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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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SVSU steel band and percussion ensemble team up for concert

Two Saginaw Valley State University musical groups will perform together in concert Wednesday, Dec. 9 at 7:30 p.m. in SVSU's Rhea Miller Recital Hall.
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Drama, Artistic, or Musical Achievement - 2015 Dec 8

SVSU student instrumentalists to accompany Concert Choir

Four SVSU student instrumentalists will accompany the SVSU Concert Choir in their performance at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 2 in the Rhea Miller Recital Hall. The event is free and open to the public.
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Drama, Artistic, or Musical Achievement - 2015 Nov 27

SVSU students in Concert Choir to perform Mozart, Dolly Parton music

Saginaw Valley State University's Concert Choir will perform in concert at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 2 in the Rhea Miller Recital Hall. The event is free and open to the public.
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Drama, Artistic, or Musical Achievement - 2015 Nov 27

SVSU students participate in marching band's 40th annual indoor concert

Saginaw Valley State University's Cardinal marching band will perform pop hits in its 40th annual indoor concert during a send-off performance for its longtime director.
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Drama, Artistic, or Musical Achievement - 2015 Nov 20

SVSU student art exhibited in Sisson Gallery

Three SVSU art students exhibited ceramic pieces in Michigan Mud 2015 and Michigan Ceramic Art Association Student Exhibition held at The Sisson Gallery at Henry Ford Community College in Dearborn.
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Drama, Artistic, or Musical Achievement - 2015 Nov 11

SVSU Flute Choir in concert Thursday

Saginaw Valley State University's Flute Choir will perform in concert Thursday, Nov. 12 at 7:30 p.m. in SVSU's Founders Hall; it is free and open to the public.
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Drama, Artistic, or Musical Achievement - 2015 Nov 9

SVSU students accompany fall concert

Saginaw Valley State University will showcase the musical stylings of student saxophonist Nathan Swain at the Rhea Miller Recital Hall Friday, Nov. 13 at 7:30 p.m. The concert will be free and open to the public. Three SVSU student saxophonists will play in accompaniment.
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Drama, Artistic, or Musical Achievement - 2015 Nov 9

SVSU student saxophonist headlines November concert

Saginaw Valley State University will showcase the musical stylings of student saxophonist Nathan Swain at the Rhea Miller Recital Hall Friday, Nov. 13 at 7:30 p.m. The concert will be free and open to the public.
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Drama, Artistic, or Musical Achievement - 2015 Nov 9

Whodunit hilarity ensues in SVSU theatre's October production, 'Game's Afoot'

Saginaw Valley State University's Department of Theatre will produce the Sherlock Holmes-inspired play, "The Game's Afoot," in October.
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Drama, Artistic, or Musical Achievement - 2015 Sep 15

SVSU featured 'Music Majors Recital' in Rhea Miller Recital Hall

Saginaw Valley State University presented "Music Majors Recital" Monday, March 30. The concert was held in the Rhea Miller Recital Hall on the campus of SVSU.
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Drama, Artistic, or Musical Achievement - 2015 Apr 6

SVSU students performs in Cardinal Singers and Concert Choir concert

The Saginaw Valley State University's Cardinal Singers and Concert Choir performed; The Singers of SVSU: A Choral and Vocal Showcase; Monday, Feb. 23, at the Rhea Miller Recital Hall. The program featured works by various 18th, 19th and 20th century composers, as well as Renaissance era and early-Baroque theorists alike.
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Drama, Artistic, or Musical Achievement - 2015 Feb 24

SVSU theatre presents Shakespeare's 'Othello'

The Saginaw Valley State University theatre department will feature a small cast version of William Shakespeare's classic, "Othello," Wednesday, Feb. 18 to Sunday, Feb 22. Written in 1603 during Shakespeare's great tragedy period, "Othello" is set in Venice and Cyprus during the military conflict between Turkey and Venice in the late 1500s.
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Drama, Artistic, or Musical Achievement - 2015 Feb 12

SVSU exhibition showcases drawings, paintings of graduating fine arts students

The University Art Gallery at Saginaw Valley State University will showcase the drawings and paintings of two student artists from Monday, Dec. 1 through Friday, Dec. 12. A reception for the artist is at 4:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 4.
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Drama, Artistic, or Musical Achievement - 2014 Dec 1

SVSU Theatre presents Noel Coward comedy 'Blithe Spirit'

The Saginaw Valley State University theatre department will present a play about a writer who is haunted by the ghost of his late wife in producing Noel Coward's "Blithe Spirit." The SVSU production opens Wednesday, Nov. 19 with 7:30 p.m. performances through Saturday, Nov. 22. It concludes with a matinee Sunday, Nov. 23 at 3 p.m. All shows are held in the Malcolm Field Theatre for the Performing Arts.
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Drama, Artistic, or Musical Achievement - 2014 Nov 18

SVSU's Cardinal Singers invited to statewide convention

This was the first time an SVSU choir had been invited to sing at an American Choral Directors Association convention. The choir was selected by an esteemed group of choral directors through a blind audition.
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Drama, Artistic, or Musical Achievement - 2014 Nov 6

Students to perform in SVSU's 'The Grapes of Wrath'

Saginaw Valley State University's Department of Theatre will produce the play, "The Grapes of Wrath," to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the novel. This 1990 Tony Award and Outer Critics Circle Award winning play follows the Joad family in their journey from the dust bowl of Oklahoma.
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Drama, Artistic, or Musical Achievement - 2014 Oct 13

'The Cherry Orchard' latest SVSU theatre production

Saginaw Valley State University will host a production of "The Cherry Orchard," which will run from Wednesday, Feb. 19 to Sunday, Feb. 23 in the Malcolm Field Theatre for Performing Arts.
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Drama, Artistic, or Musical Achievement - 2014 Feb 21

SVSU Cardinal Singers, Concert Choir plan Monday concert

Saginaw Valley State University's Cardinal Singers and Concert Choir will be singing new life into the works of two poetic and literary icons, Emily Dickinson and Robert Frost in American Poets: Choral Songs of Emily Dickenson and Robert Frost on Monday, Feb. 24 at 7:30 p.m. in SVSU's Rhea Miller Recital Hall.
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Drama, Artistic, or Musical Achievement - 2014 Feb 21

SVSU theatre students perform 'Miracle on 34th Street'

Saginaw Valley State University students performed in a December production of "Miracle on 34th Street: A 1940s Radio Play." The play, shown December 4-5, recreateed a live 1940s-era radio broadcast of the story made popular by the 1947 movie adaptation starring Natalie Wood.
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Drama, Artistic, or Musical Achievement - 2013 Dec 6

SVSU student vocalists set for holiday concert

Saginaw Valley State University's Cardinal Singers and Concert Choir will perform this year's holiday-themed concert, "Sing Noel!," at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 3, in the Rhea Miller Recital Hall.
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Drama, Artistic, or Musical Achievement - 2013 Nov 27

SVSU Jazz Ensemble Concert scheduled for December

The Jeff Hall-directed event is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 5, in the Rhea Miller Recital Hall. The concert is free and open to the public.
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Drama, Artistic, or Musical Achievement - 2013 Nov 26

SVSU stages 'Mel Brooks' The Producers,' complete with original Broadway set

About 80 students will help produce the university's largest production ever.
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Drama, Artistic, or Musical Achievement - 2013 Nov 5

SVSU's 50th Anniversary Choral Gala planned

The Saginaw Valley State University Concert Choir and Saginaw Arts and Sciences Academy Choir this week will team up to present the 50th Anniversary Choral Gala.
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Drama, Artistic, or Musical Achievement - 2013 Oct 22

SVSU student recognized at ceramic art competition

Saginaw Valley State University student Adam Stuart received an honorable mention award at Michigan Mud 2013, a regional ceramic art competition that includes colleges and universities from Michigan and Ohio.
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Drama, Artistic, or Musical Achievement - 2013 Oct 18

SVSU Student was Invited to Participate at Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival

Saginaw Valley State University student Lexee Longwell, a theatre major from Howell, Mich., was invited to participate in the 45th annual Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival in Washington, D.C.
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Drama, Artistic, or Musical Achievement - 2013 May 16

SVSU Student was Invited to Participate in Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival

Saginaw Valley State University student, Mara Berton, a theatre major from South Lyon, Mich., was invited to compete in stage management at the 45th annual Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival in Washington, D.C.
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Drama, Artistic, or Musical Achievement - 2013 May 16

SVSU Student Wins Fellowships at Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival

Saginaw Valley State University student, Rusty Myers, a theatre major from Breckenridge, took home two national fellowships at the 45th annual Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival in Washington, D.C.
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Drama, Artistic, or Musical Achievement - 2013 May 16

SVSU's Department of Music Presented a Jazz Ensemble with Dave Tatrow

Saginaw Valley State University's Department of Music presented a jazz ensemble with guest artist Dave Tatrow, on trumpet, and with Jeff Hall, as director, on Thursday, April 25, 2013 at 7:30 p.m. in the Rhea Miller Recital Hall.
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Drama, Artistic, or Musical Achievement - 2013 May 7

SVSU's Department of Music Presented a Percussion Ensemble

Saginaw Valley State University's Department of Music hosted a Percussion Ensemble, under the direction of Brandon Haskett, on Tuesday, April 23, 2013, at 7:30 p.m. in the Rhea Miller Recital Hall.Selections for the evening included: "Stained Glass", "Invention No. 8 in F major", "Yellow After the Rain", "Virginia Tate", "Minuano", "Bonham", "Threads (I-VI)", "Invention No. 4 in D Minor", selections from "Inspirations Diabolique", "Stubernic", "Double Take", and "Mercury Rising".
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Drama, Artistic, or Musical Achievement - 2013 Apr 29

SVSU Cardinal Singers and Concert Choir to Perform Songs of Stage and Screen

Saginaw Valley State University's acclaimed vocal ensemble, Cardinal Singers, will perform in concert at SVSU with the Concert Choir Wednesday, April 17 at 7:30p.m. in the Rhea Miller Recital Hall.
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Drama, Artistic, or Musical Achievement - 2013 Apr 15
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