Founders' Day

Enjoy our photo review
of Founders' Day 2009!

Founders' Day
Over 5,000 faculty, staff, students, alumni and area community members enjoyed a very special Founders' Day on September 3, 2009! An ice cream and cake social was held with area celebrities serving up quantities of delicious Jones' ice cream, as well as a generous portions of a deocorated cake courtesy of the Ferris catering staff.

Founders' Day
Members of the enrollment services team created a fun vintage photo event. Participants had a choice of posing with W.N. Ferris, fighting the Old Main fire or with a vintage baseball team!

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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

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