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SOUTHFIELD—Nearly 100 engineering students and nine professionals became the newest members of the Order of the Engineer in a ceremony Friday at Lawrence Technological University that was by turns both solemn and joyful.
Solemn, because the 91 students and nine professionals swore an oath to practice integrity, fair dealing, tolerance, respect, and honesty in all that they do as professional engineers.
And joyful, because those engineering students are about to become engineering graduates, embarking on rewarding and exciting careers.
Keynote speaker Robert Magee, executive director of The Engineering Society of Detroit, told the assembly that engineering “is more than just a job. It’s a chance to make a tangible impact on the world and help shape the future.” He urged the graduate to pursue excellence, work with passion and purpose, and “maintain your focus on the big picture.”
Magee also told the students to view challenges as opportunities and to become lifelong learners to expand their skills.
“I promise you, you are going to learn a lot more from your failures than your successes,” Magee said. “Embrace challenges as opportunities to build new skills and innovate solutions to complex problems.”
He also urged the graduates to always operate with integrity according to their personal ethics and values. He said he told his son that “you can sell your integrity for a few dollars—you will have opportunity to sell it, to look away from things—but you can’t buy your integrity back for millions of dollars.”
LTU President Tarek Sobh and Provost Richard Heist also praised the graduates. Sobh called them “torch bearers of Lawrence Tech’s legacy of excellence that has existed for more than 90 years.” And Heist reminded them that “everything that an engineer does is to make the world a better place, to improve the lives of other human beings. It’s about something that’s bigger than yourself… Think of it more as a calling than a job.”
The Order of the Engineer was established in the United States in 1970 to foster a spirit of pride and responsibility in the engineering profession, to bridge the gap between training and experience, and to give the public a visible symbol identifying the engineer. Those taking the pledge receive a stainless steel ring to be worn on the pinky of the “working,” or dominant, hand. The organization has chapters called “links” on college campuses across the country. The organization doesn’t have dues or regular meetings; instead, its purpose is to foster the lifelong honoring of its pledge. For more information visit https://order-of-the-engineer.org/
Graduates of LTU’s College of Engineering and its College of Business and Information Technology will formally receive their degrees in Commencement Exercises at 10 a.m. Saturday, May 4 in LTU’s Don Ridler Field House. Graduates of LTU’s Colleges of Arts and Sciences, Architecture and Design, and Health Sciences, as well as its Specs@LTU media and design programs, will receive their degrees in a second ceremony Saturday at 1:30 p.m.
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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