Week of February 20th, 2023

Members of the registered student organization Cardinals for Public Health volunteered at the McNally House in Saginaw last weekend. Students were able to clean and prepare a meal for out-of-town families of patients who are currently staying at Covenant Healthcare. This was a wonderful opportunity for our students to give back to those in need in the community.  

In a day designed to energize interest in STEM, approximately 90 youngsters — students from kindergarten to fifth grade — will participate in the Girl Scout STEMapalooza hosted by Saginaw Valley State University.  The event will take place on Saturday, Feb. 25 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on the campus of SVSU. 

Girl Scouts from the region will join students from SVSU’s Chemistry Club and Biology Club, Nexteer Automotive STEM professionals, staff from the Marshall M. Fredericks Sculpture Museum, and Girl Scout leaders in hands-on STEM activities. Examples include exploring chromatography, investigating STEM in watercolor art, engineering activities, and more. 

Saginaw Valley State University will celebrate Black History Month with “A Taste of Soul,” a culinary celebration for the Great Lakes Bay Region. Featuring culinary guests Men of Bethel from Bethel AME Church in Saginaw, this year’s event will be held on Thursday, March 2 from 11:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in the Marketplace at Doan near SVSU’s Curtiss Hall. 

Seven competitive speech students competed at the competitive speech state championship last Saturday at Northwood University in Midland. The results are as follows:

Wuyep also placed third overall at the tournament. To qualify for this award, students had to be entered in at least 3 events that spanned 2 different genres.

In addition to Novice States, our varsity member Evangeline Cruz, competed virtually at the South Dakota State University event. She placed 1st in Poetry and 5th in Prose, qualifying in both events for the national tournament, to be hosted by Bradley University in April.

SVSU OLLI members showed remarkable caring for others with a backpack drive earlier this month. OLLI members were informed the majority of kids in foster care have to transport their belongings in trash bags. At the Feb. 8 monthly meeting, OLLI members were very generous and donated over 300 backpacks, duffle bags and pieces of luggage. The donations were taken to the Ennis Center for Children, Inc.; they were so appreciative of the donations. All of the bags will help local foster care children transport their belongings.   

SVSU will host the GLIAC track and field indoor championships this weekend, starting Saturday, Feb. 25. This is a great opportunity for our Cardinal student-athletes to compete on the Doug Hansen Indoor Track, and it has a major economic benefit to the Great Lakes Bay Region.

SVSU women’s basketball player Kaitlyn Zarycki set a new school record, scoring 44 points in a single game during the team’s 104-59 win over Davenport on Senior Day last Saturday. The men’s team also defeated Davenport, winning 95-90. Both teams are on the road this weekend.

The men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams each placed 5th at the GLIAC championships last weekend.

The baseball and softball teams are on the road for contests this weekend, and the women’s tennis team plays in Midland against Northwood on Sunday.

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