A cancer diagnosis and chemo treatments are hard. Working and simply living within a pandemic is hard. Combine those two things together and it seems very nearly impossible. Those were […]
Posts by Rebecca Vanderkooi
Will they stay or will they go?
After Thanksgiving, all classes at Ferris are transitioning to be fully online for the remainder of the semester in hopes of preventing the spread of COVID-19. The university has announced […]
Comparing Presidential Candidate Plans
Take a look at President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden’s policies side by side to help you decide which candidate most aligns with your beliefs. The information […]
Meeting with the creators of the musical
On Monday, Oct. 19, the cast of the Ferris fall musical, The Theory of Relativity, met via zoom with the show’s creators. Neil Bartram and Brian Hill are the Drama […]
Parking passes possibly reimbursed
The Department of Public Safety has announced that if the university goes fully online for the spring semester it will provide partial reimbursement to students who bought year-long parking permits. […]
The future of job hunting
The pandemic has moved many events and internships online, which has made it more complicated for students to make career connections and meet potential employers. The junior and senior years […]
6.59 million gets you a new name
The Ferris Board of Trustees recently approved the renaming of the North Quad area. It will now be called “The Dewaine V. and Jana B. Robinson Quad. This decision has […]
Center for hope
The LGBTQ+ Resource Center has been a place of connection and hope for many on the Ferris campus; despite the changes and challenges since it’s temporary physical shutdown, the community […]
Canceling spring break
In an email on Friday, Oct. 2 the Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs announced the decision to cancel the spring recess in order to try to prevent the […]
Don’t stay silent
As September comes to a close, I want to take a moment to talk about suicide prevention month. Mental health and especially suicide are too often taboo topics people tend […]