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4 unusual facts about Ferris State University


Amy Woodman

In February 2009, while training at Ferris State University, Michigan, she visited the UK and won the Aviva UK National Long-jump championship at Sheffield with a distance of 6.40 metres.

Woodman studied Sport and Exercise Science at the University of Wales Institute, Cardiff, before winning a two year scholarship to Ferris State University at Big Rapids, Michigan, USA.

Frank Fitzgerald

He attended Grand Ledge High School, and received further education at the Ferris Institute (now Ferris State University) in Big Rapids.

Paul W. Shafer

He was a student at Ferris Institute (now Ferris State University), Big Rapids, Michigan, and studied law by correspondence with the Blackstone Institute of Chicago, Illinois.



see also

Woodbridge Nathan Ferris

Ferris was born to John Ferris Jr. and Estella (Reed) Ferris in a log cabin near Spencer, New York and attended the academies of Spencer, Candor, and Owego (see autobiography posted on Ferris State University Webpage. Owego and Oswego are frequently confused.), and the Oswego Normal Training School (now State University of New York at Oswego) from 1870–1873.