Saginaw Valley State University

Three Saginaw Valley State University students were selected to be for the summer Research Experiences for Undergraduates program, funded by the National Science Foundation. Chris Silverthorn, a mathematics major from Yale, Mich., Ashley Walsh, a physics major from Snover, Mich., and Amanda Wickens a physics major from Tustin, Mich. were all accepted into the REU program.

Saginaw Valley State University music student Dayna Edwards will perform her senior recital Sunday, March 17 at 4 p.m. in the Rhea Miller Recital Hall.A graduate of Caro High School, Edwards was part of the advanced choir there. Since enrolling at SVSU in 2009, the music education major has been a part of the Cardinal Singers and Concert Choir and went to Washington D.C. to sing at the national cathedral with the Cardinal Singers in the winter of 2012. Edwards holds the Rhea Miller Scholarship.

Students from Saginaw Valley State University are spending their spring break lending a hand to those in need. A 10-student team from SVSU will travel to Morehead City, N.C., and work with the Carteret County Domestic Violence Program to help victims of domestic violence. The group departs Sunday, March 3, and return Saturday, March 9. The Carteret County Domestic Violence Program provides a mentoring program, a 24-hour crisis line and free shelter to victims of abuse.

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.

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.

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.

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.

The following local students have been accepted to SVSU:

The following local students have been accepted at Saginaw Valley State University:

The following local students have been accepted to SVSU:

The following local students have been accepted at Saginaw Valley State University:

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.

The following local students have been accepted to SVSU:

The following local students have been accepted at Saginaw Valley State University:

The following local students have been accepted at Saginaw Valley State University:

The following local students have been accepted to SVSU:

The following local students have been accepted at Saginaw Valley State University:

The following local students have been accepted to SVSU:

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

The following local students have been accepted at Saginaw Valley State University:

The following local students have been accepted to SVSU:

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

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

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

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

The following students have been accepted to SVSU:

The following students have been accepted to SVSU:

The following students will perform as part of the SVSU Choir:

The following students have been accepted to 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