March 10, 2015
Professional Profile for November 2014
Emily J. Beard, assistant professor of English, presented a paper titled “‘Reacting’ to the needs of the Composition Student: Employing Reacting Pedagogy in the Writing Classroom” at the Writing Across the Peninsula conference
December 2, 2014
Passing of SVSU Student Seth Thomas
We extend our condolences to the family and friends of Seth Thomas.
December 2, 2014
SVSU students to perform one-act opera Friday
Saginaw Valley State University students will perform works of opera Friday, Dec. 5. The hour-long event begins at 12:30 p.m. in SVSU's Founders Hall; it is free and open to the public.
December 2, 2014
Passing of SVSU Student Seth Thomas
We extend our condolences to the family and friends of Seth Thomas.
December 15, 2014
SVSU Board Grants Degrees to 521 Graduating Students
The Saginaw Valley State University Board of Control approved granting degrees to some 521 students during the Board’s regular meeting Friday, Dec. 12. The graduating class consists of 399 students who are expected to complete bachelor’s degrees and 122 students expected to receive master's or education specialist degrees.
December 16, 2014
Youth Leadership students to present gifts to children at First Ward Community Center
Students from high schools across the Great Lakes Bay Region and from Saginaw Valley State University will make the holidays a little brighter for children who participate in after school programs at Saginaw’s First Ward Community Center.
December 17, 2014
STEM expert and university president to keynote regional MLK event at SVSU
Freeman A. Hrabowski, III, president at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County and noted thought leader on STEM education, will be the keynote speaker for the Great Lakes Bay Regional Martin Luther King, Jr. event at Saginaw Valley State University. He will speak Wednesday, Jan. 21 at 7 p.m. in the Malcolm Field Theatre for Performing Arts.
December 17, 2014
Leading Educators Selected for 2015 Gerstacker Fellowship at SVSU
This year, 11 outstanding Michigan educators have been selected for the Gerstacker Fellowship at Saginaw Valley State University. They will receive concentrated leadership training over a one-year period, including a capstone international experience that will send the Fellows to Poland in April.
December 17, 2014
SVSU educator secures $5K grant to develop middle school Spanish language lessons
Marlena Bravender, a Saginaw Valley State University assistant professor of teacher education, has received a $5,000 grant recently from the National Education Association Foundation to research ways to integrate online language simulations into Spanish foreign language lessons.