Self-discovery and romance met Courtney Perrou in Europe, and the experience kept her there. But what began as her very own ‘fairy tale’ took an unexpected turn along the way.
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The Mother and Child Union
At a personal and professional crossroads, SVSU grad student Virginia Betancourt made a decision with generations-spanning consequences.
In Focus, Behind The Camera
Alumna Madilyn Witherspoon will be utilizing her grit and drive as she pursues a master’s degree in film production at one of the nation’s elite film schools.
Thrust Into The Fire
Fresh from graduation, an SVSU alumna began her nursing career in a pandemic ‘hot zone.’
Call of the Wild
Since childhood, Gabrielle Gittens felt drawn to nature. Now the SVSU alumna is one step closer to a career protecting it.
SVSU alumni help Duro-Last supply equipment protecting health care workers from virus
Since the state reported its first confirmed cases of COVID-19 in March, the company has refocused its resources, so far manufacturing more than 40,000 protective gowns and 15,000 masks for some of the hardest-hit health care facilities in Michigan.
‘I’ve never seen anything like this’: SVSU alumna-turned-ER doctor protects Saginaw’s front lines in COVID-19 fight
Through protective goggles and face shields, Dr. Angela Gregory has witnessed heartbreaking tragedy and triumphs of human compassion since the COVID-19 pandemic reached the Covenant HealthCare emergency room where she works.
Guarding the gates of a global pandemic
With a hazmat suit and a desire to serve her community, SVSU alumna Smriti Pant became part of the fight against COVID-19.
To Bollywood and back again
Now a Bollywood actress, SVSU alumna Meera Chopra returned to the alma mater that helped shape her life and career.
The Fifth Quarter
Head coaches Matt LaFleur and Ryan Brady found success and friendship on the sidelines. But once they were rivals in one of SVSU’s most significant games ever.
Embedded in India
Reflections photographer Michael Randolph in summer 2019 joined a group of SVSU students, alumni and faculty during an annual visit to Kittur, India.
The Itsy-Bitsy Science Initiative
At first, Jennifer Douglas wanted to inject fun into her child’s understanding of science. But she doesn’t plan to stop there.
A New Day
At the groundbreaking ceremony for a business college expansion, sights were set forward and expectations were raised high.
Original Sins
After humble beginnings, Cardinal Sins over the decades evolved into one of the nation’s most distinguished campus literary-art magazines.
An ocean of ambition
The twosome that founded SVSU’s literary-arts magazine is still collaborating more than three decades later.
Anatomy of a magazine cover
Developing the cover of a magazine is never an easy task. Here is the story behind the latest cover of Reflections.
The Carmona legacy
Scott Carmona and his family made a name for themselves as entrepreneurs and philanthropists. Now that name will be associated with SVSU’s business education.
Q&A: Marquis Evans
At Garber Nissan — and in life — Marquis Evans knows the value of a fast start.
The dream-makers
Two education alumnae are applying lessons learned at SVSU to a children’s book series that is taking them — and readers — to thrilling new places.
Part Of The Charm
You like Nic Taylor. At least he hopes so. So do a lot of other people who rely on the associate director of Admissions’ affable nature to convey SVSU’s we’re-just-like-home appeal.