INSIGHT: SVSU ANNUAL REPORT
2012/13
Chairman of the Board of Control and SVSU alumnus Dave Abbs, congratulates Jeff Martin, new Board of Control chair
WELCOME Dear Friends and Supporters of SVSU: This has been an exciting year and has, as is true of most, gone by quickly. This annual report marks the end of my role as the chairman of the Board of Control. Let me take this opportunity to say how humbled I have been to serve SVSU, especially as its first board chair who is also an alumnus. Ending my position with the board in the university’s 50th anniversary year is very rewarding. For those who may not have heard, our fiscal year ended with the retirement announcement of Eric Gilbertson. As we celebrate SVSU’s 50th anniversary, I am impressed that President Gilbertson has been at the helm for nearly half of the University’s existence - an era of tremendous growth and improvement. On behalf of the Board of Control, I would like to thank Eric for what will be nearly 25 years of service to SVSU as our president. Our students, alumni, faculty and staff, and our region, have benefitted greatly from his leadership. We appreciate Eric’s willingness to continue as president until his successor is chosen – a process that will take several months. We also appreciate the support the board has received from SVSU’s senior administrators, and we are confident they will continue to serve the university well. We will continue to rely heavily upon them, and
all faculty and staff, to ensure that our students continue to receive the high-quality education they have come to expect. Now on to the other noteworthy business of our last fiscal year. This time last summer, President Gilbertson convened an Integrated Marketing Communications team to review and evaluate our core institutional messages in key publications reaching prospective students, our alumni and our regional supporters for the university’s planned endowment campaign as well as for our recruitment efforts. What we learned was reassuring in the sense that it confirmed who we were is still who we are. In other words, the distinctive qualities that made us unique over the past 50 years reflect the same values we practice today. We are a teaching university and a school of both opportunity and choice that places a high premium on the human scale of the institution. As we have matured, we have offered more and more choices for our students, allowing for a comprehensive collegiate experience that includes living on campus, studying abroad, learning in co-ops and internships and working closely with faculty on research and other academic endeavors. And, we try to do it all in ways that are cordial and respectful. Some of our other “next chapter” work this fiscal year included continued progress toward accreditation
SVSU BOARD OF CONTROL
David J. Abbs Chair
Scott L. Carmona
Jeffrey T. Martin Vice Chair
David R. Gamez
by the Higher Learning Commission (HLC). As we shared with you in last year’s welcome letter, recognized accreditation is a review process that evaluates overall institutional quality by examining every aspect of a university’s operation, including academic affairs, administration and business affairs, enrollment management, student affairs and community relations. This extensive process occurs every 10 years and HLC, a commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools, will visit SVSU in April 2014. We are confident we will successfully receive this all-important public certification that says to our stakeholders we are consistently providing institutional and academic quality, improvement and accountability. The beginning of the 2012-2013 fiscal year also saw the outcome of the work of a “right-size” task force that was charged with evaluating enrollment growth plans. Supportive of the affirmation of our commitment to the human scale, the task force concluded that our enrollment in the 10,000 – 11,000 range is the right number, allowing us to position ourselves distinctively as an institution that is large enough to offer a big university experience but small enough to have a personal and collegial feel.
Leola Wilson Secretary
Jenee L. Velasquez
Cathy W. Ferguson Treasurer
Jerome L. Yantz
Eric R. Gilbertson Ex-officio
Additionally, I am pleased to share with you the outcome of the hard work of the strategic planning task force that created a dynamic plan to chart our near future. The highlights of that plan are on pages 4-5. But, as a summary, it is important to note that the overall theme of the plan suggests that now, as an institution headed into its second half-century, we will move from a strategy of growth to one of refinement. The goals, initiatives and actions speak to our being better, not just bigger. Finally, to my fellow board members, our state legislators, the university’s administration, staff, faculty and students and to my fellow alumni and community friends, I express my heartfelt thanks to you for supporting this great institution. It is with pride and confidence that I turn the gavel over to the next chair of the Board of Control, Jeff Martin.
David J. Abbs, Chairman Board of Control 1
INSIGHT: AN OVERVIEW
INSIGHT is the annual business report of the university. This edition highlights the July 1, 2012, through June 30, 2013, fiscal year. Planning committees and task force groups were busy with multiple institutional priorities. • More than 60 professional staff, faculty and administrative personnel met throughout the year to review Higher Learning Commission accreditation criteria and gather the self-reporting evidence for the agency team’s visit in April 2014. • The 50th Anniversary Committee is creating, augmenting and marketing on-campus activities and community partnerships to celebrate the milestone. • The Strategic Planning Task Force developed the university’s newest guiding outline for the next few years. • The nursing department achieved accreditation of the university’s first doctoral program, Doctor of Nurse Practitioner. 2
• A team of representatives of multiple university functions developed, tested and enhanced an integrated marketing communications plan that conveys key institutional messages and distinctive qualities to various stakeholders. The SVSU Board of Control approved a balanced budget for the 2012-2013 fiscal year, effective July 1, 2012; previous years have also seen the Board approve balanced budgets. The Board of Control accepted the annual financial audit and federal awards audit for the 2012-2013 fiscal year on Oct. 29, 2012. As in previous years, SVSU received an unqualified or “clean” opinion of its financial reporting practices and internal controls. The audit was conducted by the accounting firm Andrews Hooper Pavlik PLC. In spite of a still-sluggish economy, the university continued its history of steady employment, hiring 28 new faculty, 44 administrative and professional employees and five support staff.
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623
2,468
2,698
2,718
2,734
2011
2012
2008
2009
2010
2011
2,736
459 2010
2012
458 2009
Residential Population 2008-2009 — 2012-2013
406
International Student Enrollment 2008-2009 — 2012-2013
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Enrollment for the fall 2012-2013 academic year was 10,552 and met the strategic goal of between 10,000 and 11,000 students as the optimal size for the university. The residential student population of 2,736 and 621 international students exceeded initial goals and set new records.
The share of the General Fund supported by the State of Michigan has been reduced by more than 50 percent in the past 20 years.
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INSIGHT: THE STRATEGIC PLAN
The Herbert H. and Grace A. Dow Student Research & Creativity Institute poster session allows students to present their work. Ashley Tupper, right, shares her findings with the dean of the College of Science, Engineering & Technology, Deborah Huntley. The SRCI is a “Program of Distinction.”
A task force began its work midyear 2012 and, after review and comment sessions involving numerous stakeholders, the Board of Control approved the final draft of the SVSU Strategic Plan in February 2013. Aligned to SVSU’s 50th anniversary, the plan sets forth a theme of maturity and deliberate dedication to becoming better and not just bigger. The document focuses the university’s energy on six institutional initiatives. Academic Improvement
The Goal: The university continuously will assess and improve academic programs to ensure student learning and expand participation in a wide range of experiential learning opportunities. The institution will develop and support targeted academic and co-curricular programs to expand student opportunities and improve student success rates.
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Initiative highlights include: • Implementing on-line and hybrid instruction; • Increasing diversity in the curriculum and co-curricular activities; • Increasing support for student achievement and success; • Increasing internationalization of the campus through inbound and outbound programs and sister institution relationships; • Enhancing and expanding academic programs in response to student and regional needs; • Promoting student success initiatives such as internships, field work and servicelearning activities, and • Maintaining accreditations.
Program Qualitative Distinctiveness
The Goal: The university will develop and enhance its reputation for distinctive programs that provide students opportunities for excellence. Initiative highlights include: • Achieving Carnegie Community Engagement classification, a distinction. Universities that achieve this distinction must “[show] the partnership of college and university knowledge and resources with those of the public and private sectors to enrich scholarship, research and creative activity; enhance curriculum, teaching and learning; prepare educated, engaged citizens; strengthen democratic values and civic responsibility; address critical societal issues; and contribute to the public good;” • Increasing the growth and improving the quality of fundable applications for distinctive programs; and • Successfully recruiting high-achieving students.
Enrollment Management
The Goal: The university will meet or exceed specific enrollment goals in established categories and will increase retention, academic program completion and six-year persistence-to-graduation rates. Initiative highlights include: • Maintaining optimal enrollment levels appropriate to the university’s capacity; • Continuing student engagement in co-curricular activities and academic support services; • Building the Great Lakes Bay Early College student enrollment, providing high school students with programs of study to earn 60 college credits; • Increasing first-time-in-college first-to-second-year retention to 77 percent by academic year 2014. Firsttime-in-college refers to a student who has never enrolled in a college or university; • Monitoring and supporting students through retention efforts; and • Increasing merit and need-based scholarships for qualified students.
Physical and Technological Resources
The Goal: The university will continue to develop, maintain and enhance its physical facilities and technological resources to support excellence in teaching, learning and campus life.
Initiative highlights include: • Focusing on infrastructure and maintenance, rather than new facilities; • Increasing operating efficiency; • Maintaining the university’s position as the most efficient energy user of Michigan’s public universities; and • Creating a long-term plan that articulates Information Technology support of the university’s educational and administrative missions.
Campus Culture
The Goal: The university will promote a culture of student success, valuing high achievement, personal and intellectual integrity, a dynamic campus environment, inclusion and social responsibility. Initiative highlights include: • Increasing faculty, staff and student interaction; • Increasing purposeful alumni interaction with current students; • Conducting a campus climate survey to determine inclusiveness; • Expanding and strengthening international student engagement within the campus and surrounding community; • Improving focus on students in special populations including, but not limited to, transfer, veteran/military, differently abled, international, minority, out-of-state and LGBT; and • Sustaining and promoting a healthy and safe campus environment.
University and Community Advancement
The Goal: The university will increase support from and advance its service as a cultural, intellectual and economic leader to the region, Michigan and beyond. Initiative highlights include: • Increasing alumni support, engagement and advocacy; • Increasing private support of the university through the 50th anniversary campaign; • Strengthening collaborative external relationships to advance the reputation of the university; and • Increasing federal, state and local government support.
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INSIGHT:
UNIVERSITY LEADERSHIP
Senior Administration
Front, from left: James Muladore, executive vice president for administration & business affairs; James Dwyer, vice president for enrollment management; Eugene Hamilton, special assistant to the president for government relations; Mamie Thorns, special assistant to the president for diversity programs; Carlos Ramet, executive assistant to the president/executive director of public affairs; Harold Leaver, executive director of the center for business & economic development; Eric Gilbertson, president; Andrew Bethune, executive director of the SVSU foundation; Merry Jo Brandimore, vice president for student affairs/dean of students; and Donald Bachand, provost/vice president for academic affairs.
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Jill Wetmore
Susie Emond
Mary Harmon
Rama Yelkur
SVSU Academic Deans
At the end of the 2012-2013 fiscal year, two long-term deans retired and their successors came on board. Jill Wetmore, dean of the College of Business & Management, and Susie Emond, interim dean of the College of Education, retired. Mary Harmon, SVSU professor of English, became dean of the College of Education. In addition to her role in English education at SVSU since 1991, Harmon has 23 years of public-school experience. International business scholar Rama Yelkur accepted the CBM deanship. Yelkur previously was at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, where she joined the faculty in 1998 and served as director of international business programs since 2002. Harmon and Yelkur join Dean Joni BoyeBeaman of the College of Arts & Behavioral Science, Dean Judith Ruland of the College of Health & Human Services and Dean Deborah Huntley of the College of Science, Engineering & Technology. Assisting Dean Boye-Beaman is Associate Dean Eric Gardner, who joined the SVSU English department in 1996.
Board of Fellows
Appointed by the Office of the President, this group is an advisory board. Members represent a range of professions and communities throughout the Great Lakes Bay Region and include:
Joni Boye-Beaman
Judith Ruland
Deborah Huntley
Dennis J. Buda, chair, Marysville Terrance E. Lerash, vice chair, Saginaw Paul C. Chaffee, secretary, Brant Township Waheed Akbar, M.D., Saginaw James A. Barcia, Bay City Mary Lou Benecke, Bay City Gary E. Bosco, Bay City William R. Bowen, Hemlock Thomas A. Braley, Saginaw Scott. L. Carmona, Bay City Vicente Castellanos, Freeland JoAnn Crary, Saginaw John A. Decker, Saginaw David H. Dunn, Midland
Peter N. Ewend, Saginaw Mark H. Gettel, Brant Township David M. Hall, Saginaw Armen C. Hratchian, Ann Arbor Gill Johnson, Saginaw Judith Zehnder Keller, Frankenmuth Kenneth W. Kousky, Midland John M. Kunitzer, Saginaw Kenneth W. LeCureux, Midland Phillip L. List, Frankenmuth Tom McIntyre, Saginaw John W. Nagy, Frankenmuth Ernest E. Paulick, Bad Axe David A. Pendleton, Grand Blanc
Pastor Chris Pryor, Saginaw Amy L. Rodriguez, Bay City Elyse M. Rogers, Midland Michael D. Rowley, Essexville Kenneth G. Roznowski, Midland Rev. P. David Saunders, Saginaw Robert Strafford, Midland James L. Van Slembrouck, Saginaw Jenee L. Velasquez, Midland Ricardo Verdoni, Saginaw Scott Walker, Midland Jerome L. Yantz, Bay City 7
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K.P. Karunakaran, M.D. received the Distinguished Service Medallion, SVSU’s most prestigious award for a community member, at the annual All-University Awards April 19.
THE PEOPLE OF SVSU
Julie Foss
Steve Taber
Bob Pratt
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An outstanding university is about much more than its buildings, although state-of-the art facilities greatly define SVSU’s learning environment. And, though it needs to be managed with fiscal probity and acuity, a university is about more than its budget. It is about its people, and there are many more dedicated folks than these pages suggest. They give their time, talent and treasure to SVSU. The April 19th All-University Awards event was the 24th annual celebration recognizing faculty, staff and friends of SVSU. Julie Foss, assistant professor of modern foreign languages, received the Landee Teaching Excellence Award. Steve Taber, associate professor of biology, accepted the Earl Warrick Award for Excellence in Research. The House Family Award for Teacher Impact went to Bob Pratt, associate professor of teacher education, and the Mary H. Anderson Adjunct Faculty Award
acknowledged Kristina Rouech for her part-time teacher education and English instruction. The Bank of America Ruben Daniels Community Service Award honored Mike Mosher, professor of art/communication and multimedia. The Terry Ishihara Award for Outstanding Co-Curricular Involvement went to Sam Tilmon, assistant director of Career Services, and to political science lecturer Julie Keil. Marilyn Wheaton, director of the Marshall M. Fredericks Sculpture Museum, received the Outstanding Performance Award. Joseph Madison received the Roosevelt Ruffin Diversity Award for his work with the Great Lakes Bay Youth Leadership Institute. The Distinguished Service Medallion, SVSU’s most prestigious award for a community member, went to K.P. Karunakaran, M.D. Dr. Karu served on the Board of Control from 2003-2011 and as chair from 20092011. He also served on the finance and audit committee, the personnel/academic committee
Faculty Promotions (effective July 1, 2012) Rank of Assistant Professor: • John Kaczynski, political science
Rank of Associate Professor: • Jules Gehrke, history • Mark Giesler, social work • Vanessa Brooks Herd, social work • Joseph Jaksa, criminal justice • Blake Johnson, art • Sara Beth Keough, geography • Brian Thomas, sociology • Diana Trebing, communication • Carol Zimmermann, criminal justice
Rank of Professor: • Anthony Bowrin, accounting • Thomas Canale, art • Andrew Chubb, chemistry • Russell Clark, electrical and computer engineering
and the student affairs committee. He was elected to the SVSU Foundation Board of Directors in 2011 and is the current chair. Barb Mitchell, a retired Bay City Public School teacher, received the Distinguished Service Medallion for her leading role with the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute. She was elected to the advisory board in 2007 and currently heads the curriculum committee. She served as chair in 2010.
• Dawn Hinton, sociology • Lucy Mercier, social work • Elizabeth Roe, nursing • William Williamson, rhetoric and professional writing
Faculty Tenure (effective July 1, 2012) • Christopher Giroux, assistant professor of English • Byungil Ahn, assistant professor of history • Daniel Gates, assistant professor of English • Jeremy Knous, assistant professor of kinesiology • Arthur Martin, assistant professor of biology • Tami Sivy, associate professor of chemistry
Kristina Rouech
Mike Mosher
Sam Tilmon
Julie Keil
Marilyn Wheaton
Joseph Madison
We Are Saying Goodbye to…
• Janalou Blecke, professor of nursing and former dean of the College of Health & Human Services, who joined SVSU July 1, 1977; • Diane Boehm, director instructional support program and university writing center, July 3, 1995; • Robert Braddock, professor of history, July 1, 1970; • Susie Emond, interim dean of the College of Education, July 1, 1978. • Myra Falls, assistant professor of teacher education, July 1, 2007; • Douglas Hansen, professor of educational technology and development, July 1, 1976; • Elizabeth Hansen, professor of educational technology and development, July 1, 2001; • Kathy Kalmar, associate professor of education, Jan. 3, 2000; • Helene Lusa, assistant professor of educational leadership and services, July 1, 2005; • Eric Petersen, professor of history, July 1, 1969; • Thomas Renna, professor of history, July 1, 1970; • Nancy Rice, associate professor of teacher education, July 1, 2001; • Janet Robinson, professor of psychology, July 1, 1972; • Christopher Schilling, Charles J. Strosacker Endowed Chair, department of mechanical engineering, July 25, 2001; • Jill Wetmore, dean of the College of Business & Management, July 1, 1981; • Susan Wood, coordinator of off-campus programs, Macomb Regional Education Center, Dec. 1, 2005.
Long-time member of the social work department, Dr. Stephen Yanca, passed away on June 4, 2012. A memorial tribute took place on campus Sept. 17, 2012. K.P. Karunakaran, M.D.
Barb Mitchell
Dr. Janet Robinson, a faculty member with the SVSU psychology department for 41 years (retiring in 2012), passed away on July 20, 2013. 9
INSIGHT:
James Polega is one of the first students to participate in an Early Assurance Program agreement with the MSU College of Human Medicine
PARTNERSHIPS AND COLLABORATIONS SVSU places a high value on its many partnerships and collaborations. They are cultural, economic developmentdriven, community event-related and academic. They happen regionally, statewide, nationwide and globally. Academic Partnerships
The School & University Partnership Office authorizes and oversees 17 Michigan charter schools with an enrollment in Academic Year 2012-2013 of 12,730 students. Here are highlights for this academic year. • Nine monthly professional development sessions for leaders from all 17 schools took place, as did 51 professional development sessions for teachers and curriculum directors. • Board of education training sessions were conducted for four academies. • The student scholarship program awarded 24 new SVSU scholarships and 20 renewal scholarships totaling $408,000. • Tuition assistance to 88 teachers doing coursework at SVSU totaled $156,042. Teachers from 12 academies participated.
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• In December 2012, authorization of a new charter school, Waterford Montessori Academy, was approved. It will open in August 2013. Several academies accomplished various points of pride during the academic year. • White Pine Academy second graders raised more than $1,000 for the local humane society in a project that incorporated math, reading and writing. • A display created by a Wolverine Academy student was showcased at the Detroit Branch of NAACP’s Annual Fight for Freedom Fund Dinner. • Cesar Chavez Academy High School was ranked second in the Mackinac Center’s top-to-bottom listing of high-performing Michigan schools and was named a U.S. News and World Report top U.S. high school bronze medal winner for the second consecutive year. • Northwest Academy’s Advance Band performed at the National Alliance of Public Charter Schools Conference in Washington, D.C.
An institutional mentor relationship agreement was signed between Pentecost University College of Ghana and SVSU in 2012.
Additional Academic Partnership Highlights
• SVSU deepened its long-term relationship with Ming Chuan University in the fall of 2012 when the Taiwanese institution opened its first U.S. branch campus in SVSU’s Regional Education Center. Both universities expect additional collaborations. • In 2010, SVSU and the MSU College of Human Medicine announced an Early Assurance Program agreement through which students receive seats held for SVSU. James Polega (2012, B.S.) and Joginder Singh (2013, B.S.) are the first students to benefit from the agreement and will begin MSU studies in 2013. • In its second academic year, the Great Lakes Bay Early College continues to promote opportunities for high school students to earn college credits. In Academic Year 2011-2012, a total of 54 students participated. In Academic Year 2012-2013, that number rose to 130. • The collaborative relationship between Pentecost University College of Ghana and SVSU grew in 2012 when the two schools signed an institutional mentor relationship agreement. SVSU’s College of Science, Engineering & Technology will mentor PUC as it seeks accreditation of several programs. Additionally, the institutions will develop opportunities for student and faculty exchanges and joint research projects. One
such project being developed, in concert with the Stevens Family Business Center and SVSU’s College of Business & Management, is a monograph about a select number of family businesses in the Great Lakes Bay Region and Ghana. • SVSU articulated reverse transfer agreements with several community colleges during the fiscal year: Alpena Community College, Kirtland Community College, Mid Michigan Community College, Mott Community College and St. Clair Community College. The university had reached accord with Delta College during the previous reporting year. The agreement is designed to improve college completion rates in the Great Lakes Bay Region by allowing community college transfer students to apply SVSU credits to their community college if they choose to complete an associate’s degree. • A partnership between Kirtland Community College and SVSU will offer the R.N.-to-B.S.N. nursing degree beginning fall 2013. Classes will be offered either on Kirtland’s Roscommon campus or in a hybrid format.
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INSIGHT:
Members of the Great Lakes Bay Hispanic Leadership Institute.
Partnerships and Collaborations continued
Community Event Partnerships
• The fourth Great Lakes Bay Regional Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration took place on the SVSU campus. The keynote speaker at the Jan. 16, 2013, event was award-winning journalist and National Public Radio host Michele Norris.
Regional Collaborations and Partnerships Michele Norris
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• SVSU announced in early 2013 that it would house the Saginaw Bay Environmental Science Institute, a collaborative center for regional partners interested in water quality work in the Saginaw Bay Watershed. Partners include Delta College, Michigan Department of Environmental Quality, the Spicer Group, Bay County Health Department, Kawkawlin River Property Owners Association and the Saginaw Bay Watershed Initiative Network. • The Great Lakes Bay Hispanic Leadership Institute at SVSU, under the direction of Monica Reyes, continues to
identify and develop young community leaders. Reyes is the associate director of the university’s Center for Business & Economic Development. The Institute accepted its first class in 2010. • Career Services numbers show:
Young and old learned side-by-side at the Grandparents Camp offered to OLLI members and their grandchildren.
• The Office of Career Services works with regional and statewide businesses through employment fairs, on-campus interviews and presentations, co-ops and internships. Additionally, Cardinal Career Network (an online system that posts jobs and accepts resumes) serves students, alumni and business partners. At least 60 percent of SVSU students will participate in experiential education in their field of study during their undergraduate studies. Academic field placements of undergraduate students totaled 2,125 during fall 2012 and winter 2013.
• The Office of Continuing Education provides quality professional development, new career and personal enrichment opportunities; • The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute offers educational, travel and social opportunities for adults older than 50 who never stop experiencing life; • The Independent Testing Laboratory improves existing products and brings new ones to market through quality analytical services and technical support; and • The Saginaw Valley Research and Development Corp. takes new technology to commercial viability. Highlight
The Center for Business & Economic The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute membership Development works through five entities to grew from 1,385 at the beginning of the fiscal year to
offer outreach, technical support, professional development and lifelong learning: • The Michigan Manufacturing Technology Center-Northeast assists Great Lakes Bay Region manufacturers achieve sustained profitability through training and support;
OLLI Classes and Travel Year
Classes Held Trips
2008-09
153
22
2009-10
171
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2010-11 * * 2011-12 176 26 2012-13
187
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*Changed to a three-semester system
in spring 2011. As a result, a spring/ summer four-month session is reflected in 2011-2012.
1,556 by April 19, 2013.
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INSIGHT:
Students prepare for a faculty led January trip to Ghana with Dr. Joseph Ofori-Dankwa (lower right) and Dr. Mamie Thorns (upper left).
ATTRACTING TOP TALENT TO THE REGION As part of its institutional maturation, and through endowed support from foundations and individuals, SVSU has nine endowed chairs. The role of an endowed chair includes innovative work that engages advanced students, elevates the reputation of the university through research and scholarly work and extends collaborative opportunities for the benefit of the greater community. The Carl A. Gerstacker Endowed Chair in Education, David Callejo Perez:
• Co-authored the First Annual Society for Professors of Education Book of the Year winner. The book, The Red Light in the Ivory Tower: Contexts and Implications of Entrepreneurial Education, also received the Society of Professors of Education Book Award in April 2013; • Received the 2012 Francis P. Hunkins Distinguished Article Award in Teaching and Curriculum; • Authored several papers published in various education journals; • Prepared multiple reports for the Midland Area Community Foundation, including a community
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asset assessment and Michigan Dashboard/ Community Report Card; • Prepared a needs-assessment and implementation report for the Saginaw Home Visitation Group; and • Presented papers at various teaching and curriculum conferences on the role of data in diversity, leadership in schools as curriculum reform and strategic behaviors essential to preserving curriculum studies.
The Clifford H. Spicer Chair in Engineering, Alan D. Freed:
• Published a book that is used as the textbook for Mechanical Engineering 454; • Published papers in Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology and International Journal of Engineering Science; • Hosted visiting scholar Dr. Ozlem Defterli, Cankaya University, Ankara, Turkey; • Was a member of the development team for the programming language Zonnon; and • Presented invited lectures on his theory of elasticity at the University of Chester, England, and the University of Glasgow, Scotland.
David Callejo Perez
Alan Freed
The Finkbeiner Endowed Chair in Ethics, Drew Hinderer:
• Organized the third annual Tri-Cities Collaborative Conference on Health Care Ethics; • Authored “When is Future Treatment Futile?” for presentation at the collaborative conference; • Presented several workshops on “Routine but Unethical: Day to Day Issues in Health Care;” and • Served on the MidMichigan Homecare/Hospice Ethics committee.
The H. H. Dow Endowed Chair in Chemistry, David S. Karpovich:
• Chaired the 68th Annual Fall Scientific Meeting of the Midland Section of the American Chemical Society entitled “Chemistry: From the Nano-scale to the Community Scale,” October 2012; • Co-authored a paper published by the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry; • Served as principal investigator on a project, “Determining the Causation of Low D.O. on the North Branch of the Kawkawlin River,” funded by a grant from the Clean Michigan Initiative of the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality; • Chaired a panel discussion and workshop, “Building Successful and Sustainable Academic and Community Partnerships for Great Lakes Stewardship,” at the Best Practices Linking STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics) Education and
Drew Hinderer
David S. Karpovich
the Great Lakes Conference in Cleveland, Ohio, March 2013; • Served on the Leadership Council of the SENCER Center for Innovation Great Lakes; • Served on the Board of Directors of the Midland Section of the American Chemical Society; and • Served as a founding director of the Saginaw Bay Environmental Science Institute of SVSU, a recently formed, multi-disciplinary institute designed to enhance SVSU’s research, education and outreach.
The Harvey Randall Wickes Endowed Chair in International Business, Joseph Ofori-Dankwa:
• Coordinated a collaborative partnership with Ruben Daniels Middle School for a six-week mathematics summer program, funded by a $90,000 Saginaw Public School District grant, and helped secure an additional grant from the Michigan Space Consortium to implement a 2013 summer math program. (SVSU’s team included professors Amy Hlavacek for mathematics, Jonathan Gould for education, Special Assistant to the President Mamie Thorns and Anna Marie Flores, with “Gear Up.” Ruben Daniels Principal Tim Westbrook and Dean of School Improvement Trent Mosley were also on the team.); • Coordinated the visit to SVSU of Pentecost University College Rector Dr. Peter Ohene-Keyi, who was the summer commencement speaker and who met with university administrators on various ways to enhance the new sisterinstitution relationship; 15
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A group of undergraduate business majors and MBA students participated in a faculty led study abroad tour of Costa Rica. Here, they visit a coffee plantation.
ATTRACTING TOP TALENT TO THE REGION • Organized a January 2013 study abroad tour to Ghana, Africa, where students met with Ghanian executives; • Co-authored papers published in Organization Science, Strategic Management Journal and the Journal of Organization Change Management; • Co-authored a paper presented at the August 2012 Academy of Management Conference in Boston, MA; and • Coordinated a joint SVSU-Pentecost University College research team to present a paper at the May 2013 Family Enterprise Research Conference in Chile.
The Dow Chemical Company Centennial Chair in Global Business, George Puia:
• Organized a study abroad tour of Costa Rica for undergraduate business majors and MBA students; • Co-developed and managed the launch of a new SVSU Program of Distinction, the Vitito Global Leadership Institute, with Joseph Ofori-Dankwa and Dow Entrepreneur-in-Residence Joseph Affholter; • Co-developed and managed the Cardinal Business Edge, an SVSU Program of Distinction for outstanding freshmen;
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• Co-authored an article with Joseph Ofori-Dankwa on the effects of national culture and ethnolinguistic diversity on innovativeness; • Served as a member of the Board of Governors of National Association of Small Business International Trade Educators International, an oversight organization for the Certified Global Business Professional credential; • Presented papers on international leadership at Cambridge University and on Chinese foreign direct investment at Yerevan State University in Armenia; and • Provided cross-cultural training for the Gerstacker Fellows in anticipation of their international travel.
Joseph Ofori-Dankwa
George Puia
Christopher Schilling
The Charles J. Strosacker Endowed Chair, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Christopher Schilling:
• Received a U.S patent, Biodegradable Plastics (Number 8,299,172, October 30, 2012) with co-authors David Karpovich and Piotr Tomasik of the University of Agriculture, Krakow, Poland; • Began authoring a book, Error Analysis in Ultrasonic Detection of Elastic Constants: A Practical Guide for the Powder Metallurgy Industry, which introduces a novel, nondestructive method of manufacturing quality control and which had its genesis in an undergraduate course at SVSU; • Presented three papers on the book’s premise to an international conference of the Association of Powder Metal Industries; • Conducted an inter-lab study to compare the new method to traditional mechanical tests by invitation from the Powder Metal Parts Manufacturing Association Standards Committee; and • Collaborated with an electrical engineering professor in Warsaw, Poland, on a study to apply the new method to magnetic materials.
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INSIGHT:
Vanessa Brooks-Herd and Mike Heron, life skills coach, work together on “Living Skills for Foster Youth Students at SVSU.”
SPONSORED PROGRAMS AND GRANTS Various regional, state and federal funding organizations and agencies annually support 40-50 SVSU projects. Here is a sampling of such grants received by faculty and staff during fiscal year 2012-2013.
To be christened “Cardinal II” in the fall of 2013, a new research watercraft will aid the water quality research conducted by the Saginaw Bay Environmental Science Institute at SVSU.
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• Vanessa Brooks Herd, associate professor of social work, received $310, 344 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to aid former foster children enrolled at SVSU. • David Karpovich, H.H. Dow Endowed Chair in Chemistry, and Tami Sivy, associate professor of chemistry, received a $26, 185 grant from the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality to research the Kawkawlin River, along with colleagues from Delta College. SVSU students are involved in the research. • The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (an agency within the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services) awarded $238, 000 to support a project aimed at raising awareness of
In 2012, Director of Sponsored Programs Janet Rentsch announced she would be moving to a part-time role in the 2013-2014 fiscal year. In the 10 years she served as director, 432 projects were funded by external grants, totalling $40,502,676.
mental and behavioral health problems. Under the direction of Jennifer Ordway, director of the Student Counseling Center, SVSU will activate the Active Minds Chapter, a student group formed to increase awareness, decrease mental health stigma and train faculty, staff and students to recognize warning signs of mental health issues. • Patricia Cavanaugh, professor of English, received $220,000 from the Michigan Department of Education for the continuation of her project, “Leadership in Content Area Literacy.” • Tamara Barrientos, director of SVSU’s Regional Mathematics and Science Center, received $220, 000 from the Michigan Department of Education for the continuation of her project, “Moving Mathematical Thinking Forward.” A grant of $1, 259, 410 supports a program designed to increase the academic achievement of students in mathematics and science by enhancing the content knowledge and teaching skills of classroom teachers.
• Assistant Professor of Teacher Education Rodney Williams obtained $208,884 from the Michigan Department of Education for the continuation of his project, “Preparing Teaching for MI Merit SS Curriculum.” • Jeffrey Koperski, professor of philosophy, accepted a grant of $82,192 from the John Templeton Foundation. This researchfocused program addresses the apparent conflict between the concept of divine providence and the growing scientific evidence for the existence of randomness in the natural world.
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INSIGHT: THE SVSU FOUNDATION
Foundation Board of Directors Officers include: Dr. K.P. Karunakaran Chair
In May 2013, the SVSU Foundation announced the launch of a $25 million fundraising campaign to coincide with the university’s 50th anniversary. “Talent. Opportunity. Promise.” has strategic goals that include investing in talent and increasing scholarship assistance for students. The campaign has raised almost $13 million toward its goal, and the total SVSU Foundation’s endowment has exceeded $60 million. Generous gifts to date include the two largest alumni gifts in SVSU history from Janet Botz (1974, B.A.), and Scott (1981, B.S.) and Nancy Carmona. Jan established The Botz Liberal Arts Fellowship to expose liberal arts students to opportunities in business and business leaders to the value of liberal arts education. Based on her own successful business career, Jan believes strongly in the potential contribution of liberal arts graduates in business and non-profit sectors. Scott Carmona is the owner of Sunrise National Distributors in Bay City. He and his wife, Nancy, previously established two endowed scholarships. They have made a leadership gift to the campaign to increase available scholarships for SVSU business and engineering students. 20
Dr. Eric R. Gilbertson First Vice Chair
Mr. John D.L. Humphreys Second Vice Chair
Mr. Andrew D. Richards Secretary
Mr. James G. Muladore Treasurer
Mr. Andrew J. Bethune Executive Director
Directors include: Mr. David J. Abbs; Sen. James A. Barcia;* Dr. Donald J. Bachand; Mr. John A. Decker; Mr. David H. Dunn; Mr. David E. Gamez; Mr. Richard Godert;* Mr. Eldon L. Graham; Mr. Michael D. Hayes;
Mrs. Lucy Horak; Mr. John Kessler;* Mr. William C. Lauderbach; Mr. D. Brian Law; Mr. Jeffrey T. Martin; Mr. Dominic Monastiere; Mr. Terence F. Moore; Dr. Debashish Mridha; Mrs. Kimberly A. Norris;* Mrs. Susan L. Piesko; Mrs. Francine Rifkin; Mrs. Vicki L. Rupp;* Mr. Earl L. Shipp; Mrs. Linda L. Sims; Mr. Herbert A. Spence III; Mrs. Julie A. Stevens; Mr. Jerome L. Yantz. *New Board Members
Scott Carmona presents at the Science and Engineering Symposium in April 2013.
New Board Members James A. Barcia earned his B.A. in political science at SVSU and devoted 34 years to public service in the Michigan House of Representatives and Senate and in the U.S. House of Representatives. He has received SVSU’s Distinguished Alumni Award and its Honorary Doctor of Laws degree. Rick Goedert is president & CEO of 1st State Bank. He earned a B.S. in economics and political science from Michigan State University and an M.B.A. in Finance from Eastern Michigan University. John E. Kessler is an attorney and executive vice president and senior trust officer of Chemical Bank. He earned his B.A. from Miami University and his J.D. from The Ohio State University. He is a graduate of Leadership Midland and the Great Lakes Bay Leadership Institute. Kimberly A. Norris completed her B.S.N. and M.S.N. degrees at SVSU. She is vice president of administration for Glastender Inc. and previously held supervisory positions at Heartland Home Healthcare. She is a member of the Executive Council for the SVSU Stevens Center for Family Business.
Vicki L. Rupp is The Dow Chemical Company’s global director of the Business Process Services Center. She holds a B.S. in business/chemistry from SVSU and completed the Global Enterprise program of Thunderbird International Management School. She is a recipient of SVSU’s Distinguished Alumna Award.
Special Recognitions
Thomas L. Ludington served on the SVSU Foundation Board of Directors from 1995 to 2012, including a term as chair from 2002-2004. He was a member of the executive, nominating and annual fund committees. For his exemplary services, Tom was recognized with the status of honorary director.
As reported in “The People of SVSU” section, the Distinguished Service Medallion, SVSU’s most prestigious award for a community member, was presented to K.P. Karunakaran, M.D. and Barb Mitchell.
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Many Cardinals returned to campus for the 2013 Annual Alumni Celebration event held in March.
SVSU ALUMNI
Red Pride. It’s a Great Day to be a Cardinal. Go Cards! SVSU alumni grow in pride and in numbers. Fifty years of SVC, SVSC and SVSU is worth celebrating.
Paul Bridgewater College of Arts & Behavioral Sciences
Janet Greif College of Education
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On March 22, 2013, the university honored five alumni with the Distinguished Alumni Award, the highest recognition presented by the Alumni Association. Additionally, the Association acknowledged the contributions of a 2008 graduate and an SVSU senior. Paul Bridgewater (1975, B.A.) is president and CEO of the Detroit Area Agency on Aging. He has many important accomplishments including significantly expanding the agency’s comprehensive operations, establishing one of Michigan’s largest Meals on Wheels programs, creating a metro Detroit Medicare/Medicaid counseling service and running one of the state’s top care management and homecare support operations.
SVSU alumni and family enjoy the annual Loons Baseball outing.
Janet Greif (1994, B.A.; 1998, M.ED.) is the principal of Midland High School. Prior to entering school administration 13 years ago, she taught kindergarten-throughgrade-3 classes. Janet has participated in SVSU’s prestigious Gerstacker Fellowship and Gerstacker II programs, which focus on educational leadership with a global perspective. Gregory T. Grocholski (1990, M.B.A.) has served as corporate auditor for The Dow Chemical Company since 2010. He is responsible for assessing the adequacy of accounting and financial and operating controls of Dow’s global operations. He also leads the Fraud Investigative Services and Contract Auditing groups. He joined Dow in 1984.
Gregory T. Grocholski College of Business & Management
Ellen Talbott College of Health & Human Services
Donald Whittington College of Science, Engineering & Technology
Ellen Talbott (1999, M.S.N.) is the vice president of patient care services at McLaren Bay Region in Bay City; she has served in this role since 2006. Her responsibilities include oversight of all nursing and clinical services. Ellen is a Six Sigma Black Belt in health care quality and is certified in executive nursing practice. Donald Whittington (1978, B.S.) is vice president and chief information officer of Florida Crystals Corp., a sugar company with headquarters in West Palm Beach, Fla. He has responsibility for information technology and business process management for the company and its subsidiaries. Additionally, he is a member of the Board of Directors of Virtustream Inc., and of Intel Capital’s Enterprise Advisory Board. Whittington is also director of America’s SAP User Group.
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SVSU families participated in the Family Fun Day prior to an SVSU basketball game.
ALUMNI (cont.)
Darryn Crocker College of Health & Human Services
The annual Alumni Association Golf Outing provides scholarship support for SVSU athletics.
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Elyse Ledy College of Arts & Behavioral Sciences
Darryn Crocker (2008, B.S.N.) is the recipient of the 2013 Young Alumni Award. After graduating from SVSU in 2008, Darryn traveled to Swaziland with the health division of the U.S. Peace Corps. Having completed her 27-month service, she extended her stay for a third year to work with Baylor College of Medicine’s Pediatric HIV/AIDS Clinic, where she managed a countrywide support group for young people living with the virus. Elyse Ledy (2013, B.A.) received the Future Alumni Award for 2013. A highly engaged student, Elyse was vice president of the student-alumni group Forever Red and a member of Lambda Pi Eta communication honor society. She also was a peer advisor, Writing Center tutor and resident assistant in University Center West.
Throughout the academic year, the Board of Fellows meets to learn about various SVSU programs, initiatives and people.
82% of alumni reside in Michigan.
During the academic year, the Board of Fellows features noteworthy alumni at monthly meetings. The 2012-2013 roster included: • Cliff Block (2002, M.A.) chief of police for the city of Midland; • Jacquetta Dantzler (2006, B.A.) president of Success Solutions Group, provider of training and performance programs; • Janet Greif (1994, B.A.; 1998, M.ED.) Distinguished Alumni Award recipient; • Tim Dijak (1983, B.B.A.) senior vice president for investments for Raymond James & Associates and founder of the Dijak Wealth Management Group in 2008; • Joseph Biskner (1983, B.S.) president and COO of Stevens Worldwide Van Lines; and • Chris Pryor (1995, B.B.A.; 2000, M.Ed.) pastor of Victorious Believers Ministries.
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The first cohort class of the Cardinal Business Edge meets with state Sen. John Moolenaar, second from right
STUDENTS AND PROGRAMS OF DISTINCTION Just as SVSU students are highly engaged in community service and a myriad of registered student organizations, so too are they involved in academic experiences that extend learning beyond the classroom. Accolades and Awards
• Two SVSU student teams took top honors at the 2012 American Model U.N. Conference in Chicago. More than 1,500 students from five colleges and universities competed. Dylan Hellus, a political science major, Kayla Langmaid, an international studies major, Jared Quist, a communications major, and Keven Washburn, an economics major, each captured best delegation honors for their respective simulations. Since forming a Model U.N. team in 2007, SVSU has won more than 20 awards. • Three theatre students took first place honors at the January 2013 regional Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival. Out of 250 competing performers, Rusty Myers received one of two regional Irene Ryan Awards for acting, a first in SVSU history. Cameron Thorp took first
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place for his prop design, and Mara Berton was honored for her excellence in stage management. • At the national moot court competition in January 2013, SVSU political science students Hailey Kimball and Kevin Lorentz advanced to the final day of competition. Joining them as national qualifiers were Mikaela Burch, political science and criminal justice major, Brandon Harris, a criminal justice major, and political science majors Marissa Geyer and Larissa Skalecki. • Heather Martin, a Master of Science Health Administration and Leadership student, received the Michigan Regent Award from the Michigan Chapter of American College of Healthcare Executives. The chapter presents only one award each year.
Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering Tom Mahank (left) and lecturer of chemistry Ed Meisel examine the vermicompost dryer, funded by the Herbert H. & Grace A. Dow Student Research & Creativity Institute.
Programs of Distinction
Highlights
The focus of these opportunities includes scholarship, leadership, community engagement, research, global awareness and creativity. Students are selected through a competitive application process; programs of distinction are offered at no cost to qualifying students seeking to enhance their academic experience and professional preparation.
Herbert H. & Grace A. Dow Student Research & Creativity Institute funds student projects up to $10,000 under the sponsorship of SVSU faculty or staff members. Here is a sampling of the year’s projects. • Mechanical engineering students Todd Andrzejewski, Dustin Finn and Josh Hand received $2,500 for the design and development of a vermicompost dryer for the SVSU greenhouse. • Theatre major Mara Berton obtained $5,449 for a research trip to Barcelona to investigate the role of culture in theatre and compare professional practices for international stage managers. • Katelyn Bilbee and Michelle Sova, occupational therapy students, received $1,486 to plan a pilot study for a curriculum committed to improving the handwriting of the developmentally disabled, a skill
Programs of Distinction provide hardworking, achievement-driven Cardinals a chance to explore new interests, engage in scholarly research, give back to the community, work closely with top faculty and live in special campus communities among peers who share priorities. SVSU has six Programs of Distinction: • Cardinal Business Edge; • Foundation Scholars; • Herbert H. & Grace A. Dow Student Research & Creativity Institute; • Honors Program; • Roberts Fellows; and • Vitito Global Leadership Institute.
Cardinal Business Edge offers two years of leadership development for 25 incoming freshman business students per year. The program was inaugurated in the 2012-2013 academic year. Students engage in networking, strengthening team-building skills and identifying individual strengths to help them advance academically, socially and professionally.
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The 2012-2013 Class of the Roberts Fellows
STUDENTS AND PROGRAMS OF DISTINCTION (cont.) closely tied to academic achievement and successful daily activities. • Exercise majors Elizabeth Groendal and Kerri Vasold accepted $5,200 to study whether wearing an activity monitor affects how often people exercise. • Electrical engineering majors Matthew Johnson, Tyler Mietz and Mike Sprinkles received $9,989 to install a solar array at Hartley Outdoor Education Center in St. Charles. • Cameron Volders, a chemistry major, acquired $6,610 to study how one natural compound might stop cancer from spreading through the body. • Biochemistry major April Lukowski received $9,918 to study the genetic origins of isoprene, a substance emitted by fir trees that can contribute to the creation of smog.
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The Roberts Fellows are a select group of students who devote a year to special coursework, extracurricular activities and travel designed to develop outstanding leaders. The 2012-2013 Class of the Roberts Fellows includes: • Justin Brouckaert, creative writing and English literature, Harbor Springs; • Danielle Burelle, elementary education, Sterling Heights; • Douglas Eck, exercise science, Ada; • Rehana Khan-Brown, history, Bay City; • Jordan Killop, biology, Armada; • Veronica Kirk, political science, Merrill; • Marlin Jenkins, creative writing, Woodhaven; • Rebecca Lamey, criminal justice and sociology, Ithaca; • Andrew Northrop, social work, St. Clair; • Jesse Place, chemistry, Boyne City; • Emily Sullivan, political science and criminal justice, Cass City; and • Kristen Tomczyk, athletic training, Lapeer.
The first cohort of College of Business & Management majors in the Vitito Global Leadership Institute.
The Vitito Global Leadership Institute provides 18 months of selected upper-division leadership courses, regional field trips to meet successful leaders, mentoring with endowed chairs and generous travel stipends for faculty-led international travel experiences. The first cohort of College of Business & Management majors began the program in winter 2013.
Vitito Fellows:
Nicholas Anderson, accounting, Midland;
Darrel Carter, management and marketing, Saginaw; Rachel Chatfield, management and french, Holly;
Ashley Davis, management and economics, St. John’s; Emily Korn, international business, Midland;
Heather Matschikowski, public accounting, Howell; Colleen McClure, management and marketing, Novi
Zach Parsons, finance and political science, Honolulu, Hawaii;
Hailey Paruszkiewicz, marketing and general business, Oxford;
Brendan Tulley, international business, Elk Rapids; Heidi Vogel, marketing, Romulus;
Charlotte Wong, management, Prince Edward Island, Canada.
Bobbi and Bob Vitito
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SVSU students raised $30,225 for the Great Lakes Miracle League during Battle of the Valleys, an annual competition with Grand Valley State University.
STUDENT LIFE
Fundraising, community service, a robust number of active registered student organizations, competitive non-varsity sports and, yes, “Coop the Cardinal” are all aspects of SVSU Student Life. Fundraising
• Battle of the Valleys has raised more than $250,000 for Great Lakes Bay Regional non-profit organizations since the competition began 10 years ago. The Great Lakes Bay Miracle League, a non-profit devoted to improving life for disabled kids and their families by offering recreation, received $30,225 from the 2012 fundraiser. • Relay for Life efforts yielded $43,000 for cancer research. • The Cardinal Military Association, SVSU’s branch of Student Veterans of America, donated $2,000 to support U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Travis Mills, a Vassar native critically injured in Afghanistan.
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Community Service
Some 577 students reported almost 8,500 community service hours during the Academic Year 2012-2013. Community partners who benefited from SVSU volunteer service include: Sherman Lake YMCA; Mid-Michigan Children’s Museum; Midland Salvation Army; Bay County Habitat for Humanity; Saginaw County Habitat for Humanity; Sherwood Elementary School; Saginaw Children’s Zoo at Celebration Square; Life Church Michigan; Freeland School; Saginaw Girls on the Run; March of Dimes; Muscular Dystrophy Association; Bay City Community Center; Handley Elementary School; Hemmeter Elementary School; Great Lakes Bay Autism Center; Saginaw Bay Visitors Center; Big Brothers, Big Sisters; Havens Elementary School; United Way of Saginaw, Holiday Wish List;
Fun at the Pros vs Joes Scholarship basketball game.
Camp Timbers; Bethany Christian Services; Great Lakes Loons; Mid-Michigan Waste Authority; Millennial Ambassadors, Fall for the Arts; Potter Park Zoo; Bay Area YMCA; Oscoda Indian Mission; Kawkawlin Watershed Property Owners Association; Bay City State Park; CAN Council of the Great Lakes Bay Region; Girl Scouts Heart of Michigan; Underground Railroad; American Hospice; New Dimensions; Great Lakes Bay Miracle League; Bay City Boys and Girls Club of the Great Lakes Bay Region; Shelter House of Midland; Old Town Outreach; Hoyt Nursing Home; Project Linus; Magnum Care Rehab; Kochville Krossroads Park;
5K Run to Remember for Aleda Lutz VA Hospital; Jerome/Jessie Rouse Elementary Schools; Bay City Bustle by the Bay; Michigan State University On the Move; Michigan Blood; Project Sunset, Malaria Nets for Gabon, Africa; Bay County Division on Aging; Saginaw Division on Aging; Hidden Harvest; Studio 23/The Arts Center; Emmaus House; Literacy Council of Bay County; Hospital Hospitality House of Saginaw Inc.; Eastside Soup Kitchen; Heartland Hospice Bay City; Sexual Assault Center of Child & Family Services; VNA Hospice; and Alzheimer’s Association, Greater Michigan Chapter, Central Michigan Region.
Resident assistants and community councils also support volunteer opportunities benefiting non-profits: St. Jude’s spaghetti dinner; Jeans for Teens; Breast Cancer Awareness Test Driving with Graff Dealership; Bears for our Youth; Pros vs Joes Scholarship basketball game; Salvation Army Bell Ringing; East Michigan Food Bank; Real Life Farmville; and TOMs Shoes.
“Great American Clean-Up” – Three
student organizations earned $1,000 each from The Dow Chemical Company’s challenge to complete a project in April for the Great American Clean-Up: • Chemistry Club, Kawkawlin River Watershed clean-up; • Women’s Club Soccer, Bay City State Park cleanup; and • Phi Sigma Sigma: CAN Council of Saginaw. 31
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An alternative breaks group assisted with at-risk youth in Newark, NJ.
STUDENT LIFE
Alternative Breaks resulted in 11 trips (including a May 2013 excursion to Nicaragua to support environmental restoration efforts), and involved 143 students during winter 2012 and spring 2013. Social issues tackled on the trips included rural poverty, disaster relief and recovery, education, hunger, homelessness, military families, domestic violence, children, youth and the elderly. Coop, The Cardinal
Community outreach is sometimes serious work, other times it’s simply fun. Coop, an SVSU goodwill ambassador and mascot, was busy in fiscal year 2012-2013 visiting events that included: • Great Lakes Loons Opening Day Parade; • Freeland High School basketball game; • Saginaw Spirit Mascot Night; • Special Olympics medal ceremony at Handy Middle School; • Holy Trinity School Fair; • Boo at the Zoo, Saginaw Children’s Zoo; • Go the Extra Mile for Covenant Kids Race; • Mission of Mercy Dental Clinic; 32
• Saint Clair Community College’s 90th Birthday; and • SVSU open houses, athletic events, Community Youth Days, Kids & Sibs weekend, Relay for Life and Passport to the World International Education Day.
Campus Recreation
• In Academic Year 2012-2013, more than 965 students participated in free recreation events, an increase of 85 percent more than the previous year. Examples of events include ballroom dancing, Beach Body Boot Camp, rock climbing and vegetarian cooking. • More than 5,600 participants enrolled in campus recreation programs. • 1,753 students and 258 teams were involved in intramural sports. • Campus Recreation’s “Outside SVSU,” which grew to 100 students — many of them from other nations — offered trips that focused on the abundant outdoor resources in the state and included nature backpacking, Indian River winter water rafting, the Muskegon luge and local parks
Fitness and recreation are an important part of campus life and the percentage of students who participate increases each year.
improvement.
Club Sports
• Aaron Lorincz finished first in the nation during the U.S. Bowling Congress Intercollegiate Singles Championship. • The Women’s Tennis team was runner up in the National Collegiate Championship Series in Tucson, Ariz. • Men’s Wrestling teammates Alex Garcia and Chance Lisik achieved national qualification and traveled to Texas for the National Collegiate Wrestling Association’s national championship. • During the period of this report, 83 club sport studentathletes participated in service projects including Toys for Tots, Dow Service Project and a day at a Bay City elementary school interacting with kids through sports.
SVSU students worked with elemenary school children from Bay City.
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The Men’s Soccer team was recognized for its runner-up finish in the NCAA national championship game.
ATHLETICS
Varsity sports at SVSU continue to earn honors and recognition on a national level. More than 430 young men and women participated in varsity sports during the academic year. The cumulative average team GPA for Academic Year 2012-2013 was 3.16. Highlights from Academic Year 20122013
• Men’s soccer played for the NCAA national championship, an SVSU first. • In football, the Cardinals won a share of Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) North Championship for the second straight season. Wide receiver Jeff Janis set several school and conference records and gained All American status. Grant Caserta and Zach Cecich were named Capital One All-Americans, first team and second team, respectively. Additionally, the Cardinals played a nationally televised game for the second consecutive year. CBS Sports Network broadcast the 24-7 win over Wayne State Oct. 11. 34
• The golf team finished fourth at the 2012 GLIAC Championships. The team also had its first tournament victory since 2006 at Northern Michigan University Intercollegiate Match Play. • The Men’s Cross Country team was named All-Academic by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCA) Intercollegiate. • The Women’s Cross Country team was named All-Academic by the USTFCCA. Lauren Hill and Emily Short were designated AllAmericans; Lauren Hill, Emily Short, Tori Peet and Taylor Stepanski were named AllAcademic. • In volleyball, Sam Breault was selected Second Team All-GLIAC. In July 2012, the team was one of four in the GLIAC honored with the American Volleyball Coaches Association Team Academic Award for excellence in the classroom. The award recognizes teams that maintain at least a 3.30 cumulative team GPA. • Women’s tennis had 13 wins, the most since the mid-1990s.
2012 Athletic Hall of Fame inductees Kathy Kinasz, Steve Zott, Dave Bertie and Jason Valenzuela.
• Zach Myers was named National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) National Player of the Year, and coach Cale Wassermann was selected NSCAA National Coach of the Year. The team was also the GLIAC regular season and tournament champions. • Women’s soccer’s Charley Porter was selected as an AllAmerican and First Team All-GLIAC. • The women’s basketball team qualified for the GLIAC post-season for the first time since 2006-2007. Emily Wendling was the only underclassman named to the AllGLIAC First Team. • Men’s basketball player Chris Webb was named First Team All-GLIAC, All-Defensive Team. • Women’s Indoor Track and Field placed fourth at the GLIAC championship. The players broke five SVSU team records. • Men’s Indoor Track and Field’s Tyler Grob finished fourth in the heptathlon to earn All-American status and set a new school record. In all, 12 student-athletes earned All-American accolades. Three student-athletes were named GLIAC Player or Athlete of the Year. Four varsity programs competed in NCAA Championships, and men’s soccer competed in the national championship game.
Hall of Fame – The 2012 Hall of Fame induction dinner took
place on Sept. 14, 2012. Honorees included: • Kathy Kinasz, softball player from 1989 to 1992, was one of the most dominant pitchers in Cardinal softball history and holder of 12 records, including career pitching appearances (135), starts (119), victories (88), innings pitched (793.2) and complete games (88). • Steve Zott was the football quarterback from 1976 to 1979 who led the Cardinals in 1979 to their first playoff appearance in school history, earned NAIA All-American Honorable Mention and Team MVP in his senior year, was selected First Team All-GLIAC and was a two-time recipient of the Golden Helmet Award, given to the football player with the highest GPA. • Dave Bertie, head athletic trainer from 1980 to 1996, was also the individual who designed the SVSU athletic training room and developed policies and procedures still in place. • Jason Valenzuela, a baseball player in 2001 and 2002, was All-American in 2000, the Cardinal career leader in batting average (.410) and a key factor during the team’s back-to-back GLIAC championships.
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Marshall Fredericks’s Black Elk arrives on campus to grace the new sculpture garden at the Museum.
ARTS AND CULTURE
SVSU’s mission includes a charge to be an intellectual and cultural resource for the region. To that end, the university provides hundreds of presentations, events and performances annually. Many are at no charge, and all contribute to the quality of life in the Great Lakes Bay Region. Here are highlights. Marshall M. Fredericks Sculpture Museum
• The annual “Saints+Sinners Salute” took place on Oct. 5, 2012 and raised $71,156 to support the Museum’s quality exhibitions and related lectures. Additionally, the funds support K-12 student tours, art activities and summer art camps. • Two community leaders joined the MFSM Board of Advisors: James Jaime of Bay City is the president/owner of Michigan Pipe & Valve in Saginaw; Midland’s Theresa Harlan is new to the Great Lakes Bay Region and eager to immerse herself in
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Ground was broken on May 10 for the Jody and Don Petersen Sculpture Garden. Pictured from left are Eric Gilbertson, Don Bachand, Marilyn Wheaton, Sue Vititoe and Carl Fredericks.
the community and the work of the museum. • The American Association of Museums (AAM) awarded accreditation to the MFSM on April 1, 2013. Only 6 percent of museums nationwide are AAM-accredited, signifying best practices. • On May 10, 2013, a groundbreaking ceremony launched construction of the Jody and Don Petersen Sculpture Garden. The Petersens’ gift is part of the “Preserving the Legacy of Marshall M. Fredericks” campaign. In addition to the sculpture garden, there will be a new entrance to the museum.
SVSU was the recipient of the Great Lakes Bay Region Arts Award on May 2, 2013.
• On May 15, “Black Elk” arrived on campus; the sculpture will serve as the Garden’s most prominent piece.
The University
• The Saginaw Arts and Enrichment Commission awarded SVSU the Great Lakes Bay Region Arts Award at its annual All Area Arts Award dinner May 2, 2013. “There is something [at SVSU] for all ages,” said Commission Marketing Director Marsha Braun, citing the SVSU theatre camps, the Rhea Miller Concert Series and the Marshall M. Fredericks Sculpture Museum. • In celebration of SVSU’s 50th anniversary, the International Student Club shared cultural traditions from across the globe during the 12th annual Intercultural Night. • More than 1,200 college students from five states visited campus for the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival Region III event in January 2013. The Great Lakes Bay Regional Convention and Visitors Bureau estimates the economic impact of the event was $2.8 million.
• The 2012 Fall Focus Lecture Series, “Roles and Responsibilities: Ethical Responses to Revolutionary Change,” explored topics ranging from global affairs and genetic engineering to economic revitalization. The series opened with “America and Iran: Endless Enemies?” and Iran expert and former U.S. Ambassador John Limbert’s examination of ways to avoid a disastrous confrontation. Author Arthur Caplan, named by Discover magazine as one of the 10 most influential people in science, spoke on “Bioethics: Just Because We Can, Should We?” and Robert Edsel, author of The Monuments Men: Allied Heroes, Nazi Thieves and the Greatest Treasure Hunt in History, informed the audience about a group of art lovers who chased down great works stolen by the Nazis and saved them from destruction.
The Monuments Men author Robert Edsel was one of the featured speakers during the Fall Focus Lecture Series.
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Guests tour the newly completed Arnold & Gertrude Boutell Greenhouse at its April dedication.
THE PLACE – CAMPUS FACILITIES The latest energy conservation work has been under way for more than three years. The Board of Control approved funds to change equipment and systems to reduce the use of gas, water and electricity. • Nearly all of the exterior lighting on campus is scheduled for energy efficiency change-out beginning summer 2013. • Chiller and cooling tower improvements are in progress to replace the equipment in Curtiss Hall, with an expectation of annual savings of more than $50,000 in energy costs. • Heating boilers in Curtiss Hall and Science West have been replaced. Arnold & Gertrude Boutell Greenhouse work began in the summer of 2012 adjacent to the Dow Doan Science Building West. The enhanced greenhouse is designed to offer better space for research, student projects and general classroom use. Its dedication took place on April 25, 2013. Cardinal Gym, built in 1971, underwent exterior renovations this year that offer new 38
exterior finishes. Insulation was also added to the non-insulated exterior walls of the building. Center for Academic Achievement, on the second level of the Library, was reconfigured space designed to house various tutoring centers for students. It opened prior to the start of fall semester 2012. Roads were repaired during the fiscal year, including Collings Road, College Drive, University Drive and Fox Drive. Pierce Road was reconstructed with the addition of a roundabout to improve traffic flow and pedestrian safety. The addition of new lighting to further define the campus edge and improve pedestrian safety began at the end of the 2012-2013 fiscal year. The Regional Education Center has two new classrooms that will provide needed space. A new mothers’ nursing room, the first of its kind on campus, was also added.
Artist’s rendering of the interior of the new Cardinal Fieldhouse.
The Ryder Center expansion groundbreaking took place June 3, 2013 and will significantly improve the 24-year-old facility. The project consists of two phases. The first is a new field house that will include a 300-meter indoor track to replace the indoor and outdoor tracks currently used. The second phase will begin in May 2014 with an extensive renovation of the current building, which opened in 1989. Notable improvements include reducing the seating capacity in O’Neill Arena to create a more intimate environment for fans. Seating for other events, including Commencement, will increase from 4,000 seats to around 4,700. The Ryder Center is used for intercollegiate athletics, 17 student-led club sports programs as well as 33 separate intramural leagues. Additionally and since the 2012 renovation of the Gerstacker Regional Aquatics Center, a number of swim meets are hosted at the facility.
The new Campus Financial Services Center opened to students in time for the beginning of fall semester 2012.
The Singh-Mondol Psychology Reading Room in Brown Hall was dedicated to Merlyn Mondol and the late Hero M. Singh on Sept. 28, 2012. Married academics, Mondol and Singh taught psychology at SVSU for a combined 68 years. Wickes Hall work included: • General remodeling of the second and third floors that reconfigured rooms for more usable space; and • A redesign of The Campus Financial Services Center, providing more efficient services to students, opened Aug. 1, 2012 and offered a “one-stop-shop” for all financial-related needs. 39
INSIGHT: GRADUATION
In August, Peter Ohene Kyei, rector of Pentecost University College in Ghana, delivered the commencement address. Under Kyei’s leadership, PUC has developed relationships with several universities, including SVSU. The December 2012 graduating class heard a commencement address by Bob Hansen, president and CEO of Dow Corning. Charles Curtiss, a lifelong resident of Bay County and SVSU governing board member for a record 32 years, addressed undergraduates at the May 11, 2013, commencement. At the Board of Control meeting earlier that day, the trustees conferred an Honorary Doctor of Laws degree on Curtiss. At the graduate class commencement, Donald Bachand, provost and vice president for academic affairs, offered a speech on professionalism.
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Peter Ohene Kyei
Bob Hansen
Charles Curtiss
Donald Bachand
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