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SOUTHFIELD—Nearly 200 Lawrence Technological University students will become Lawrence Tech’s newest alumni as the university conducts its 95th Commencement Exercises on Saturday, Dec. 2.
The ceremony begins at 10 a.m. in LTU’s Don Ridler Field House (building 15 at www.ltu.edu/map).
Delivering the Commencement Address to the graduates and their families will be Charles Fishman, an award-winning business and technology journalist who has studied the inner workings of curiosity, innovation, and creativity.
Fishman is a three-time winner of the prestigious Gerald Loeb Award for Distinguished Business and Financial Journalism. Among his published books is “One Giant Leap: The Impossible Mission that Flew Us to the Moon,” which chronicled how NASA, in just eight years, went from having no working rockets, no computers that could navigate a rocket to the moon, and no spacesuits for astronauts to wear, to planting the American flag at Tranquility Base.
Fishman was a national reporter for the Washington Post, and his work has also been published in The Atlantic and Smithsonian magazines, the Orlando Sentinel, the Raleigh (N.C.) News and Observer, and Fast Company magazine. His other books include “The Wal-Mart Effect,” a New York Times bestseller that was the first book to get inside Wal-Mart and explain how the world’s largest company really works. He is also the author of “The Big Thirst: The Secret Life and Turbulent Future of Water,” the bestselling book that talks about water in a generation, chosen as a common read for a dozen schools and universities. He is also co-author of the No. 1 New York Times bestseller “A Curious Mind,” which discusses the power of curiosity, with co-author and Hollywood producer Brian Grazer.
LTU President Tarek M. Sobh and Provost Richard Heist will also offer remarks and congratulations to the graduates, and Doug Riddell, who earned a bachelor of science in electrical engineering from LTU in 1989, will welcome them to membership in the LTU Alumni Association. Riddell is a board member of the association.
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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