A supportive co-worker, an insightful researcher, a dedicated multiculturalist and a humble gentleman. This is how English professor Daniel Dingxiong Ding’s colleagues remember him after his passing on Sunday, March […]
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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 […]
The YikYak problem
YikYak, the anonymous, proximity-based, social media app, has been causing problems at Ferris, due to an increase in cyberbullying happening within the app. Multiple students are being investigated by the […]
Fresh faces
The Ferris Foundation, Ferris’ philanthropic board of directors, welcomed seven new directors in December. The new directors include Matt Bissett, Jenifer Cutter, Denise Graves, Dana King, David Pilgrim, Christine “Chris” […]
Photo Album: LANCO comes to Ferris
Entertainment Unlimited brought country band, LANCO, to campus March 30. The auditorium was filled with Ferris students who were standing and dancing through the entire concert. Photos by: Cassie Jessup
13 and counting
Within Big Rapid’s 4.56 square miles sit 13 marijuana dispensaries all with their own draw and more are on the way. A new dispensary, High Society on 804 Clark St., […]
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 […]
Mehler moving forward
The saga with Dr. Barry Mehler has finally come to an end, as Ferris and Mehler have settled the case outside of court. Mehler is now officially retired after over […]
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 […]