Saginaw Valley State University News

Natalie Wellman found the 'right fit' to finish her collegiate softball career. The 2007 Anchor Bay graduate has signed a national letter-of-intent with Saginaw Valley State University.

It's breakfast time at Dukem, the popular Ethiopian restaurant on U Street NW, but Thomas 'Tommy T' Gobena orders lunch. In a city of red-eyed, Cinnabon-scarfing frequent fliers, he might be the most jet-lagged man in Washington.

Gobena lives in Alexandria but will spend most of this new year in the air and on the road, playing bass for Gogol Bordello, a merry band of self-branded 'Gypsy punks' scheduled to hit about 200 stages across the globe in 2010. Days earlier, Gobena was wowing a crowd of 20,000 in Mexico City. In a few days, he'll be at it again in St. Petersburg, Russia.

"My wish for our community is a healthy dose of self-confidence, pride and optimism in 2010.

Three groups of Saginaw Valley State University students will spend the New Year's holiday performing charity work around the country.

Lauren Hendryx has been looking forward to having nearly a month off from classes at Central Michigan University during winter break.

The University of Southern Indiana Theatre and the University of Evansville Theatre have both won invitations to send full productions and individual competitors to the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival's regional festival next month at Saginaw Valley State University in University Center, Mich.

SAGINAW - Eleven students from Saginaw Valley State University will take a week-long service trip to Stone Mountain, Ga., to assist refugees and work with urban youth.

Thelma McKee has been named United Hospice Service of Marlette Regional Hospital's volunteer of the year.

The Michigan Initiative for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, 4520 Ashman in Midland, has extended grant support for the Entrepreneurial Internship Program started in January.

Saginaw Valley State University students Jessica L. Witer, 24, of Beaverton, left, and Andrea L. Bodary, 23, of Grand Blanc, look into the crowd during their commencement ceremony in the S.V.S.U. Ryder Center on Friday evening.

Education: Saginaw Valley State University, M.A. in Communication and Multimedia; Central Michigan University, B.S. in Journalism Hometown: Bay City I've worked in newspapers since my college days but have migrated toward the Web in recent years.

Kittur : A bust of Abraham Lincoln, the former President of the U.S., was unveiled in the Kittur Rani Channamma Residential School & PU College for Girls here on Sunday on the occasion of its 41st annual day celebrations.

Central Michigan University officials hope to net $2.3 million in federal stimulus money largely to compensate for the loss of Michigan Promise scholarships.

Saginaw Valley State University has appointed long-time education administrator Joseph Rousseau to oversee the university's 18 charter schools.

The lead flight director for the NASA space shuttle Atlantis' May 2009 mission will give the commencement address at his alma mater this month.

Debate varies over the level of tension in race relations, but few deny some strain remains.

Saginaw County Youth Leadership Institute volunteers from Swan Valley High School, from left, Heather R. Schemp, 17, daughter of Paul R. Schemp, of Ludington, and Kelly J. Koch, of Shields, Alexander P. Webber, 16, son of Tobias M. Webber of Thomas Township and Brenda S. Paquette of Saginaw Township and Christian M. Knutson, 17, son of Michael and ...

All it took was one visit to the campus of Grand Valley State University, and the decision for North Branch senior softball player Tonya Calkins became much easier.

Grand Valley State University leaders say they are leading the way on Gov. Jennifer Granholm's goal of doubling the number of college graduates in Michigan over the next 10 years.

Grosse Pointe North senior Ariel Braker signed a letter-of-intent to play college basketball at the University of Notre Dame next year.