The University’s history has been documented in a new coffee table book that will
be released to the campus and local communities and the world on Sept. 1. “Ferris
State University: The First 125 Years” comprehensively chronicles the progression
from Big Rapids Industrial School to Ferris Institute, to Ferris State College to
what it is today: Ferris State University. The book is filled with photos that range
from rare and historical to unique and modern. The images of Ferris State University
are accompanied by the stories that have helped define the University during its first
125 years.