FEATURE —CELEBRATING 100 YEARS
1978
• Dean Jim Davis elected to Virginia House of Delegates • Flamenco dancer Jose Greco performs
1991 • Grousbeck Music Center completed • Last FC associate’s degrees awarded 1992
• Blue Ridge Institute & Museum Building dedicated • FC receives $12 million gift from R. Stuart Moore estate
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BRI opens “White Liquor” moonshine exhibition Coach Hank Norton inducted into Virginia Sports Hall of Fame Arthur Hall dedicated Skeens Alumni Conference Center dedicated
2007 • • • •
Ferrum Community Health Center opens FC institutes its first E-Term session Roberts Hall renovated and rededicated Moore Hall dedicated
2008
• Clark Hall dedicated • • •
Jack Tale Players perform in New York City’s Central Park Hot water solar panel array installed on west side of campus Ferrum Summer Theater (later called “Blue Ridge Dinner Theater”) opens first season
1979
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1993
• FC pitcher Billy Wagner drafted by Houston Astros
• Jack Tale Players join national USO tour • National Shakespeare Company presents Hamlet • Blue Ridge Farm Museum dedicated
1994
1980
1995
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Pop singer/songwriter Robbin Thompson performs Hank Norton gets 150th win as FC football coach Stanley family donates Stoneleigh mansion to FC Phyllis Schlafly, President of Stop ERA, debates Karen DeCrow, President of National Organization for Women, on campus
1981
1996 • First Snowball Dance 1997
• FC installs computers in every residence hall room • Rock band Third Eye Blind performs • FC institutes its first annual Women’s Leadership Conference
1985 • FC football moves to Division III in NCAA • The Charlie Daniels Band performs • Comedian Jim Belushi performs 1986
• Fire partially destroys Paul’s BBQ • Virginia designates Blue Ridge Institute as State Center for Blue Ridge Folklore
1987 • Dr. Jerry Boone begins 15-year service as FC president 1989 • FC bookstore completed • SIFE (Students in Free Enterprise) chapter organized at FC
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1983
• Drummer Buddy Rich performs • Folk singer Josh White performs
Executive-in-Residence program instituted Papa John’s Pizza opens on campus Titmus Agricultural Center dedicated “Raising the Bar” fundraising campaign finishes with $20.6 million
• FC hosts National United Methodist Student Forum • Rock groups Everything and The Edwin McCain Band perform
• Garber Hall agroecology wing opens
1984
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• Author/poet Wendell Berry speaks
• Ferrum Fitness Center completed • Ferrum Edition vocal group performs at the Kennedy Center
• Sen. George McGovern and civil rights leader Julian Bond speak on campus • LSD researcher Dr. Timothy Leary debates Watergate felon G. Gordon Liddy on campus • Jazz great Maynard Ferguson Band performs
1998
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Hart International Plaza dedicated Dyer Hall dedicated Starbucks opens on campus First Ferrum College Forum on Critical Thinking, Innovation & Leadership held
2000 • •
Folk singer/guitarist Doc Watson performs at Blue Ridge Folklife Festival Rockabilly group BR5-49 and folk group Cherish the Ladies perform
2001
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Bluegrass legends Ralph Stanley & The Clinch Mountain Boys perform at Blue Ridge Folklife Festival Rock band Sum 41 performs Ferrum’s first national fraternity (APO) chartered
2002
• Dr. Jennifer Braaten takes office as FC President • Rap group Nappy Roots performs
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2003
• Skeens Tennis Complex dedicated
2004 • • • •
Country singer Blake Shelton performs Ferrum Center for Criminal Justice Studies established FC introduces “Ferrum Express” bus service between Ferrum and Roanoke FC introduces own line of fudge
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2006
• Beckham Hall renovations completed • FC’s Rev. Wes Astin named United Methodist Chaplain of the Year FERRUM MAGAZINE | ANNUAL ISSUE 2013–2014
2012 • • • • •
Blue Ridge Institute & Museum Building expansion completed Hank Norton Athletic Center dedicated Franklin County YMCA opens on campus Panther Hills golf course opens on campus DeHart Botanical Gardens donated to FC
2013
• New science wing opens in Garber Hall • Norton-Tolley Press Box completed in W.B. Adams Stadium
2014
• Ferrum Mercantile opens