As we continue to celebrate our Centennial and in the spirit of our community outreach, the campus and the public are invited to enjoy camaraderie, good food and the opportunity to help feed the hungry with the Centennial Year Empty Bowls event on Sunday, Jan. 26, 2014 from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. in the Blue Ridge Mountain Room in Franklin Hall.   For $15, attendees enjoy a hot meal of scratch-made soup and bread served in a handcrafted bowl of their choice, many of which are made by Ferrum College arts students, and then can take their "empty bowl" home. Proceeds support the Panther Packs program, which provides food for hungry children of Ferrum Elementary. Learn more here.

In the month of February, you are invited to join us on Saturday, February 8 for our first ever "Celebrating Our Founders Day", in conjunction with our annual Stop Hunger Now effort. The day begins with a service of worship and song in at 9 a.m. in Vaughn Chapel, led by our new Dean of the Chapel, Dr. Jan Nicholson.  Volunteers, including Ferrum students, faculty and staff as well as members from local churches, community groups and scout troops, will gather at the campus YMCA from 10 a.m. to 12 noon with a goal to package 50,000 meals!  Everyone is then invited to an informal "Soup Supper" to be served in the YMCA immediately following the meal packaging. Volunteers and anyone wishing to donate by credit card can register by visiting the Stop Hunger Now web site here and following the instructions. Learn more here.

You are also invited to campus on Tuesday, February 11 hear Ferrum alum Kimberley S. Crannis '83 Chief of Police in Blacksburg, Virginia, the next guest in the College's "Executive in Residence" series. Chief Krannis, who was appointed Blacksburg's Chief of Police in October of 2006, received her Bachelor's Degree in Public Administration from Ferrum College in 1983 and a Master's Degree in Public Administration from Virginia Tech in 2000. Her many accomplishments include graduating from the 190th session of the FBI National Academy, and service on many boards including as past President of the FBI National Academy Associates of Virginia. In addition to visiting criminal justice classes throughout the day, she will give a public lecture at 11:15 a.m. in the Blue Ridge Mountain Room. Learn more here.