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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.

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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.

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FIRST Robotics scholarship recipients bring their work ethic and talents to SVSU

Three SVSU students received the inaugural FIRST Robotics Scholarship.
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Scholarship - 2017 Oct 27

FIRST Robotics scholarship recipients bring their work ethic and talents to SVSU

Three students received the inaugural FIRST Robotics Scholarship.
Saginaw Valley State University’s logo
Scholarship - 2017 Oct 27

FIRST Robotics scholarship recipients bring their work ethic and talents to SVSU

Three students received Saginaw Valley State University's FIRST Robotics Scholarship, a renewable $4,000 scholarship offered to students who have been involved in the FIRST Robotics competition circuit.
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Scholarship - 2017 Oct 27

SVSU student's design will serve as Graff Chevrolet's logo next year

A Saginaw Valley State University student from Millington earned a $1,000 scholarship and will see her artwork featured next year in Graff Chevrolet advertisements.
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Scholarship - 2013 Nov 21

Cass City Native, SVSU grad earns law school scholarship

Saginaw Valley State University graduate Emily Sullivan will attend Wayne State University Law School on an academic scholarship that covers full tuition. The Cass City native, a political science and criminal justice double major at SVSU, begins there this fall. "I am excited and slightly nervous, but I feel very well prepared by the education I received at SVSU," she said.
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Scholarship - 2013 Jul 25
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