News
News items about the Chemistry Department. For a complete list of News, please go to the Newsroom. To submit an item, please contact JJ Boehm, director of media and community relations, at ext. 4055
May 27, 2022
SVSU honors business leaders, outstanding faculty and staff
Saginaw Valley State University honored several regional business leaders as well as outstanding faculty and staff during the university’s 31st All-University Awards Banquet Friday, April 29.
November 5, 2021
SVSU faculty presented with Distinguished Professor of the Year Awards
The Michigan Association of State Universities (MASU) honored two Saginaw Valley State University faculty members with the Distinguished Professor of the Year Award during the Oct. 25 meeting of the SVSU Board of Control.
June 16, 2021
SVSU chemistry professor named Michigan Distinguished Professor of the Year
Saginaw Valley State University’s Tami Sivy, professor of chemistry, has received the Michigan Distinguished Professor of the Year award from the Michigan Association of State Universities.
May 6, 2020
Class of 2020: Shared passions propel cousins from SVSU to dental school
Ashley Reece and Caitlin Durkee take being part of the “Cardinal family” literally. The inspiring cousins and seniors at Saginaw Valley State University not only share familial ties, but they also share a similar college journey and passion for serving others. Each will earn her bachelor’s degree in biology, with a minor in chemistry, from SVSU this month and will be attending dental school together at the University of Michigan in the fall.
October 18, 2018
SVSU receives research grant aimed at reducing Saginaw Bay Watershed contamination
Saginaw Valley State University has received additional resources to study environmental conditions in the Saginaw Bay Watershed and improve public health for people living in and visiting communities in the watershed. SVSU faculty, staff and students are performing research aimed at identifying and reducing contamination in regional waterways.
June 7, 2017
SVSU partners with K-12 schools to prepare ‘chief science officers,’ thanks to grant from The Dow Chemical Co.
Saginaw Valley State University hopes to send students back to their K-12 schools to serve as leaders and “chief science officers” when the new school year begins in the fall.
May 26, 2017
SVSU, Dow Corning Foundation STEM program rewards Kingston teacher's eye for the future
“Robots shall inherit the classroom” reads the tagline on Matt Ferguson’s Kingston High School-based webpage featuring his Robotics course’s trials and tribulations.
May 16, 2017
Mackenzie Allen: Portrait of a 2017 SVSU graduate
Mackenzie Allen arrived at Saginaw Valley State University with her sights set on an academic path that would lead her to a profession helping bodies heal.
May 10, 2017
SVSU student examines causes of fraud in honors thesis
Nearly 16 years have passed since the public became aware of widespread fraud at Enron, an energy company that ultimately had one of the biggest bankruptcies in American history. Legislators have enacted stricter laws to try to prevent future such catastrophes, but just last month, banking giant Wells Fargo was outed in the latest scandal.
May 1, 2017
SVSU honors students deliver thesis presentations
Fifteen students from Saginaw Valley State University’s Honors Program delivered their thesis presentations Friday, April 7, inside Gilbertson Hall on SVSU’s campus.
April 10, 2017
Ecology scholar and international biodiversity expert to speak at SVSU
Saginaw Valley State University will host renowned scholar and preservationist Giselle Tamayo-Castillo for a public lecture Thursday, April 20 at 7 p.m. in the Rhea Miller Recital Hall.
June 2, 2016
SVSU student accepted to challenging University of Wisconsin summer research program in chemistry
A Saginaw Valley State University student is spending her summer pursuing a passion for chemistry research through a highly competitive program at a university nationally renowned for its graduate programs in chemistry.
May 5, 2016
Emily Short: Portrait of a 2016 SVSU graduate
Emily Short demonstrates her passion for environmental preservation through her studies and her everyday life.
May 5, 2016
Emmanuel Avelino: Portrait of a 2016 SVSU graduate
The funeral invitation came from a stranger ...
May 5, 2016
Ashli Maser: Portrait of a 2016 SVSU graduate
Ask Ashli Maser about her passions, and she will respond at first with a wide, white smile.
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