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 Students Travel to Ga. to Help Military Families
A team of 11 Saginaw Valley State University students will devote a portion of their spring break to travel to Hinesville, Ga. to assist military families in need. The students will depart Sunday, March 3, and return Saturday, March 9.The students will be working with Operation Homefront Georgia, an organization that helps military families with bills, groceries, community events, home repair, and so much more. Students will be working with Operation Homefront staff to assist their efforts.
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2013 Mar 6
SVSU Students Travel to Ga. to Ease the Burden of Homelessness
Students from Saginaw Valley State University are spending their spring break lending a hand to those in need. An 11-student team from SVSU will travel to Atlanta, Ga. to assist with easing the burden of homelessness. The students will depart Sunday, March 3, and return Saturday, March 9. The students will be working with the Medici Project to help soothe the hardship of homelessness.
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2013 Mar 6
SVSU Students Travel to N.J. to Educate Youth
Students from Saginaw Valley State University are spending their spring break lending a hand to those in need. A 12-student team from SVSU will travel to Newark, N.J. to assist education providers with getting information to at-risk youth. The students will depart Sunday, March 3, and return Sunday, March 9. The students will be working with United Way Newark, a program that provides youth knowledge and skills they need to succeed academically.
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2013 Mar 6
SVSU Student Chosen as Michigan Residence Hall Student of the Year
Saginaw Valley State University student Emily VanFleteren, a secondary education major from Troy, was selected Student of the Year by the Michigan Organization of Residence Halls Association. She received her award Sunday, Feb. 24 at Central Michigan University.
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2013 Mar 6
Local Students Accepted to SVSU
The following local students have been accepted to SVSU:
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2013 Feb 20
Local Students Accepted at Saginaw Valley State University
The following local students have been accepted at Saginaw Valley State University:
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2013 Feb 20
Local Students Accepted to SVSU
The following local students have been accepted to SVSU:
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2013 Feb 15
Local Students Accepted at Saginaw Valley State University
The following local students have been accepted at Saginaw Valley State University:
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2013 Feb 13
Local SVSU Students Among Best in Nation at Moot Court Competition
Students from Saginaw Valley State University proved their talent at arguing legal issues, advancing to the national moot court competition held in Virginia Beach, Va., Friday, Jan. 18, and Saturday, Jan. 19.
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2013 Jan 29
Local Students Accepted to SVSU
The following local students have been accepted to SVSU:
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2013 Jan 28
Local Students Accepted at Saginaw Valley State University
The following local students have been accepted at Saginaw Valley State University:
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2013 Jan 28
Local Students Accepted at Saginaw Valley State University
The following local students have been accepted at Saginaw Valley State University:
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2013 Jan 16
Local Students Accepted to SVSU
The following local students have been accepted to SVSU:
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2013 Jan 16
Local Students Accepted at Saginaw Valley State University
The following local students have been accepted at Saginaw Valley State University:
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2013 Jan 9
Local Students Accepted to SVSU
The following local students have been accepted to SVSU:
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2013 Jan 9
Local Students First from SVSU to Visit Sister School in Ghana
It’s one thing to study “emerging economies” from a textbook. It’s another entirely to fly more than 5,000 miles to see one for yourself.
That in part is why several local students from Saginaw Valley State University are taking a faculty-led trip to Pentecost University College in Ghana, a West African nation whose economy is among the fastest growing in the world. But the trip is also the first formal visit by SVSU students to Pentecost, a school that became a sister university to SVSU in August.
The group will depart Friday, Jan. 4, and over the course of nine days have the chance to interact with Ghanaian students and learn about international business from working professionals.
Those going include
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2013 Jan 3
Local Students Accepted at Saginaw Valley State University
The following local students have been accepted at Saginaw Valley State University:
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2012 Dec 18
Local Students Accepted to SVSU
The following local students have been accepted to SVSU:
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2012 Dec 18
Local SVSU Students to Help Build Homes for Needy in Ky.
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 12-student team from SVSU, these students will travel to Elizabethtown, Ky., working with the Hardin County Habitat for Humanity to help repair and build new homes for families in need. The group departs Sunday, Dec. 16, and arrives back home Saturday, Dec. 22.
The students include
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2012 Dec 12
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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2012 Dec 12
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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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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2012 Dec 12
Students Accepted to SVSU
The following students have been accepted to SVSU:
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2012 Dec 4
Students Accepted to SVSU
The following students have been accepted to SVSU:
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2012 Dec 4
Area Students Perform in Concert Choir
The following students will perform as part of the SVSU Choir:
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2012 Dec 3
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2012 Nov 20
Area Students Perform in Pulitzer Prize–Winning ‘Buried Child’ at SVSU
The Saginaw Valley State University theater department presents a Pulitzer Prize–winning play as its second production of the semester. “Buried Child” portrays an American family's traditional values breaking up and its dark secrets coming out. Written by Sam Shepard, the play won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1979.
A thought-provoking story for our time, the play offers a macabre look at an American Midwestern family with a dark, terrible secret, set during a rural economic slowdown that coincides with the breakdown of traditional family structures and values.
Directed by SVSU assistant professor of theater David Rzeszutek, performances are set for 7:30 p.m. every evening from Wednesday, Nov. 7, through Saturday, Nov. 10, and 3 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 11, in the Malcolm Field Theatre for Performing Arts. The show is intended for a mature audience, age 16 and above.
The full cast list includes
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2012 Nov 8
Guitar Ensemble Concert at SVSU
The following students will perform as part of the SVSU Guitar Ensemble:
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2012 Nov 8
SVSU Students' Paintings Selected to Hang in Michigan Congress
Two paintings by SVSU students will soon hang in Michigan’s Congress, having been selected as part of the seventh annual Student Art in the House initiative. The students are
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2012 Oct 15
Students Accepted to SVSU
The following students have been accepted to SVSU:
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2012 Oct 15