The Imagine More Student Life Bus Tour started
in the Spring Semester of the 2006-2007 academic year at Ferris State
University. Dr. Daniel Burcham, Vice President of Student Affairs at
Ferris State University and Matthew C. Chaney, M.Ed., Interim Director
the Office of Minority Student Affairs, discussed creating unique
initiatives that would assist in creating access and awareness to
minority students about college and specifically Ferris State
University. From that meeting came the vision by Mr. Chaney to create an
initiative that was FSU student-based and FSU student-presented, hence
the creation of the Imagine More Student Life Bus Tour.
The Imagine More Student Life Bus Tour grew to
be an initiative undertaken by the Office of Minority Student Affairs
(now Office of Multicultural Student Services). Mr. Chaney and the OMA
staff arranged a plan to canvass Southeastern Michigan schools. OMA
reached out to minority student organizations to participate in the
initiative, and rehearsed with the organizations to create dynamic
presentations aimed at highlighting Ferris State.
During the first year of the initiative, FSU visited the following schools:
