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BY EXPERTS FUELED BY STUDENTS WITH PASSION. WE ARE SVSU: WHERE GRIT MEETS ENTHUSIASM AND DREAMS RUN ON DRIVE. HERE, YOU WILL FIND STUDENTS PERSEVERING TO ACCOMPLISH SOMETHING TRULY SIGNIFICANT. TO THOSE WHO DON’T KNOW US, CHECK US OUT. WE ARE THE CARDINALS WHO SOAR ON THE CAMPUS OF OPPORTUNITY AND WE WELCOME YOU TO JOIN US! Cardinals make change through collaboration and learning to take the lead. We are the school of global partnerships and nationally competitive internships. We are the proud community of friends who push you further and faculty who take you further. We are the university where you get to soar. We are SVSU, and we want YOU!

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LINDSEY MEAD

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“The opportunity to explore options at SVSU has been the most compelling part of my education. The friendships and connections I built with professors helped me realize what I want to do.”

Lindsey grew up in Saginaw and knew she wanted to push herself at college. So she wondered if SVSU was too close to home and too familiar.

Like so many college students, Lindsey felt unsure about where her path would lead. Ultimately, the practical programs at SVSU convinced her this was the right place to enroll. From Moot Court to the Roberts Fellowship, Lindsey felt confident that SVSU would help her discover her passions and strengthen her résumé.

And it turns out that not only did SVSU shape Lindsey, but Lindsey also shaped SVSU. A powerful speaker with a determined mind, Lindsey has dominated Moot Court competition throughout her college career, attending nationals every year she has competed. Not only has Lindsey ranked as the 17th best Moot Court orator in the nation, her team worked together to raise SVSU’s national ranking as well. In her words:

“Moot Court prepares you for law school. You brief cases, write arguments and represent a case in a mock trial court. It’s an amazing experience — not only educationally but personally as well. I have met all of my best friends there.”

Beyond Moot Court, Lindsey points to a number of experiences that have strengthened her as a person and a future lawyer, in particular the time she spent in Asia as a Roberts Fellow. During that experience, she felt encouraged to push herself beyond the limits of her comfort, which she realized was exactly what she craved most from her college education.

Now, Lindsey is working with her faculty mentors to prepare for the LSAT and her future as a lawyer.

Motivated, passionate and confident, Lindsey has grown into exactly the kind of leader she always hoped she would become, and SVSU guided and cheered for her each step of the way.

CARDINAL CLOSE-UPS Learn more about SVSU’s Moot Court program at svsu.edu/mootcourt.

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PROGRAMS OF DISTINCTION

HONORS PROGRAM If you belong in a community of students who challenge your thinking and inspire critical conversation, the Honors track at SVSU welcomes 80 incoming freshmen each year for an enriched academic experience. Honors students participate in specialized seminars, get extra funding to study abroad and shape their learning through personally designed research. In addition, many choose to live in SVSU’s Honors Housing — building friendships together that last far beyond their time at SVSU. Upon graduation, students pursue a compelling future at leading companies and top graduate schools where Honors Program alumni have earned medical, law and doctoral degrees.

Applicants must have a minimum 3.90 cumulative high school GPA. Qualified students receive an Honors application upon admission to SVSU.

GARBER CARDINAL BUSINESS EDGE Jumpstart your professional development as a member of this community within the Carmona College of Business. You will spend your freshmen and sophomore years being coached by a distinguished team of academic and business leaders who will connect you with opportunities to hone and demonstrate your leadership skills. As a member of this cohort, you will also gain an understanding of your unique talents and learn to identify the career path the utilizes your strengths and aligns with your values.

Applicants must pursue a business degree and have a minimum 3.2 cumulative high school GPA. Qualified students receive a Garber Cardinal Business Edge application upon admission to SVSU.

BEYOND YOUR FIRST YEAR GLOBAL FOUNDATION SCHOLARS Discover the impact of gaining a global perspective in your studies. Like the Honors Program, SVSU’s Global Foundation Scholars have the chance to take specialized courses and live in the same residential community together. You also receive additional support to participate in the study abroad program of your choice. The goal of this program is to help you engage with global issues and build relationships with international students. Through the freshman retreat and a number of extracurricular events just for the scholars, you will learn to see the world through the eyes of new friends, both here and around the world.

Applicants must have a minimum 3.50 cumulative high school GPA and demonstrated leadership or service in your school and/or community.

Qualified students receive a Global Foundation Scholars application upon admission to SVSU.

SVSU champions conversation and mentorship because we know it leads to better leaders, learners and lives. Whatever your interest, you will find the skills you need to take charge, encourage others and help build strong communities. To prepare you for your future, the Botz Liberal Arts Fellowship, Roberts Fellowship and Vitito Global Business Leadership Institute are just three of the many scholarly programs we offer exclusively to upperclassmen. We want you to have the chance not just to learn your coursework, but to live it. That’s the difference when you choose four years of Cardinal education.

CARDINAL FACT Health Science major Jarrod Eaton presented at the World Congress on Public Health and Nutrition in Rome. Eaton is now a Ph.D. student in environmental health science at the University of Michigan.

For an application and information about these programs, visit svsu.edu/programsofdistinction.

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“Students continually impress me with their ability to engage in the entire research process and produce manuscripts that are published and respected in the field. I take great joy in seeing SVSU students succeed and take their research interests to the next level, in graduate school and/or their careers.�

-Dr. Samantha Deere, Kinesiology

PROGRAMS OF DISTINCTION

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ROVING ENGINEER

IMPASSIONED NEUROSCIENTIST

1. EXPLORES OPTIONS AS A GLOBAL FOUNDATION SCHOLAR

2. TESTS PASSIONS WITH THE CARDINAL FORMULA RACING TEAM

SVSU offers a lot of opportunities, and you are not sure yet where school will lead. You decide to start by building friendships and gaining some practical experience with the Global Foundation Scholars. The scholar retreat is a great place to get to know more about SVSU, your future friends and yourself.

Each year, the Cardinal Formula Racing team begins construction of their race car in the early fall.

You know SVSU’s team is the best undergraduate team in the world, and during your sophomore year, you are eager to join the team.

1. TOP CONTENDER FOR HONORS PROGRAM You were honored as salutatorian at your high school and you join SVSU’s prestigious Honors Program: doing research, traveling and studying with professors you never dreamed you would have access to so early in your undergraduate career.

2. EMPOWERED THROUGH EARLY UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH You know medical school is competitive, so you get involved in undergraduate research early at SVSU’s Brain Research Lab with Professor Charles Weaver, presenting at conferences multiple times over the next four years.

A PATH FOR EVERY CARDINAL. RED PRIDE IN EVERY JOURNEY. ASPIRING LAWYER

SOCIALLY CONNECTED PLAYWRIGHT

1. BUILDS COMMUNITY WITH CARDINALS IN ACTION

2. COMPETES NATIONALLY WITH MOOT COURT

A double major in business and criminal law, you want to spend your 4 years at SVSU highly involved. By signing up for Cardinals In Action, you join a community in which you make friends and discover the organizations on campus that most excite you.

You’ve heard about SVSU’s fiercely competitive Moot Court team winning against major schools such as Duke and the University of Chicago. At SVSU, your dreams of being a lawyer don’t start when you graduate; they start today.

1. MAKES FRIENDS THROUGH LIVING LEADERSHIP

2. ENGAGES COMMUNITY THROUGH ALTERNATIVE BREAKS SERVICE TRIP

You are looking for a college experience that is both meaningful and enjoyable. During SOAR orientation, you sign up for the Living Leadership Program to start creating community on campus and register for your first theatre classes.

You care deeply about ending cycles of violence, particularly through domestic abuse. So, you join your friends on an SVSU Alternative Breaks trip to North Carolina to serve for a week with a domestic violence recovery program.

3. GAINS EXPERIENCE WITH THE ROBERTS FELLOWSHIP

4. LANDS A STRONG JOB WITH NEXTEER AUTOMOTIVE

You’ve never left the country before, but your studies in mechanical engineering have left you wondering how manufacturing companies around the world are creating more efficient and sustainable work environments. The Roberts Fellowship gives you a chance to discover the answers for yourself.

With all of your experience, you are a highly appealing job candidate. You graduate from SVSU and leave for Nexteer Automotive—a place rich with SVSU alumni and a global leader in intuitive motion control.

3. DEDICATES TIME AS A MEDICAL SCRIBE

4. EARNS COVETED SPOT AT MSU MEDICAL SCHOOL

Throughout your sophomore and junior year, you spend added time working as a medical scribe in a hospital, getting firsthand experience documenting physicians’ plans of care in complex situations.

By the time graduation rolls around, you have accepted an invitation to join MSU’s medical school.

Your rigorous studies and years of real hospital experience assure you that you’re ready for what lies ahead.

PLACEMENT FOR MECHANICAL ENGINEERING GRADUATES.

$550K GIVEN IN THE LAST THREE YEARS TO SUPPORT STUDENT RESEARCH.

ARE YOU A FOCUSED ACHIEVER? OR A HIGHLY INVOLVED LEADER? MAYBE YOU ARE THE SOCIAL PLANNER LOOKING TO BUILD STRONG FRIENDSHIPS AND MEMORIES. OR THE EXPLORER STILL WAITING TO DISCOVER WHAT IGNITES YOUR PASSION. WHATEVER YOUR STORY, THERE IS AN ACADEMIC FUTURE FOR YOU AT SVSU JUST WAITING FOR YOU TO UNCOVER IT.

3. DEVELOPS LEADERSHIP IN THE VITITO GLOBAL BUSINESS INSTITUTE You have taken the courses you need to earn a spot in the Vitito Global Business Leadership Institute your sophomore year. Those experiences deeply shape your understanding of business and the role of law in global economies.

3. PASSIONS AND EDUCATION START TO MERGE You continue attending an Alternative Breaks trip each year, but you also find that your experiences are shaping your playwriting, and you start to broach topics of abuse in your theatre studies.

4. OWNS THE STAGE OF A GLOBAL SUMMIT Closing your senior year with an undergraduate research project, you look forward to presenting at an economic summit that spring. It will be the perfect conclusion to your time with SVSU before leaving for U of M Law School.

4. COMPETES AT THE KENNEDY CENTER AMERICAN COLLEGE THEATRE FESTIVAL Senior year you participate in the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival directing a 10-minute play you have written that engages cycles of domestic harm in “nice families.” The piece earns you regional awards and you advance to the national stage in Washington, D.C.

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SVSU MOOT COURT RANKED OUT OF 425+ COMPETITORS.

STUDENTS INVOLVED IN THE KCACTF ACROSS THE NATION. CARDINAL JOURNEYS

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UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH PROGRAM

If you want to follow the crowd and research the expected, there are thousands of universities for you to choose. But if you seek the difficult questions, defy the traditional outcomes and persevere past failed experiments, then you are built for a Cardinal research team. SVSU provides you with the faculty and financial support to ask the questions that fascinate you. Gain practical experience in the lab and on the stage as you conduct and present your findings both nationally and internationally. At SVSU, your questions shape research teams in ways that challenge other university norms. Welcome to the Cardinal research labs.

AT SVSU, IT PAYS TO TEST LIMITS. FACULTY-LED GRANT: Conduct paid research under the mentorship of an SVSU faculty member. Growing under the care of these bright and determined minds, you will develop your own testing, analytic and communication skills.

STUDENT-LED GRANT: Receive up to $5,000 for research materials and supplies to drive your own experiment with a faculty mentor. You can also choose to conduct research for academic credit or for a stipend.

STUDENT TRAVEL GRANT: SVSU can provide you with up to $1,500 to fund your travel and spread your thinking around the world. As a researcher, your work gets shared and your ideas get heard, whether in the Cardinal community or in the global community.

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CARDINAL TIP Jennifer McCullough is the Director of Undergraduate Research.

You can learn more about all of SVSU’s research initiatives by reaching out at ugrp@svsu.edu or 989-964-4295.

UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH PROGRAMS

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VINCENT FLORES UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCHER “I chose SVSU because I felt accepted for who I am. At SVSU, every student is welcomed and given the opportunities they need to succeed.”

From the moment he set foot on campus, Vincent felt sure: SVSU was home. But it was not until he threw on a lab coat that he realized where all the opportunities at SVSU would lead.

Vincent has become a researcher in his own right, developing his analytic skills under Adam Warhausen in the Chemistry department. Dr. Warhausen is a determined researcher and a strong student advocate: connecting students like Vincent to leading research institutions around the country.

During his time at SVSU, Vincent has traveled to labs at University of Oklahoma and Southern Illinois University to gather data from other research teams. This year, Vincent plans to present his own research at a national conference in Philadelphia. The significance of his findings is potentially far reaching.

“The research I am conducting is significant because it addresses a lack in understanding of well-known compounds that have pharmaceutical applications.

The purpose of my research is to study the basic interactions of organic complexes that have the ability to donate nitric oxide to biologically relevant metals. Nitric oxide is an important small molecule that has uses in several biologically relevant processes such as vasodilation, immune defense mechanisms and even the central and peripheral nervous systems.”

With his sight set on graduate school, Vincent has persevered in both his studies and research work. Today, he is the senior researcher on Dr. Warhausen’s team. But for Vincent, the best part of the recognition is having the chance to train the new student researchers in critical skills. In fact, Vincent is strongly considering becoming a professor himself after acquiring his Ph.D. Wherever his road leads, Vincent says SVSU gave him the chance to be himself, build his future and thrive.

CARDINAL CLOSE-UPS Learn more about SVSU’s UGRP program at

www.svsu.edu/ugrp.

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ACADEMIC EXTRACURRICULARS

CARDINAL SOLUTIONS Do not wait to graduate for real-world impact. SVSU helps you apply your graphic design, marketing or technical writing classes to the problems of local businesses and nonprofits.

Start by partnering with faculty to analyze each organization’s strengths, map marketing needs and implement effective solutions. Your strengths are vital in helping shape the solutions team and achieve success.

KENNEDY CENTER AMERICAN COLLEGE THEATRE FESTIVAL As a member of the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival, SVSU encourages students to engage in nationally competitive theatre throughout the United States.

In fact, SVSU students consistently perform at the highest festival level, earning awards and advancing to Nationals in Washington, D.C.

MOOT COURT Ranked in the top 20 teams in the nation (out of 425+), SVSU has earned state pride and national respect for our Moot Court team. When you join Moot Court, you gain the chance to focus on the practice of law through argument in front of an appellate court. Work as a team to prepare oral arguments and/or legal briefs, then compete in regional and national tournaments. To learn more and apply, please visit: svsu.edu/mootcourt.

CARDINAL FORMULA RACING Enter one of the largest engineering competitions in the world as part of Cardinal Formula Racing. Together, students build a race car from concept to competition in the Formula SAE College Design Series. At the largest international event at Michigan International Speedway, which features the top 120 programs from around the world, SVSU has finished as the No. 1 undergraduate team for five years in a row.

To learn more and apply, please visit: svsu.edu/cardinalformularacing.

DIRECT ADMIT PROGRAMS For driven nursing, occupational therapy and education students who have a strong sense of purpose and excellent academic credentials, SVSU offers direct admit programs so you can get started immediately in your major. All direct admit programs have requirements to gain entrance to the major early. To learn more and apply, please visit: svsu.edu/directadmit

OUTPERFORMING OTHERS ON NATIONAL STAGES AND INTERNATIONAL RACE TRACKS.

ACADEMIC EXTRACURRICULARS

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DON’T JUST CHALLENGE YOUR MIND — CHARGE YOUR SPIRIT. EXPERIENCE SVSU’S RED PRIDE ON A CAMPUS VISIT When you schedule a virtual or personal visit with SVSU, you start to get a feel for this unique place and its motivated and welcoming people.

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