Ten Year Celebration

"SVC's First Decade - Just a Beginning" was the title of the ten year celebration. The first ten years were to establish the college as a viable force not only at home but also in the state. The focus was on building the faculty and library. Program stability was the main goal identified for the second ten years. SVC's enrollment was a surprise and a problem. 1,804 students were enrolled for the second semester of 1973. This amount was 30 percent over the number of students in January, 1970. With the increase of students, construction of more classrooms was started.

On November 27, 1973, Saginaw Valley College celebrated its tenth anniversary with an all-day program featuring such speakers as Governor William G. Milliken, C. Benson Branch, president of the Dow Chemical Company; Edward N. Cole, president of General Motors; Dr. Loren C. Eiseley, professor at the University of Pennsylvania, anthropologist and author, and Dr. Samuel D. Marble, president of SVC. The program was open to the public and did not charge admission.

"We have arrived at the point in our development where all the pieces are in place," Dr. Marble said. "We will devote the next few years to strengthening these programs, and getting ourselves better known in the high schools in Michigan."

Also part of the program was the presentation of $7,000 to the college from the Triskellions, a group of Midland women who operated two gift shops to raise money for SVC scholarships.

Source: The Valley Vanguard, November 26, 1973 and December 7, 1973.

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