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The Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Higher Education met in the Emeriti Room last Monday, where several administrative officials testified before State Senators Mike Prusi, Mike Goschka, and Shirley Johnson. After hearing testimony from many collegiate officials over the past few weeks at Michigan State University, Kettering University, and Western Michigan University, the Subcommittee capped off its traveling hearings at SVSU in a 2 hour session. »
A new snack option debuted on campus Wednesday with the opening of Freshens, a long-anticipated ice cream, smoothie, and pretzel shop located in the old Java City location adjacent to the C-Store. »
For most, spending the majority of a week digging foundations in blistering South American heat would sound more like a prison sentence than a vacation. But for a group of SVSU students who traveled to the tiny South American country of Guyana over spring break, spending all day caked in dirt and sweat doing hard labor made for a trip worth taking. »
Yanca cites residential anger as reason for large turnout, referendum success
Kochville Township voters overwhelmingly rejected the Feb. 28 referendum to rezone 13.98 acres on the southwest corner of Pierce and Davis from single-family residential to mixed-use development. »
A $1.5 million gift has been donated by Midland's Rollin M. Gerstacker Foundation to advance education leaders.
"This gift will allow SVSU to further build both its education program and reputation," said Dr. Stephen Barbus, dean of the College of Education. »
Publicizing prof. evaluations also discussed
The SVSU Student Association unanimously passed a resolution to recommend the establishment of an Ad-Hoc committee to review SVSU's alcohol policies and procedures during its Monday, Feb. 27 House meeting. »
The Center for Politics and Public Service will be holding three symposiums in April aimed at educating students and the community about state and local elections. »
As part of the Alternative Breaks program, 11 students traveled to Greenville, South Carolina over spring break to work with girls suffering from the effects of sexual assault. »