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For Immediate
Release:
September 13, 2006
20-Year Record Broken By Rise in Ferrum Enrollment
Last
week Ferrum College proudly welcomed the largest new student
enrollment in twenty years to its Ferrum, VA campus through
the doors of its newly remodeled student center and through
the all-new Skeens Alumni Conference Center. The large
class of 490 new students joins a total enrollment at
1,059. Ferrum hosts over 1,000 students for the first time
in ten years. New student enrollment is up 22% over last
year and 37% over two years ago. The institution has seen
applications surge in recent years with a 27% increase over
last year and 39% over two years ago.
"Word is getting out about how great Ferrum is!" Gilda
Woods, Director of Admissions said. “The college
implemented a new recruitment plan with the assistance of
John Dysart of The Dysart Group, a higher education
consulting firm. The plan included more direct
communication with prospective students highlighting new
initiatives at the college that have taken place since Dr.
Jennifer Braaten became president.”
The new Earl G. “Bud” Skeens Alumni Conference Center and
renovated Franklin Hall Student Center and Roberts Hall
greeted returning students, who just last year witnessed the
dedication of Arthur Hall, a new apartment-style residence
hall. A whirlwind 24 months of construction is winding down
with the most dramatic set of campus improvements in fifty
years. Students will be eager to enjoy the new living
accommodations, classrooms, meeting spaces, Internet cafés,
offices and exterior enhancements from the “FerrumPLUS!”
(Project Leading to Undergraduate Success) initiatives. A
renovated Beckham Hall was re-opened with a redesigned,
state-of-the-art classroom-focused interior in the fall of
2005. Future phases of development are being fast-tracked
for consideration as enrollment continues to grow.
Ferrum College is a four-year, private, co-educational,
liberal arts college affiliated with the United Methodist
Church. Ferrum offers a choice of nationally recognized
bachelor’s degree programs at a cost well below the national
average for private colleges. For more information on
Ferrum, visit
www.ferrum.edu.
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