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Kathleen Schachman, the Harvey Randall Wickes Endowed Chair in Nursing at Saginaw Valley State University, is pictured at the University Clinic in downtown Bay City. SVSU will use tele-health and other technologies to connect the clinic with five clinics served by Sterling Area Health Center as part of a nearly $1.4 million federal grant to create a rural residency program for graduate students in SVSU’s family nurse practitioner program.

SVSU receives $1.39 million federal grant to improve health care in northern lower Michigan

Saginaw Valley State University has won federal funding to improve health care delivery for residents in rural areas immediately and into the future. A grant of nearly $1.4 million will support an innovative approach that will place graduate students i...

Jun 27, 2017, 2:49pm EDT

SVSU electrical engineering students (from left) Zwe Thiha, Jonathan Claus and Michael Papesh work on circuitry and components to be used in an automated intensive care unit for animals at Great Lakes Pet Emergencies in Carrollton Township. Photo credit: Mike Randolph, SVSU

SVSU engineering students aiming to assist in pet surgery recovery with automated intensive care unit

When dogs undergo surgery, veterinarians often must suture a nasal oxygen catheter to the animal, making for an uncomfortable recovery. Four Saginaw Valley State University electrical engineering students are working to ensure that is no longer necessa...

May 29, 2017, 6:00am EDT

Matt Ferguson, a teacher at Kingston High School, works with students Riley Kinel and Zack Rayl as they build parts of a robotic hand they will attach to a life-sized robot. Student Aric Hobson is shown in the background.

SVSU, Dow Corning Foundation STEM program rewards Kingston teacher's eye for the future

"Robots shall inherit the classroom" reads the tagline on Matt Ferguson's Kingston High School-based webpage featuring his Robotics course's trials and tribulations. It's a maxim that may sound hyperbolic to some, but to Ferguson and his students, i...

May 26, 2017, 10:49am EDT

In the attached photo, Saginaw Valley State University President Donald Bachand (right) celebrates with (from left) Paul, Lori and Natalie Jacobs prior to Commencement exercises at SVSU Saturday, May 6. Natalie participated in the graduation ceremony and is enrolled in the final two courses required for her to complete her bachelor’s degree in communication. Photo credit: Mike Randolph, SVSU.

SVSU student shows perseverance to complete degree

Emotions filled Natalie Jacobs as she crossed the stage during Commencement exercises at Saginaw Valley State University Saturday, May 6. Her seven years of college culminate a lifetime of determination overcoming medical challenges. A graduate of F...

May 17, 2017, 2:57pm EDT

About Saginaw Valley State University

Saginaw Valley State University is a comprehensive university with more than 90 programs of study for its more than 9,000 students. Located on a suburban campus in Michigan’s Great Lakes Bay Region, SVSU is committed to a supportive and empowering environment for students.

SVSU emphasizes undergraduate teaching and learning, and community-based research. In 2015, SVSU received the Community Engagement classification from the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, a distinction achieved by only 7 percent of U.S. colleges and universities. By their senior year, 84 percent of students have engaged with community employers and agencies in internships, field placements or some other component of their academic preparation.

SVSU is establishing itself as a leader in STEM education for the Great Lakes Bay Region, partnering with businesses, foundations and school districts to improve students’ performance in math and science at the middle school, high school and university levels.