Reflections - Spring 2010

REFLECTIONS SVSU MAGAZINE SPRING 2010

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ON SERVING STUDENTS: KEEPING THE FAITH Members of our Student Services and Enrollment Management staff who work with our students will tell you that we do it for several reasons. For some, it is that we have inherited a legacy, a core value for our university since its inception: the importance of the individual student. For some, there is a commitment to “pay it forward,” to help students because someone helped them to achieve their goal of a college education. For others, it is that the collegiate experience has been a transforming one for them; they want to be a part of that experience for other students to understand what it means to be an educated person and to translate that into a meaningful and productive life.

Early on in my tenure at SVSU, I recognized that many of my colleagues who graduated from SVSU had a special loyalty to our university. It became clear that they wanted to stay at SVSU in a capacity to assist students to achieve their educational goals because someone had done that for them.

Even when I interview SVSU graduates for positions in our division, it is common for them to talk about “coming back to give back.” SVSU was so special an experience and place for them that they wanted to make that happen for other students.

In survey after survey, students tell us that one of the most important reasons they selected SVSU for their higher education was because it would be a place where they wouldn’t become lost in the shuffle, that they would have the opportunity to develop personal relationships with faculty, staff and students. Even in surveys after they graduated, students have related the importance of that personal perspective.

Our challenge, as Students Services and Enrollment Management staff, is to continue to develop the capability to engage students and respond to their needs and interests with relevant student support services and enrichment events and activities. This is the legacy we are committed to preserve: To give meaning and substance to the importance of the individual student in the work that we do. We will continue to “keep the faith,” to sustain that core value in our service to each new generation of students at SVSU. After 15 years’ service as vice president for student services and enrollment management, Bob Maurovich has announced he will retire at the end of the current academic year.

n Bob Maurovich

REFLECTIONS MAGAZINE Volume 5, Number 1 • Spring 2010

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STAFF SENIOR CONSULTANT Andy Bethune, B.B.A., ’87 EDITOR J.J. Boehm, M.A., ’06 MANAGING EDITOR Tim Inman, B.A., ’89, M.Ed., ’96 WRITERS J.J. Boehm Alan Dore Tim Inman Janet Martineau Jan Poppe, M.A., ’01 Carlos Ramet GRAPHIC DESIGNER Jill Allardyce, M.A., ’06 PHOTOGRAPHERS Adam Baudoux, B.A., ’08 Tim Inman CONTRIBUTORS Andy Bethune Emmie Busch, B.A., ’89, M.A., ’93 Pamela Clifford, B.B.A., ’92 Joseph Vogl, B.B.A., ’76, M.B.A, ’82 Marilyn Wheaton

9 Students saving fire fighters through fitness

18 Thirty years later, a look back at the “riot” of 1979

ADVISORY BOARD Jill Allardyce J.J. Boehm Pamela Clifford Tim Inman Jan Poppe Carlos Ramet Kevin Schultz, B.A., ’92 REFLECTIONS Magazine is published twice a year.

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Four fall sports programs earn post-season tournament berths

n Jenny Bellsky

n Drago Dumbovic

The 2009 fall season was one to remember for Saginaw Valley State University athletics. Out of the eight fall athletic programs, four advanced to NCAA Division II postseason.

The football team made the playoffs for the first time since 2005 following a 9-2 regular season; however, the Cardinals bowed out in the first round with a loss to NebraskaKearney.

The men’s cross country team advanced to the NCAA Division II National Meet after a runner-up finish in the Midwest Regional; the

n Kevin Fox

Cardinals finished in the 20th spot nationally. Interim head coach Jenny Bellsky, 2006, B.S., 2009, M.B.A., was named the 2009 Midwest Region “Coach of the Year” following the Cardinals’ second place finish in the regional meet.

The volleyball team made its second-straight appearance in the NCAA postseason after claiming the program’s firstever GLIAC Championship.

The Cardinals lost in the Midwest Regional semifinals to Lewis University.

The women’s soccer team advanced to NCAA

postseason competition for the first time in school history this fall. After a runner-up finish at the GLIAC Championships for the second straight year, the Cardinals lost to Quincy University in the first round of the tournament. Head coach Drago Dumbovic was named the 2009 GLIAC Women’s Soccer “Coach of the Year.”

The men’s golf team had a solid fall season, finishing in a tie for fourth place in the 2009 GLIAC Men’s Golf Championships.

The men’s soccer team also had some strong performers this season, including senior forward Kevin Fox of Flushing who was named to the All-GLIAC First Team, and senior defender Brock Humphries of Shelby Township who garnered Second Team honors.

The women’s tennis team landed two athletes on the 2009 All-GLIAC team. Freshman Yunjiao

Shanngguan of Chengdu, China was named to the First Team and sophomore Debra Hammond of Goodrich made the honorable mention list. SVSU’s women’s cross country team had its best finish at home this fall, a fourth-place finish at the Cardinal Invitational.

n Jaclyn Barrett, forward for first NCAA playoff team in SVSU women’s soccer history.

Winter Athletes Gain Awards

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n Avery Stephenson

Saginaw Valley State University men’s track & field senior Tony Filipek has been named the Midwest

Region Track Athlete of the Year. A middle-distance runner from Caro, Filipek finished fourth in nation in the 800-meter run with a final time of 1:51.89 at the 2010 NCAA Division II Indoor Championships in March. Teammate Charlie Richards of Goodrich placed seventh with a time of 1:52.99; both achieved All-American honors.

Freshman guard Chris Webb from Saginaw was named the 2009-10 GLIAC men’s basketball “Freshman of the Year” by the league’s coaches. Two other

Cardinals also earned AllGLIAC recognition: senior guard Avery Stephenson from Romulus, and junior forward Keithan Jackson from Grand Rapids, were voted to the All-GLIAC first and second teams, respectively.

Frankie Smith was voted GLIAC “Coach of the Year.”

n Tony Filipek

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Two SVSU student-athletes earned All-American honors in recognition of outstanding performances during the 2009 fall sports season.

Senior football player John Jacobs of Midland was named to the 2009 American Football Coaches Association AllAmerican Team, Associated Press Little All-America Team, and to the Daktronics Inc. All-America Second Team as a linebacker. Jacobs was also named the 2009 Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic

Conference Football “Defensive Back of the Year.”

Senior volleyball player Kait Harris of Essexville was named to the 2009 American Volleyball Coaches Association All-America Honorable Mention Team as a setter.

Harris also was named the 2009 GLIAC Volleyball “Player of the Year.”

Both athletes were named to their respective All-GLIAC First Teams for the second consecutive season.

n John Jacobs

n Kait Harris

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Two earn All-American honors

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SVSU awards honorary degree to founding professor pupils, as Tony Ceccacci, a 1979 engineering graduate, delivered the address.

“This is what a professor lives for,” Graham said. “It’s not the honors or awards. Professors get their joy out of seeing their students succeed.”

Ceccacci has enjoyed an accomplished 28-year career at NASA’s Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. In May 2009, he served as lead flight director for the space shuttle Atlantis mission (STS-125/HST SM4) to repair and upgrade the Hubble Space Telescope, and he arranged to have an SVSU pennant fly aboard.

“I’m a man of action, not a man of words,” he said, “but this was a pretty unique opportunity to tell folks my story. You have to take challenges. You can’t just stay in your comfort zone.”

The son of a factory worker, Ceccacci stressed finding a career you love.

“I hear people every n SVSU alumnus Tony Ceccacci gave the commencement address to graduates at the day groan about how Dec. 18 ceremony in the Ryder Center. they have to get up and go to work. I’ve never had a day like that. When Among a select few who I lead a team at NASA, it’s so have been part of public higher fun to work with them, because education in the Great Lakes everybody there wants to solve a Bay region since its inception, problem.”

Graham served on a science After the space shuttle’s orbit, advisory committee for Delta Ceccacci personally returned the College, beginning in 1955, and pennant to campus (see “SVSU later served in a similar capacity in Orbit,” Reflections, fall 2009, for SVSU. page 6). Coming full circle, it Graham was formally is on display in Pioneer Hall, honored during Commencement which was originally designed exercises Friday, Dec. 18, and

by Graham. was particularly pleased to share the stage with one of his former

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The SVSU Board of Control granted an honorary Doctor of Science degree to Eldon Graham for a distinguished career as a scientist, engineer and scholar that spans more than six decades.

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ELDON GRAHAM

n Board of Control chairman K.P. Karunakaran is assisted by Board vice chair David J. Abbs in conferring the hood for an Honorary Doctor of Science upon Eldon Graham.

• Joined SVSU in 1970 after 24 years at The Dow Chemical Company • Founded SVSU’s engineering programs • Designed and oversaw construction of Pioneer Hall • Authored The History of Academic Programs at Saginaw Valley State University (2003) • Named professor emeritus in 2005 & honorary alumnus in 2008.

• Currently serves as director of SVSU’s engineering technology management program • Earned degrees from Purdue University (B.S., 1946) and Michigan State University (M.S., 1954)

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British best-selling author donates archives to SVSU

n Catherine Weinstein holds a hand-written journal from the Follett archives in SVSU’s Melvin J. Zahnow Library.

Catherine Weinstein’s typical workday has her fingering through the once-private notes of a New York Times best-selling author.

An SVSU alumna who is on the staff at the Melvin J. Zahnow Library at SVSU, Weinstein, 2006, B.A., is digitizing and archiving the papers of Ken Follett, a British writer whose books have sold more than 100 million copies. And these papers — a boxed collection of notes, letters, faxes, outlines and drafts — are a literary time capsule for the thought and energy invested in his some 28 novels.

Weinstein has been involved with the project since summer 2008,

when she started as an intern while pursuing her master’s degree in library sciences. But recently, her road ahead as an archivist took a turn.

This year, Follett not only presented SVSU with a new installment to the collection, but also gave a $100,000 gift to fund its maintenance and development. The latest donation added 12 boxes of materials previously unseen by the public, which Weinstein estimates will number more than 1,000 items The university will invest Follett’s financial gift as an endowed fund and use the interest to finance the project.

Before this addition, the collection had comprised

n Ken Follett at his first dedication at SVSU in 2004.

said Carlos Ramet, executive assistant to the president. No stranger to writing himself, Ramet was an English professor at SVSU and a longtime appreciator of Follett’s work. In 1999, he published a book, Ken Follett: The Transformation of a Writer, which enabled Ramet to develop a relationship with Follett.

It was after this that the Welsh author gave his collection to SVSU. “What you learn from looking at the Follett collection is that his very, very successful novels are the end result of a long, meticulous, methodical process that involves a lot of changes, writing, feedback and discussions,” Ramet said. “It sort of puts a lie to the whole idea of a creative genius who, in a flash of creative brilliance, comes out with this wonderful work.”

Eventually all of Follett’s work will be made available and searchable online. To view the collection’s current offerings and see how far the cataloguing has progressed, visit svsu.edu/library.

n A sampling of the Ken Follett book collection in the Melvin J. Zahnow Library.

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4,400 items in 32 boxes and encapsulated Follett’s research materials from 1978 to 1998. Now, the collection has the background material for all his work through World Without End, his most recent novel, published in 2007.

“It’s a fascinating resource . . . to learn how a writer works,”

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Marshall M. fredericks Sculpture Museum sending sculptures on the road, enhancing archives Bronzes, drawings making a road trip The Marshall M. Fredericks Sculpture Museum, one of SVSU’s “priceless treasures,” is preparing a road trip of bronze sculptures and related drawings that will make the national museum circuit beginning in January 2012.

The goal of the traveling exhibition is to make Marshall Fredericks’ work, and the museum itself, known globally. For the past year, museum staff has been developing “Sketches to Sculptures: Rendered Reality, Sixty Years with Marshall M. Fredericks,” an exhibition of 31 small sculptures, 35 related drawings and sketches, and a photograph.

According to Marilyn L.Wheaton, director of the museum, “Our archivist researched Marshall Fredericks’ project files and selected one or more drawings that relate to the 31 sculptures.” Superior Photo and Design of Midland reproduced all of the drawings to look precisely like the originals.

“Some of the drawings are simple little sketches that the artist did on tablet paper or vellum, and some are large presentation drawings in four colors on linen paper,” Wheaton explained. “Positioned in close proximity to the related sculptures, the drawings will show the viewer how the artist’s conceptualization of a sculpture takes shape long before the actual sculpting begins.”

Before it hits the road to various historical and art museums around the country, the “Sketches to Sculptures: Rendered Reality, Sixty Years with Marshall M. Fredericks” exhibition is on display at the museum through June 12. In addition to the sculptures and drawings, the exhibit will include an exhibition catalogue and an interpretive DVD with excerpts taken from archival videos of Marshall Fredericks, making this a memorable and educational experience for all who see it.

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Federal grant to address archiving needs In 2009, for the first time in its 22-year history, the museum was awarded two federal agency grants: $33,325 from the Institute of Museum and Library Services to begin digitizing photographs in the museum archives, and $6,000 from the National Endowment for the Humanities to have a detailed condition and treatment report completed on Marshall Fredericks’ life drawings housed in the archives.

“The IMLS grant gives us the ability to share photos in the archives with researchers and scholars around the world,” Wheaton said. “The NEH grant gives us the opportunity to bring a senior paper conservator from the Midwest Art Conservation Center in Minneapolis to the Museum to advise the staff on how Fredericks’ life drawings can best be 8

preserved for generations to come.”

According to Wheaton, the MFSM is one of only six “single-artist” museums in the country — others are the Isamu Noguchi Foundation and Garden Museum, Long Island City, N.Y.; Georgia O’Keefe Museum, Santa Fe, N.M.; Norman Rockwell Museum, Stockbridge, Mass.; Clyfford Still Museum, Denver, Colo.; and Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh, Pa. “This is the only museum in the country that can boast a collection of the artist’s artwork, studio, and archives in one location,” she said.

“We are fortunate to have such a unique museum at SVSU.” Museum hours are Monday through Saturday from noon to 5 p.m. Also visit the museum at www.marshallfredericks.org.

“Black Elk: Homage to the Great Spirit” (1980, Bronze, 16 ½”h x 14 ½”w x 7”d) is a sketch model for a proposed 15-foot high monument that was to be placed on the 80-acre Black Elk-Neihardt Park west of Blair, Neb. Black Elk grasps the sacred peace pipe, which was given to his ancestors to insure that they would multiply and be a good nation. He points it upward from his heart and gazes skyward as he gives a prayer of thanks to the Great Spirit for the buffalo. The physical closeness of Black Elk with the buffalo at his feet suggests the spiritual closeness the Sioux Indians feel with the buffalo. According to Sioux Tribe’s rich history, its people are profoundly dependent on the buffalo and the hunt.

An early sketch, no.

11 in the exhibition, portrays Black Elk kneeling, without the buffalo at his side, holding a peace pipe.

A limited edition of this sculpture was cast in this scale to raise money to build the “Tower of the Four Winds” monument at Black Elk-Neihardt Park; unfortunately, the Black Elk-Neihardt Park project was never realized. A fullscale bronze of Black Elk was cast in 1998 and is in a private collection.

Black Elk (1866-1950) was an Ogallala Sioux medicine man and a spiritual leader for all North American Indians. Black Elk Speaks by John Neihardt (18811973) is an account of Black Elk’s life and of the Ogallala Sioux, written after a series of interviews with Black Elk in 1931. It is revered by many North American Indians of the 20th century.

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Students aid local firefighters; research electricity-producing bicycle Students continue to find new avenues to explore their research and creative interests. Five student projects were awarded financial support from SVSU’s Student Research and Creativity Institute:

Kinesiology majors Jade Fulton of Byron and Jillian Peterson of Freeland were awarded $3,500 to study the risk of injury and cardiovascular disease in local fire fighters. The funding will help the students provide assessments and education materials, and support the start of a health monitoring and fitness program at three volunteer township fire departments (Saginaw, Thomas and Kochville).

Korey Force, a Spanish and international studies double major, received an award of $2,249 to study the role of women in the 1968 massacre at Tlatelolco, Mexico. In her research, Force plans to use historical records to study how the event affects the role of women in the country’s society today. The funds will finance her research trip to Guadalajara, Mexico, where she already has established a team of scholars during a previous study abroad trip.

n Cardiac arrest is a leading cause of death among fire fighters. Kinesiology majors Jade Fulton (center) and Jillian Peterson (right) will use their $3,500 SRCI grant to study the risk of injury and cardiovascular disease in local fire fighters. They conducted fitness assessments for 75 fire fighters Feb. 3.

Tyler Beyett, a biochemistry major from Saginaw, received $9,614 to study how a chemical commonly found in plastic water bottles may affect mammal reproduction. In this study, believed to be the first of its kind, he will investigate whether the compound influences which kinds of sperm will successfully fertilize an egg. Previous research has shown that certain compounds, such as dioxin, can influence what happens in the human body; Beyett will then pursue a similar investigation, comparing the DNA of rat offspring with their parents’ genetic material.

Lucinda Wenzlick, a biology major from New Lothrop, was awarded $4,619 to study the effects of serotonin on muscle activity. Research has linked this brain chemical with aggressive and assertive behaviors in humans and in many other organisms.

Wenzlick’s project will study its effects on crayfish, examining the effect the compound has on speed in pursuing food and the strength of its claws.

Any SVSU student may submit a proposal to receive financial support for research or other creative endeavors. SVSU has committed $50,000 annually to fund outstanding student projects; each student project is eligible to receive up to $10,000. Students serve as the primary researcher, author or creative agent for each project but are guided by SVSU faculty and staff. For more information, visit svsu.edu/srci.

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An award of $1,752 was given to a team of four electrical engineering majors to help them design and build a bicycle that would convert pedal movement into the electricity to charge electronic devices such as an MP3 player or cell phone. Ryan L. Bender of Saginaw, Larry Ferreira of London, Ontario; Adam DeSmet of Harrisville and Paul Graczyk of New Baltimore hope the reusable energy will decrease the use of wall outlets and promote physical activity.

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Cardinals sharing and caring for others

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Sports figures routinely make headlines for their athletic achievements, and sometimes for their off-the-field activities. And while it’s common these days to read about the “bad things” that athletes are doing, it’s rare to read about the positive contributions that are made by athletes.

That’s why SVSU Athletics has community service as one of its primary departmental goals (along with graduation, winning with integrity and providing a positive experience). The “Cards Who Care” program is one example of how athletes are involved in the community.

“The program enables studentathletes to make weekly visits with patients at Convenant HealthCare in Saginaw,” said Jennifer Rushton, compliance and academic services coordinator for the Athletic Department. As the coordinator for the program, Rushton recruits athletes to volunteer time between classes and practices.

“The biggest challenge is fitting time in the athletes’ academic and athletic schedules,” Rushton said, noting that some 30 student-

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athletes participated during fall 2009 semester. “The interest among the student-athletes is very high, so for fall semester we mostly sign up winter and spring sport athletes, and vice versa in the spring. That way, there are less competitive demands on their time.”

The idea of involving students in this type of program was originated

by Kevin Schultz, director of alumni and community relations. “What impressed me about this interaction between athletes and patients is the way that the players describe how it is such a life-transforming experience for them – even more so than anything they’ve done in competition or in the classroom,” Schultz said.

Schultz has first-hand experience with a model program at Mott Children’s Hospital in Ann Arbor, where he said his 12-year-old daughter Riley has had regular visitations from University of Michigan athletes and coaches, including Mike Hart, Jake Long, and Lloyd Carr. “I always look out for opportunities that could be implemented at SVSU, and I thought, ‘Why couldn’t we do that here?’”

Schultz proposed the idea to SVSU athletic director Mike Watson, who enlisted assistance from Rushton and athletic trainer Jackie Detrick to make it a reality beginning in the fall 2009 semester.

Rushton noted that every studentathlete who joins the program completes an orientation offered

by Covenant and undergoes a tuberculosis test. The number of patients an athlete might visit depends on how many are available in the wing, and which ones say they would like to have visitors.

“The nursing staff will let us know which patients want to meet our athletes, and all our students who are involved with Cards Who Care are outgoing and easily carry on conversations with the patients,” Rushton said.

“It teaches the student-athletes that no matter how tough they think they have it on some days, their troubles are not as bad as other people who are struggling just to regain their health. Our students leave the hospital realizing that the challenges that the patients face are much greater than what they are dealing with in their lives.”

n Kayleigh Nelson, who competes for the Cardinals in track and field, plays a board game with a young patient in the children’s wing at Covenant HealthCare in Saginaw.

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n Don Bachand n Jan Blecke

n Merry Jo Brandimore

n Mark Cleavy

n Cliff Dorne

n Jim Dwyer

n Deb Huntley

n Chris Looney

n Robert Maurovich

n Jim Muladore n Marc Peretz

n Mark Potts

n George Puia

n Carlos Ramet

n Jill Wetmore

n Dottie Millar

As Eric Gilbertson remarked in his annual State of the University Address, Jan. 28 in the Malcolm Field Theatre for Performing Arts, “There are, or will soon be, a number of important administrative changes” at the university.

The series of appointments, Gilbertson noted, reflects an effort to “grow our own” leaders.

With the retirement of Robert Maurovich, units that are part of student services and enrollment management have been reorganized into two divisions. Jim Dwyer, 1976, B.A., 1985, M.A.T., has been promoted to vice president for enrollment management and will be responsible for admissions, financial aid, academic advising, career planning and placement, Web communications

and international programs. Cliff Dorne will move from his post in academic affairs to his new role as associate vice president for enrollment management.

The new student services division will be headed by Merry Jo Brandimore, whose dean of student affairs title will now include vice president for student services. She will oversee student life, residential life, health and counseling services, minority student services, recreation programs and disability services.

The registrar’s office, headed by Chris Looney, now will report to vice president for academic affairs Don Bachand, who also will assume the new title of provost. In addition, Jim Muladore becomes executive vice president

for administration and business affairs. Carlos Ramet, who in addition to holding the title of executive assistant to the president, also now will be executive director of public affairs.

Gilbertson said the growing complexity of academic units requires implementing a “team” approach to meet the multiple responsibilities of deanships.

Jill Wetmore is the new dean of the College of Business & Management.

She will be assisted

by Dow Chemical Company Centennial Chair in Global Business George Puia, who assumes the additional title of associate dean.

Mark Clevey and Mark Potts also will take on expanded responsibilities in the areas of external relations and student services, respectively.

Dean searches are under way in Health & Human Services and in Education. After 34 years at SVSU – including seven years as dean – Jan Blecke recently announced her plans to retire in June. In the College of Education, Bachand will serve as acting dean, and will rely on assistance from Marc Peretz, associate vice president for academic affairs, and Dottie Millar, who will continue as acting assistant dean, with primary responsibility for the NCATE accreditation process.

“All of these administrative moves are intended to put the right people in the right places to best use their talents and abilities,” Gilbertson said in his address, which is available in its entirety online at svsu.edu/ president/SOU-2010/.

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Dean, vice president appointments announced in president’s address

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Regional leaders collaborate on aqua-thermal system at SVSU, the largest to date in Michigan

n The largest aqua-thermal heating and cooling system in Michigan is part of SVSU’s new Health & Human Services Building.

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The largest aqua-thermal heating and cooling system in Michigan is installed at SVSU and features more than 20 miles of coiled heat exchange units in water retention ponds. The system is part of SVSU’s new $28 million Health & Human Services Building, which is scheduled to open in August 2010.

“We built this system because it is both good for the environment and good for SVSU,” said Stephen Hocquard, assistant vice president for campus facilities.

“An aqua-thermal system costs somewhat more to install than a typical boiler and chiller operation, but it saves substantial amounts of energy, summer and winter, year after year,” Hocquard explained. “We should see an approximate 37 percent reduction in our costs for energy to heat and cool this new building.”

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cool the building by transferring heat through an underground loop to the coils that are submerged in the ponds. In the summer, the loop transfers heat away from the building, which is absorbed by the pond. In the winter, the loop draws upon the latent warmth of the water to return heat.

For the project, The Dow Chemical Company donated 10,000 gallons of DOWFROST, a propylene glycol product that is generally regarded as safe for use around people and wildlife.

“We saw this as an opportunity to use an existing chemistry in an energy-saving and environmentally sound application, and contribute to Saginaw Valley State University,” said Jim Batt, global business director for Dow Performance Fluids and Polyglycols and Surfactants.

“We are very pleased to participate in this project in Mid-Michigan.”

n The facility is on schedule for its grand opening in August 2010.

The building’s architectural firm, TMP Architecture of Bloomfield Hills; engineering firm, Peter Basso Associates of Troy; and the contractor, Spence Brothers of Saginaw, are constructing the building to meet standards for Leadership for Energy and Environmental Design (LEED).

SVSU’s Pioneer Hall became the first LEED-certified building in the Great Lakes Bay Region when it achieved a silver rating in 2007; the Health & Human Services Building is expected to meet or exceed that standard.

When it opens next fall, the Health & Human Services building will contain office space, 13 labs, and 12 classrooms in its nearly 90,000 square feet. The state of Michigan provided 75 percent of the funding ($21 million) for the building; SVSU is supplying the remaining 25 percent ($7 million).

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Ryder Center conference room named for former athletics administrator

n Bob Becker

After he was appointed director of athletics in 1980, Becker led the SVSU intercollegiate athletics program through some of its most productive years. He established the first intercollegiate golf team, which he coached for more than

20 years. His teams participated in 14 National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics national tournaments and were NAIA National Runner-Up in 1984.

Additional athletic accomplishments during his tenure were 63 Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference league titles in 12 different sports and five national championships.

Becker, who died Oct. 19, 2008, in Naples, Fla., was granted emeritus status upon his retirement in December 1998.

A 1953 graduate of Saginaw’s Arthur Hill High School, Becker taught and coached basketball at his alma mater. He earned a B.S. degree in education from Eastern Michigan University in 1958 and went on to receive his master’s degree in school administration from the University of Michigan in 1961. He also coached at Arthur Hill and Ypsilanti Roosevelt high schools.

n The “Robert T. Becker Athletics Conference Room” is located on the second floor of the Ryder Center.

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When Bob Becker accepted a position as SVSU’s director of business services in 1968, he remarked to his friend and colleague Eugene Hamilton, “This place (SVSU) is going to grow in spite of you and me.”

Becker, who with Hamilton began the SVSU athletics program in 1969 literally out of the trunks of their cars, will be remembered for his 30 years of loyal and dedicated service to SVSU whenever students, staff and visitors to Ryder Center meet in a second-floor conference room that the university has named for the former athletic director and golf coach.

The “Robert T. Becker Athletics Conference Room” was recently remodeled with new carpeting and furnishings; a commemorative plaque is displayed in the room to remind guests of Becker’s impact on the growth and success of the athletic program.

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— By Janet Martineau

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magine 1,300 collegians from 79 schools, 100 professors and 50 guest presenters converging to watch seven full-length plays, “An Evening of Scenes” and assorted 10-minute play productions; attend upwards of 100 workshops and, for the students, compete for nearly 40 awards — awards that send them on to the finals at Washington, D.C.’s prestigious Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.

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Amid enthusiastic cheering throngs, students performed and competed throughout the 42nd annual Region III Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival Jan. 5-9 at SVSU. Vince Lombardi famously said, “Winning isn’t everything, it’s the only thing.” To Ric Roberts, 2000, B.A., associate professor of theatre and manager of the five-day event, the playing is the thing.

“Hosting the festival this year and last

year put SVSU’s name on a national level.

Here is this small, relatively unknown theater department hosting a national event, the first Michigan college to do so in 25 years. The spotlight was on us.”

Winning the bid to host one of the festival’s eight regionals is impressive.

Compare a regional to playoff games in football, with the Kennedy Center finals in April akin to the Super Bowl. Also attending the regionals are impressive “scouts” from the Kennedy Center, the

n Kelly Helmreich, faculty secretary; Tom Klonowski, a theatre major from Sterling Heights; and Ric Roberts, associate professor of theatre; smile in Saginaw’s Temple Theatre.

As hosts, the trio logged long hours to make the festival a success.

n Clarence Gilyard, actor/director/producer

Saginaw County Convention and Visitors Bureau estimates the visitors contributed $2.5 million to the local economy in lodging, food and other expenditures.

“Let’s face it, to many outsiders, Saginaw has this stigma of crime,” says Roberts, who lives in the city. “The Temple is what I call our ace in the hole.

The students and their professors walked in there and the perceptions started changing.”

Roberts added attendance actually increased from last year. “I think in part because our hotel rooms cost $50 a night compared to $150 a night when the festival was in Milwaukee in 2008.”

n Malcolm Field Theatre for Performing Arts

The award categories cover all aspects of theater — playwriting, directing, play production, sound, costuming, lighting, make-up, hair and, of course, acting.

In the acting category, 270 students qualified for the Irene Ryan Foundation Acting Scholarship competition — the largest awards category by far, with Region III (Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin and parts of Ohio) also the largest region of the eight.

SVSU’s Amanda A. Mueller, a junior theatre major, was an Irene Ryan contestant, hoping for the $500 prize awarded at the regional level as well as advancement to the finals and its $3,500 check.

n Caleb Knutson, SVSU student

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O’Neill National Theater Institute and the world of acting and technical design.

Even Christopher Plummer dropped by to lead a workshop on “The Art of Loud.” Well, okay, not the Christopher Plummer of international stage and screen fame. This one teaches at Michigan Technological University.

Actually attending, however, was actor/director/producer Clarence Gilyard, whose credits include co-starring in the television series “Matlock” and “Walker, Texas Ranger.”

Saginaw County benefitted as well.

Two of the plays ran at the historic Temple Theatre in downtown Saginaw. And the

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The 20-year-old Saginawian did not advance past the preliminary round, but she was there when the final 16 strutted their acting chops before the judges and a cheering, standing-room-only audience in the Malcolm Field Theatre for Performing Arts.

“It was my first year as a Ryan competitor. I did a scene from ‘Apart.’ I watched the other rounds and certainly the finals. I was excited with how I did in comparison, and with the feedback from the judges.”

With each round, the Ryan contestant layers on more content. Ryan was best known as Granny on the television series “The Beverly Hillbillies” but also was an accomplished stage actress.

Beyond the Ryan experience, Mueller was a festival volunteer. SVSU theatre students worked from dawn into the wee hours, keeping the event running smoothly.

“That was the value of the festival being at SVSU,” Mueller said. “Working as a volunteer meant I had to be prepared for anything — directing people to the bathroom, serving as the house manager for one of the shows at the Temple, being a tour guide for the VIPs and judges, setting up the piano room. Doing all that gave me a great level of respect for all the backstage things in theater. And meeting new people and seeing how passionate they are about theater was a highlight.”

Mueller, who has acted in 15 plays at SVSU, also “lent” her face to a prosthetic makeup workshop and got a little stage time at the awards ceremonies.

For Brett Elliott, 2009, B.A., hosting the festival resulted in landing a job before he officially received his degree.

Last year Elliott won the stage

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manager award at the regional, competing against 36 others, and, at the nationals, received the top prize of an O’Neill National Theater Institute internship, running June through midAugust. He was asked to stay on as the assistant to the executive director and an institute technical director.

Located on a former estate in Waterford, Conn., the O’Neill is a theater incubator with six programs fostering new plays and musicals, young playwrights, critics, puppeteers and cabaret creators. Some of the shows it has mentored in its various performance spaces eventually won Tony Awards.

“I accepted the full-time job with the stipulation I could come back to SVSU this year and help run the festival again,” Elliott said with a grin. They agreed.

A native of Reese, Elliott turned heads at the 2009 regional when, as a student, he was working alongside fully-tenured professors and other theater people in making the festival function, as a technical coordinator. That normally just does not happen, which caught the O’Neill eye.

In his SVSU years, Elliott was the stage manager for seven shows — a job second only, perhaps, to the director since he or she is charged with keeping the shows organized on every level and running on time.

“This is truly a great job,” Elliott says of the O’Neill post. “I have learned an incredible amount.”

SVSU received praise from Region III’s top brass for its professionalism in managing all aspects of the festival and its facilities. After last year’s festival, two participating students transferred to SVSU from other schools, including

Daniel Foley, who claimed the lead in SVSU’s fall production of “The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail.” (A scene of which is depicted in the photograph to the right.)

And, Roberts reports, at the conclusion of this year’s festival he was invited to chair the Michigan end of the annual event, overseeing all the participating schools in the state and making sure their 100 collective productions are covered in the preliminary selection process leading up to each regional festival.

“It’s a crazy amount of work, but a huge personal gain,” said Roberts.

“Not only for me, but for SVSU and our students.”

carrying on the craft of critiquing of the critic sessions.

What a delight. The 10 “babies” write well, are knowledgeable about theater, met their deadlines and are passionate. Oh boy, are they passionate.

“Good Death,” an original production staged by Western Michigan University, was the last show reviewed and resulted in a shouting match (in which I thoroughly participated) down the hall, into the elevator and continuing in the classroom.

Most of us thought the show was brilliant; one student felt it was life-altering for him. But this one guy, well, he thought it

stunk to the highest order.

Ah, there is nothing like a spirited debate between theater critics, all of whom know they are right. I couldn’t have asked for a better teaching moment than this. Meg and I read all their reviews with care, marked them up with suggestions and tips, and painfully picked a winner to advance on to nationals.

What a good feeling to know the uneasy craft of theater critiquing will carry on in such capable hands, and apparently with a little respect from the theater community.

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Critics, one would assume, would not get an invite to a theater festival attended by the likes of actors, directors and playwrights. That old love/hate thing.

What some thespians say about critics pales in comparison what we critics sometimes say about them.

We’re the ugly stepsister in the world of theater. But there it was, the O’Neill Critics’ Institute offering at the 42nd Annual Region III Kennedy

Center American College Theater Festival. And there I was, a veteran of 42 years of newspaper reviewing, asked to help shepherd 10 fledgling theater critics through seeing and writing about three of the festival’s seven full-length plays.

One scheduling mix up put us in a room with fledgling directors at work. “Oh, YOU ARE the critics,” said one of the directing students in drawling good humor. “Might be more fun to stay together in here,” responded Meg Swanson, the University of Wisconsin-River Falls theater professor in charge

ON THE CAMPUS OF SAGINAW VALLEY STATE COLLEGE, A LAMP POST LAY SMASHED ON THE GROUND. RED AND BLUE LIGHTS FLASHED AGAINST THE DORMS AND MORE THAN 50 PEOPLE HAD BEEN TAKEN AWAY. FOURTEEN POLICE AGENCIES HAD RESPONDED TO REPORTS OF AN ON-CAMPUS RIOT; TALK WAS RAMPANT OF A HOSTAGE SITUATION. SOMETHING HAD GONE TERRIBLY WRONG.

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Freshman Liz Virgin had seen the flyers.

Papers were all over campus about the film to be shown that night, offering a dose of escape with crimson floating lips and the words: “A different set of jaws”–The Rocky Horror Picture Show.

But if escapism was on the schedule, then academics weren’t the only pressures that needed releasing. Nerves were frayed all across America.

Thirty days had passed since the Iranian hostage crisis began, when more than 3,000 students stormed the U.S. embassy in Tehran and took some 60 Americans prisoner.

On Dec. 3, over 6,000 citizens swarmed Los Angeles’ streets, waving American flags and burning photos of Iran’s leader. “We are one!” they cried. “Nuke Iran!”

The tension in Mid-Michigan was also tangible. On an order from President Carter, immigration officials were investigating Delta College’s Iranian students; across the country, thousands had already been deported. At Saginaw Valley, Middle Eastern students frequently stood on milk crates in the courtyard, proclaiming their beliefs. And many American students had taken to harassing them.

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As darkness closed in on that Tuesday, Liz Virgin decided to skip Rocky Horror and go to bed early.

She would miss everything.

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Around 11 o’clock, inside a first-floor suite, a sophomore named Mel Mathews was studying for finals. That’s when he first heard sounds from outside.

It wasn’t unusual for people in “The Zoo” to throw a party, or to gather in the courtyard for late-night mingling. So he kept his mind on his studies.

Mel was still at his desk when a key turned in his door and Zane Rybkowski, head of Public Safety for the college, walked into his suite. Mel was a dispatcher for Public Safety, so he knew Zane, but the sophomore was surprised to see him here, along with a group of deputies.

He asked what was going on.

Rybkowski was brief. “There’s nothing really,” he said, “just stay in your room; there’s been a small disturbance on campus.” Then Rybkowski and the other officers left.

The sophomore sat in his chair for a moment, still listening to outside sounds.

After a few seconds, he stood, left his room, took steps down the hallway until the scene was before him.

Police officers had flooded the courtyard.

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By 10:15 that night, more than 250 people had flocked to the cafeteria to see The Rocky Horror Picture Show. The film was a low-budget cult classic based on an often-run musical, and, over the years, audiences had spawned a series of rituals. When a wedding scene came, for example, viewers were expected to toss rice; when a man at a dinner mentioned giving a toast, viewers lobbed burnt bread.

That night, a fraternity made a fundraiser of it and sold both rice and toast to the masses.

Billy Dexter, a freshman, had joined his friends for the movie.

The lights dimmed and the movie began, but things didn’t play out how he’d thought they would.

What played was pandemonium.

Rice that was supposed to be pulled from its bags instead shot across the room as plasticwrapped missiles. And people lacked the patience to await an onscreen toast before casting what they had on their classmates. Soon many items were fired through the air: food, drinks, salt shakers, pepper containers and, according to reports, even chairs.

Organizers repeatedly stopped the film, asking viewers to please calm down. But students’ mischief couldn’t be caged, and ultimately the affair lasted just 22 minutes.

All involved were asked to return to their rooms.

By the time Campus Safety showed up, the floor was coated with debris.

Seats and tables had been toppled. A Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity brother named Steve Umphrey had assisted in planning the event and was consequently cleaning it up.

The students had gone outside, many of them gathering in the clearing between the dorms.

That’s where the real trouble would soon begin.

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Sometime after midnight, a telephone rang in the darkened home of a county sheriff. The man would awaken and be told of the reports.

Some 150 Iranian students had “taken over” part of Saginaw Valley’s campus, the caller said, and they had “destroyed a building.”

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In the snow-covered clearing flanked by brown-brick dormitories, about 75 students were running around, squirting water guns at each other, throwing snowballs.

Officers tried to reason with them. After much coaxing, the students complied; within an hour, all had retreated to their dorms.

Officers, satisfied that order had been restored, left the courtyard to find warmth. And within two minutes of the solace, a dorm door reopened. A young man shot outside and began to yell. Suddenly, other doors popped open, and students rushed out and joined in.

Soon the snowball fight began anew.

had grown up in inner city Detroit and kept his record clean before coming to Saginaw Valley, a school in the middle of cornfields — and now he was calling her from jail?

But inside two locked cells at the Saginaw County jail were the 53 people arrested — 44 males and nine females — one non-student, two commuters and 50 dorm residents. (And rumor had it that the young women shared their seven hours in the cell with an accused murderer.)

Apparently, many made the best of it. While in jail, students started singing; and they sang so loudly that the jail staff threatened to hose them down.

Steve Zott, star quarterback on the football team, used his call to phone “Muddy” Waters.

The football coach and athletic director had recently returned from a game in South Carolina. With the leftover money on hand from the trip, he ventured down to the jail himself.

By then, eight students had parents come to bail them out. The bond for the other 45 — a $1,025 price tag — would be covered by the university.

By 7:45 Wednesday morning, the last students were being transported in vans back to campus.

In its next issue, The Valley Vanguard published an editorial interpreting what factors had contributed to the events that night: overloaded dorms, pent-up frustrations, looming exams and cafeteria food. The movie, according to the piece, provided a fun outlet for students’ energy. When it prematurely ended, they sought an alternative.

Later, T-shirts sprang up around campus that read, “I SURVIVED THE SVSC RIOT” — thanks

the pluck of a budding entrepreneur. Billy remembers the way people treated the 53 jailed survivors: “We were pretty popular around campus after that,” he says now, laughing.

On the night of Dec. 4, Liz’s roommates had considered waking her. They knew that the campus newspaper editor-in-chief at the otherwise placid SVSC would also see this as the story of the decade. But they figured she’d just get herself into trouble, so they left her alone in her bed.

But Liz would later prove downright persistent. She demanded to attend each disciplinary hearing that the college required of those involved. Not allowed to write anything at these, she would rush outside during breaks and furiously scribble everything she could remember. To do this, she missed a lot of classes. “That was the semester my grade point average almost went down the tank,” she says.

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Inquiries later resulted in the radio transmissions from that night being made public. At 11:43, an officer called in to Central Dispatch: “Situation we have is about 150 ‘disorderlies.’ They literally destroyed one building, and we’re waiting for help before we take any other of them.”

Word was passed along. Central told Saginaw Police, “They totally destroyed one building.” Eight cars were sent, including a vehicle with lieutenant and a sergeant. At 11:51, Central told its Bay County counterpart “they totally demolished one building.”

Media agencies would descend on the campus. The Saginaw News called the incident SVSC’s “own horror show,” adding that “officers swept onto the campus amid rumors of Iranian involvement and calls picturing a building under siege.”

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Mike DuCharme, a sophomore, was in his room working on a paper. Looking out the window, he noticed in the distance a quickly moving line of blue lights. Wondering if there had been an accident at the airport, he kept his eyes on them. Then he realized they were coming closer.

He went downstairs and reached a window in time to see one of the patrol cars skidding on icy pavement. The cruiser slammed into a lamppost, knocking it to the ground.

n From left to right: MIke Ducharme, Jim Maher, Steve Umphrey, Pat Castillo

Out in the courtyard, more police officers had arrived in riot helmets, carrying nightsticks. Some students ran away from the cops; others just hurled snowballs at them.

From somewhere in the melee, Billy Dexter and three roommates made it back to their suite. Still giddy from the experience, one pulled open the window and jeered at the cops on the ground below. Instantly, five officers looked up and raced for the stairs.

Later that night when Billy called his mother, she thought his story was a practical joke. Billy

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Subsequent hearings would find reason to suspend two students from the dorms and one from the college. Many others would receive letters of apology from the school’s administration.

And life went on. Four hundred and fourteen days after the riot, the Iranian hostage crisis would end, and tensions would begin to subside. SVSU’s crisis that night would compel the Board of Control at its May 7, 1982, meeting to pen a resolution that allowed the college to deputize the officers in its public safety department. Back then, Billy and

his roommates thought surviving the experience was akin to receiving a badge of honor. Mel thought it was not only an interesting event, but also a response to an ostensible threat to student safety.

Liz, on the other hand, who slept through that night, regards the weeks that followed a little differently.

That night — shrouded in story and much mythologized among its survivors — made for one of the highlights of her college career.

OUR RIOT SURVIVORS

• Billy Dexter, 1984, B.A., is a partner with Heidrick & Struggles, a Chicagobased executive search and leadership consulting services firm.

• Mike DuCharme, 1981, B.A., is a marketing specialist at A & D Health Care Professionals Inc., in Saginaw.

• Bill Leszinske is a farmer in Ravenna.

• James Maher, 1982, B.S., is a manager of information technology at Covenant HealthCare Systems; he

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resides in Saginaw.

• Mel Mathews is a detective and first lieutenant with the Michigan State Police; he resides in Bay City.

• Elizabeth Rodriguiz (nee Virgin), 1981, B.A., is an administrative assistant with the University of Michigan School of Dentistry; she resides in Ypsilanti.

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seeding the sense of possibility: As the ranks of SVSU graduates continues to grow (33,000 and counting), so too does the number of alumni seeing their careers and lives sprout and blossom throughout the world. Certainly, SVSU has continued to increase its enrollment of international students who study here and routinely return to their native homelands.

What also has occurred increasingly over more recent years is domestic students are finding opportunities to live and work abroad, spreading “Red Pride” worldwide.

Whether they hailed from small towns or large metropolitan areas, and regardless of whether they graduated recently or some years ago, alumni abroad tell a common tale of staff and faculty who took personal interest in them and offered abundant support. SVSU encouraged them to first dream big – to “never, ever short-change yourself,” as noted by Natalie Pretzer. For Troy Hendrickson, SVSU gave him the “sense of possibility that the academics and staff members seemed to embrace and encourage in students.”

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Spreading Red Pride Worldwide

From Paw Paw to Perth

Australia

From his office in Australia, Troy Hendrickson, 1995, B.B.A., B.A., says it’s hard “trying to figure out which choices I have made that were not influenced by my time at SVSU.” An academic senior lecturer at the Curtin University Graduate School of Business and deputy director of the university’s Master of Business Leadership Program, the Paw Paw native fondly recalls faculty and staff, past and still present, who created a “sense of possibility” for students like himself. There were “several factors and people who helped nurture some of my own curiosity to experience things that were beyond the borders of Michigan.” Specifically, Hendrickson

mentions professors Steve Erickson (theatre), Dave Schneider (communication) and Deb Bishop (management); Eric Gilbertson (President) and George Ihler (former football coach) as examples of people who “took the time to connect personally and instill a constant sense of encouragement to explore the ‘road less travelled.’” With the same determination Troy showed on the gridiron, the student-athlete explored study abroad after completing his eligibility as a football player. Then-director of international programs Woody Pelton “worked with me and got everything in place so that during the semester after my final season was complete, I arranged to go to Deakin University (Victoria, Australia) for a semester. It was a real catalyst for my desire to work and interact across the planet.”

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From culture shock to sense of home When Kalenga Pembamoto, 2008, B.B.A., was featured in the fourth edition of This is SVSU (2007-08), she admitted that a study abroad semester in Greece began with complete separation anxiety and cultural shock, but ended up being the impetus for her application and acceptance to the Roberts Fellowship program. “Being a Roberts Fellow definitely gave me a true appreciation for learning about and interacting with different cultures. I know we focused on Asian culture, but cultural studies in general became more fascinating to me after I took the year-long course before our trip” (to China, Japan and Taiwan).

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Fast forward three years and Pembamoto cites these critical SVSU experiences for giving her the confidence to apply to the Peace Corps. Far from the bustle of her native Detroit, she is now an agro-business development volunteer in the eastern European nation of Moldova, where she is working on projects such as diet and nutrition for women in her host village, professional development of young women, and raising awareness about human trafficking.

Upon the completion of her Peace Corps duties in 2011, Pembamoto wants to focus on marketing and development for a nongovernmental organization.

Taiwan

Truly blessed

Hemlock native Natalie Pretzer, 2007, B.A., sometimes finds her own life hard to believe.

Having gained “the confidence to believe even a small-town Michigan girl could achieve her dreams,” she now resides in Taoyuan, Taiwan, where she is a graduate student pursuing a master’s degree in international affairs at the Graduate School of International Affairs, Ming Chuan University. After she graduates in June, Pretzer is looking at a variety of possibilities, ranging from research fellowships in the U.S. and Asia to continue her studies, to seeking employment in Taiwan, the Philippines or the U.S. Pretzer’s challenge to dream big came somewhat naturally through SVSU’s encouraging environment. “Study Abroad and the Roberts Fellows programs, as well as my coursework and serving as a community manager under Residential Life, gave me opportunities to practice leadership and interact with a diverse array of n Natalie Pretzer

fellow students.” Stephanie Sieggreen, assistant director of international education, also played a role by “daring” her to dream big.

Hesitant to single out influencers (“too many”), Pretzer mentions several when pressed. “George Puia (her honors thesis advisor) reminded me to never underestimate my potential. Drew Hinderer (chair of the Roberts Fellowship program) inspired my interest in Asia.

Nameeta Mathur (associate professor of history) inspired me by her example and Marcus Bennett (resident director) taught me a great deal about interacting with different people, and never becoming discouraged – but being inspired – by challenges.”

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Not your ordinary globe trotter Deborah Kraklow, 2005, B.A., was a nontraditional student at SVSU, which is not all that newsworthy. What makes her story fascinating is her desire to finish a degree begun 30 years earlier. She achieved that goal following a teaching stint at Ming Chuan University, Taiwan, where the 55-year-old now teaches English and sociology at the International College. In between, a woman found her passions (sociology and English), became a Roberts Fellow and travelled to Tokushima University, Japan, where she says she “found myself feeling a calling to come back and teach English.”

The adage may be that a woman never reveals her age, but Kraklow doesn’t mind disclosing hers. “I think it’s a great message. I often encounter people who are so stuck on rushing through to finish everything at the risk of losing out on opportunities. I see life as a constant

exercise in problem solving, not one of obstacles and barriers.”

Kraklow’s return to Taiwan started indirectly.

Following the attainment of her undergraduate degree from SVSU, she obtained her master’s degree and decided to pursue a career teaching sociology at the community college level. In preparing application materials, she contacted Robert Yien, former vice president for academic affairs at SVSU, for a letter of recommendation.

He not only agreed to write the letter, but suggested to Kraklow that she come to Ming Chuan to teach. The rest, as it is said, is history.

“I love my work here. I enjoy my students – okay, most of them – and I am learning a lot about them, their culture and about myself. It wasn’t exactly a direct path from Reese to Taoyuan, but it is truly amazing to be here.”

Thomas Edison once remarked, “We shall have no better conditions in the future if we are satisfied with all those which we have at present.”

Clearly, these Cardinals are not satisfied with the status quo.

“These two years in Taiwan will forever change my life,” Kraklow said. “For me, that’s the gift of this experience – making a difference in the lives of my students while doing the work I love. In turn, they are making a huge difference in my life. I have found a home halfway across the world, a place where I can flourish in spite of the physical distance between me and my loved ones in the U.S.” Travel breaks down barriers to understanding, a lesson Pembamoto has learned anew.

“I imagined that the culture was something to be reckoned with and that our task would be mainly showing the people of Moldova how the American way was the right way, but instead I find that we share an equal balance of experiences, customs, and beliefs. Another major gift that I have received is that of humility. I understand now more than ever that there is much knowledge and wisdom that I can gain from those whom I came to help. I have gained a second family, and a second home away from home. I have been truly blessed.”

More seeds of human progress planted, touched by “Red Pride.”

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Dream big

Silver Anniversary of the Wickes Annex Fire Fire alarms in the middle of the night are not altogether uncommon on a college campus, as mischievous undergraduates and cooking mishaps have been known to trigger them, but when they sounded 25 years ago – on April 24, 1985, at 12:19 a.m.

– the warning was real. Flames threatened a complex of temporary buildings known as Wickes Annex, the center of administrative services. Despite fire fighters’ best efforts, the blaze destroyed all or part of the President’s Office, Academic Affairs, Admissions, Alumni Affairs and Development, and University Communications. Among the materials lost were all file photos and negatives, all photographic equipment, and – only one week before commencement ceremonies – alumni scrolls for graduates, Board of Control regalia, and the only copy of the commencement script.

The cause of the fire itself was labeled suspicious, and speculation still smolders today, but SVSU would recover from the fire and flourish. Within one week, the Board of Control authorized construction of a replacement building made possible through insurance compensation, a special allocation from state government, and contingency funds. Referencing Dickens in his new script for the May 3 commencement, President Jack M. Ryder noted, “We are going to come out ahead, and this truly is the best of all times because it demonstrates our growth.”

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• Constructed – July 1981 • Square Footage – 14,000 • Value of buildings – $380,000 • Number of Offices – 11 • Number of Staff – 43

Original Replacement Building (South Campus Complex A)

• Dedicated – May 1986 • Square Footage – 14,000 • Construction Cost – $815,000 • Number of Offices – 30 • Number of Staff – 40 • Today houses University Police, Controller’s Office, Campus Facilities

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Dear Friends,

FOUNDATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS

On behalf of the SVSU Foundation, I would like to thank you for the investment you have made in our students’ future. I have the good fortune to see many of them every day, and this winter many of you were able to see them, as well, during three regional recognition luncheons. They shared the incredible things they are doing in the classroom, in their chosen fields and in our community. For example, Jamie Wendorf of Bay City spoke of the Living Through Literacy program that allows student volunteers to work with hospice patients on final pieces of writing to pass on to their families. “This program has completely changed my life,” she said, “and it’s because of the SVSU Foundation’s generous support that I’ve been able to expand this experience and share it with other students.”

OFFICERS Mr. Herbert A. Spence III, Chair Dr. Eric R. Gilbertson, First Vice Chair Mr. John A. Decker, Second Vice Chair Mrs. Lucy Horak, Secretary Mr. James G. Muladore, Treasurer Mr. Andrew J. Bethune, Executive Director DIRECTORS Mr. David J. Abbs Dr. Donald J. Bachand Mr. David H. Dunn Mr. David E. Gamez Mr. Eldon L. Graham Mr. Michael D. Hayes Mr. John D.L. Humphreys Dr. K.P. Karunakaran Mr. William C. Lauderbach Mr. D. Brian Law Hon. Thomas L. Ludington Mr. Dominic Monastiere Mr. Terrence F. Moore Dr. Debasish Mridha Mrs. Susan L. Piesko Mr. Andrew D. Richards Mrs. Linda L. Sims Mr. Robert J. Vitito Mr. Jerome L. Yantz

Stories such as Jamie’s are shared by hundreds of students each year because of your vote of confidence in their future and our university. At events such as these recognition luncheons, and as you’ll see on the pages that follow, you are in good company.

Sincerely, Andrew J. Bethune Executive Director SVSU Foundation

2009

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REPORT OF ANNUAL GIVING

AAUW- Bay City Branch Jane M. Anderson ‘86 Mrs. Mary M. Anderson Stephen Anderson Shiv K. Arora Asian Food Enterprises, Inc. Donald J. & Liana Bachand Robert T.* & Valerie Becker Mr. & Mrs. Curtis R. Berger Stuart J. & Ruth Ann ’73 Bergstein Gary L. ’71 & Karen Bethune Lucille M. Beuthin Patricia F. Bierlein Ruth Miles & J. Laurence A trio ofFamily respected scholars and educators have accepted appointments that will utilize their Bleasdale Foundation Gary & expertise Merry Jo Brandimore in the lab, the classroom and the community.

Elizabeth Butterworth Trust Barbara J. Byron ‘84 Drew Hinderer David Karpovich, Jeffrey S. Smith CIGNYS has been named 1992, B.S., becomes has been named the new James V. A. Basil A. & Margaret Clark the first SVSU the first Malcolm Finkbeiner Chair graduate to receive and Lois Field Comerica Bank in Ethics. Since an appointment as Endowed Chair in joining SVSU’s an endowed chair, Health Construction Financial Management Sciences. philosophy faculty as he will serve He comes to SVSU Association in 1980, he has as the H.H. Dow from the University received the Ruffi n ’85, Endowed Chair of Portland Tim S. & Susan L. ’06 Crane Diversity Award, of Chemistry. He where he served the House Family Robert J. & Kathryn B. Crozier has been a named on the faculty in Award for Teacher researcher on 18 psychology and Currie Kendall, PLC Impact, the Rush separate grants, biology, and was Distinguished totaling more director of the Richard J. & Margaret ’76 Darger Lectureship than $700,000 in brain research Gerald & Florence Deckerfunding and the external laboratory. Smith Association Award for Scholarly support since joining the SVSU faculty in specializes in the study of brain injuries and John A. Faculty & Sally A. Decker Achievement. Hinderer has co-authored a 1998. Karpovich specializes in analytical and the central nervous system. He completed his book, & Health Care Ethics: An Interdisciplinary The Herbert Junia environmental chemistry, including research Ph.D. in psychology with a concentration in Approach, and currently serves on the focused on Michigan’s agriculture industry. behavioral neuroscience at Emory University.

Doan Family Foundation MidMichigan Home Care/Hospice Ethics He completed his Ph.D. at Michigan State HeCheryl completed his Ph.D. at the University.

James P.Committee. ’76,’85 & Dwyer University of Michigan.

George W. & Judy Eastland Mr. & Mrs. Donald R. Ferriss The Malcolm & Lois Field Foundation Michael ‘79 & Gina Finney GIFT Ralph J.LIFETIME & Marilyn G. ’81 CLUBS: Frahm $100,000 or MORE Mr. & Mrs. Carl M. Fredericks Recognizing donors whose lifetime outright gifts to the university total $100,000 or more Dr. & Mrs. Christopher Fredericks David & Claudia Fry Barnes & Noble College Bookstores, Inc. Morley Foundation Robert E. ’82 & Cynthia A. Chadwick Administered by CB Wealth SVSU Founders Group Garber Management Delphi Corporation Donald R. & Donna Roberts Peterson Champagne & Marx Excavating, Inc. Management Million and above The Kresge Foundation Maynard L. Smith Trust Chemical Bank Myllykangas Education Trust George $1 Fund Allen Foundation, Inc. Margaret Grace Towsley Triskelion Resale Shop Chemical Financial Corporation Betty E. Nusselt Trust (Bobbe) Allen Company, Robert J. & Bobbi Vitito G. James Williams DaimlerChrysler Corp. Fund Jo Anne & Donald E. Peterson Gerace Roberta Construction Inc. Frank N. Andersen Foundation Wickson Link Memorial Foundation Alma W. Gilmore Doud Maxwell K. Pribil Memorial Trust – Mr* & Mrs. (“Honey”) Arbury Don & Valerie Gill,NedJr. Estate of Terry Drake Administered by CB Wealth Benefactors The Dow Chemical Company Foundation Ken Martin Follett Management Honors James S.The& Carol Herbert H. and Goetz $100,000 - $249,999 Ford Motor Company May Mitchell Royal Foundation Grace A. Dow Foundation $250,000 – $499,999 A.L. Aitken Charitable Trust Friends of Trisomy 21 Research Saginaw Community Foundation Dr. Berner J. E.&Malcolm Annette GordenEmma M. Block Trust Dr. & Mrs. Field Robert A. Allesee General Motors Corporation, Spence Brothers Rhea E.* Miller / Rhea E. Miller Trust Arnold & Gertrude Boutell Memorial Dorothy Arbury Saginaw - Bay City Martin H. Stark Employee Owners of Gougeon Brothers Rollin M. Gerstacker Foundation Fund- Administered by Estate of Martha G. Arnold Leona M. Geyer Trust Margaret Jane Stoker Charitable Trust – The Bernard Osher Foundation Goyal CB Wealth Management Barstow Foundation Eldon L. & Vicky Graham Administered by CB Wealth Drs. Ravindra & Rashmi Estate of Ronald A. Schlicker Citizens Bank - Saginaw William C.* & Rose Collamer ‘67* William A.* and Virginia* Groening Management The Charles J. Strosacker Foundation Bauman David M. & Jacqueline Hall Dow Corning Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Fritz Horak Walbro Corporation Harvey Randall Wickes Foundation The Alden & Vada Dow Don H. & Iva M. Bellinger Scholarship Robert J. House Robert Wintermyer Eugene & Mary Pat Hamilton Family Foundations Trust – Administered by B.J. ’77 & Laura Lamson Humphreys Alice & Jack Wirt A. G. Edwards & Sons, Inc. CB Wealth Management Independent Bank Wolohan Family Foundation Altruist James D. & Carole* Head William J.* & Julia M.* Edwards Katherine N. Bemetz Trust Kendall Electric, Inc. Mr. Melvin J.* Zahnow $500,000 - $999,999 The Kantzler Foundation Ruth M. Black Trust John S. Ludington The Melvin L. & Hilda J. Zuehlke Mary A.ARAMARK Hedberg Marshall M. Fredericks Foundation Richard Campsmith Inter-Vivos Trust D. Brian & Trish Law, Magline Inc. Charitable Foundation Bank of America Roger Milliken Scott L. ’81 & Nancy Carmona Frances Goll Mills Memorial Fund Bob & Joyce Hetzler Mrs. Gerald Hornsby 26 The F.P. Horak Company, Inc. SAGINAW VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY

SVSU welcomes three new endowed chairs

ANNUAL REPORT

MAJOR GIFT CLUBS Heritage $50,000 – $99,999

Alloy Construction, Inc. Goldie Bartha Allyn The Bay City Times Richard & Ann ’79 Blazejewski Gregory S. & Helayne Brown Paul L. Brown Chase Mrs. Eleanor* Currie Mr. & Mrs. James R. Doane C.K. Eddy Family Memorial Fund Frankenmuth Mutual Insurance Glastender, Inc. Dr. K.P. & Mrs. L. Karunakaran Thomas M. & Virginia K. Marx Robert L. Maurovich & Nancy Warner William H. Meek* Virginia & Donald Nash Family Ernest E. Paulick Employees of Saginaw Bay Underwriters Saginaw Business Incubator, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. William W. Stange Stevens Worldwide Van Lines St. Mary’s of Michigan Sustainable Community Initiatives Fund of Bay Area Community Foundation SVSU Student Association William P. & Susan H. Vititoe / William P. & Susan H. Vititoe Charitable Foundation Dr. Earl L.* & Mrs. Jean D.* Warrick Wolverine Power Marketing Cooperative Yeo & Yeo P.C. CPA’s and Business Consultants

Milestone $25,000 – $49,999

Andrews Hooper & Pavlik P.L.C. Dean & Margaret Arbour Bay Area Marine Dealers Janet M. Botz ‘74 & Tom Lippert Braun Kendrick Finkbeiner P.L.C. Hugo E. “Ted” & Ruth Braun, Jr. Bronner’s CHRISTmas Wonderland Mr.* & Mrs. R. William Caldwell Ryan Carmona Estate of Frederick J. Chapin Citizens Banking Corporation Consumers Energy Foundation

Recognizing donors’ total gifts given to the university over the last 10 years (1999-2008)

Fred C. & Joyce Cook Thomas A. & Judith Donahue Linn & Phae Dorman The Dow Chemical Company Dow Corning Corporation William J. & Julia Edwards Foundation Sally A. ‘80,’87 & James N. Finzel Ms. Suki Fredericks Eric R. & Cynthia F. Gilbertson Dr* & Mrs. Richard H. Gilmore Mr. & Mrs. Edward E. Hagenlocker Hausbeck Pickle Company, Inc. Tim & Lori Hausbeck The Herrick Foundation IBEW/NECA Saginaw Labor Management Cooperation Committee Mr. & Mrs. William C. Jurgens Thomas P. Kackmeister Betty & Bob Keil Burnett S. & Beverly J. Kelly The Honorable & Mrs. Thomas L. Ludington John W. & Joanne Martin, Jr. David & Sharon McMath William F. McNally Family Foundation Robert W. & Nancy* ’76 Meadows Michigan Advanced Neurology Center Michigan Sugar Company and Its Growers Midland Area Community Foundation Midland Center for the Arts Midland Cogeneration Venture MidMichigan Health Dr. & Mrs. Debasish Mridha James G. ’72 & Patricia ’80 Muladore Allen E. & Marie A. Nickless Memorial Foundation Richard M. ’70 & Mrs. Julie McCann O’Connor Alan W. & Jean Ott The Pepsi Bottling Group, Saginaw, Mich.

Dr. Frank & Jean Popoff Mr.* & Mrs. Mark Sheldon Putnam Ranger Tool & Die Company Rowley Brothers, Inc. Melissa J. ‘94 & Jim Seitz Russell H. & Maxine E. Smith Charitable Foundation Margaret C. Thompson Charitable Trust Gladys W. Tibbet Trust

Doris D. Vansen Walter & Carol Weinlander Weinlander Fitzhugh Mr. & Mrs. Robert E. Wendland Wolverine Bank Jerome L. & Dianne Yantz Dr. Robert S. P. & Amy Yien Carolyn Zielinski

Presidents $10,000 – $24,999

AAUW- Bay City Branch Jane M. Anderson ‘86 Mrs. Mary M. Anderson Stephen Anderson Shiv K. Arora Asian Food Enterprises, Inc. Donald J. & Liana Bachand Robert T.* & Valerie Becker Mr. & Mrs. Curtis R. Berger Stuart J. & Ruth Ann ’73 Bergstein Gary L. ’71 & Karen Bethune Lucille M. Beuthin Patricia F. Bierlein Ruth Miles & J. Laurence Bleasdale Family Foundation Gary & Merry Jo Brandimore Elizabeth Butterworth Trust Barbara J. Byron ‘84 CIGNYS Basil A. & Margaret A. Clark Comerica Bank Construction Financial Management Association Tim S. & Susan L. ’85, ’06 Crane Robert J. & Kathryn B. Crozier Currie Kendall, PLC Richard J. & Margaret ’76 Darger Gerald & Florence Decker John A. & Sally A. Decker The Herbert & Junia Doan Family Foundation James P. ’76,’85 & Cheryl Dwyer George W. & Judy Eastland Mr. & Mrs. Donald R. Ferriss The Malcolm & Lois Field Foundation Michael ‘79 & Gina Finney Ralph J. & Marilyn G. ’81 Frahm Mr. & Mrs. Carl M. Fredericks Dr. & Mrs. Christopher Fredericks

David & Claudia Fry Garber Management Group George Fund Gerace Construction Company, Inc. Don & Valerie Gill, Jr. James S. & Carol Goetz Dr. Berner J. & Annette Gorden Employee Owners of Gougeon Brothers Drs. Ravindra & Rashmi Goyal David M. & Jacqueline Hall Eugene & Mary Pat Hamilton James D. & Carole* Head Mary A. Hedberg Bob & Joyce Hetzler Mrs. Gerald Hornsby The F.P. Horak Company, Inc. Deborah & Al Huntley August & Jamie Hurt Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (N.E. Mich.)

Ironworkers Local 25 James ‘84 & Trish Jaime David S. James Mr. Gary Kadlec Dr. A. Kakarla-Maganti Carolyn A. Keipinger ‘82 John* & Kathryn Kendall John M. ’73 & Nancy Kunitzer Dr. Guy M. & Trevor Lee, Jr. Sara Margaret Leki Trust Robert W. ‘81 & Jill M. ‘81 Loftus The Thomas L. Ludington Foundation The Honorable Maryann Mahaffey Jeffery Roberts ’77 & Mari McKenzie McMath Masonry, Inc. Means Industries, Inc. Memorial Presbyterian Church Merrill Lynch Michigan Council on Economic Education Mr.* & Mrs. J. William Miller Mr. & Mrs. Roger Milliken James L. & Barbara L.* Mitchell National Association of Purchasing Management National City Bank of Michigan/Illinois Northern Concrete Pipe, Inc. Mrs. Dorothea O’Laughlin Mr. & Mrs. James W. O’Neill Michael D. & Noreen Parker David A. ’79 & Lori Pendleton

Robert J. & Susan Piesko Plumbers & Steamfitters Local 85 Progressive Dynamics, Inc. George & Lynn Puia Pumford Construction Inc. Carlos & Jean Ramet Walt & Cookie ’80,’00 Rathkamp John M. & Barbara Roberts Mr. & Mrs.* Harold Rupp Thomas & Hilda Rush Dr. & Mrs. Steven A. Rymal Saginaw County Chamber of Commerce Saginaw Valley Adjusters Association Grant A. & Janice* Schaefer Sheet Metal Workers’ Local 7 Mr. & Mrs. Robert W. Sidney Mr. Lawrence H. & Linda L. Sims Edwin W. & Suzanne Skrelunas Herbert & Kathryn Curtiss ’82,’00 Spence Star of the West Milling Co. Mrs. Irene M. Kinsey Stare Morrie & Julie Stevens David H. & Nancy Swenson Thelen Auto Group Jean Thompson Richard P. & Sue A. ’86 Thompson Drs. Odail & Mamie Thorns TR Sales & Marketing LLC Alice E. Turner Memorial Trust Valley Gear & Machine, Inc. Valley State Employees Credit Union Joseph A. ’76,’82 & Susan ’89 Vogl Wolohan Lumber Company Robert H. & Marianne Walpole Mr. Dirk B. Waltz, Sr. Clay & Mary Jo Warner Marguerite R. Warner Donald* & Barbara* Weyenberg Rajkumari Mondol Wiener Wirt Family Foundation Wolgast Corporation Jerry A. & Marcena Woodcock C. Bagley Wright Dr. & Mrs. Gene C. H. Yang Lloyd J.* & Judy Yeo Yeo Family Foundation Zdanowicz Family Foundation

“CREATING THE FUTURE SOCIETY” The “Creating the Future Society” acknowledges the following individuals who share in a unique vision for assisting SVSU and its students to reach new heights in the future:

Roberta Allen Elizabeth B. Butterworth Richard L. Campsmith #Mr. And Mrs. Robert Chadwick #Mr. And Mrs. James Doane Alma W. Gilmore Doud Dr. Eldon L. & Vicky Graham #Mr. William A. Groening, Jr. #Mr. And Mrs. Fritz Horak #B.J. and Laura Lamson Humphreys Dr. Thomas Kullgren

Nancy MacKenzie Patricia Orr #Mr. Ernest E. Paulick #Mrs. Donna Roberts Ronald A. Schlicker #Mr. Martin H. Stark #Mr. And Mrs. Robert J. Vitito #Mr. And Mrs. Robert E. Wendland #Dr. G. James Williams # Mr. And Mrs. Jerry A. Woodcock

You may contact Joseph Vogl at the SVSU Foundation Office, (989) 964-4052, to set up an appointment to discuss your current or unique future planned giving intentions for SVSU.

Please let us know if you have established a Planned Gift for SVSU but your name is not listed.

# Charter Members (Individuals who informed the SVSU Foundation prior to December 31, 2008 about their planned gift.)

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Recognizing donors who have made arrangements for a planned gift of an estimated value of $10,000 or more

ANNUAL REPORT

Kantzler Fellowship shapes future Bay area leaders

SAGINAW VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY

n Kaleb Grapp

In the late 1990s, the Kantzler Foundation established a scholarship program to help students from Bay City who demonstrated a commitment to community service and a desire to give back to the Bay Area community. Over the years, the program has developed into an enriching leadership learning experience. Known as Kantzler Fellows, students meet periodically with Kantzler trustees and participate in service projects in the Bay Area community.

“The Kantzler Foundation funded the fellowship program at SVSU with the intent of identifying students from Bay County with leadership potential and providing them with opportunities to further develop their leadership skills,” said Dominic Monastiere, president of the Kantzler Foundation. “It’s our hope that, upon graduation, they will remain in Bay County and become involved in the community in a leadership capacity.”

Kaleb Grapp, an accounting major from Essexville, shares that vision for the program and looks forward to being an active part of his local community. Learning about the foundation has given Grapp a deeper understanding of how giving back makes a meaningful difference.

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“It has definitely impacted my views of philanthropy,” Grapp remarked. “Part of our program is that we revisit the history of donations and grants that the Kantzler Foundation has given. It really is amazing to see how the foundation is able to aid the community in so many different ways.”

Kantzler Fellows have made an impact on the community already; each year, they engage in service projects. This year, one group of Fellows will participate in a 5K race, with proceeds going to the United Way American Dream program, which provides services to families with children at Washington and Bangor Central elementary schools. Others will run card game and billiard tournaments to raise funds for the Helen Nickless Clinic in Bay City.

“I really think that the fellowship has helped to create an astonishing snowball effect of philanthropy in our community,” Grapp said. “I am proud and honored to be a part of something so vital to our community’s well-being.”

ANNUAL REPORT

Advocates Club $5,000 and above

Roberta (Bobbe) Allen Alloy Construction, Inc. Frank N. Andersen Foundation Stephen Anderson ‘73 Bardsley Charities Barnes & Noble College Bookstores, Inc. Richard & Ann F. ‘79 Blazejewski Blue Lakes Charters & Tours Jan Botz ‘74 & Tom Lippert, Jr. Paul Brown Elizabeth Butterworth Trust Scott L. ‘81 & Nancy Carmona Ryan Carmona Construction Financial Management Association Consumers Energy Foundation Mrs. Eleanor Currie* The Dow Chemical Company Dow Corning Foundation Hank Graff Chevrolet - Bay City The Herbert H. and Grace A. Dow Foundation William J. & Julia M. Edwards Foundation Dr. & Mrs. E. Malcolm Field Ken M. Follett Rollin M. Gerstacker Foundation Eldon L. & Vicky Graham Hampton Inn - Saginaw Independent Bank James ‘84 & Trish Jaime Mr. & Mrs. William C. Jurgens Thomas P. Kackmeister Dr. K. P. & Mrs. L. Karunakaran Betty & Bob Keil Burnett S. & Beverly J. Kelly Marshall M. Fredericks Foundation Thomas M. & Virginia K. Marx Robert Maurovich & Nancy Warner Mercedes-Benz Research & Development North America Inc Meijer, Inc. National City Bank (Trust Operations) Patricia Orr Donald R. & Donna Roberts Petersen Sebastian* & Ida Ramet May Mitchell Royal Foundation Saginaw Community Foundation Saginaw Valley State University Amanda C. Schick ‘08 Stevens Worldwide Van Lines Margaret C. Thompson Trust Robert J. & Bobbi Vitito William P. & Susan H. Vititoe Harvey Randall Wickes Foundation Robert Wintermyer Wolverine Power Marketing Cooperative Yeo & Yeo P.C. CPA’s and Business Consultants

Dean’s Club $1,000 - $4,999

AAA The F.P. Horak Company, Inc. 1st State Bank A & D Home Health Care, Inc. AAUW - Bay City Branch Jane M. Anderson ‘86 Andrews Hooper & Pavlik P.L.C. Arbour Inc. Dean & Margaret Arbour Auto Owners Insurance

Shirley & Clyde Babcock Donald J. & Liana Bachand Ernie & Leanne Balcueva Dr. Stephen P. Barbus & Dr. Susan Betts Barbus Dr. David E. Barker Joel & Korry Barley Jody ‘90 & David Becker Mr. & Mrs. Curtis R. Berger Mrs. Irene J. Beshgetoor Andrew J. ‘87 & Andrea M. Bethune Bierlein Companies Foundation Blasy Electric, Inc. David & Janalou Blecke Gary E. ‘72 & Barbara Bosco Joni Boye-Beaman Thomas A. Braley ‘82 Gary & Merry Jo Brandimore Braun Kendrick Finkbeiner P.L.C. Stuart L. & Roberta Bridge ‘77 Bush Bronner’s CHRISTmas Wonderland David Fackler & Karen Brown - Fackler Denis & Madeline Burke Ruth P. Caldwell Charitable Trusts Administered by CB Wealth Management Chemical Bank Citizens Banking Corporation Basil A. & Margaret A. Clark Nancy Colwell Fred C. Cook Mr. & Mrs. John Coursey Robert J. Crozier Richard J. & Margaret ‘76 Darger Norman & Christine Davis Gerald & Florence Decker John A. & Sally A. Decker Dwayne B. Dexter Clayton L. & Ann Dickey Ilmars ‘78 & Margaret J. Dobulis Thomas A. & Judith Donahue Lin & Phae Dorman Dr. Clifford K. & Juanita O. ‘04 Dorne Larry D. ‘00 & Helen Dotson Alma W. Gilmore Doud Dow Corning DTE Energy George W. & Judy Eastland, Jr. Catherine D. Engel Barbara Ewend Peter & Jill Ewend Fabiano Brothers Linda J. Farynk Michael ‘79 & Gina Finney Sally A. ‘80, ‘87 & James N. Finzel Fordney Club Four Points by Sheraton Ralph J. & Marilyn G. ‘81 Frahm Mr. & Mrs. Carl M. Fredericks Garber Management Group Gardey Financial Advisors Gentex Corporation Alice M. ‘85 & Rodney Gerard Eric R. & Cynthia F. Gilbertson Glastender, Inc. Gail A. Goestenkors ‘85 G. P. Graham Construction Co. Great Lakes Loons Henry E. Gray John & Dolores Guettler Valerie A. Guttowsky ‘89 Heinz & Marlis Haller Eugene J. & Mary Pat Hamilton Hausbeck Pickle Company, Inc. Michael & Debra Hayes James D. Head Mary A. Hedberg Bob & Joyce Hetzler

James & Rosemary Hill Robert & Elaine Hirschfield Mr. & Mrs. Fritz Horak Mrs. Dorothy Hornsby Deborah & Al Huntley August & Jamie Hurt Timothy M. ‘89, ‘96 & Amy E. ‘98 Inman Carolyn A. Keipinger ‘82 Mr. & Mrs. Richard Krafft, Jr. John M. ‘73 & Nancy Kunitzer Lake Huron Credit Union Edward R. & Kathy R. ‘81 Langenburg Michael J. ‘84 & Alissar Langworthy Dr. Guy M. & Trevor Lee, Jr. Sara Margaret Leki Trust Terrance ‘81 & Carmen T. ‘91 Lerash Liberty Mutual Little Ceasars Pizza George & Susan Loesel Robert W. ‘81 & Jill M. ‘81 Loftus John & Judith Lore John S. Ludington The Thomas L. Ludington Foundation Lakshmana R. Madala John W. & Joanne Martin, Jr. Mark J. McKinley ‘81 Mean Industries Inc. Michigan Pipe & Valve Michigan Sugar Company and Its Growers James L. & Barbara* Mitchell Rashid & Khawar Mohsini Dr. Merlyn Mondol & Dr. Hero Singh* Drs. John & Gretchen Mooningham Morley Foundation James G. ‘72, ‘82 & Patricia ‘80 Muladore Thomas J. Nellenbach ‘90 Penny L. Nickle ‘90 Eric & Wen Jie Nisula Richard M. ‘70 & Julie McCann O’Connor Mrs. Dorothea O’Laughlin Alan W. & Jean Ott P.E.O. Sisterhood - Chaper AS Parisville Dairy, LLC Nicholas G. Paron Robert D. Parson William Parth Richard & Barbara Payne Payne, Broder & Fossee, P.C. David A. ‘79 & Lori A. Pendleton Pepsi Bottling Group, Saginaw MI Robert J. & Susan Piesko Dr. Frank P. & Jean Popoff Maxwell K. Pribil Memorial Trust Medawar Jewelers Priority One Home Inspections Anthony F. & Jo Ellen Provenzano George & Lynn Puia Mildred P. Putnam Carlos & Jean Ramet Walt & Cookie ‘80, ‘00 Rathkamp John M. & Barbara Roberts Edward & Elyse Rogers Kenneth G. ‘90 & Ann M. Roznowski Vicki L. Rupp ‘83 Thomas & Hilda Rush Saginaw Bay Underwriters Saginaw Valley Adjusters Association Robert D. Sarow Frank & Cheryl Saunders Grant A. Schaefer R.W. & Arleen Schrank Kevin J. ‘92 & Rebecca ‘02 Schultz Mark & Dorothy Shaw Mr. & Mrs. Robert W. Sidney

Lawrence H. & Linda L. Sims Edwin W. & Suzanne Skrelunas David & Elizabeth (Smith) LeValley Spence Brothers Construction Roger & Connie Spooner St. Mary’s of Michigan The Standing Company Mr. & Mrs. William W. Stange Louis & Jo Ann Stanley Irene M. Kinsey Stare Martin H. Stark State Farm Insurance Jan C. Sternberg ‘81 James F. & Betsy Stoddard SVSU Cardinal Sins Gerald & Joan Talbot Norma G. Taylor Ronald E. Taylor Drs. Odail & Mamie Thorns Tri City Orology Associates, PC Donald & Deborah Trucks United Steelworkers of America Local 12075 Valley State Employees Credit Union Chris & Donna Van Steenhouse Marwan Wafa Joanne G. Wallace Tom and Margaret Watson Weinlander Fitzhugh Walter & Carol Weinlander G. James Williams Michael J. ‘97 & Bridget Windy Jerry A. & Marcena C. Woodcock Jerome L. & Dianne Yantz Yeo Family Foundation Carolyn Zielinski Kevin J. ‘78 & Jeanne A. ‘80 Zuchnik

Valley Club $500 - $999

Abbs Retirement Planning Advisors Melvyn K. ‘91 & Myrna ‘82 Adelman Allen E. & Marie A. Nickless Memorial Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Lambert E. Althaver Amigo Mobility International Michael & Kathleen ‘93 Anderson Assured Financial Advisors, L.L.C. Rev. Roosevelt & Nurame Austin Peter Basso Associates, Inc. John K. Bartnik Bay Area Community Foundation Bay City Big Boy Russell A. ‘91 & Debra J. ‘89 Beaubien Dr. & Mrs. Donald L. Berry Timothy ‘81 & Dorothy ‘72 Bever Patricia F. Bierlein Thomas B. ‘86 & Wendy S.’89 Bird Fred & Janet Birnbaum Dr. & Mrs. Etcyl H. Blair Robert R. ‘77 & Susan Bloenk Martina Boda ‘88 Diane M. Boehm J. J. Boehm ‘06 Joseph & Jane Bommarito Paul Bowman ‘71 BP Fabric of America Fund Brandle Roofing & Sheet Metal Co. Ellis N. & Jeanette Brandt Stuart L. & Roberta Bridge ‘77 Bush Karl R. Briggs ‘81 Dennis H. ‘79 & Brenda L. Buckler Dennis J. Buda ‘81 John & Patricia Buday Robert G. Burditt Winfred L. & Mary L. Case Robert E. ‘82 & Cynthia A. Chadwick II

RECENT ENDOWMENTS Ida Mae Anderson Endowed Scholarship Center for Family Business Endowment Endowed Nursing Scholarship Sara Louise Jackson-Nearing Accounting Scholarship Robert Castro Jaime Endowed Scholarship Thomas E. Kullgren Endowed Scholarship in Engineering Patricia Orr Endowed Business Scholarship for Women W. Leslie Whittaker Memorial Scholarship For a complete list of endowments, or to inquire about establishing an endowment, contact the SVSU Foundation Office at (989) 964-4052, or e-mail javogl@svsu.edu.

* = Deceased

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Annual Gift Clubs

SAGINAW VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY

ANNUAL REPORT Champagne & Marx Excavating, Inc. Cignys - Saginaw Margaret E. Clark Thomas W. & Joanne Cline Coach’s Catastrophe Cleaning & Restoration Services Comerica Bank of Midland Tim S. & Susan L. ‘85 & ‘06 Crane Crooked Creek Investment Co Richard C. Cross Clayton L. & Ann Dickey Covenant HealthCare Mackinaw Kurt & Jeny Deming DeShano Investment Account Dobson Healthcare Services, Inc. Duffy Studios David H. & Sue Dunn Duro-Last Inc. James P. ‘76, ‘85 & Cheryl L. Dwyer, Jr. Earthmovers of Midland, LLC Edward Jones Investments Eric Goetz Master Builder, Inc. Steven C. Erickson & Krista M. Srodes Michael L. ‘68, ‘77 & Janet K. ‘77 Faerber Farm Bureau Insurance of Bridgeport James E. Florczak ‘73 Odette Foster-Yanka Frankenmuth Bavarian Inn Restaurant Frank’s Great Outdoors Suki Fredericks William A. Freeman ‘82 Raymond Gage Don & Valerie Gill, Jr. Roger & Virginia Gohrband Hamilton Electric Co. James & Carolyn M. ‘88 Hammis Michael & Sheila Hanisko Michael & Joan Hansen Donald C. & Jane Harris HealthPlus Barbara G. Heller R.C. Hendrick & Son, Inc. Drew E. & Sara R. ‘96 Hinderer Dawn G. ‘80 & Dennis S. Hoeg Nancy J. ‘83 & Thomas Hollerback Hurley Binson’s Medical Equipment, Inc. John E. Green Company Mr. & Mrs. Raymond E. Johnson Raymond ‘95 & Lane ‘99 Johnston Dr. Iksu Jurn Just For Kids K.D.E. Inc. McDonald’s Kathryn L. Kendall David & Patricia Kepler Dr. Judith B. Kerman King Venture, Inc. Kluck Nursery, Inc. Georgia L. Knapp ‘88 David V. ‘79 & Cindy Kowalski Paul Kramer Michael & Patricia Kremin Jr. Gary & Glenda Labadie D. Brian & Trish Law Dr. & Mrs. John A. Ley Hannah E. Lipman Paula & Andrew Liveris Mary A. London ‘93 Richard H. Lyon ‘89 MacDonald Broadcasting Co. Magline Inc. Mahar Tool Supply Co., Inc. Management Investment Consulting $ervices, Inc. Remo R. & Camille Maneri Dr. Luigi Maresca & Dr. Carlotta Maresca

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Janet Groening Marsh Michael B. Grasser & Associates Michigan Sports Unlimited, Inc. Mid-Valley Insurance Dominic & Pamela Monastiere Paul B. Murray ‘75 John W. & Joan Nagy Massimina Peluso ‘83 Princing & Ewend Pumford Construction Inc. Matthew & Dawn Pumford Quality Pool Supply Co. Lois Ann Reed Mark and Elizabeth A. Roe Edward & Elyse Rogers Rowley Brothers, Inc. Emil Rummel Agency, Inc. Kamal & Shahnaz Sadjadpour Schaefer & Bierlein, Inc. Schluckebier Oil & Propane Jeffrey M. ‘82 & Weijing Jiang Schulz Self Serve Lumber Steven Sepanski Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth J. Seyuin Sheet Metal Workers Inernational Association Signature Sports Smith Bovill, P.C. Herbert & Kathryn Curtiss ‘82, ‘00 Spence State Farm Companies Foundation Sugar Construction Inc. The Tancor Corporation Team One Credit Union Elaine Jean Thompson Joseph J. & Linda M. Todey Ronald E. ‘01 & Kathleen A.Trepkowski Turn One, Inc Universal Roofing, Inc. Joyce M. Van Ochten ‘74 Joseph ‘76, ‘82 & Susan ‘89 Vogl Dean & Suzi Waldie Walmart Foundation Weinlander Fitzhugh & Schairer Foundation, Inc. Wells Fargo Financial Dorie & Mike Wenglikowski Dale & Kathleen Wesp William C. West James E. & Patricia Whaley Wickson Link Memorial Foundation Carolyn C. & Gerrit L. ‘94 Wierda Dr. Michael J. & Marcia J. Wolohan Wolverine Bank Matthew D. Woodbury ‘04 York Electric, Inc. Zehnder & Associates Zehnder’s of Frankenmuth

University Club $200 - $499

Mr. & Mrs. Gary H. Adelman Advanced Diagnostic Imaging, P.C. Advanced Wireless Dr. Raana * Akbar & Dr. Waheed Akbar Philip Alston Ronald & Helen Amy Claudia J. Anderson ‘82 Joanne M. Andree ‘93 Mr. Adam V. Anthony ‘89 Dr. Cyrus P. Aryana Dennis Ashworth Kirsten L. Baker ‘88 Richard L. ‘01 & Andrea L. ‘88 Baldwin Paul Ballard Kurt W. ‘87 & Heather R. ‘99 Ballien Jordan M. Barley

Leroy C. Barry Barton Malow Phyllis L. Beehr ‘73 James & Robin Begick Gregory P. Behe ‘03 Harold ‘86 & Doris J. Behmlander Beth Bernthal James W. Bernthal Mr. & Mrs. Joseph L. Bevirt Dr. Anirudha Bhandiwad Joseph A. ‘83 & Lana Biskner J. Thomas ‘76 & Kerrie J. Blackney Harold J. & Barb Blanchet, Jr. Poppy L. & Kevin R. Blasch Denis W. Boissonneault ‘77 & ‘81 Jade M. Boling ‘93 Warren D. ‘75 & Anna Booms Mrs. Claire Bosscher William R. & Sally D. Bowen Robert & Sarah Braddock Hugo E. “Ted”, Jr. & Ruth Braun Kathryn J. Braun ‘73 & ‘80 Dr. Robert G. & Ruth E. *Bridge Mr. & Mrs. William A. Bridge Robert D. Brown Timothy E. ‘02 & Jo A. ‘85 Brownlie Timothy R. Burke Brenda and Rick Burkhardt James C. Bush Karen ‘79 & Noel Bush Jack R. Cairy ‘95 & Mary Cairy Caltech Industries, Inc. Campus Village Saginaw, LLC William M. Castle ‘03 Mary Cavanaugh Rodney M. Charles ‘86 Plammoottil Cherian Andrew & Jennifer Chubb Ann Coburn-Collins William Collins and Dorene Allen Wildfire Credit Union Dr. & Mrs. David J. Conrad Carol J. Corbin ‘73 Jeannine M. Coughlin ‘92, ‘96, & 03 Thomas D. Courtemanche ‘94 JoAnn Crary Dr. William & Gina Crinzi Currie Kendall, PLC H. Eric & Eileen Curtis Charles & Nancy Cusick Elaine Weisenberger Dammann ‘94 Davidson Breen & Doud PC Cathy Davis Hepsie H. Davis ‘87 Dean Lange & Sons Painting David M. & Linda ‘74 Deguise Tim A. ‘94 & Carmen S. ‘95 DeLisle Fred & Sally Dickinson Daniel J. Dijak ‘78 Mr. & Mrs. Wayne D. Dillon George F. & Ruth Ditzhazy Mr. & Mrs. James R. Doane James & Loa Dobrosky Duro-Last Inc. Daniel P. ‘77 & Jean Dwyer Wallace F. Dyste Roselynn Ederer Edgewood Living Center Operating Company Hussam El-Jobran ‘06 Dr. William G. Elliott Employee Owners of Gougeon Brothers Jeffrey J. Endean Steven K. ‘04 & Maureen C. Engel ‘98 Robert ‘75 & Ruth H. Ensze Matthew Ewend Charles Fahlgren & Katherine Harley Mr. & Mrs. Lloyd E. Fairbanks Donald & Frances Ferriss Irene C. Ferry ‘79

Geoffrey Fieger Arthur & Roberta Fierros Daniel ‘71 & Linda A. ‘89 Filsinger D. R. Firebaugh ‘74 Caroline Fisher Margaret M. Flatt Mark & Anne Flegenheimer Dennis L. ‘73 & Diane Foley Pamela R. ‘87 & Robert J. Forbus Alan D. Freed Holly S. Furlo ‘01 Steven and Lori Gandy Eric Gardner Daniel Gates Seymour and Linda Geiersbach Paul S. Gill Christopher & Sally Giroux Jason R. Gordon ‘00 Charles and Janet Goss Richard & Gerri Gouthro Earl B. ‘75 & Kristen E. ‘84, ‘93 Gregory Bruce M. & Judy Groom M. Rob ‘86 & Leslie K. ‘86 Grose Michele D. Gunkelman ‘93 Scott A. Hagenbach ‘94 & Jodi L. Hagenbach David M. & Jacqueline V. Hall Louis E. & Vera Hanisko Elizabeth Hansen John C. Hansen Jeffrey ‘01 & Ellie Harris Bruce A. ‘84 & Hollee A. ‘97 Hart William A. ‘74 & Janette ‘75 Hart Dr. Phyllis G. Hastings & Rev. Robert Hastings Gregory J. ‘85 & Janet M. ‘90 Heinlein Marie L. Hendrick Pamela M. Hendrick ‘77 William Hendrick, Sr. Herbert & Vanessa Herd Dr. Lynn H. Herkstroeter Gregory & Maryann Herzler David C. Hickoff Mr. & Mrs. John T. Higgins Sherry L. Hill ‘81 Dr. & Mrs. Barron M. Hirsch Amy & Jan Hlavacek Stephen L. & Leanne W. Hocquard Jeffrey J. Hogan Mark Hooper Dean & Laurie Horn Mr. & Mrs. Charles Huang Wilfrid Hufton B. J. ‘77 & Laura Lamson Humphreys John & Jeanette Hunt Carol A. ‘78 & William C. Hutter Ervin Hutter David Hyzer Ingenuity IEQ, Inc. Innovative Communications Jack’s Tree Service, Inc. Jacoby Consulting, LLC Thomas & Doretha Jacoby Dr. Martin & Ruth Jaffe Mr. & Mrs. David A. Jensen JNL Associates L.L.C. James R. Johnson P. Scott Johnson Bonita K. ‘83, ‘86 & Lee A. Johnston Donald & Margaret Johnston Jeffery T. Jozwiak ‘94 Dale M. & Rosemarie ‘88 Jurek John Kaczynski Jim & Emile Kanitz Michael G. ‘73 & Nancy S. Kasperski Thomas M. Kennedy ‘75 Kim ‘86 & Tim Kern Lawrence J. & Lisa Kickham Gary P. & Maureen King Kevin R. Klemet ‘85 James E. Klemish

Donald & Gretchen Klobucar Dr. & Mrs. William M. Klykylo Richard & Marilyn Y. ‘81 Knight Jeremy Knous Mary B. ‘87 & Herbert Kops John & Barbara ‘00 Kosanovich Kenneth Kousky John & Louise Kring Dr. James R. & Barbara Krohn Rhonda Kuehn ‘77 & ‘82 Dr. Thomas E. Kullgren & Elizabeth Kornacki ‘86 Dale M. Kurtz ‘84 William R. La Rue Gayle J. ‘86 & Alec Laorr Tom & Sandra Le Vand Harry & Betty Leaver Richard & Mary Beth ‘02 Leininger Dr. Douglas & Marguerite Leng Anne H. Livingston ‘06 Dr. Jonathan Leonard & Ms. Sally Shepardson Mr. & Mrs. Jack Leuenberger Averetta E. Lewis ‘79 & ‘85 Barbara Mahar Lincoln Timothy L. Lipan ‘74 Mr. and Mrs. Frank W. List Bing Liu Anne H. Livingston Robert S. Lixey Roger A. Lonsway ‘81 Chris Looney & Christie ‘83 LozenLooney Kathy L. Lopez ‘78, ‘88 & ‘00 Dr. & Mrs. Gerald Luczak Thomas R. & Patricia L. ‘99 Luplow Helene & William Lusa Terry J. ‘85 & Patty Lutz Patrick Lynch Stanley Mack III ‘70 Wayne & Nancy Mackie Gerald R. Maczik Dr. Enayat H. Mahajerin James M. ‘82 & Amie Maher Mail Room Service Center Kevin L. ‘91 & Michelle Maize Michael ‘99 & ‘08 & Megan ‘08 Major William & Darlene Mantle Robert Marande ‘74 Zoe N. Marcus Mrs. Helen Mastromarco Mark R. Mathewson, Jr. ‘84 Sheila M. Matusik ‘00 Dr. Mark W. McCartney David & Sherene ‘76 McCloy Calvin McFarland Thomas E. ‘71 & Kathy McIntyre ‘71 Jeffrey L. Roberts ‘77 & Mari McKenzie Barbara W. McLennan Anne M. ‘95 McMahon David & Sharon McMath McMath Masonry, Inc. Robert W. Meadows Meisers A.F.C.H. Inc. Katherine E. Metropoulos ‘79 Michael K. Kelly Builder, LLC Mid Michigan Section SAE R. Lynn Miller, Jr. ‘92 William P. ‘76 & Linda I. Mitchell Brian & Geralyn Monfils Dana & Karen Monville Morley Companies, Inc. Mrs. Virginia Morrison Richard D. & Patricia A. ‘86 Mosier Guy T. & Jane Moulthrop William J. ‘83, ‘92 & Geralynn Mulders Dr. Paul Munn David R. ‘74 & Vickie Murray Milton C. ‘71 & Jean B. Murray Thomas H. & Connie J. ‘85 Mutton

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Student inspires family & company to offer scholarship to students with disabilities

Scholarship recipient Angela Maribbay was inspired by the story of Doug Spooner, a student who was well-liked and known for his sense of humor. While a nervous system disorder known as Friedreich’s ataxia necessitated his use of a wheelchair, that did not define him.

“I no longer have dreams of playing professional sports,” he wrote. “However, I still think of myself as a normal teenager, if there is such a thing. There is nothing I can do to get rid of my disability, and I don’t plan to let it get me down.”

Though Spooner passed away in 2004, the words still strike a chord with Maribbay.

“When I read his essay, I said, ‘That’s me!,’” the social work major from Sterling Heights recalled. With a career goal to become a school social worker, she is an active volunteer who praises SVSU for encouraging her to achieve service goals. “His attitude of keep your head high no matter what – that’s my attitude. Disability is part of me, but doesn’t define what I’m going to be in the future.”

That inspiration was the goal of Doug’s parents, Roger and Connie Spooner, and The Standing Company of Saginaw, when they combined to establish an annual scholarship in Doug’s memory to help students with disabilities. The Standing Company specializes in wheelchairs that allow the occupants to stand, easing a wide range of health problems, and offering greater access to a variety of activities.

“It’s my hope that all recipients of the scholarship will embody on a daily basis throughout life the vitality and joy Doug shared with his loving family, his friends, and the countless folks he encountered and inspired,” said David J. Maczik, company president.

Connie Spooner added, “We are so fortunate that he was able to attend SVSU and are glad to make it a little easier for those who deserve the scholarship, as well as to honor our son’s memory. His determination is what made him who he was, and we are sure it is the same for all those awarded this scholarship.”

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ANNUAL REPORT Robert & Susan Nash Mary M. Neely Wm. F. Nelson Electric, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. William F. Nelson, Jr. Pamela K. Oberski ‘95 Rev. Patrick C. O’Connor Joshua J. ‘01 & Christy Ode Pamela A. O’Farrell ‘79 & ‘87 Eleanor Olson Christopher Oravitz Donald L. Padgett ‘85 Rodney W. Pafford Steven J. ‘04 & Rebecca Paling Dr. Zhidong Pan Dr. Ricardo J. Pastor Ernest E. Paulick Kim & Ann Pavlik Kathleen L. Pelkki Charles & Veronica Pelzer Marc H. Peretz Lawrence R. Peters Ellen ‘76 & Glenn S. ‘76 Peterson Andrew A. ‘80 & Cindi I. Place Angela & Justin Pohl Barbara J. Polega ‘84 Ronald E. Portwine John & Linda Potts Dr. Robert L. & Terry Pratt, Jr. Dr. & Mrs. William R. Priest Giacamo ‘77 & Lynne E. Provenzano Qdoba Mexican Grill Restaurant John & Debbie Quenneville Quick Casual Corporation Marie J. Rabideau ‘92 & ‘97 Ranger Tool & Die Company Robert & Deborah Rankl Scott Rathbun Donald & Karen Rauschenberger Dr. Scott E. ‘86 & Amy L. Redwantz Ed & Shelly A. Reminder Dr. Thomas J. & Pamela Renna Matthew J. Reno ‘93 Janet M. Rentsch Stacey R. Rex Cherie A. ‘84 & Walter H. ‘84 Reynolds Nancy & F. Edward Rice Andrew D. & Karen Richards Mark & Etta Rieffel Andrew S. Rishmawi ‘00 Mr. Joseph A. Rizzo Robert Kidd Gallery Inc. Mary H. Roberts Richard B. Roberts, Jr. ‘00 Dr. Janet K. Robinson David H. ‘70 & Rae Ann Roche III Robert & Jane Rogers Steven and Anne Ronk Jeffery T. Roscoe ‘78 Mr. & Mrs. Donald M. Roseberry Rosemary Rozewski ‘91 Christopher T. Rupp Randall R. and Jean Rupp Sean Rutherford Rosalind Fredericks Rymal & Steven Rymal Thomas Saarela Saginaw County Chamber of Commerce Patrick C. ‘80 & Nancy A. ‘84 Samolewski Dr. Shyamalendu & Priti ‘82 Sarkar Elinor Saunders Harold Saunders Suzanne Savoy Nancy J. Scales ‘70 Diane G. Scharffe ‘89 Ronald G. & Penny A. Schneider George & Elaine Schnepf Carmen L. Schultz ‘89 Deanna K. Schultz Christian Schwager

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Elaine G. Schwanbeck Charles Schwartz Connie J. Schweitzer ‘98 & ‘03 Cody W. Schwiesow 2000 Dale & Lisa Scott Dr. Samuel H. & Patricia A. ‘71 Shaheen Steven W. & Michele Sherlock Sherwood School Parent/Teacher Organization Dr. D. Joseph & Phyllis Shlien Carol Short Lawrence H. & Linda L. Sims Tami & Jason Sivy Vincent ‘90 & Kathleen Siwicki Larry Slasinski ‘75 Joseph Z. Slater ‘79 Jason M. Slattery ‘99 Bryan T. Smiggen ‘06 Dr. & Mrs. A. Lee Smith Franklin & Jill Smith II Stanley & Kevin Sobol Carrie Sorensen Doug Spence Herbert A. & Mary Spence, Jr. Robert S. & Jane Spence, Jr. John W. ‘87 & SueAnne Spreeman Dr. Chander & Dr. Bala Srinivasan Trisha L. Stantz ‘99 Edward Stapish Chad Starnes Steelhead II Joe & Glennda J. ‘87 Stephens Morrie & Julie Stevens Victoria M. Stewart ‘97 Chris M. ‘82 & Susan Streeter Margaret Strickland Gerald K. & Kathryn J. Stuart James R. Suchodolski Brad S. Sundholm ‘05 SVSU Faculty Association Jason ‘97 & ‘04 & Amy ‘03 Swackhamer Swan Valley Country Club Janet D. Symons ‘83 Jay A. ‘89 & Connie J. Szabo Ronald ‘75 & Ann Szymanowski Peggy Taylor The Goad Foundation James E. & Francine Thews Elizabeth N. Thomas Lillie M. Thomas ‘74 Lowell S. ‘69 & Jane Thomas Christine & Jeffrey Tibbits Leslie D. & Marion Tincknell Deborah A. Tomich ‘94 Tri-Star Trust Bank True Vine Baptist Church Gregory J. & Shelley Turner Alice E. Turner Memorial Trust Rev. & Mrs. Leslie D. Tyvela Shelly ‘88 & Mark ‘84 Umphrey Steven ‘81 & Sandra S. ‘81 Umphrey Mr. Edward A. Valenzuela Valley OB-GYN Realty Jonathan S. Van Tol ‘92 James E. Vervoort David L.’84 & Carol M. ‘86 Vos Dr. Richard L. & Dee Dee Wacksman Alicia H. ‘88 & Richard C. ‘81 Wallace David & Zella Bueker Wallace Foundation Charitable Trust Mrs. Zella Wallace William E. Washabaugh, Jr. ‘85 Michael ‘04 & Alison ‘06 Watt Thomas J. & Barb Weadock Dr. David R. & Carol Ann Weaver David A. Webb ‘80 Laverne N. Weber ‘79 Jack R. Wehrly Weinlander Fitzhugh Jack S. ‘88 & Konnie Werner

Judy M. Werner ‘84 Edwin D. & Jill L. ‘79 Wetmore Mr. & Mrs. J. Richard Wharton Marilyn L. Wheaton Barry & Sue Wiggins Gabriel D. Williams ‘98 James & Bonnie Wilson John & Marilyn Wolf Dr. Janice M. & Terry A. Wolff Richard V. Wolohan Sharon L. Wolohan Richard Wolschlager ‘93 Robert D. ‘97 & Beth Wood Joyce K. Woods Marjorie Wymore Klashak Stephen & Beverly Yanca Dr. Charlotte & Bing Yang Debra Young Mr. & Mrs. Gerald J. Ziarno David M. ‘73 & Kenna S. Zorn Jeanne A. ‘80 & Kevin J. ‘78 Zuchnik

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Robert A. Allesee Dr. Arthur G. Andrewes Mr. & Mrs. James H. Andrews Ken Andrews Carrie L. Appold ‘90 Andrew W. Atherton ‘00 Marylin E. Atkins ‘73 Stacey Ault Umesh A. Badami Cynthia I. ‘92 & Timothy Bala Thomas S. Balenda Adam & Sarah K. ‘06 Ball Eva Barker Tamara Barrientos Peter B. Barry Christine A. ‘83 & William Barton Frederick R. Batzer ‘73 Irene Bauer Katie Bauer Bay Regional Medical Center Bay Special Care Hospital Yvonne Beauchaine ‘93 Douglas A. Becker ‘96 William L. ‘77 & Shirley Bedard Mary A. Belanger ‘90 Amy L. Bergquist Stuart J. & Ruth Ann ‘73 Bergstein Leone L. Bershing ‘78 Bethel A.M.E. Church Billy’s Contracting Marianne Bird Heather A. Bissell ‘97 John D. Blanchard Frank Bontumasi ‘87 Andrew D. Booms ‘99 Rick R. Booth Bernard P. Borden Brian & Gayle Borland Monica M. Boulan ‘81 Daniel G. & Patricia ‘78 Bourdow Matthew S. ‘82 & Rachel K. ‘89 Bowerman Jo Ann Bowman ‘88 & ‘06 Gary V. ‘93 & Susan M. ‘93, ‘97 Brasseur Mark S. 1977 Bredholt Brinn Inc. Michael E. ‘01 & Michelle L. Bromm Wayne N. ‘92 & Lorene Bronner Vincent & Cathy Buggia Clarence H. Burkes ‘94 Calvin & Marietta Burt Cheryl A. ‘87 and ‘96 & Kenneth E. Burzynski Brian J. Busatti Emmie Busch ‘89 & ‘93 Barbara J. Byron ‘84

Sandra Calamari Tom Cameron Frederick ‘71 & Catherine ‘71 Campau Luis Canales Mary L. Card ‘86 Cardinal Deli Kate T. Cardinali ‘04 Rollin C. Carter ‘05 Thomas D. Carter Charles Case ‘90 Peter Chapman ‘06 Barry Christen Angela Cierzniewski ‘01 Robert J. Cierzniewski Civil Engineering Consultants Norma Gase Clack ‘94 Russell J. Clark ‘98 Sara Clark Pamela A. Clifford ‘92 Julie Coe Elwood R. Collins Robert Colston Joan W. Compton Melissa C. Compton ‘97 Christopher & Pamela Confaloni Otis Cook Ruth L. Copp ‘98 George J. Coppens ‘02 Roberta Corbat ‘91 Mr. & Mrs. Ernest S. Cornwell, Jr. Michael Cotton Merlin Coty & Carol Hardy Sam L. Crabtree ‘04 Bryan E. Crainer ‘06 Bryan ‘06 & Kelly ‘09 Crainer Adela Crandell Durkee ‘82 David & Kathi Crocker Josh Currier Charles B. & Susan Curtiss Anna R. Dadlez Timothy & Laurie Daum Cheryl A. David Dale F. Davis ‘77 Matthew A. Davis Michael G. ‘72 & Catherine M. Denay Dirk S. Denison John P. Deterding ‘93 George Dillon Dimensional Stone Consulting, Inc. Terry L. Dobson Robert Dotson Shirley Dougherty ‘69 Dow Chemical Employees’ Credit Union Jancie M. Drzewicki Michelle Y. Dunkerley ‘90 Judy Eberlein ‘72 Eric L. Eby, DDS ‘94 Stephen T. Economy Ed Bialek’s Golf Shop Don Eisenga Jerry Eisenga Scott Eisenga Tom & Patricia Emmenecker John ‘81 & Susie B. Emond Marlene Erla ‘75 John L. Etter Heather J. Matula Farr ‘00 Dr. & Mrs. Harry B. Farris David N. & Sally R. ‘78 Fickes Mary J. Filion ‘78 Carol A. Fink Brandon A. Fisher ‘99 Daniel T. Fisher ‘86 Patrick M. Fitzgerald ‘79 Ernest & Marjorie Flegenheimer Jeffrey M. Florczak ‘85 Gil & Pat Foster Dorothy D. Foulds Frederic Fraizer Don & Carol ‘76 Francke

Barbara A. Frank William & Carol Frederick, Jr. Box Furlong Pat Furlong Future Michigan G.E. Williams, D.D.S. John Gaulin Daniel Gavin Jaymee Geneseo John Germain Neal I. Gilbert ‘01 Chad W. ‘99 & Rebecca A. ‘00 Goodchild John B. Goodsell ‘79 Gordon Food Service Mary T. Gottleber ‘89 Jennifer A. Gradowski ‘03 Lynne R. Graft David P. Gravelin ‘80 Paul & Paula Grzenia Marie T. Guimond & David J. Tuskey Joan E. Guthrie ‘81 Jocelyn A. Hall ‘05 James F. Hampton Christine Handt Merlin Coty & Carol Hardy Carole Harris Tom Harris Adam P. Haswell ‘07 Larry & Ellen Hatcher Healthy Futures Clinic PLLC Scott A. ‘80 & Vicki M. Heinz Gerald A. Hensler Lois M. Herbage Kristina M. Hester ‘85 Alfred Hewitt Frances Hicks Dr. & Mrs. Roger Hill Brett J. Hoffman ‘03 Karen A. ‘87 & Michael T. ‘90 Hollenbeck Michael J. ‘92 & Jennifer L. Holliday Thomas S. Hollingsworth ‘93 Joshua Holnagel Anne Hosbach ‘73 & Gerald Hosbach ‘69 Randal S. ‘82 & Judy M. ‘80 Hostetler Karen S. Howell Dr. & Mrs. Walter L. Howland Brandon Hozeska Patrick A. Hughes Sarah Humphreys & Lawrence Mason Sheila Mutton Hutchings ‘86 Raymond & Barbara Ilkka Dawn M. Iseler ‘02 Teruo T. ‘85 & Simi Ishihara Dr. M. Yousef Jabbari Jack’s Tree Service, Inc. Russell A. Jacobson Jerry A. Jacques ‘76 Mark & Judith Jaffe Charles Jessup Bonnie J. Johnson David & Kathy Johnson Gary J. & Lynn A. Johnson Norman & Maureen Jones Robert C. Jones ‘78 Steven & Jane Jordan Dr. and Mrs. Jose Mari G. Jurado Roxanne L. ‘82 & Robert Kalkman Deb Kanine Raymond L. Katz Steven E. ‘76 & Carol E. Keinath Donald & Judy Keller Gregory Kelley William J. Kelly Mr. & Mrs. James A. Kendall Paul R. Kerbyson Michael E. King ‘08 Sue A. Kirchman ‘87 & ‘93 Judy M. Kischnick ‘82

ANNUAL REPORT Kevin E. Moore ‘01 Victor J. ‘89 & Sandra Morgan Richard A. ‘84 & Margaret Morrow Brian W. Mossner Aaron P. Mowen ‘08 Elizabeth A. ‘84 & Michael J. ‘85 Mueller Babu Nahata Gopikrishna Nallani Ann (Natole) Turk ‘88, ‘93 & David Turk Diana L. Nauman Nicholas C. ‘89 & Debra E. Nehmer Tawny & Robert Nelb Nichols Financial Group Inc David C. Niewiadomski ‘05 David J. & Joan Niewiadomski Mrs. Jean A. Nitz Donald & Rose Novey Gene Nuckolls Harold & Elizabeth Nutt Joshua J. ‘01 & Christy Ode Kristine & Erik O’Hare Richard L. Ohle Aloysius J. Oliver Orion Waterproofing, L.L.C. Osentoski Farm Equipment, Inc. Wesley B. Ostrander ‘93 Charles W. ‘69* & Carolyn B. Oyerly Paul Ozdzinski ‘02 Addison Pafford Jennifer K. Pahl ‘00 & ‘02 Terry A. Paris Dr. Hong Youl Park Brian L. ‘00 & Tonya M. ‘99 Particka Philip E. Paulus Joyce E. Payne Laura Peil Fred A. ‘00 & Jennifer ‘04 Pennell The Pewabic Society, Inc. Mrs. Betty A. Phillips Joseph C. ‘74 & Janet M. ‘88 Plas Daniel L. Pletzke ‘71 Robert Pollock Janice R. Poppe ‘01 Jonathan Post Mark & Ashley Potts Mr. & Mrs. Robert B. Powell Cheryl D. Pratt ‘83 Jerry W. Price ‘74 Ms. Donna Provenzano Allen Pumford Pumford Construction Inc. R. Bradley Lambert, PLC Mark Ranck Amy Reder Bryan Reder Rehmann J. J. & Constance ‘76 Rehmann Patricia Rennert Monica B. Reyes ‘88 Scott R. Reynolds ‘94 Mr. & Mrs. Robert L. Richardson, Jr. Thomas A. Rinness ‘88 James W. Robbins ‘81 Marie A. Roberts Kenneth & Toby Robertson Gary G. ‘77 & Mary E. Robinson Elizabeth A. Rodriguiz ‘81 Michelle K. Roemhild ‘89 Jeff D. Romback ‘06 Sean Romsek Lauren Rongo E. Lawrence & Verna Rosenberg Thomas H. Rosenhagen Dr. Frederick C. & Beth Rosin Voisne Ross Paul F. ‘85 & Willa M. Rousseau Dr. Janet E. Rubin Aaron Rupprecht James & Rose Ryan Dr. Jack M. & Lila Ryder

Karin K. Ryder ‘82 Jenna Saarela Judy A. ‘81 Sabatino-Crimmins & Tim Crimmins Saginaw Labor Management Cooperation Committee Local 557 Michael D. Salowitz ‘97 Samico, Inc. Robin C. (Samyn) Paniccia Gerald A. ‘74 & Joyce M. ‘74 Sandoval Ronald L. Saunders Robert J. ‘74 & Ruth M. ‘71 Sawyers Nicholus C. Schikorra Ken & Rosemary Schindler Tom & Patricia Schomaker Robert Schooks Thomas B. ‘76, ‘89 & Cynthia D. ‘89 Schrems Betty P. Schubert ‘91 Schultheiss Enterprises LLC F. Peter Secor ‘75 Lindsay Seelhoff Thomas W. Seelhoff Kerry W. Segel Spenser Sellers Russell E. Sexsmith James M. & Cynthia A. ‘92 Shea Bill Sheron Harold Shilling Greg Shoemaker Jason A. Sierocki ‘01 Sigma Pi Alumni Association of Saginaw Debwin W. Simon Thomas & Bobbie Sinclair Stephen W. Skillman ‘94 Mathew Slack Gerald I. Smith ‘95 Marianne Smith Marta L. Smith ‘82 Craig A. ‘86, ‘00 & Jill K. Snook Frank G. & Ellen F. ‘72 Snyder Mark S. Solo Diane J. Sommer ‘91 Robert F. & Susan A. Sonntag Timothy P. Sorokin ‘84 Theresa Srebinski Reuben P. Srinivasan ‘88 Thomas E. & Lydia St. Aubin Donald Stadnika Matthew R. ‘94 & Amy M. ‘95 Starr Scott ‘81 & Shirley Stewart Richard Stoesser Marc E. ‘83 & Tina M. ‘96 McIntire Strain Debra J. Strasz ‘79 Francesca Stratton Barbara J. Sucher ‘82 James P. Sullivan Synergy Medical Education Alliance Tom and Melissa Szczepanski Zach Szczepanski Leland E. ‘70 & Barbara A. Szczesniak Thomas and Julie Tabor Sanjay Talati Michael C. Talbert ‘77 Eleanor Taylor ‘73 Graham E. Taylor Nicholas J. Taylor ‘03 & ‘07 William & Sally Ten Eyck Kenneth M. ‘70 & Nancy ‘72 Tesauro Don ‘88 & Jina ‘89 Thalmann Marcia L. Thomas ‘01 Mark D. ‘82 & Diane L. ‘91 Thompson Richard P. & Sue A. ‘86 Thompson Mr. & Mrs. Clyde K. Tobin Jean S. Treadway Gary W. Trumble Mark & Katherine Turnbull Tim Turner

Robert & Jennie Tuttle United Bay Community Credit Union John & Betty J. Ujevich Valley Cardiology P.C. John R. Van Laan John & Constance Van Poppelen M. Don Van Steenkiste ‘87 Eugene L. Vanalst Jack and Gretchen Vanhoorelbeke Kimberly S. Vigneron ‘95 Joseph E. & Lydia Vitale Chris Vocke Nathan M. ‘02 & Dana Wakefield Edward W. Walker Charles Wallace Doug Wallace Richard C. ‘81 & Alicia H. ‘88 Wallace William T. Walraven ‘92 Ware-Smith-Woolever Funeral Home Paul A. Warren Mr. & Mrs. Paul T. Watson John & Imelda Way Judith A. Webb ‘81 Victor J. Weinstein Sue E. West ‘87 Janet ‘67 & Frank Whitley Gregory Wilhelm Jerry L. Wilkinson Jacqueline Willertz Ronald R. Williams Matthew Wilton Norman L. Winterstein, Jr. ‘90 Gary A. Wirsing ‘86 Raymond C. & Cheryl A. Witt Wobig Construction Company Inc. Wohlfeil Hardware & Tools, Inc. Women’s OB-GYN, P.C. David J. Wongso ‘97 Susi Wongso ‘83 & ‘85 Jerry A. Wright Jerry ‘75 & Mary Lee Wright Marion Wyatt Michael ‘08 & Heather ‘08 Wyciechowski Stuart H. Yntema Janet K. ‘73 & Kenneth Young Scott Youngstedt Winfred C. Zacharia Ruth Ann Zahnow McAllister Susan Zelinko Robert Zinni Jeffrey W. Zulauf ‘05

Tribute Giving In Honor of

Deborah R. Bishop Janalou Blecke Robert G. Bridge Barbara N. Ewend Eric R. Gilbertson Alma W. Gilmore Doud B.J. Humphreys Penny L. Nickle Ernest E. Paulick Gertrude L. Stapish Joseph A. Vogl Margaret E. Watson Carolyn Zielinski

In Memory Of Raana Akbar Robert T. Becker Shelly A. Berger J. Lloyd Boles Ruth Edna Bridge Robert Cork Al Druelle Sally M. Edgerton Julia Edwards Larry E. Engel

Elmer “”Buck”” Fall Kenneth J. Forster Marc A. Gordon William A. Groening Deanna Guerin Thomas H. Hicks Frederick & Natalia Horak Gerald Hornsby Eugene Inman Mary Kay Kast Richard Knight Charles “Nick” Koenig Charles Kuhn Margaret Lawder Gladys A. Marble John McCulloch Barbara L. Mitchell Shirley Neville Theodore J. Nitz Elizabeth D. Paulick Richard Arlen Payne Judy Limberg Prevost Sebastian Ramet Audrey M. Sager Eve Schutt Hero Singh Jack Stone Scott C. Strattard Lessly Thompson Laurie Thompson Barbara Tatar Clare Tierman Wayne Vasher Dongjing Wang W. Leslie Whittaker Ginny Wierda Russell C. Will Edna Willette Lloyd J. Yeo

Gift in Kind

Andrews Hooper & Pavlik P.L.C. Burt Watson Chevrolet - Pontiac Covenant HealthCare Mackinaw Dial Tent and Awning The Dow Chemical Company Independent Bank Next Media The Pepsi Bottling Group Qdoba Mexican Grill Restaurant Andrew S. Rishmawi The Saginaw Spirit Foundation Stephen A. Varga Yellowbook

Matching Gift Companies

Accenture Foundation, Inc. Aetna Foundation, Inc. ARAMARK AT & T Foundation AXA Foundation Consumers Energy Foundation The Dow Chemical Company Dow Corning Corp.

DTE Energy Foundation Eaton Corporation Rollin M. Gerstacker Foundation Johnson & Johnson Merrill Lynch & Co. Foundation, Inc. Microsoft Pearson Education PepsiCo Foundation State Farm Companies Foundation The Charles J. Strosacker Foundation Sysco Corporation UBS Foundation

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Kristen R. Klages ‘98 Lance M. Klein ‘89 Stephen ‘94 & Lisa ‘94 Klein Janet Knisely-Simons’01 & Marc R. Simons Benjamin Knizacky Brian D. ‘81 & Barbara Koblinski Doug Kohns Larry & Peggy Krupa Mary L. Krzyminski ‘80 Krzysiak’s House Restaurant Carol G. Kuhn Dennis ‘90 & Susan Kula Merit & Daniel Lajoie Robert & Sheryl Lane Joseph and Guyan Lange Daniel J. ‘05 & Mary E. ‘92 LaPan, Sr. Medley A. Larkin Betty Larsen J. A. Larsen William C. & Linda P. Lauderbach Rayleen Lawler Thomas & Rayleen Lawler Kenneth D. Lee ‘04 Jack F. Lehman Gary Lesley Melissa L. Lewis ‘03 Miles P. Light Ralph A. List Cheryl A. ‘85 and Arthur Loeffler Duane & Theresa M. ‘84 Lowe Thomas M. Lowell Ellen Ludlam Jeanine & Jeffery Luplow Antoinette M. Lyon Lauchlin W. MacGregor, Jr. ‘74 Timothy M. MacKay John Mackenzie Francis M. MacMillan Edward & Nancy MacRae Joseph & Mary Jane Malek Gregory ‘04 & Tracy Mallek Sushil K. Mankani Dr. Michael Marcincuk ‘87 & Susan Gotfried ‘83 & ‘87 Charles W. Markey Debbie K. Marsh Debbie A. Martin David T. & Jean M. Marx William F. Matson Jerry & Charlotte Maxson and Family Leif E. Maxwell ‘00, 3 Melissa A. McCann Rau ‘91 Patrick ‘74 & Joan M. McCoy James E. & Jean McCue Jennifer McCullough Kimberly A. ‘83 & James R. McDonald Max McGee Mr. & Mrs. Patrick L. McGee Joan McGlaughlin Margaret M. McGuire ‘98 Marc E. ‘83 & Tina M. ‘96 McIntire Strain Danielle McMath Gail L. McPeak Carol J. McTaggart ‘92 Ms. Catherine McWatt Ricardo Z. Medina ‘81 Arthur J. ‘75 & Sandra J. Meyer, Jr. Paul Meyer Cheryl L. ‘89 & Michael ‘96 Michalski Michigan CardioVascular Institute Michigan Rehabilitation Specialists of Pickney Michigan State Medical Society Dave & Ruth Ann Mikolajczak J. Milito & Associates, Inc. Marsha Millikin Harold E. Milloy Ann & Gary Miner Mark & Patricia D. Moleski

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Dow Corning Public Service Scholarship opens doors for svsu student’s political career

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n Nick Wilcox (left) with Mary Lou Benecke, executive director of public affairs for Dow Corning (a member of SVSU’s Board of Fellows), and State Representative Jeff Mayes.

In 2008, the Dow Corning Corporation was looking for a way to honor the work of some dedicated regional legislators, such as senators Jim Barcia, Tony Stamas and Roger Kahn, and representatives Jeff Mayes, Ken Horn, Andy Colouris, John Moolenar and Bill Caul.

The Dow Corning Public Service Scholarship assists students with the expenses of political or public policy internships, or in executing plans for community service projects they design and implement.

Nick Wilcox, a political science major from Bay City, has ambitions that may take him all the way to our nation’s capital. First, he plans to make an impact on public policy in Michigan. “This scholarship made it feasible for me to take an internship with Representative Jeff Mayes. I will be driving down to Lansing twice a week, and this will help offset some of the costs. This internship will give me real world experience in politics and give me a good understanding of what I could be doing with my life after graduation.”

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Up to now, Wilcox has been working his way through college without receiving scholarship assistance. Two of his professors thought it was time that changed. “It was a nice surprise to receive this award and I am grateful to the Dow Corning Foundation and professors (Erik) Trump and (John) Kaczynski for nominating me,” Wilcox said.

Giving Wilcox, and ambitious students like him, a head start is just what our friends at Dow Corning had hoped to accomplish.

“Dow Corning has a long history of supporting those students who seek higher education, and we are especially proud of Nick,” said Kimberly Houston-Philpot, Dow Corning global manager of community relations. “We applaud his leadership in civic service here in the Great Lakes Bay Region and wish him all the best as he continues his education.”

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Spotlight shines on six SVSU alumni SVSU recognized the achievements of six alumni at the 2009 Alumni Celebration Nov. 7 in the Malcolm Field Theatre for Performing Arts, which featured a banquet and musical entertainment by Three Men and a Tenor. The six 2009 honorees join only 63 who have received these special citations for their records of professional achievement and public service. There are more than 33,000 SVSU alumni.

Distinguished Alumni Award Vern Weber of Thomas Township received the Alumni Association’s highest honor, the Distinguished Alumnus Award. Weber graduated in 1979 with a bachelor’s in business administration. Since 1988, he has been president of Standard Electric, a Saginaw-based wholesaler.

n Vern Weber

Outstanding Alumni awards

n Joy Baker

n William Washabaugh Jr.

n David Gilmour

n Michael Tribble

n Andrea Frederick

Joy Baker received the award from the College of Education. Baker, who received a master’s from SVSU in 1984, served 36 years as an educator and principal for Bay City Public Schools, where she initiated the city’s first foreign language program at the elementary level.

Baker’s service work has benefited the Bijou Orchestra and the Bay Arts Council.

The recipient for the College of Science, Engineering & Technology was William Washabaugh Jr., president of Bay City’s Northern Concrete Pipe Inc. Washabaugh is a former chairman of the Board of the American Concrete Pipe Association and is active with the Saginaw Bay Coastal Initiative and the Washington-based Transportation Research Board.

The recipient for the College of Arts & Behavioral Sciences was David Gilmour. A 1981 graduate in music, Gilmour currently serves as the U.S. deputy chief of mission in Panama. The deputy chief is the No. 2 diplomat at an embassy, functioning as the chiefof-staff of day-to-day operations.

The College of Business & Management honoree was Michael Tribble, a principal at Saginaw-based accounting firm Yeo & Yeo. A 1987 graduate, Tribble’s commitment to public service has earned him numerous awards, including the 2009 Outstanding Board Volunteer Award from the Boys & Girls Club of Saginaw.

Andrea Frederick is this year’s Outstanding Alumna from the College of Health & Human Services.

Frederick, who received a master’s from SVSU in 1996, has lectured as adjunct faculty at SVSU for 10 years and is the director of Quality and Infection Prevention at MidMichigan Medical Center in Midland.

She also does service work for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

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Alice Gerard

Actually, I started pursuing my career in nursing, and it got to a point that I saw I wanted to make changes in how things operated within the hospital. As a nurse, I could see that things could improve, so I made the change to get into administration. The main reason was to influence change.

As a hospital CEO, what are some of the changes that you have worked to accomplish and that you would like to see?

Mainly a heavy focus on quality and customer service.

One of my big philosophies is having the people who actually do the work be part of the decision-making process – sort of like a shared governance type of a structure – getting input from the front line.

What’s the greatest misunderstanding about health care?

The greatest misunderstanding may be that hospitals make a lot of money and have the finances and the cash.

With the focus, though, on health care now, I think that people are starting to understand the complexities a little bit more. I saw an article once in one of our hospital magazines, and a quote ran something like, “Running a hospital is not brain surgery; it’s harder.” The misunderstanding is that it’s an easy thing to do, but it’s a very complex business.

As you know, SVSU is building a new $28 million home for the College of Health & Human Services. How will that benefit regional hospitals like yours?

It definitely will be a benefit, and I think that how it’s being built – with larger classrooms, patient simulators and learning labs – brings a whole new perspective that health care is an important, growing field. Hopefully, more people will go into the health care arena because this puts more of an importance on it. We value it as a community.

What advice would you give to a student who is pursuing a career in the health professions?

It’s a good career, and even though it might get a little frustrating and difficult – because it’s not an easy career – just keep at it and get as much education as you possibly can. Never stop learning.

Alice Gerard (1985, B.S.N.; 1991, M.S.N.) is the president and CEO of Bay Regional Medical Center in Bay City. She was in the first class to complete a Master of Science in Nursing.

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ALUMNI ASSOCIATION

Your SVSU family invites you back home! Your alma mater is growing in every imaginable way, and, as a result, your degree is increasing in value each day. Register online at svsu.edu/alumni for these 2010 alumni events:

AUGUST 2

ALUMNI GOLF OUTING Apple Mountain Golf Club, 10 a.m. shotgun start.

Enjoyable day of golf, lunch, silent auction and dinner.

OCTOBER 8

RED PRIDE FRIDAY

Wear Cardinal Red to receive complimentary beverages at participating 7-11 stores.

OCTOBER 9

HOMECOMING

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Alumni Tailgate, 9 a.m. to noon. Cardinals ock together for lunch, beverages, live music, prizes, parade and complimentary football tickets (SVSU vs. Michigan Tech).

NOVEMBER 6

ALUMNI CELEBRATION

Curtiss Hall Banquet Rooms, 5 to 9 p.m., Distinguished and Outstanding Alumni Awards, dinner and entertainment.

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n Three Men and a Tenor, November 2009.

CLASSNOTES NEWS FROM ALUMNI

GUIDE TO DEGREES

Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Bachelor of Business Administration (B.B.A.) Bachelor of Professional Accountancy (B.P.A.) Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering (B.S.E.E.) Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering (B.S.M.E.) Bachelor of Science in Nursing (B.S.N.) Bachelor of Social Work (B.S.W.) Education Specialist (Ed.S.) Master of Arts (M.A.) Master of Arts in Teaching (M.A.T.) Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) Master of Education (M.Ed.) Master of Science (M.S.) Master of Science in Nursing (M.S.N.) Master of Science in Occupational Therapy (M.S.O.T.)

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A 30-year reunion at Homecoming

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Billy Dexter, 1984, B.A., managing director/partner at Heidrick & Struggles, Chicago, was recently honored by Chicago United as a 2009 Business Leader of Color.

Billy Dexter , ’84 Toni J. Bailey-Lay, 1986, B.A., received a special grant in visual arts for her students in the Wayne-Westland School District, focusing on careers in art. She also coaches the Westland Stars cheerleading and dance teams.

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Mary Beth (Sowulewski) Looby, 1987, M.A.T., director of developmental education and professor of English at Delta College, recently received the 2009 “U.S. Professor of the Year” award for the state of Michigan. She traveled to Washington, D.C., to receive the award given by the Carnegie Foundation and Center for Advancement and Support of Education.

Rod Schuch, 1991, B.A., was named head football coach for Flint Kearsley High School. He teaches at Lapeer Community High School.

certification allows her to help patients through the stages of breast cancer and imaging.

She has worked with more than 4,000 cancer patients.

Thomas “Tommy T” Gobena, 1994, B.S., is a bassist for the Gogol Bordello band. He is scheduled to perform on 200 stages across the globe in 2010.

Most recently he performed in Mexico City and Russia.

Michael W. Major, 1999, B.A., 2008, M.A., recently earned certification as a Senior Professional in Human Resources. He is director of career planning & placement/ head women’s tennis coach at SVSU.

Lynn L. (Emmendorfer) Conley, 1988, B.A., has opened The Art Doctor, a Bay City business specializing in art and photo restoration.

Ashley (Gasta) Ciolek, 1996, B.B.A., vice president of operations and chief compliance officer of Gardey Financial Advisors, has earned the Investment Advisory Certified Compliance Professional designation. She is one of only five people in Michigan to obtain this certification.

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1990s Dawn A. Klida, 1990, B.A., has been appointed as a Bay County District Court judge by Governor Jennifer Granholm.

Most recently, she had worked as a partner with the law firm of Lambert Leser Isackson Cook & Giunta P.C.

Carolyn Leadholm-Wittke, 1999, B.S.N., received certification by The National Consortium of Breast Centers, Inc., as a certified breast patient navigator for MidMichigan Medical Center-Midland. Her

Corey D. Grandmaison, 2000, B.A., is an associate attorney with a focus on bankruptcy protection, creditor rights and commercial litigation. He is with the firm Braun Kendrick Finkbeiner, and is also an adjunct instructor of political science at SVSU. Vincent LaCavera, 2000, M.Ed., is the principal at Hale elementary and middle schools.

He was previously a principal in Mackinaw City.

Some 400 people, including dozens of alumni, attended a benefit for Melvin “Rob” Grose, 1986, B.B.A., at the Horizons Conference Center in Saginaw Dec. 3, 2009. The assistant manager for Saginaw Township, Grose (front left, surrounded by family) suffers from a rare lung disease, pulmonary sarcoidosis. Prior to a check up in mid-April to determine if he will be placed on the waiting list for a lung transplant, Grose expressed appreciation for the strong alumni showing, adding, “This is the best I’ve felt in two years.”

Bill O’Neill, 2004, B.B.A., continues his successful professional bowling career and recently was featured in the cover story for both US Bowler magazine and US Youth Bowler magazine. He claimed the first major title of his career in February by winning the 67th Lumber Liquidators U.S. Open at Woodland Bowl in Indianapolis, Ind.

Marcia Thomas, 2001, M.B.A., is director of minority student services at SVSU. She previously was with The Dow Chemical Company. She also is new to the Board of Directors for the SVSU Alumni Association.

Michael Villano, 2001, B.A., was named head baseball coach at Western Illinois University. He spent nine seasons playing professional baseball and was an assistant baseball coach at Central Michigan University and Oakland University.

Nikole (Schmidt) Montalbano, 2003, B.A., successfully completed the examination for Accreditation in Public Relations. She also was recently promoted to marketing and public relations coordinator at St. Mary’s of Michigan.

Joseph J. Dervisi, 2004, B.A., is a police officer with the Saginaw Police Department.

He is a four-year veteran of the United States Air Force and is an on-call firefighter for the Larkin Township Fire Department, Midland.

Matthew LaFleur, 2002, B.A., has been named quarterbacks coach for the Washington Redskins.

Carrie (Shay) Mattern, 2003, B.A., an English teacher at Carman-Ainsworth High School, Flint, has published her first children’s story, Papa, Why Does the Wind Blow? She resides in Davison with her husband, daughter and son.

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Shannon (Tyler) Robinson, 2000, B.S.W., 2008, M.B.A., joined the staff of AXA Advisors, Saginaw. She has earned the Michigan Life, Accident and Health Insurance license.

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NEW CARDINALS

Kels ey Jenn ings, ’09 Timothy S. Ashley, ’09 Timothy S. Ashley II, 2009, B.P.A, and Kelsey I. Jennings, 2009, B.P.A., are staff accountants with Andrews Hooper & Pavlik, P.L.C., Saginaw. Ashley also is a volunteer for Junior Achievement.

William Kerr, 2005, B.A., is a teacher at Kingston High School and coaches the junior varsity boys basketball team.

Ruvell Martin, 2006, B.B.A., joined the National Football League’s Seattle Seahawks as a wide receiver.

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Wesley Mayo, 2006, M.Ed., is the principal at Hale High School. He is also a 1st Sergeant in the United States Army Reserves, with 25 years of service.

Mick McArt, 2006, M.A., authored a new book, Tales of Wordishure: A Book of Christian Bedtime Stories, published by Outskirts Press, Inc. The book is available at Amazon and Barnes & Noble.

He resides in Saginaw with his wife and son.

John Neeb, 2006, B.A., has been promoted to senior accountant at Weinlander Fitzhugh.

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Zak Zuzula, 2007, B.A., is an 8th grade social studies teacher at Carrollton Middle School.

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Ashley P. Buchholz, 2008, B.A., is a marketing specialist with Wildfire Credit Union, Saginaw.

Jennifer (Murlick) Burk, 1996, B.A., and her husband, Steve, announce the birth of their daughter, Kenley Sue Burk. Kenley was born August 28, 2009, weighing 6 lbs., 9 oz., and measuring 20 inches long.

Jennifer (Bartels) Pahl, 2000, B.B.A., 2004, M.B.A., and Joshua Pahl, 2007, B.A., announce the birth of their son, Jacob Daniel Pahl.

Jacob was born September 20, 2009, weighing 7 lbs., 13 oz., and measuring 20.5 inches long.

Matthew Black, 2009, B.A., joined the Canadian Football League’s Toronto Argonauts as a cornerback.

Rebecca R. Voll, 2009, B.P.A., is a staff accountant with Andrews Hooper & Pavlik, P.L.C., Saginaw.

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IN MEMORIAM Charles Kuhn, 1968, B.A., September 2009 Charles Oyerly, 1969, B.A., November 2009 Verne Hulce, 1970, B.A., September 2009 James B. Shaffer, 1972, B.A., August 2009 Robert Garpiel, 1972, B.A., November 2009 Lance Brewster, 1974, B.A., January 2010 James Remer, 1977, B.B.A., M.B.A., July 2009 Emma L. Williams, 1977, B.A., October 2009 Ronald Belcher, 1977, M.A.T., July 2009 Diane J. Eichinger, 1977, M.A.T., August 2009 Helen Cortez, 1981, B.A., September 2009 Jeffrey G. Becker, 1982, B.A., January 2010 Joy Cardis, 1985, B.S.W., July 2009

Beverly A. Granger, 1985, B.S.N., September 2009 Tracy (Janetsky) Strasz, 1986, B.S.N., August 2009 Dewey Martin, 1989, B.A., December 2009 Thomas Higgins, 1995, B.A., September 2009 Gloria Hutfilz, 1996, B.B.A., October 2009 Jerry Baker, professor of educational leadership, March 2010 Edward Noronha, Exchange faculty from Mysore, India, October 2009 Wayne Vasher, former director of School & University partnerships, November 2009

The Last Word with

Becky Griffin Becky Griffin is a senior majoring in business management. A native of Montrose, she completed the Roberts Fellowship in 2009 and is currently serving a term as Speaker of the House in Student Association.

College is by nature a unique experience. People from all around the world come together in one place to get an education and hopefully to make something of themselves. Beyond classes, students have the opportunity to join a club, study in another country, gain some job experience through an internship, and make friends. SVSU is a place where students can do all of this and much more – and I have.

I have been fortunate enough to experience some great things at SVSU. The scholarships that I earned have given me the ability to focus on school and not stress about working and making money. I lived on campus for three years (the dorms on campus are amazing!); the residential life programs are a great asset to students, and my roommates have become some of my best friends.

I have always been interested in traveling and seeing the world. I have taken advantage of SVSU’s many study abroad opportunities. I travelled to London for a faculty-led trip immediately after my freshman year and to Asia with the Roberts Fellows last summer.

Both trips were life-changing and opened up my eyes to a big world that is full of different people and places.

Another organization that has changed my life is Alternative Breaks, which allows groups of students to travel around the country to do community service for a week. During the past three years, I have spent a week each winter break doing service. These trips to Atlanta, Indianapolis and Washingon D.C. have helped me to see why community service is so important and how it can change my life and the lives of the people who are helped.

The campus environment offers clubs and organizations for all sorts of interests. I have been a part of the Student Association since my first semester here (fall 2006); it has helped me develop my leadership skills and passion for working with people. I have been able to network with other students, faculty and staff, and people in the community. Other events that I have enjoyed, such as Battle of the Valleys and Relay for Life, show that SVSU students care about this community and want to give back.

Choosing SVSU was one of the best decisions of my life. This is a place where I know that I am not just “a number.” Professors and administrators here want me to succeed. Through my experiences in class, in student organizations, studying abroad, and attending events on campus, I have been able to figure out what I am good at and what I enjoy doing. I know where I am going in life and who I want to be. SVSU has helped me to grow as a person and has given me memories that will last for a lifetime. I am proud to be a Cardinal.

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IN THEIR OWN WORDS

7400 Bay Road • University Center, MI 48710

Join us for the dedication of the latest addition to the SVSU campus. A ceremony for the Health & Human Services Building will take place Monday, Aug. 16 at 10 a.m.

The building will be open for tours following the ceremony.

n Nursing

n Occupational Therapy

n Social Work

n Heath Science

n Kinesiology