Celebrating 125 Years

• Celebration Kickoff
  September 1, 2009
• Founders' Day
  September 3, 2009
• Gallery Event
  September 10, 2009
• Homecoming 125th Events
  October 10, 2009
• Ferris Foundation Benefit
  November 6, 2009
• Festival of the Arts
  January 28, 2009
• Music & 125 Celebration Week
  April 21-24, 2010

Celebrating 125 Years!
A Photo Review - Wreath Laying

Pictured above is the wreath-laying ceremony on September 1. From left to right, President David L. Eisler, Reverend Jerena Keys, State Representative Darwin Booher, Big Rapids Mayor Mark Warba, Reverend Jon Fleming

   
Photo left, President David L. Eisler. Photo right, members of the Ferris ROTC with the wreath.

Members of the Ferris ROTC guarded the wreath throughout the afternoon at the W.N. Ferris statue on the Ferris campus.

New Book Marks Ferris Anniversary

Ferris State University: The First 125 Years celebrates the living history of our remarkable institution of higher learning founded by Woodbridge N. and Helen Gillespie Ferris in 1884.

"A Century of Opportunity"

Read more about the history of the university in the book by Joseph Deupree