Alumna Tracy Barbour and her husband Ronald Barbour have established the Rev. Clifford and Mrs. Ollie Mae Griffith Memorial Endowment to benefit honors program students.

The $2 million grant from the Tennessee Higher Education Commission will support the college’s Rural RNs Rise (R3): Growing Caregivers initiative.

The college is partnering with both McMinn County Justice Center and Monroe County Justice Center, both of which received grants to support inmate education through Cleveland State Community College.

Students who paused their education at Baker College because of institutionalized debt now have the opportunity to return and finish their education while also receiving debt forgiveness thanks to the college’s new Return to the Hive program.

The new campus will open with the Fall 2026 semester. Applications for the first cohort of medical students at the new campus opened in May 2025.

The two new buildings are scheduled to be completed in the fall of 2026 and will house facilities for the university’s Food and Animal Sciences and Environmental Sciences programs.

The scholarship was established by Morristown Utilities in order to provide financial assistance to students who are pursuing engineering and engineering technology.

The $500,000 grant will support the college’s Southwest Entertainment Production Initiative.

The asteroid, (230728) Tedstryk, was recognized by the International Astronomical Union, which, among other duties, standardizes the names of entities in the solar system to ensure the same names are used all over the world.

Ferris State University is launching its first ever Exercise Science program this fall to prepare students to earn careers in the growing health and wellness industry.