News
News items about the Rhetoric and Professional Writing 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.
June 10, 2021
SVSU celebrates writing excellence
The University Writing Program at SVSU celebrated the writing achievements of student writers with 2021 University Writing awards.
September 9, 2019
SVSU Voices In The Valley event features pair of seasoned poets
Two critically-acclaimed poets will share selections of their works during a reading at Saginaw Valley State University next month.
February 25, 2019
SVSU-produced literary-arts journal spotlights creative spirits of Bay, Saginaw county residents
The creative spirits behind a Saginaw Valley State University-produced magazine featuring poetry and art from Saginaw and Bay county residents will host a publication party for the public this week.
September 25, 2018
SVSU selects Michigan author Hendrik Meijer for Gross Literature Award
Saginaw Valley State University has awarded the 2018-2019 Stuart D. and Vernice M. Gross Award for Literature to Hendrik Meijer for his book “Arthur Vandenberg: The Man in the Middle of the American Century,” published by the University of Chicago Press. The award is part of SVSU's community-minded commitment to recognize exceptional writing within Michigan.
April 10, 2018
Teachers invited to apply for summer writing workshop
The Alden and Vada Dow Creativity Foundation is once again providing generous funding to allow Saginaw Valley State University and other partners to support K-12 teachers in their quest to become writing instructors and inspire a love of writing in their students.
April 9, 2018
SVSU to host reading by award-winning poet
Saginaw Valley State University will host a poetry reading by author Jane Mead Tuesday, April 17 at 5 p.m. in Founders Hall as part of the Voices in the Valley Reading Series.
January 23, 2018
SVSU literary arts journal receives highest national honor – again
The student staff of Cardinal Sins, a student-run literary arts journal at Saginaw Valley State University, have seen their hard work rewarded with a top national award. The American Scholastic Press Association honored the publication with its Most Outstanding University Literary-Art Magazine for 2017. Only two college journals nationwide are selected for the award.
January 23, 2018
SVSU Voices In The Valley event features pair of emerging writers
Two up-and-coming writers will share their stories during a reading at Saginaw Valley State University.
December 20, 2017
SVSU student receives creative writing award named after Saginaw poet Roethke
Saginaw Valley State University student Bria Rivet has received a $2,000 award named in honor of the late Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Theodore Roethke. In addition, Rivet now is preparing to co-author a publication about the Saginaw-born writer.
November 9, 2017
SVSU student paper wins first place at Michigan Sociological Association conference
A Saginaw Valley State University student’s determination in her study resulted in high praise for her academic paper. Kellie Rankey, a creative writing major and sociology minor from Saginaw, won the 2017 Student Paper Award from the Michigan Sociological Association.
June 14, 2017
SVSU disc golf team wins Collegiate Cup championship
The disc golf team at Saginaw Valley State University won the inaugural Collegiate Cup Sunday, June 11 at Flip City Disc Golf Course in Shelby, Michigan.
June 14, 2017
SVSU Community Writing Center to be introduced at Wirt Public Library in Bay City
Saginaw Valley State University has received grant funding to establish the Bay Area Community Writing Center, which will open in September at the Alice and Jack Wirt Public Library in Bay City.
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.
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