There are many opportunities available to Honors Students at Ferris State – from performing community service with the Big Rapids Women’s Information Service (WISE) to knitting with the Registered Student Organization ‘Crafter’s Anonymous,’ our students engage with their community and take advantage of all that we have to offer.

The Honors Program has funds available to help Honors students finance events such as conferences, retreats, study away trips and national/foreign exchange programs. We take groups of students down to Grand Rapids to see performances at DeVos Hall.  We have annual Awards dinners, an Art Show, Formal, Send-Off banquet, Speech Contest and the Variety Show.

In addition, honors students are actively engaged in research on campus, apply for scholarships and post-graduate fellowships, attend conferences and help run the program itself.

As the opportunities for service, leadership and cultural and academic enrichment appear, we’ll post them here!

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Be Part of the Change - On Wednesday, October 28, the Big Rapids Social Equity Initiative and the Ferris State Office of Multicultural Student Services are hosting a Zoom meeting for a conversation on community policing […]

Thank You! Kids’ Food Basket - Huge shout-out to all those who decorated the bags for the Kids’ food basket last week. We delivered the approximately 600 decorated bags on Friday afternoon! We haven’t heard yet […]

Cultural Event: Literature in Person: Nader K Uthman, Author and Translator -

Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute Virtual Health Summit - The Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute is sponsoring a virtual health summit on November 17 and 18 from 11:45 to 5 PM. The summit will address health and healthcare issues, policies, […]

Cultural Event: Marc Reede, Success Influencer this Thursday - 5-Star Event!!! Join Success Influencer, Marc Reede this Thursday, Oct. 22nd @ 7 pm. Hear about his experiences with these athletes, plus many other celebrities including Randy Zuckerberg, Kathy Ireland, Biz […]

Lunch and Learn: Interviewing Skills 101 - Join Debbie Lynn Mayo, the honors hall director at Ferris, on Thursday, October 22 at 11 AM on Zoom to learn how to get the job through a better interview. […]

Service Opportunity! Decorate bags for Kids’ Food Basket - The Kids’ Food Basket is an organization in Grand Rapids (and Holland and Muskegon) that provides sack meals to food-insecure kids.  We’ve worked with them in the past – last […]

Special Lunch and Learn on Women’s Marches this Friday! - Did you know that Ferris is teaming up with the Big Rapids community to sponsor one of more than 200 “sister” Women’s Marches that will be held all over the […]

Lunch and Learn: Rethinking Leadership Through Your Leadership Values Timeline - On Tuesday, October 13 at 11 AM, join Kaylee Burke of Ferris’s Center for Latin@ Studies for an interactive presentation entitled “Rethinking Leadership Through Your Leadership Values Timeline.” Students will […]

César E. Chávez 20th Anniversary Gala - The Center for Latin Studies will be streaming three events in their office (IRC 131) if anyone wants to have socially distant community while participating in the fall Cesar Chavez […]

Service Opportunity – Women’s March! - The organizers of the Women’s March are looking for two different kinds of volunteers: marshals and clean-up crew. A marshal is a volunteer who knows the plan for the day, […]

Adopt-a-Highway Rescheduled for this Sunday - The Honors Student Association’s Service Committee has rescheduled the Adopt-a-Highway clean up originally planned for last week. It will be held on Sunday, October 11 from 11 AM to 1 […]

Call for Ambassadors 2020 - Do you love the Honors Program at Ferris? Could you use a few extra service hours? We are looking for a handful of enthusiastic current Honors students to call and […]

Lunch and Learn: Demystifying the Senior Symposium - Join the honors advisor, Cathy Bordeau, on Tuesday, October 6 at 11 AM on Zoom to learn about the Honors Program’s Senior Symposium, the capstone event showcasing senior honors students’ […]

Grand Rapids Latin American Film Festival Online - The Grand Rapids Latin American Film Festival is virtual this year! The festival takes place from September 15 to October 15. All films are available to watch at your convenience […]