Celebrating 125 Years

• Celebration Kickoff
  September 1, 2009
• Founders' Day
  September 3, 2009
• Gallery Event
  September 10, 2009
• Homecoming 125th Events
  October 10, 2009
• Ferris Foundation Benefit
  November 6, 2009
• Festival of the Arts
  January 28, 2009
• Music & 125 Celebration Week
  April 21-24, 2010

Foundation for Excellence Benefit

The annual Foundation for Excellence Benefit will be held on Friday, November 6 at the JW Marriot in Grand Rapids, Mich. The featured guest speaker will be award-winning actress Jane Seymour.
Proceeds from the Foundation for Excellence Benefit promote excellence among Ferris students, faculty and staff through the Foundation for Excellence Scholarship program, Exceptional Merit Grants program and other University endowments.
Please follow this link for more information and to order tickets: ferris.edu/htmls/foundation/Benefit/benefitsavedate.htm

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