Longtime high school, college football coach named new head coach at Lawrence Tech

SOUTHFIELD—A Hall of Fame Michigan high school football coach has been named the new head football coach at Lawrence Technological University. Scott Merchant was inducted into the Michigan High School Football Coaches Association Hall of Fame in 2022 after 30 years as a high school and college coach. A Detroit-area native, Merchant began his coaching […]
Electrical, computer engineering senior projects show off skills learned at Lawrence Tech

SOUTHFIELD—Imagine a white cane for a blind person that detects objects in the user’s path, alerting them with a buzzer, and which lights up when it’s dark to make the blind person more visible to others. Or how about a robotic snowplow that automatically detects the dimensions of a parking lot and avoids obstacles? Or […]
Stay curious and you’ll make magic, LTU Commencement speaker tells grads

SOUTHFIELD—Curiosity can be risky, and even dangerous. But it’s also the key to success and solving life’s mysteries. That was the word Saturday from award-winning author and journalist Charles Fishman, who spoke to nearly 200 graduates and their families at Lawrence Technological University’s Fall 2023 Semester Commencement, held at LTU’s Don Ridler Field House. Lawrence […]
Nearly 200 students to receive diplomas at Lawrence Tech’s Fall Commencement this Saturday

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 […]
LTU’s Centrepolis Accelerator gets $3.4 million MEDC small business aid grant

SOUTHFIELD—The Centrepolis Accelerator at Lawrence Technological University has received a $3,426,316 grant from the Michigan Economic Development Corp. as part of its Small Business Hub program. “Michigan is committed to bolstering our entrepreneurial ecosystem by supporting the small businesses that drive our economy, as well as trusted partners like Centrepolis that serve small businesses and […]
LTU’s Centrepolis Accelerator awarded a $600K grant for defense industry battery work

SOUTHFIELD—The Centrepolis Accelerator at Lawrence Technological University will receive $600,000 as part of the Michigan Defense Resiliency Consortium (MDRC), a portion of a $4.9 million grant by the Department of Defense to support its work across Michigan. With local support bringing this strategic investment in the state to $6.3 million, the consortium will create the […]
LTU to offer graduate certificate in intraoperative neuromonitoring

SOUTHFIELD—In a continuing expansion of its health education programs, Lawrence Technological University will begin offering a graduate certificate in intraoperative neuromonitoring (IONM) in the Summer 2024 semester. The three-semester, 35-credit-hour program will include 30 weeks of supervised clinical experience in operating rooms through LTU’s relationship with industry partners Comprehensive Care Services Inc. (CCS) of Plymouth and […]
LTU speaker: Flint water crisis sparks the rebirth of environmental justice movement

SOUTHFIELD—Part of the legacy of the Flint water crisis is a resurgence of interest in environmental justice and the notion that packing polluters into poor and minority neighborhoods is another form of racial and class discrimination. That was the word from Benjamin Pauli, a professor at Flint’s Kettering University, who presented the 13th annual Harold Hotelling Memorial […]
Best-selling business author and journalist to speak at LTU Commencement Dec. 2

SOUTHFIELD—An award-winning business journalist who has studied the inner workings of curiosity, innovation, and creativity will serve as a speaker at Lawrence Technological University’s 95th Commencement Exercises on Saturday, Dec. 2. Charles Fishman, New York Times bestselling author and three-time winner of the prestigious Gerald Loeb Award for Distinguished Business and Financial Journalism, will speak during the 10 a.m. […]
Spring registration opens at Lawrence Tech

SOUTHFIELD—Registration is now open for Spring 2024 classes at Lawrence Technological University. Classes begin Monday, Jan. 8, and the semester ends Friday, May 3. LTU offers more than 100 associate’s, bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral programs that can lead to careers in fast-growing fields such as nursing, computer science, biomedical engineering, game design, sustainability, data science, and information security. Included are new programs […]