The annual Ferris Media Festival returned in person on Friday, April 8th after the two years off due to the pandemic. The event, now in its 21st year was canceled […]
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Back with a splash for fall semester
Rumors of a crack and expensive upkeep of the Student Recreation Center’s pool led students and community members to believe the waves were gone for good. Since the spring of […]
Remembering Dr. Daniel Ding
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 […]
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
Editor’s note: The following article was edited on Feb. 01, 2026, to remove reference to an article that is no longer available. YikYak, the anonymous, proximity-based, social media app, has […]
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 […]