Welcome Ferrum Freshman! Rachel Waddell

Small and strong college community

Good Student Teacher Ratio

Beautiful Scenery Different Cultures Many Major and

Minors to choose.

Ferrum College Facts

Some things will change for the best◦ New friends◦ Independence ◦ Making yourself and

family proud ◦ Life Long

Knowledge

Some things may be rough ◦ You’ll miss home,

your friends, and family.

◦ College is tough if you don’t put in the effort

◦ You will be broke

Things will change,

Welcome to college, a world a lot different that high school.

If you do not do your homework you will fail.

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Homework, Homework, Homework

College is a GREAT experience

SGA and the Student Activity Office plan a lot of different fun things.

Enjoy it!

You can use your Ferrum Debit at Papa Johns, Subway, the hotdog cart, the Crazy Cuke, and Starbucks.

Ferrum Debit

Where are these places?

Papa Johns and Subway are downstairs in Franklin.

The Crazy Cuke is outside the front of Franklin

The Hotdog cart is outside the back of Franklin

You only have $250!

Spend it wisely You can spend

about 14 dollars a week and be able to use it all semester.

Ferrum Debit

You will more than likely live with this person for at least a year: ◦ Make clear

boundaries!◦ Respect the person,

respect their stuff, respect their space.

Roommate

Your advisor will help with EVERYTHING! ◦ Planning classes ◦ Dealing with stress◦ Connecting you with

other ◦ Four year plan

Once you get into your major you will more than likely have the same professors over and over again.

Get to know:◦ Teaching styles ◦ How their test are

formatted ◦ OFFICE HOURS ◦ EMAIL ADRESS!!!

Get to know you Advisor and Professors

The ARC The Library PAL tutors Office Hours Writing center Math center

Use your Resources

Learn: Put in all your effort into your classes. You’re paying a lot to be here.

Live: You’re going to make mistakes; Learn from them.

Enjoy: Make sure you have FUN! Make time to be social and make friends.

Learn, Live, Enjoy