Rush Lecture: Brooks Byam
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Brooks Byam, professor of mechanical engineering, will deliver the annual Thomas and Hilda Rush Distinguished Lecture on Wednesday, Feb. 18, at 3:30 p.m. in Seminar Rooms E and F, Curtiss Hall.
In his presentation, “Sustaining Value in Academia-Industry Collaboration,” Byam will discuss how the College of Science, Engineering and Technology collaborates with industry to prepare students for tomorrow’s challenges and opportunities.
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The impact of multinational companies and science education for early learners are topics that will be further explored by the latest recipients of the SVSU Braun Fellowship.
Zachary Cohle, associate professor of economics, and Anne Tapp Jaksa, professor of education, will each receive an award of $37,500 over the next three years to support their respective research projects.
Through his project, “The Effect of Globalization on Innovation, Health, and Happiness,” Cohle will study how increased spending by multinational firms impacts technological innovation, health and happiness in the countries in which they operate.
Tapp Jaksa’s project is “Discovering Wonder: A Science Education Framework for Early Learning,” which is designed to transform science education for very young children – birth to age 3. She intends to create a standards-aligned, age-appropriate comprehensive textbook and educator framework for early science instruction.
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Two Saginaw Valley State University professors have been awarded research fellowships for projects that promise to improve public health.
Kenneth Luzynski, assistant professor of biology, and Becca Schlaff, professor of public health, have been announced as the recipients of the Field/Spicer Fellowship in Science and Engineering.
With his project, “Monitoring Mosquito Borne-Diseases in the Saginaw Bay Region,” Luzynski’s goal is to establish a molecular arbovirus testing pipeline at SVSU in coordination with health departments and mosquito control commissions in the region.
Schlaff’s project, “Prenatal Care Promotion and Congenital Syphilis Public Health Messaging,” will focus on using existing data to inform the development of communications aimed at reducing the incidence of congenital syphilis, especially in marginalized populations.
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The SVSU Board of Control will meet Monday, Feb. 16. The campus community is invited to attend the regular formal session beginning at 1:30 p.m. in Wickes hall 350. The meeting will be streamed here.
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Black History Month Celebrations
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SVSU is celebrating Black History Month with a number of events hosted by the Office of Multicultural Student Affairs, OBU and others. Join SVSU students and colleagues for entertaining and educational events, including Black History Music Trivia, a spades tournament, the Black@SVSU showcase, Kritical Konversations with Diggs and a Black History Month Celebration Night.
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Join the Office of Diversity Programs for “A Taste of Soul,” the annual celebration of African American culture and cuisine.
Thursday, Feb. 26
11 a.m.-1 p.m.
Marketplace at Doan
$13 or one meal swipe
This year’s featured culinary guests include Men of Bethel/Sons of Allen, former Saginaw Mayor Joyce Seals and SVSU’s own Shannon Williams, a business systems analyst.
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- Rhea Miller Concert Series — Saturday, Feb. 7: Trillium Wind Quintet with Guest Flutist, 7:30 p.m., Rhea Miller Recital Hall
- Ava Rummler: “On Record” — Monday, Feb. 9-Friday, March 6: Ava Rummler, assistant professor of art; reception Thursday, Feb. 26, 4-6 p.m., University Art Gallery
- Thomas and Hilda Rush Distinguished Lecture — Wednesday, Feb. 18: Brooks Byam, professor of mechanical engineering, “Sustaining Value in Academia-Industry Collaboration,” 3:30-4:30 p.m., Seminar Room E and F
- SVSU Theatre: “When She Had Wings” — Wednesday, Feb. 18-Sunday, Feb. 22: Malcolm Field Theatre for Performing Arts, https://www.svsu.edu/theatre/showschedule/
- Oppor2nity Days — Wednesday, March 18-Thursday, March 19: In a two-day fundraising drive, Cardinals come together to provide opportunities to SVSU students
- Theodore Roethke Poetry and Arts Festival — Friday, March 20-Wednesday, March 25: Events on and off campus, including a poetry slam, tours of the Roethke House Museum, Ted (Roethke) Talk and Brew and presentation of the Roethke Memorial Poetry Prize
- Field/Spicer Lecture — Wednesday, April 8: Shankar Vedantam, “The Challenge of Change,” 6 p.m., Rhea Miller Recital Hall
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SVSU Cross Country Teams Receive All-Academic Awards
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The men’s and women’s cross country teams earned All-Academic Team honors from the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA). In addition, individual honors were awarded to four members of the men’s team and six members of the women’s team.
Winners from the men’s team are Jack Lobodzinski, Dominic Suliman, Adam Thomas and Jacob Walker. Representing the women’s team on the list are Isabelle Becker, Kinsie Jacques, Karissa Picard, Jenna Sweeney, Tara Szuper and Alexis Tracy.
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SVSU varsity athletic teams are active at home and on the road this weekend.
Men’s track and field is competing at the Jud Logan Light Giver meet at Ashland University (time to be announced), while the women are hosting the W-C-W Tri Meet at home beginning at noon Saturday, Feb. 7.
Swimming and Diving will compete in the GLIAC Championships at the Holland Aquatic Center in Holland (time to be announced).
The softball team is in Miami Shores, Florida, to take on Barry University and East Stroudsburg on Saturday, followed by a game against Bentley on Sunday.
Men’s and women’s basketball will play Michigan Tech in Houghton Saturday.
The tennis team will meet Hillsdale Sunday at the Midland Tennis Center.
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