Saginaw Valley State University

A Saginaw Valley State University student has been honored by the Women's Progressive Club of Saginaw with the Hazel Jones Wright Award for Community Service. Terry Blake, a business management major from Flint, received the award in November for his service activities on campus and in the community.

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.

Saginaw Valley State University student Melissa Jones received the Outstanding Undergraduate Oral Presentation award at the Midwest American College of Sports Medicine annual conference in Fort Wayne, Ind. Nov. 6-7.

The Midwest American College of Sports Medicine annual conference took place in Fort Wayne, Ind. Nov. 6-7.

Six Saginaw Valley State University students took honors for their research and speaking skills during the 26th annual Sims Public Speaking Competition at SVSU Friday, Nov. 6.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Saginaw Valley State University announces the 2015 Homecoming Court.

Saginaw Valley State University's Department of Theatre will produce the Sherlock Holmes-inspired play, "The Game's Afoot," in October.

SVSU has accepted new students for the fall 2015 semester.

SVSU has accepted new students for the fall 2015 semester.

Saginaw Valley State University educators are leading six environmental research studies this summer with the help of 10 teachers and 21 students from a dozen K-12 schools in Bay, Gladwin, Midland, Saginaw, Shiawassee and Tuscola counties.

As part of the SVSU Cooperative Education and Internship Program administered by the Office of Career Services, several students have the opportunity to apply their academic coursework into a real-world setting.

SVSU has accepted new students for the fall 2015 semester.

Saginaw Valley State University will host a speaker series and technology showcase in the style of the TED Talks videos made popular on social media. TEDxSVSU is scheduled Saturday, Aug. 1, from 9 a.m. to 3:40 p.m. in SVSU's Rhea Miller Recital Hall.

In total, 934 graduates earned degrees in May from Saginaw Valley State University.

In total, 2,078 students from Saginaw Valley State University were named to the Deans' List for the winter 2015 semester. To be eligible for the Deans' List, a student must take at least 12 credit hours and carry a semester GPA of 3.4 or better. For more information visit www.svsu.edu.

In total, 452 students from Saginaw Valley State University were named to the President's List for the winter 2015 semester. To be eligible for the President's List, a student must take at least 12 credit hours and earn a 4.0 grade point average. For more information, visit www.svsu.edu.

Four Saginaw Valley State University students will compete in the Miss Michigan Scholarship Pageant in June, including one woman whose mother once won both the Miss Michigan and Miss America titles. SVSU students Jaeleen Davis of Saginaw Township; Ashli Maser of Au Gres; Mallory Rivard of Bay City; and Alana Rae Wilson of Monroe are four of the 34 contestants in the pageant.

Ten students have been selected for Saginaw Valley State University's highly competitive Roberts Fellowship for the 2015-16 academic year. The program annually enlists students in academic coursework and extracurricular activities designed to enhance their potential as future political, economic and civic leaders.

Ten Saginaw Valley State University students provided occupational therapy support to people in Ecuador. The students -- all enrolled in SVSU's master of science in occupational therapy program -- visited a pediatric clinic, an adult day care center and a skilled nursing center during their stay. Crecer, a nonprofit organization that provides occupational therapy services in Ecuador, worked with SVSU's students.

A group of Saginaw Valley State University student residential hall leaders recently attended a national conference in Fargo, North Dakota-- and helped clean up a neighborhood while there. The 10 SVSU students attended the National Association of College and University Residence Hall Annual Conference at North Dakota State University from Friday to Sunday, May 22-24.

Six Saginaw Valley State University graduates passed the Board of Certification national certification exam necessary to become a certified athletic trainer. All SVSU students taking the exam passed during the most recent cycle, giving the school a 100 percent pass rate.

The Saginaw Valley State University Cardinal Formula Racing team will race "one of the most well-developed vehicles" in the accomplished program's history when it faces off against international competition. Brooks Byam, SVSU professor of mechanical engineering and the team's faculty adviser since 1998, has high hopes for No. 73 -- the name of this year's student-built Indy-style vehicle -- on the eve of an annual competition.

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.

The Saginaw Valley State University Cardinal Formula Racing team earned the fifth-best finish in the accomplished program's history at its most recent international competition. The team finished in 26th place out of 110 colleges and universities from around the world at the Formula Society of Automotive Engineers Collegiate Design Series. The event was hosted at the Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn, Michigan from May 14-16.

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.

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.