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Emily Hopper, junior, holds a goat at the petting zoo on Friday in the Quad.
Mammalian Menagerie
August 21, 2025
Poco, a stray, was brought in by the shelter and needs a home.
Finding Forever Homes
April 25, 2025
Following fall break next school year, ESC 205 students will be spending 10 days in Costa Rica.
Tropical Marine Ecology Students Going International
April 22, 2025
First-year Carys Johnston presents her poster comparing women's rights in the 1960s and the present in the Franklin Hall atrium.
A Blast from the Past, to the Future
April 15, 2025
Gabriel Alvarez, junior, proudly showcases his Venezuela display.
Students Participate in Cultural Fair
April 14, 2025
Junior Daniela Castillo, junior Catherine Bennette, sophomore Harleigh Propst, senior Kalee Bunn, and junior Makayla Rumley celebrate after a kill.
Volleyball Opens Season With Wins
September 16, 2025
The women's soccer team celebrates the first-ever Division II victory in school history in any sport. The Panther's knocked off Shaw university 4-0 in the debut matchup.
Women’s Soccer Makes History
September 8, 2025
The Student Athlete Advisory Committee recently met to discuss the future of Ferrum athletics.
SAAC of Gold
September 4, 2025
The Women's and Men's Cross Country teams pose for a photo as they begin the Fall 2025 season.
Ready for Take Off
August 28, 2025
Senior Shawn Baxter earned All-ODAC second team at first base.
And Then There Was One
May 16, 2025
Students peruse different booths at the Club Fair.
Students Attend Club Fair
September 18, 2025
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
September 9, 2025
Joe Kelley, Campus Police Chief; Erika, Campus Police K9; Kelley gets Erika to stay still for a photo
Energetic Erika
September 9, 2025
Theatre Arts Professor Emily Blankenship-Tucker performs as Katy Leary in 'You Caught Me Dancing'.
‘You Caught Me Dancing’ to Reprise This Weekend
August 21, 2025
Orchestra Appalachia performs in Vaughn Chapel for the Rootin', Tootin', Hootenanny.
A Rootin’ Tootin’ Hootenanny
April 24, 2025
Quad Talk
September 16, 2025
Library Talk
September 16, 2025
The largest incoming class in almost a decade attends the annual convocation to kick off the fall semester.
Ferrum Rising
September 4, 2025
Billy Wagner makes history as the first D-III collegiate baseball player to get into the MLB Hall of Fame.
Billy Wagner Enters MLB Hall of Fame
January 25, 2025
President Mirta Martin and Warren Wilson student Candela Perez-Castellanos speak about Hurricane Helene.
President Mirta Martin’s Thoughts on Lees-McRae Joining Campus After Hurricane Helene
November 14, 2024
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Ayden Plautz

Ayden Plautz is a Sophmore in the Media and Communication and Journalism majors with minor in English.

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Students peruse different booths at the Club Fair.

Students Attend Club Fair

Ayden Plautz, Staff Writer
September 18, 2025
The deadline to submit for the fall issue of Chrysalis isSept. 8.

Chrysalis Announces Fall Deadline

Ayden Plautz, Staff Writer
September 2, 2025
Gabriel Alvarez, junior, performs at the Coffee House.

Chrysalis Sponsors Coffee House

Ayden Plautz, Staff Writer
April 9, 2025
JB Von Preysing, seasonal public service assistant, explains the rules to Courtney Glynn, director of marketing and communications, and Sam Whitt, senior.

Literary Assassins

Ayden Plautz, Staff Writer
April 7, 2025
Hundreds of students gather at the Career and Internship Fair held in the Blue Ridge Mountain Room.

Students Attend Career and Internship Fair

Ayden Plautz, Staff Writer
April 3, 2025
President Trump's new immigration policies are too extreme, some say.

Pro/Con–Con: Trump’s New Immigration Policy

Ayden Plautz, Staff Writer
March 24, 2025
Ferrum Rodio Studio

Red Cross workers staff the Ferrum Blood drive, Feb. 10.

Blood Thinning for Good

Ayden Plautz, Staff Writer
March 10, 2025
Players in the first session of Call of Cthuhlu In January cringe shortly after a bad roll.

Falling into the Madness

Ayden Plautz, Staff Writer
February 4, 2025
Mattie Green's art piece "The Time Being" won second place in last semester's "Chrysalis".

Chrysalis Seeks Submissions

Ayden Plautz and Ian Babey
February 4, 2025
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