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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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Local SVSU Students to Help Rebuild Town Struck by Tornado

Local Saginaw Valley State University students are spending some of their 2012 winter break lending a hand in the spirit of giving. As part of a nine-student team from SVSU, these students will travel to Joplin, Mo., working with Rebuild Joplin to help restore a small community destroyed by an EF5 tornado in 2011. The group departs Sunday, Dec. 16, and arrives back home Saturday, Dec. 22. The students include
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Local Students to Help Seriously Ill Children in NH

Local Saginaw Valley State University students are spending some of their 2012 winter break lending a hand in the spirit of giving. As part of an 11-student team from SVSU, these students will travel to Greenfield, N.H., working with the Crotched Mountain Foundation to help plan activities in a school for children with serious medical conditions. The group departs Sunday, Dec. 16, and arrives back home Friday, Dec. 21. The students include
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Volunteer - 2012 Dec 12

Local Students to Help Feed Hungry in D.C.

Local Saginaw Valley State University students are spending some of their 2012 winter break lending a hand in the spirit of giving. As part of an 11-student team from SVSU, these students will travel to Washington, D.C., working with the Youth Service Opportunity Project to help combat the effects of urban poverty. The group departs Sunday, Dec. 16, and arrives back home Friday, Dec. 21. The students include
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