"My plea in Michigan
- and it will be my plea to the last breath I draw, and the last word I speak
- is education for all children, all men, and all women of Michigan, all the people in all our states all the time."
- Woodbridge N. Ferris
Address delivered at the Annual Meeting of the Michigan Pioneer and Historical Society, Lansing, May 25, 1916
- The Sayings of W. N. Ferris, 1983 and 1990, p. 27
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The Ferris State University Library for Information, Technology and Education (FLITE) is a premier facility integrating modern technology with traditional information resources. Designed for flexibility and versatility, FLITE will continue to adapt to the changing needs of students and other users in the advancing
digital age.
As the campus signature building and the largest capital outlay project in the institutions history, FLITE is a gathering place for learning that incorporates information and technology as a
strategy for facilitating education. FLITE is used not only by the students and the faculty but also by the Big Rapids community
and surrounding areas.
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FLITE Dedication Poem
by Richard Cochran
The walls and brick and glass gleam new.
We gaze in awe, we feel the pride.
Our dreams, all dreamt, have all come true.
Day after day, the building grew,
Demanding attention a delicate bride.
The walls and brick and glass gleam new.
Hundreds of hands slipped life into
A shimmering world top, bottom and side.
Our dreams, all dreamt, have all come true.
Against a sky of azure blue,
The triumph is certain, in and outside.
The walls and brick and glass gleam new.
What had begun a germ, a clue,
Has blossomed in glory, high and wide.
Our dreams, all dreamt, have all come true.
A jewel has risen, with emerald hue,
FLITE stands to serve: a friend, a guide.
The walls and brick and glass gleam new.
Our dreams, all dreamt, have all come true.
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