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Lawrence Tech launching new student life podcast

March 11, 2024

SOUTHFIELD—“LTU Perspectives,” a new podcast series covering student life at Lawrence Technological University, debuted Monday, March 11.

“It’s student-hosted, student-focused, and all about student life at Lawrence Tech,” said Bill McAllister, whose company, Podcast Nation, is producing the series.

The first episode features media communications student Kiara Brown and Ethan Ashoo, a student in LTU’s audio engineering technology program.

Future guests, McAllister said, will be LTU students and alumni, talking about their experiences at Lawrence Tech.

McAllister and Lorne Plant, vice president of LTU’s marketing firm Yellow Flag Productions and the podcast series’ executive producer, are still searching for students to serve on the podcast as hosts and interviewees. For more information on how you can tell your story in LTU Perspectives, email McAllister at bill@podcastnation.com or Plant at lplant@yellowflagproductions.com.

“It’s another platform for LTU students to express themselves,” Plant said of the podcast.

The podcast will be available on all major podcast platforms—just search for “LTU Perspectives.”

McAllister, a veteran broadcaster, joined Podcast Nation two years ago. The company helps businesses and nonprofits use podcasting as a branding, marketing, and communications tool. Clients have included Gilda’s Club, the American Cancer Society, Cranbrook Institute of Science, and Financial Services of America.

Yellow Flag Productions is an Emmy award-winning company known for advertising, branding, and marketing. The State Champs! Sports Network has been housed under Yellow Flag Productions for over 20 years, producing high school sports video content in Michigan, Illinois, and elsewhere. Yellow Flag Productions provides in-studio video production, live digital video streaming, graphics, podcasts, web and social media content and strategy, and photography.

Lawrence Technological University is one of only 13 private, technological, comprehensive doctoral universities in the United States. Located in Southfield, Mich., LTU was founded in 1932 and offers more than 100 programs through its Colleges of Architecture and Design, Arts and Sciences, Business and Information Technology, Engineering, and Health Sciences, as well as Specs@LTU as part of its growing Center for Professional Development. PayScale lists Lawrence Tech among the nation’s top 11 percent of universities for alumni salaries. Forbes and The Wall Street Journal rank LTU among the nation’s top 10 percent. U.S. News and World Report list it in the top tier of the best Midwest colleges. Students benefit from small class sizes and a real-world, hands-on, “theory and practice” education with an emphasis on leadership. Activities on Lawrence Tech’s 107-acre campus include more than 60 student organizations and NAIA varsity sports.

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Use Your Cell Phone as a Document Camera in Zoom

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  • Download the mobile Zoom app (either App Store or Google Play)
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