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Ferris State University President David Eisler to retire in June 2022
Updated Mar 15, 2021;
Posted Mar 15, 2021
David Eisler, president of Ferris State University, will retire in June 2022, the university announced Monday, March 15. (MLive File Photo)
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BIG RAPIDS, MI – Ferris State University President David L. Eisler will retire in June 2022, completing a 47-year career in higher education, the university announced Monday, March 15.
“Working at Ferris State University is a privilege, and it has been my honor to serve as president,” Eisler said in a statement. “This is a great university, with a unique and special mission, one that truly changes lives.”
Jim Bachmeier, Vice President for Administration and Finance
Administration & Finance
Jim Bachmeier, who carries over 30 years of experience in higher education, serves as Ferris State University s Vice President for Administration and Finance.
Bachmeier has a strong record of administrative, financial, operational and professional accomplishments and community engagement. He is a certified public accountant with extensive higher education experience at Grand Valley State University and Western Nebraska Community College.
Bachmeier serves as the chief financial officer of the University, as a member of the President’s executive team, and as treasurer of The Ferris Foundation. He oversees Auxiliary Enterprises (including Residential Life and Dining Services), Finance, Human
NYC s 4,500 Teaching Artists Have Been Hit Hard By Pandemic Cuts
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In 2017, Marissa Ontiveros, a newly minted NYU grad with a minor in educational theater, applied to several community-based cultural organizations to be a teaching artist in the city s public schools. Soon she had all the jobs she could handle. “I was working at five organizations in early 2020 teaching theater, movement and different art pieces,” she said about making a living in her field right out of college a stroke of good fortune that would be almost entirely undone by COVID-19. She was part of the fallout from the profound blow to arts education funding that was caused by the pandemic, and from which students and their teachers are still struggling to recover.
Foundation Board Member Nawrocki Makes an Impact With Endowed Scholarships
Foundation Giving
The Ferris Foundation Board of Directors member and Surveying Engineering alumnus Matt Nawrocki, (95)
“Donate enough money where it makes you uncomfortable.” This is the motivation for Surveying Engineering alumnus Matt Nawrocki, (95).
During his time at Ferris, he relied heavily on scholarships and grants to fund his education.
“As a student, scholarship money was vitally important to help me finance my education. I had to pay for my own college and that included sometimes taking a semester off here and there so I could go back to work full time to be able to afford the next