For freshmen, move-in week can be a whirlwind of excitement and apprehension. Some students fling their doors wide-open, awaiting new friendships; others slam them and go into lock-down mode. Eventually, […]
Posts by Rachel Szucs
Engineering endeavors
Welding and engineering students and professors are at it again, and this time, they are pushing the borders. Currently, Professor Robert Barnum and his team are working on the “Riverwalk […]
Dorm do’s and don’ts
It’s easy to think of the residence halls as a temporary home. But in honesty, the majority of your living time is spent there. Having the right things (or wrong […]
Beat the heat
Whether you’re studying in the sauna that is the residence halls, walking to class in the scorching sun, or can’t afford to turn up the AC in your apartment, here […]
Creative collaboration
“There’s nothing like it,” said Professor of Fine Arts Robert Barnum. But nothing like what, that is? In college where getting an education is often limited to mundane test taking […]
Words from the wise
Each year at the Honors Senior Symposium, honors students showcase what they’ve learned in their majors through taking on a creative and explorative project or study and displaying it for […]
Trying my patience
We live in an “I want it now” culture. With evidence stretching from fast food restaurants, text messaging, or expecting to instantly get our perfect schedule during class registration, we’re […]
Finding the Drive
Though a lot of students in the music industry management program plan to use their degree to get a management position in the industry, some of them dream of making […]
Reaching beyond
I love when college students do something outside themselves. Though there’s certainly a lot of student organizations getting involved with community services and various causes around campus, I think it’s […]
Down in the drug dumps
Though Ferris State might get bashed sometimes, we really do have a lot of great programs depending on what you’re going into. For example, our health care programs are really […]