Ferrum College News

Staff Photo by Morris Stephenson: The bright pink sign outside the Blue Ridge Institute and Museum on the Ferrum College campus announces BRI s newest exhibit, Virginia Rocks-A History of Rockabilly in the Commonwealth, which features the state s rockabilly stars of the 1950s and 1960s.

For Ferrum College, helping to expand wireless communications in the county has meant far more than finding strategic locations for microwave towers.

ATLANTA - Chance A. Crawford , 14, of Staunton, Va., has been selected for membership in the National Society of High School Scholars.

Announcement : Jefferson Center and Roanoke Youth Symphony Orchestra Team Up BMNN wrote: on Jun.

Four Franklin County High School seniors each were awarded four-year scholarships in the amount of $1,500 per year by the Smith Mountain Lake Lions Club at the club's June 11 meeting at The Waterfront Country Club.

Project's goal: provide online access to all county residents Courtesy Photo: Towers like this one on Grassy Hill are needed to transmit signals around the county for wireless internet service.

Ferrum opens new facilities for its agriculture program. Janelle Rucker Working in the new agriculture center, Ferrum professor Brian Whitaker holds a sheep for agribusiness student Chuck English.

May 11, 2009 476 words Colleges' insurance program developed to cover pandemics Mark A. Hofmann The church-affiliated colleges served by the Chicago-based Educational and Institutional Insurance Administrators Inc.

Rocky Mount will contribute $16,500 in the next fiscal year to help pay for special events, parades and tournaments to draw more people into the town.

The graduates in Ferrum College's Class of 2009 were urged Saturday to give back to the community, believe in a power greater than themselves, learn to laugh and take care of their mind, body and soul.

Gov. Tim Kaine will speak at Radford University; Gen. David Petraeus is on deck at VMI.

Staff Photo by Morris Stephenson: Anthony Cheatwood of Goodview, a student at Ferrum College, sustained only minor injuries when the minivan he was driving to school Friday morning struck a power pole and overturned on Route 40.

Dr. Belle Wheelan, president of the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, will be the speaker for Ferrum College's 93rd commencement on Saturday, May 2. Wheelan will speak at the graduation ceremonies on the front lawn that will begin at 10:30 a.m. Ferrum President Jennifer L. Braaten will preside over the ...

There was standing room only when Ferrum's own Junior Sisk and Ramblers Choice performed their first concert in Franklin County Saturday.

A 23-year-old Powhatan man was found not guilty Friday in Franklin County Circuit Court on a charge of rape related to an incident at Ferrum College on April 25, 2008.

Courtney O'Dell-Cuffee is waiting for the "word." If you're a high school senior, you know what she's anxious about: the word that she got into the college she wants.

Staff Photo by Morris Stephenson: Members of Ferrum College s Agriculture Club are making plans for the Agriculture Day Festival Saturday, March 21 in Rocky Mount.

March 12, 2009 Losers win big at Ferrum College Chances are you've never seen a college instructor like this before.

AA touring group of Affrilachian Poets will roll through Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia with a series of daily literary readings, creative writing and performance workshops, a theatrical/dance ...

A state lobbyist for the Council of Independent Colleges in Virginia said it appears to him the federal stimulus bill leaves room open for private colleges to be awarded stimulus money.