Ferris professor seeks new generation of sunscreen

BIG RAPIDS – Ferris State University Biology professor James Hoerter is spending the month of May, which is Skin Care Awareness Month, in Dublin, Ireland, concentrating on research that could result in a new generation of sunscreen.

Hoerter is conducting his research at the Dublin Institute of Technology’s FOCAS Institute/Radiation and Environmental Science Research Center through June while on a Fullbright fellowship that began in January.

[More...] 15 May 2008

Paul Doyle receives Distinguished Alumni Award

BIG RAPIDS – Paul Doyle, of Paul T. Doyle and Associates, LLC, received the Ferris State University Distinguished Alumni Award during the University’s Spring Reunion banquet.

Doyle, a 1979 graduate of Ferris’ College of Education and Human Services, has been working in the health care industry in West Michigan since 1985. As former director of Community Health Strategy for the Spectrum Health Healthier Communities department, he supported the creation of innovative strategies and programs to improve the health of West Michigan.

[More...] 15 May 2008

FPW names Horn its Woman of the Year

BIG RAPIDS – Cindy Horn of Hawkins, interim director of University Recreation, has been named the 2008 Ferris Professional Woman of the Year.

The Ferris Professional Women annually recognizes an outstanding woman on campus who has stimulated the awareness of women by participating in activities to enhance the status of all women, encouraging women to exercise their rights and roles in the Ferris community and continuing to be a model of professionalism to students and other colleagues.

[More...] 09 May 2008