This year’s annual Summerfest in downtown Big Rapids gathered the community for a chance to come together and enjoy themselves. On August 23, the Big Rapids community hosted the summer […]
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Program’s 50th Anniversary
This year marks the 50th anniversary of the nuclear medicine technology program at Ferris. Students start out at Ferris taking elective classes before going to the Grand Rapids campus to […]
Author sparking positive life changes
Author Joshua Berry talked about his book, “Dare to Be Naive,” and life lessons with students to spark opportunities to consider making positive life changes. Berry is a public speaker, […]
A summer in review
While many Ferris students were back home for the summer, the campus was certainly not quiet, as many events happened in the Bulldogs athletic world. Here’s what you missed over […]
EDITOR’S COLUMN: End of beginning
As I enter my final year of college, I can’t help but feel bits of dread with my next step into the future on the doorstep. From our earliest beginnings, […]
New green space
The space that housed Bishop Hall is being converted into a green space for students to enjoy. The Bishop Hall demolition started in late May after a condition assessment determined […]
Effects of new freshman program
Some of the incoming freshmen from Michigan were given an opportunity to help start off their year with the Determined Dawg Scholar Academy. The program began earlier this summer. Incoming […]
Sigma Pi house catches fire
This story will be updated as soon as more information comes out. The Sigma Pi fraternity house, located at 218 W. Pine St. in Big Rapids, caught fire on Wednesday, […]
Remembering Dr. Paul Klatt
Ferris State biology professor Dr. Paul Klatt died on April 27. He was a kind man who everyone loved, according to his colleagues. Klatt started at Ferris in 2005 […]
Students tour Holocaust center and Arab American museum
Over 40 students of various majors signed up to attend an outing to Farmington Hill’s Zekelman Holocaust Center and Dearborn’s Arab American National Museum. Friday’s trip offered students a look […]










