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10/21/2026
Today! Wednesday, October 21, 2026
10/21/2026

Today! Wednesday, October 21, 2026

Date: Wednesday, October 21, 2026

10/19/2026

Please join us for our ICONS Concert, a Pop Rock tribute by the SVSU Choirs & Majors Chords for Minors Music School!

The concert will take place on Wednesday, October 21st, 2026, at 7:30PM in the Malcolm Field Theatre, to the left of the Rhea Miller Recital Hall. Ticket reservations are required but are FREE of charge.
Reserve your tickets here: bit.ly/svsuchoirsconcert-icons

This event will be livestreamed on YouTube.
Livestream Link: https://youtube.com/live/XxpellUDCQ0?feature=share

Questions? Please contact the Music Department office at (989) 964-4159. Our office hours are Monday through Friday from 8:00AM to 4:30PM.

10/19/2026

Please join us this Saturday, October 24th at 7:30pm for another fantastic recital by our visiting artist Mio Hanabusa, from Shikoku University, Japan. She will collaborate with some of our instrumental faculty to play music from Japan and around the world. See you there!

Notice: SVSU Alum to Discuss Book on Jupiter Explosion - Thursday, Oct. 22The campus community is invited to join Sagina...
10/19/2026

Notice: SVSU Alum to Discuss Book on Jupiter Explosion - Thursday, Oct. 22

The campus community is invited to join Saginaw Valley State University alumnus, mid-Michigan journalist and MLive reporter Joey Oliver as he discusses his new book, “When the River Burned: The Untold Story of the Jupiter Explosion.”

Thursday, Oct. 22, 7-8 p.m.
Rhea Miller Recital Hall
Free

On September 16, 1990, the tanker ship Jupiter was unloading gasoline at a pier in Bay City, on the Saginaw River. In the wake of a passing carrier ship, the Jupiter broke free from its moorings, rupturing its discharge hose and pier pipeline and spilling gasoline onto the pier and deck. Sparks from damaged cables ignited the fuel. Spreading flames triggered a series of explosions, killing one and injuring 11 others.

In writing his book, Oliver drew on newspaper archives, Coast Guard investigations and eyewitness accounts to reconstruct how a series of small oversights — in equipment, procedure and human judgment — aligned to produce catastrophe. The book places the Jupiter explosion within a broader history of the Saginaw River, tracing its evolution into a vital artery of Michigan industry.

This lecture is hosted by SVSU’s Center for Public Policy & Services and the Henry Marsh Institute for Public Policy.

MLive reporter Joey Oliver will present “When the River Burned: The Untold Story of the Jupiter Explosion” on Thursday, Oct. 22.

Date: Thursday, October 29, 2026
10/15/2026

Date: Thursday, October 29, 2026

Date: Thursday, October 22, 2026
10/12/2026

Date: Thursday, October 22, 2026

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