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September 2012

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View photos from recent campus improvements: YMCA, Garber Hall, Stanley Library, the English biomass boiler, and others...

The campus fitness center got a make-over and is now a YMCA

 

Thank You 2011-12

 

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BRI Quilt Exhibit: The Great Western Virginia Cover-Up

Now through 2013

 
Family Day
September 29

 

American Banjo Collectors Convention
October 5-7 

 

Corron Classic
October 12
 
Homecoming Weekend
Friday and Saturday, October 12-13

 

Blue Ridge
Folklife Festival
October 27 

 

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Greetings!

Fall is once again in the air. Ferrum College is enjoying the first cool, crisp days that always come with the resumption of classes, and with the fall term come more wonderful Ferrum traditions. Be sure to mark your calendars for Family Day on September 29.  Then, Homecoming tees off on Friday, October 12 with the Corron Classic Golf Tournament, and the women's softball team takes on the alumni, while the football team hosts North Carolina Wesleyan. There's fun for everyone so check out our website for all the details � 

Western Virginia Roy Stanley Education Classic Held at Ferrum College 

Ferrum College hosted Emory & Henry College for the game on September 1. Although the Ferrum Panthers lost the game the winner remained the Total Actions Against Poverty (TAP) program aimed at getting high school dopouts back in school. View photos from the game �

Ferrum Welcomes Outstanding Speakers for Executive in Residence Program

 

Julie Swanson

The Ferrum College Executive In Residence initiative is designed to bring the real-world business experience of current and retired business professionals to the classroom. Julie Swanson, President/Chief Executive Officer of Lutheran Family Services of Virginia, comes to campus on September 19. Read more about each speaker and see the full schedule on our website �

Visit Us this Fall
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Click on the above image to find out more about Homecoming Weekend

Watch Our New Videos on the Stop Hunger Now Event & the Freshman Scholars
The Stop Hunger Now Event Prepared 108,000 Meals for the Hungry
On Sunday, September 2, students and community members learned the meaning of the College's motto "Not Self, But Others" by working together to package 108,000 meals for the hungry in a campus Stop Hunger Now Event.
 

2012 Freshman Scholars at Ferrum CollegeFerrum College debuted a new opportunity during the summer of 2012 called the Freshman Scholars program. A select group of incoming freshmen were chosen to participate in exciting research opportunities working one on one with the College's professors over a two week period.

Ferrum College Unveils New Scanning Electron Microscope
The new microscope brings Ferrum's School of Natural Sciences and Math to the forefront of education and research. In addition to the microscope, other technology purchases enable Ferrum students, under faculty supervision, to access to state-of-the-art technologies related to their fields of study. Read more �