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.
(see more)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.
SVSU senior Chi Weng, of Shanghai, graduates
Chi Weng more than adapted to the idea of wearing a red ceremonial robe during the May 2016 Saginaw Valley State University commencement ceremony.
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2016 May 10
SVSU senior Ashli Maser graduates; Miss Michigan pageant up next
Ask Ashli Maser about her passions, and she will respond at first with a wide, white smile.
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2016 May 10
SVSU senior Emmanuel Avelino graduates
The funeral invitation came from a stranger.
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2016 May 10
SVSU senior Riley Hupfer, of Freeland, set to graduate
Lending a helping hand to the community has been at the core of Riley Hupfer's character throughout his time at SVSU.
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2016 May 4
SVSU senior Megan VanFleteren, of Troy, set to graduate; earns product engineer job
Heading into a profession that is over 75 percent dominated by males is just one more challenge for Megan VanFleteren to overcome.
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2016 May 4
SVSU senior Brandon Jones, of Saginaw, set to graduate
Brandon Jones describes himself as a man of purpose. He does his best to fulfill his genuine purpose every day at SVSU.
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2016 May 4
SVSU students earn degrees
Students earned degrees from Saginaw Valley State University during the December 2015 graduation ceremonies.
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2016 Feb 1
934 students graduate from SVSU
In total, 934 graduates earned degrees in May from Saginaw Valley State University.
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2015 Jul 22
SVSU graduate Miranda Strasburg to attend Miami University Ph.D. program
After she graduates from Saginaw Valley State University in May with a bachelor's degree in biology and Spanish, Miranda Strasburg will leap-frog the typical path of a student who graduates with a baccalaureate degree and then enters a master's program. Instead, Strasburg in August will immediately jump to a doctoral program when she moves to Oxford, Ohio to attend Miami University's Ph.D. program in ecology, evolution and environmental biology.
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2015 May 5
SVSU senior Evan Linskey to attend Indiana University's School of Public and Environmental Affairs
When Evan Linskey begins his master's program at Indiana University's School of Public and Environmental Affairs in the fall, he already will have logged plenty of hours in environmental management research in his own home state. At SVSU, he worked as a research assistant for the geography department, helping the community by studying the water quality of the Kawkawlin, Pigeon and Pinnebog rivers, analyzing how each affected the Saginaw Bay.
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2015 May 5
SVSU senior Terrance Moore's work begins at Saginaw County Sheriff's Department
Since childhood, Terrance Moore has been planning a career in law enforcement. Thanks in large part to his experience at Saginaw Valley State University -- and all the opportunities it presented -- that career already has begun. By the time Moore graduates with a bachelor's degree in May, the criminal justice major will have been working as a deputy corrections officer for the Saginaw County Sheriff's Department at the Saginaw County Jail for two years.
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2015 May 5
SVSU senior Shantinique Beverly excels in community service
Helping others doesn't cost Shantinique Beverly energy. It provides the energy. The Detroit native learned this lesson about herself through her studies and learning-based community service while at Saginaw Valley State University, where she will graduate in May.
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2015 May 5
SVSU senior Rashed Aldubayyan enrolls at George Mason University
Rashed Aldubayyan couldn't speak much English when the Saudi Arabia native first enrolled in the English Language Program at Saginaw Valley State University in 2010. Five years later, he's mastered the language along with the academics as he prepares to graduate in May and attend the master's program in applied information technology at George Mason University in the fall.
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2015 May 5
SVSU senior Stephanie Marr chosen for teaching program in Colombia
After receiving her bachelor's degree from Saginaw Valley State University in May, Stephanie Marr plans to combine those two passions by teaching English in other countries. Her first stop in June is Colombia, as she has been chosen for the English Teaching Fellowship by Heart for Change, an organization that brings English teachers to Colombia.
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2015 May 5
SVSU senior Valerie Adams enrolled in competitive Duke University program
After graduating from Saginaw Valley State University in May, Valerie Adams will move to North Carolina, where she is enrolled in the highly competitive Doctor of Physical Therapy program at Duke University.
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2015 May 5
SVSU senior Brandon Skwirsk accepted as medical student at Michigan State University
Brandon Skwirsk knew he wanted to become a doctor in the sixth grade. But it wasn't until he began studying for the profession at Saginaw Valley State University that he truly realized the career was a match made for him. "I fell in love with it here," said Skwirsk, set to graduate from SVSU in May with a bachelor's degree in biology.
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2015 May 5
SVSU senior Luke Sheppard hired as Bridgeport Middle School math teacher
SVSU senior Luke Sheppard was hired full-time as a math teacher at Bridgeport Middle School, weeks before earning a bachelor's degree in mathematics education in May.
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2015 May 5
SVSU student Garrick Salois to attend University of Rochester's Ph.D. program in neuroscience
For years, Garrick Salois racked his brain, searching for his niche as an undergraduate student. Eventually, the Kawkawlin native realized the brain was his niche. Salois this fall will attend the University of Rochester's Ph.D. program in neuroscience, studying for a career in brain research.
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2015 May 5
SVSU graduate Lexee Longwell, of Holland, to join London theatre group
When Lexee Longwell graduates from Saginaw Valley State University in May, the theatre major will move to London, England to join Ovation Limited Theatre Co. as an intern at the arts group's venue, Upstairs At The Gatehouse.
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2015 May 5
SVSU student Micah Skidmore earns job before graduation
On Saginaw Valley State University's golf team, Micah Skidmore's precision and hard work paid off, earning the Saginaw native numerous accolades including First Team All-GLIAC honors in 2014. In his SVSU studies, a different kind of precision and hard work helped Skidmore hit the college student equivalent of winning a tournament: A full-time job waiting for him after graduation.
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2015 May 5
SVSU student April Lukowski accepted into Ph.D. program for chemical biology
April Lukowski is the epitome of the homegrown college student who found a calling and an exemplary education at Saginaw Valley State University, all while helping the community where she was raised. Now that experience has opened new doors. Lukowski this fall will begin postgraduate studies at the University of Michigan, where she is enrolled in the Ph.D. program for chemical biology.
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2015 May 5
SVSU student Emily VanFleteren to graduate after accomplished undergraduate experience
Star student. Prospective teacher. Active volunteer. Homecoming queen. Red Pride incarnate. All of those titles could apply to Emily VanFleteren, one of Saginaw Valley State University's more active students in recent years. In May, the Troy native will add the title "graduate" to that list. Those familiar with her expect VanFleteren will continue building a fine reputation -- and stellar resume -- for herself once she begins her professional career as a teacher.
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2015 May 5
SVSU graduate Samantha R. Jackson accepted into top law school
Samantha R. Jackson arrived at Saginaw Valley State University unsure of her place or what to expect. She departs having earned admission and a scholarship to a leading law school.
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2015 May 5
SVSU students earn degrees
In total, 922 graduates earned degrees from Saginaw Valley State University during May 2014 graduation ceremonies.
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2014 Oct 27
SVSU student Jennica Young, of Saginaw Township, accepted into Ph.D. program at Southern Illinois University
Saginaw Township native Jennica Young this fall has been accepted into a Ph.D. program in psychology at Southern Illinois University's Brain and Cognitive Science program.
Young's next academic challenge will follow her graduation from Saginaw Valley State University, where she is set to receive a bachelor's degree in psychology in May. She will join some 1,000 classmates earning degrees from the institution.
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2014 May 6
SVSU student Marlin Jenkins, of Woodhaven, eyes overseas opportunities after graduation
When Marlin Jenkins arrived as a freshman at Saginaw Valley State University, he was a Woodhaven native looking for a campus with "a small community feel."
Four years later, as he prepares to exit the school after receiving his bachelor's degree in May, the creative writing major says his ambition now is to become part of a community no smaller than the world itself.
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2014 May 6
Shepherd native accepted to MSU Ph.D. program for kinesiology
Shepherd native Kerri Vasold been accepted to the Michigan State University Ph.D. program for kinesiology. She begins this fall.
Vasold is one of some 1,000 students set to graduate from Saginaw Valley State University this May.
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2014 May 6
Midland native earns full-time job with Dow Corning on eve of SVSU graduation
Earning a full-time job straight out of college isn't an everyday occurrence, but Midland resident Nicholas Anderson isn't an everyday student, his professors will tell you.
Before Anderson graduates from Saginaw Valley State University in May, he was promised a full-time job as an accountant at nearby Dow Corning Corp., one of the world's leading manufacturers of silicon used in next generation technology.
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2014 May 2
Alpena native, after graduating from SVSU, to pursue doctor of medicine degree from MSU
Alpena native Hope Bauer this fall will pursue a doctor of medicine degree from Michigan State University's College of Human Medicine.
Bauer's latest academic endeavor will begin after she receives her bachelor's degree in biology from Saginaw Valley State University in May. She joins 1,005 other graduates earning degrees from the institution.
Bauer said her studies in medicine and her ambition to become a doctor were inspired in part by migraines she's endured since she was a youth.
"I had to
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2014 May 2
SVSU senior from Flint to attend Texas Ph.D. program in behavioral neuroscience
Flint native Evan Nudi will head to Texas this fall with plans to pursue a Ph.D. from the University of Texas at Austin's behavioral neuroscience program.
He will continue the sort of research he began at Saginaw Valley State University, where Nudi graduates along with some 1,000 other students in May.
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2014 May 2