More than two dozen courses offered by Ferris State University and the Kendall College of Art and Design of Ferris will be available to students at high school districts across Michigan. Spring 2021 semester dual enrollment opportunities have been published and distributed to these schools.
Director of the Office of Transfer and Secondary School Partnerships DeeDee Stakley said the COVID-19 pandemic has limited education enrichment opportunities for these students. Her office has welcomed new collaborations while continuing relationships with long-standing partner districts.
“We selected courses that the high schools in our partner districts can use to maximize the opportunities for their students,” Stakley said. “The State of Michigan Transfer Agreement means these General Education courses will be useful to students, wherever they might seek to continue their learning, but we are proud to welcome them as Bulldogs and demonstrate the excellence and value of the Ferris experience.”
Ferris classes available for dual enrollment through the FerrisNow program include sections from Retention and Student Success, College of Arts and Sciences and College of Business. Kendall College of Art and Design coursework will include face-to-face sections on design, the making of products, and drawing. KCAD instruction for these high school students will also see a Hyflex offering in Apply: Color, with synchronous online instruction in classes such as design, drawing, fiber art and digital 3-D.
“My office is happy to be working with KCAD partners in the Grand Rapids area and other districts in southern Lower Michigan,” Stakley said. “It is an honor to provide access to higher education for these students so that they might go on to realize their goals and become leaders in their professions and communities.”
High schools, regional technical centers or home school organizations interested in dual enrollment opportunities for their students in the coming semester, or the 2021-22 academic year can reach Stakley by email.
Current FerrisNow partner districts or career tech centers include:
Armada High School
Big Rapids High School
Cedar Springs High School
Chippewa Hills High School
Creative Technologies Academy in Cedar Springs
Crossroads Charter Academy in Big Rapids
Evart High School
Home School, based in Wyoming
Kent Career Technical Center
Lapeer High School
LifeTech, in the Grand Rapids-Kentwood Area
Lowell High School
Michigan Collegiate High School in Warren
Michigan Connections Academy in Okemos
Michigan Great Lakes Virtual Academy, based near Manistee
Mecosta-Osceola Career Center
Morley Stanwood High School
Munising Baptist School
Ready For Life in Kentwood
Reed City High School
Rockford High School
Sparta High School
Traverse Bay Area Intermediate School District
Traverse City Central High School
Van Buren Intermediate School District, based in Paw Paw
White Cloud High School
Wilson Career Center, in the Ingham County Intermediate School District
KCAD’s Fall 2020 active high school dual enrollment partners (locations) include the
following:
Allendale High School
Byron Center High School
Grand Blanc Community School
Grand Ledge High School
Northview High School, in Kent County’s Plainfield Township
Saugatuck High School
Waterford Kettering High School