Saginaw Valley State University

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.

Saginaw Valley State University accepted the following students for the fall 2015 semester.

Eleven Saginaw Valley State University students received scholarships from the SVSU Faculty Association. They were recognized during the 29th Annual Faculty Association Awards Banquet Friday, Oct. 17. The ceremony also honored three SVSU faculty members who received Faculty Association awards.

During a statewide conference, eight tutors from SVSU's Center for Academic Achievement discussed their success in working with student-athletes to improve their academic performance.

In total, 922 graduates earned degrees from Saginaw Valley State University during May 2014 graduation ceremonies.

Students cast their votes to select Saginaw Valley State University's 10-student 2014 Homecoming Court. Students then cast a second round of votes to crown the court's king and queen. Those honors went to Homecoming Queen Bethany Thrun, a nursing major from Garden City, and Homecoming King Tom Sutherland, a finance major from Carsonville. The king and queen were announced at halftime of SVSU football's homecoming game against Northwood University on Saturday, Oct. 25.

Saginaw Valley State University student Pedro Marin has been selected as the First Year Student of the Month by the National Association of College & University Residence Halls. The association represents 597 colleges and universities across the U.S. and select other countries, including Canada and Qatar.

The king and queen were announced at halftime of SVSU football's homecoming game against Northwood University on Saturday, Oct. 25. They were Tom Sutherland, of Carsonville, and Bethany Thrun, of Garden City. The two were selected from among 10 students on the 2014 Homecoming Court, which were determined by a vote of SVSU students. Students then cast a second round of votes to determine the king and queen.

Valerie Adams has an extraordinary record of accomplishment at Saginaw Valley State University. Her latest achievement: gaining acceptance into the highly competitive Doctor of Physical Therapy program at Duke University. An exercise science major from Washington Township, Adams will graduate from SVSU in May 2015 and begin the three-year program at Duke next fall. The 2011 graduate of Rochester Stoney Creek High School was confident about her choice of college major.

Gage Kienitz was one of 460 students from Saginaw Valley State University named to the President's List for the winter 2014 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.

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.

Saginaw Valley State University sophomore and Vassar native Landon Zwerk recently received the school's S.K. Yun Science Award, given annually to one or more SVSU students showing enthusiasm for studying natural science.

Cara Deschermeier can be described in many ways. Wife, Saginaw Valley State University student, musician, events coordinator, dancer, leader. Soon, working professional will be added to the list. The Petoskey native has accepted a full-time position as a junior instructional designer at United Federal Credit Union's headquarters in the southwestern Michigan community of St. Joseph. She plans to begin the job once she graduates from SVSU with a bachelor's degree in communication in May 2015.

A Saginaw Valley State University graduate has received a highly competitive scholarship that will cover $200,000 to $300,000 of her costs in dental school. Logan Schuiteman, who earned her SVSU bachelor's degree in biology in May, now is enrolled at the University of Louisville School of Dentistry. There, she plans to graduate with a doctor of dental medicine degree in 2018.

As Leecia Barnes moved closer to graduating from high school in 2011, her parents regularly asked, "What's the plan?" Three years later, she's close to completing that plan -- graduating from Saginaw Valley State University with a bachelor's degree in finance -- and already has found success in her next plan, well before most college students do.

Three Saginaw Valley State University mechanical engineering students as part of their senior design project are building a quench tank sand removal system for General Motors.

Seven projects put together by 26 Saginaw Valley State University students were on display during the mechanical engineering senior design symposium Friday, Aug. 15 in Pioneer Hall.

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.

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.

Three Saginaw Valley State University mechanical engineering students as part of their senior design project are building an automated loading system for Saginaw-based Nexteer Automotive.

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.

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.

On Aug. 5, 13 Saginaw Valley State University students -- part of the Cardinals In Action (CIA) program -- helped the Eastern Michigan Food Bank in Flint reach their goal by helping move and sort over 17,000 pounds of food.

Saginaw Valley State University senior Amanda Gettgen, a Clinton Township native, was chosen as one of 33 people charged with helping re-energize metro Detroit's creative and professional core.

Saginaw Valley State University nursing student Jessica Asaro's honors thesis recently was selected "Best Student Paper" at the Global Science and Technology Forum's 2nd Annual Worldwide Nursing Conference in Singapore.

Saginaw Valley State University biology majors Brandon Skwirsk and Amanda Himmel recently were accepted into postgraduate programs in medicine and optometry, respectively.

Saginaw Valley State University's chapter of the criminal justice honor society, Alpha Phi Sigma, has been reestablished. James Bowers, an assistant professor of criminal justice at SVSU, is the group's faculty advisor.

Saginaw Valley State University student Aimee Wilson, of Freeland, was awarded the prestigious Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship to fund a student teaching abroad experience in China.

Five Saginaw Valley State University students attended the BACCHUS Network Area 7 Conference at Ohio University April 11-12.

Caitlin Mazurek, a Saginaw Valley State University exercise science student from Grand Blanc, this month earned two bronze medals in a national jiu-jitsu competition. She earned the medals during the North American Grappling Association (NAGA) competition in Southfield on May 10, in the women's beginning no gi flyweight division and women's beginner gi flyweight division.