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LTU gets $175K in two state grants to help disadvantaged students

January 12, 2024

SOUTHFIELD—Students from economically or academically disadvantaged backgrounds will get additional help with their studies at Lawrence Technological University, thanks to a pair of grants from the Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity’s King-Chávez-Parks Initiative.

LTU received $101,323 from the KCP Initiative’s Select Student Support Services program, and $73,449 from its Michigan College-University Partnership program. Both are current-year portions of six-year grants.

At LTU, the S4 program grant “is focused on assisting academically and economically disadvantaged students, so they can persist in earning their bachelor’s degree,” said Caryn Reed-Hendon, director of the LTU Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. “It provides additional resources and specialized services for their support.”

Those services include a Scholars Success Program, an extension of LTU’s Campus Connections, a seven-day introductory program for incoming students that introduces them to available student support services. It also includes a monthly Scholars Advisory Council meeting offering peer tutoring and social support, which Reed-Hendon said “helps with improving student confidence and their interpersonal and leadership skills.”

The grant also funds a Connected Students program to foster emotional intelligence and a sense of belonging, Reed-Hendon said, as well as a Blue Student Success Mentors program to help students adjust to university life, including peer mentoring through the LTU Office of Disability Services.

“We want to help students who need additional structure and support with navigating higher education, and help students break their own self-imposed stigma about asking for help,” Reed-Hendon said. “We want them to learn that asking for help is a good thing.”

Meanwhile, the LTU MICUP grant, originally announced in October, will bring cohorts of 15 students from Henry Ford College, Macomb Community College, and Oakland Community College to LTU for a four-week summer learning experience as MICUP Research Scholars. They will study diverse subjects such as virtual reality, physics, chemistry, mathematics, AI, and the humanities, culminating in a research seminar and poster presentation.

“I am passionate about this initiative because I started my college career as a community college student,” said Sibrina Collins, executive director of STEM education in LTU’s College of Arts and Sciences. “The Lawrence Technological University Michigan College-University Partnership initiative provides unique opportunities for community college students to engage in cutting-edge research with our amazing LTU faculty.”

The LTU grants were among 32 grants totaling $2.6 million to 19 Michigan colleges and universities under the KCP Initiative.

The grants “will help more Michiganders graduate from college,” Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said in a news release. “With investments across 19 universities, the King-Chávez-Parks Initiative helps us pursue our vision to ensure anyone can make it in Michigan, chasing their dreams and landing a good-paying, in-demand job.”

More information about Michigan’s KCP Initiative is available at Michigan.gov/KCP.

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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