Ferrum Fiddlers Festival Back to Full Swing

By Mary Stoudt 

Ferrum Fiddlers Festival - after years of pause - was back in full swing at Ferrum College and had its first virtual event on Jan. 23, 2021. 

(11-years-old Cheyenne Grantham played Durang's Hornpipe

at this year's Ferrum Mountain Emerging Fiddlers' Contest

.)

Ferrum Wrestling Kicked Off The Winter Season

By Lindsey Foster

Ferrum Men’s Wrestling had their first Black vs Gold Scrimmage on Jan. 10, 2021, after weeks of restless practice to prepare for this winter season. The Panthers soon kicked off with their first match in Salem, VA on Jan. 16, 2021 and four wrestlers finished first, including junior Braden Homsey, junior Levi Englman, sophomore Justin Guy, and sophomore Elijah Martin.

(Senior Austin Smith. Photo courtesy of Ferrum Athletics.)

Chrysalis Magazine Solicits your Writing and Artwork

By Kacey Whorley and Braden Homsey, special to The Iron Blade

      If you want an opportunity to win extra cash, then the Chrysalis Literary and Arts Magazine is the place for you! You can submit poems, prose, visual art, or photography to the magazine and have the chance to win money and have your work published. In each category, the first place prize is $100, and the second place prize is $50. 

(Previous issue of Chrysalis. Photo courtesy of Ferrum College.)

Jennifer Irish Starts Her New Journey as Director of International Programs

By Frances Best

Jennifer Irish has been appointed the Director of International Programs this August, and is continuing to fulfill the program’s mission to help students discover their place in the world.

(Irish at work. Photo by Michael Hancock-Parmer.)