ salaries […]
Staff Spotlight: Jessica Oakes
Joining the Torch in my freshman year with no journalism experience beyond JRNL-121 was the scariest and best decision I’ve made at Ferris. Though I changed my majors to technical communication […]
“Workaholics” star works the crowd
Donning a shirt that read “hero mode,” actor-comedian Erik Griffin saved the partially filled Williams Auditorium from a dull Wednesday evening at last week’s Comedy Night. Known for his appearances […]
Faculty await their future in the Center for Virtual Learning
As the excavation wraps up and the foundation is laid for the new Center for Virtual Learning, the Ferris community is catching a glimpse of the future of online education. […]
Professors stand against administration after a raise in course capacity
Members of the Ferris Faculty Association filed numerous individual grievances, and one association grievance, following an unexpected increase in virtual class sizes. On Jan. 6, faculty members were notified that […]