Skip to Main Content
  • The Award-Winning Iron Blade--First-Place National Award for College Newspapers--The American Scholastic Press Association
  • The Award-Winning Iron Blade--First-Place National Award for College Newspapers--The American Scholastic Press Association
52°
The Student News Site of Ferrum College

Iron Blade

The Student News Site of Ferrum College

Iron Blade

A student uses the fill station in Stanley Library to refill a thermos.

Project Planet: Campus Edition

Hannah Parks, Staff Writer October 7, 2025

Know what it means to "Go Green?" Want to know more about it? What you can do to help the earth continue to go round? "Reduce, reuse, recycle" say most elementary school teachers. Pain and simple. Many...

A skeleton sits upon a car with candy, forewarning trail-goers to beware.

Nightmares Incoming

Grace Weaver, Editor September 25, 2025

The third annual Haunted Trail will be hosted by Friends of Ferrum Park for two weekends instead of one. Titled "The Void Project," it's all about nightmares. Executive Director of Ferrum Park Rebecca...

Virginia AARP Representative Angela Snyder poses with the entrance sign at the Ferrum Park ADA Accessibility Trail after speaking to the community at the opening event.

Ferrum Park for All

Grace Weaver, Editor September 18, 2025

Friends of Ferrum Park celebrated the opening of the ADA accessibility trail on Sept. 12. The trail features a quarter-mile flat walking path with benches, handicapped parking, and woodland scenery...

Business and Beautification Chair Katrina Harrison hands a copy of the meeting agenda to Secretary Susan Selvage before Ferrum Forward's September meeting begins.

From College to Community

Grace Weaver, Editor September 16, 2025

Led by Professor Dave Campbell, the introductory journalism students learned through hands-on experience in the community last Tuesday, attending Ferrum Forward's September meeting. Ferrum Forward is...

Business and Beautification Chair Katrina Harrison hands a copy of the meeting agenda to Secretary Susan Selvage before Ferrum Forward's September meeting begins.

Forward Focused This Fall

Grace Weaver, Editor September 11, 2025

The Ferrum Forward Committee held its monthly meeting at the Blue Ridge Institute and Museum on Tues. Sept. 9 with an agenda full of business. Chair Burton White noted the meeting to be a significant...

Django Burgess, junior; Michael Tate-Banks, first-year; Gage Shelton, '25; and Kaylee Brooks, senior; perform a number during the play.

‘You Caught Me Dancing’ Brings Together Past and Present

Danielle Wilburn, Assistant Editor September 9, 2025

The final curtain has fallen on the set of You Caught Me Dancing. The production will hold a special place in the department’s history as the last show directed by the late Rex Stephenson. For many students,...

The deadline to submit for the fall issue of Chrysalis isSept. 8.

Chrysalis Announces Fall Deadline

Ayden Plautz, Staff Writer September 2, 2025

The fall 2025 issue of Chrysalis Literary Arts Magazine is coming around, with a submission deadline of Sept. 8. The editors of the magazine are looking for students, staff, and professors to submit...

A student takes advantage of the community hour and paddles out to the middle of Adams Lake.

Norton Outdoors Returns With a Splash

Josiah D. Canales Maldonado, Sports Editor August 21, 2025

Norton Outdoor Adventures launched the school year off with an immersive rowing experience held on Adam’s Pond last Thursday. During the community hour on campus, head faculty member of Norton Outdoors,...

Ferrum Forward Chair Burton White presents a humorous tote bag to the group.

Ferrum Forward Holds August Meeting

Grace Weaver, Editor August 14, 2025

The Ferrum Forward Committee gathered at the Blue Ridge Institute and Museum for its monthly meeting on Aug. 12. After a series of smiles, greetings, and friendly chatter, the meeting began with the...

Poco, a stray, was brought in by the shelter and needs a home.

Finding Forever Homes

April 25, 2025

Within the winding roads of Rocky Mount lies the Franklin County Animal Shelter, an animal adoption center that performs neutering of animals for free and is looking to bring families together through...

Senior Kyle Markowitz prepares to take a swing.

Baseball Takes Two

Josiah Canales Maldonado, Staff Writer April 24, 2025

Over the last week, Panther baseball collected two wins, dropping two games in a double header and rallying back to start a two-game win streak, before eventually getting the streak broken by Lynchburg. The...

Orchestra Appalachia performs in Vaughn Chapel for the Rootin', Tootin', Hootenanny.

A Rootin’ Tootin’ Hootenanny

Danielle Wilburn, Staff Writer April 24, 2025

Vaughn Chapel was on holy ghost fire with music and fellowship on April 11 during the Rootin’ Tootin’ Hootenanny. Presented by Orchestra Appalachia and the Panther Choral Choir directed by Emily...

Load More Stories
Donate to Iron Blade