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A Ferris freshman was awarded the Phi Sigma Kappa Emerging Leaders Scholarship for his leadership and high academic performance. Ferris freshman pre-optometry major and Big Rapids native Alexander Conati was […]

Dr. Jeanine Ward-Roof, the new vice president for student affairs said she has had to learn to combat the Big Rapids ice, a rare sight in her previous residence in […]

Plow truck accident On Feb. 11 at 5:30 a.m., there was a report of tow-car accident on Perry Street near State Street. A vehicle slid into a plow truck and […]

Franklund named general education coordinator Dr. Clifton Franklund, current associate professor of Biological Science, has been appointed as Ferris State University’s general education coordinator. Franklund’s position as general education coordinator […]

The suspect in the Ferris residence hall stabbing was arraigned Monday, Feb. 24, at Mecosta County’s 77th District Court on two felony assault charges. Ferris student Ezekial Guillermo Fulgencio, 19, […]

The suspect in the Ferris residence hall stabbing was arraigned Monday, Feb. 24, at Mecosta County’s 77th District Court on two felony assault charges. Ferris student Ezekial Guillermo Fulgencio, 19, […]

UPDATE: 10:20 p.m., Sunday, Feb. 23 The stabbing occurred in Brophy Hall, according to Ferris News Services Manager Sandy Gholston. Ferris State’s campus-wide emergency alert system initially reported the stabbing […]

UPDATE: 7:55 a.m., Sunday, Feb. 23 The Mecosta County Sheriff’s Department is investigating a stabbing that took place off campus at Oakwood Townhouses in the early hours of Sunday. At […]

Ferris psychology junior Irma Collins, 20, first tried marijuana when she was 16 years old. Depressed and suicidal, Collins said the drug—or plant as she prefers to call it—saved her […]