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Lawrence Tech offers nearly 100 programs in four colleges, with a total enrollment of nearly 3,500 students, and employs over 400 full-time and part-time faculty.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ltu.edu/academics/|title=Lawrence Tech Academics|website=Lawrence Technological University}}</ref> The University is organized into four Colleges: Architecture and Design, Arts and Sciences, Business and Information Technology, and Engineering. In 1962, Lawrence Tech’s College of Architecture and Design was founded, evolving from the former architectural engineering department, and the College of Arts and Sciences was established in 1967. |
Lawrence Tech offers nearly 100 programs in four colleges, with a total enrollment of nearly 3,500 students, and employs over 400 full-time and part-time faculty.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ltu.edu/academics/|title=Lawrence Tech Academics|website=Lawrence Technological University}}</ref> Lawrence Technological University is one out of only 13 doctoral, technological, private universities in the US; from more than 6000 institutions of higher education in the country. The University is organized into four Colleges: Architecture and Design, Arts and Sciences, Business and Information Technology, and Engineering. In 1962, Lawrence Tech’s College of Architecture and Design was founded, evolving from the former architectural engineering department, and the College of Arts and Sciences was established in 1967. |
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In 1950 Associate degree programs were added to LTU’s baccalaureate programs and in 1952, what is today the College of Business and Information Technology was established, having its origins in an earlier industrial engineering curriculum.<ref name="LTU1">{{Cite web |url=https://www.ltu.edu/business-it/history-and-mission.asp |title=Archived copy |access-date=October 31, 2021 }}</ref> LTU started offering multiple masters degree programs from the early 1990s. Master’s degree programs in business were created in 1989, engineering in 1990, Architecture in 1993 and arts and sciences in 1997. |
In 1950 Associate degree programs were added to LTU’s baccalaureate programs and in 1952, what is today the College of Business and Information Technology was established, having its origins in an earlier industrial engineering curriculum.<ref name="LTU1">{{Cite web |url=https://www.ltu.edu/business-it/history-and-mission.asp |title=Archived copy |access-date=October 31, 2021 }}</ref> LTU started offering multiple masters degree programs from the early 1990s. Master’s degree programs in business were created in 1989, engineering in 1990, Architecture in 1993 and arts and sciences in 1997. |
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Former names | Lawrence Institute of Technology |
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| Motto | Theory and Practice |
| Type | Private |
| Established | 1932 |
| Founder | Russell E. Lawrence |
Academic affiliations | |
| Endowment | $90.88 million (2021) |
| President | Tarek Sobh |
Academic staff | 315 |
| Students | 3,154 |
| Undergraduates | 2,314 |
| Postgraduates | 673 |
| Location | , , United States |
| Campus | Suburban 107 acres (43.3 ha) |
| Colors | Blue and White [1] |
| Nickname | Blue Devils |
Sporting affiliations | NAIA – WHAC *ACHA Division 3 – MCHC (*men's hockey) |
| Mascot | Blue, the Blue Devil |
| Teams | 27 Varsity Teams |
| Website | www |
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Lawrence Technological University (LTU) (Lawrence Tech) is a private university in Southfield, Michigan. It was founded in 1932 in Highland Park, Michigan, as the Lawrence Institute of Technology (LIT) by Russell E. Lawrence. The university moved to Southfield in 1955 and has since expanded to 107 acres (0.43 km2). The campus also includes the Frank Lloyd Wright designed Affleck House in Bloomfield Hills and the Detroit Center for Design + Technology in Midtown Detroit.[2][3]
The university offers undergraduate, masters, and doctoral programs in science, technology, engineering, architecture and design, and mathematics fields[4] through its four colleges: Architecture and Design, Arts and Sciences, Business and Information Technology, and Engineering. LTU's athletic teams are the Blue Devils. They compete in the NAIA and joined the Wolverine Hoosier Athletic Conference in 2012.[5]
History
In 1932, at the height of the Great Depression, Lawrence Tech’s founding president Russell E. Lawrence envisioned a new model of higher education that could serve both traditional students as well as working adults, and combined a teaching philosophy espousing both theory and practice.
Years |
President
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| 1932 – 1934 | Russell E. Lawrence |
| 1934 – 1964 | E. George Lawrence |
| 1964 – 1977 | Wayne H. Buell |
| 1977 – 1993 | Richard E. Marburger |
| 1993 – 2006 | Charles M. Chambers |
| 2006 – 2012 | Lewis N. Walker |
| 2012 – 2021 | Virinder K. Moudgil |
| 2022 – Present | Tarek M. Sobh |
Lawrence Tech was founded on the principle that every person should have the opportunity for a college education. From the beginning, there were no restrictions on entering students relating to race, sex, color, creed, or national or ethnic origin – only the requirement that students qualify for admission and have the desire to succeed. Working students could earn a baccalaureate degree by attending evening programs, day programs, or a combination of the two – a feature unique in 1932 and still remarkable today.
Lawrence believed engineering and technological achievements would be what would spur economic recovery, both for the region and the nation. Henry and Edsel Ford agreed to lease their former Henry Ford Trade School building,[6] a part of their Model-T assembly complex in Highland Park, to the new university, which began operations with a few hundred students. The intuition's enrollment dropped during World War II but surged immediately thereafter as veterans enjoyed the education benefits of the G.I. Bill.
In 1955, Lawrence Institute of Technology (LIT) moved to a campus in then rural Southfield, on what had been a General Mills research farm.[7] Since the University was founded as an engineering school, it is fitting that the first building constructed on the Southfield campus was the Engineering building. The campus master plan was created by professor Earl W. Pellerin, who also led the teams that designed the Architecture and Science Buildings, the University’s first residence hall on Ten Mile Road, University Housing-South, and what was originally the president’s residence on nearby Circle Drive.[8]
LIT began offering multiple Master's degree programs through its colleges, and in recognition of these post-baccalaureate programs LIT changed it name to Lawrence Technological University (LTU) on 1st January 1989.[9]
LTU continued its transformation from a primarily commuter institution to offering a full campus life with the construction of more residence halls—Donley Hall,[10] Reuss Hall,[11] and the award-winning East Residence Hall,[12][13] the latter for all first-year students. The University now has the capacity for more than 1,000 residential students.
Academics
| School | Founded
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| College of Architecture and Design | 1962
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| College of Arts and Sciences | 1967
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| College of Business and Information Technology | 1952
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| College of Engineering | 1932
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Lawrence Tech offers nearly 100 programs in four colleges, with a total enrollment of nearly 3,500 students, and employs over 400 full-time and part-time faculty.[14] Lawrence Technological University is one out of only 13 doctoral, technological, private universities in the US; from more than 6000 institutions of higher education in the country. The University is organized into four Colleges: Architecture and Design, Arts and Sciences, Business and Information Technology, and Engineering. In 1962, Lawrence Tech’s College of Architecture and Design was founded, evolving from the former architectural engineering department, and the College of Arts and Sciences was established in 1967.
In 1950 Associate degree programs were added to LTU’s baccalaureate programs and in 1952, what is today the College of Business and Information Technology was established, having its origins in an earlier industrial engineering curriculum.[15] LTU started offering multiple masters degree programs from the early 1990s. Master’s degree programs in business were created in 1989, engineering in 1990, Architecture in 1993 and arts and sciences in 1997.
The College of Business and Information Technology is one of only 5 percent of the world’s 16,000 institutions of higher learning offering business degrees to earn accreditation from AACSB International, the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business.[16] In its 2021 rankings, U.S. News & World Report ranked Lawrence Tech as tied for #37 in Regional Universities Midwest.[17]
Athletics
Lawrence Tech teams are known as the Blue Devils. The university is a member of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA), primarily competing in the Wolverine–Hoosier Athletic Conference (WHAC) while the university's second men's ice hockey team is a member of the American Collegiate Hockey Association (ACHA) at the Division III level as a member of the Michigan Collegiate Hockey Conference (MCHC).[18] Men's sports include basketball, bowling, cross country, ice hockey, lacrosse and soccer; while women's sports include basketball, bowling, cross country, lacrosse, soccer and volleyball.
Lawrence Tech fielded athletic teams throughout its history from 1930 to 1962.[19] The 1950–51 men's basketball team played the 1951 National Invitation Tournament, held at Madison Square Garden in New York. Lawrence Tech was defeated by Dayton, 71-77 in the opening round of the tournament.[19] Blaine Denning, an alumnus from the 1951 team, went on to play professional basketball with the Baltimore Bullets of the NBA.[20]
Lawrence Tech re-instated athletic programs in 2011 and joined the NAIA.[21] Men's soccer and bowling, along with women's volleyball, joined the already established men's ice hockey team for the university's athletic offerings during the 2011–12 academic year.[20] During its fifth season in the NAIA, the university fielded teams in men's baseball, basketball, bowling, cross country, golf, hockey, volleyball, lacrosse, soccer and tennis, and women's basketball, bowling, cross country, golf, lacrosse, soccer, softball, tennis and volleyball.[20]
Thanks to a $1 million gift from an anonymous donor, during the summer of 2016 Lawrence Tech constructed an AstroTurf surface athletic field at the Point, the part of campus at the intersection of Northwestern Highway and 10 Mile Road. LTU's men's and women's soccer and lacrosse teams began playing on this field in August 2016. The project also includes a 40-car parking lot. In the summer of 2018, lighting for night games, a new scoreboard with a video replay display, temporary seating for 2,000 fans and a press box were constructed in preparation for the inaugural 2018 season of LTU's football team. The first football game, held Sept. 1, 2018, drew an overflow crowd of more than 3,800 fans. Future plans for the site include permanent stadium seating for 4,000 fans, a two-story team building with locker rooms, a weight room, and offices for trainers and coaches, and a concession and restroom building.[22]
In January 2017, Lawrence Tech announced that it would resume intercollegiate football competition, after a hiatus of more than 70 years dating back to just after World War II. The university has admitted two recruiting classes of about 90 student-athletes for a team that competed as an independent squad in the fall of 2018, and which will begin playing a full varsity schedule in the Mid-States Football Association of the NAIA in the fall of 2019. LTU hired Jeff Duvendeck, former head coach at Culver-Stockton (Mo.) College and a former assistant at Michigan State University, Northern Michigan University, Michigan Technological University, Grand Valley State University, and Tiffin (Ohio) University, as its head coach.[23][24] The Blue Devils finished 5-3 in their abbreviated first season, and attracted nearly 4,000 fans to their first game on Sept. 1, 2018. The 2021 LTU football squad finished 7-4 overall, 3-4 in the Mid-States Football Association. [25]
In 2021, the University added more teams, including eSports, women’s hockey, cheerleading and men’s volleyball, and adding to existing programs in women’s bowling and track and field. [26] LTU now supports over 30 varsity men's and women's teams in baseball, basketball, bowling, cross country, eSports, football, golf, ice hockey, lacrosse, soccer, softball, tennis, track and field, and volleyball—along with a pep band, a marching band, and cheer and dance teams.[27]
Student life
Student organizations
On campus extracurricular activities include leadership opportunities and more than 60 student clubs and organizations. Student Government represents all organizations on campus. The university generally allows new student clubs in any interest area if they are supported by a student petition with at least 30 signatures.[28]
Fraternities and sororities
The university is also home to chapters of fraternities, including Alpha Sigma Phi, Theta Tau, Sigma Pi, Sigma Phi Epsilon, Phi Kappa Upsilon, and Phi Beta Sigma. The sororities represented on campus include Chi Omega Rho, Delta Tau Sigma, Delta Phi Epsilon, Kappa Beta Gamma, and Delta Sigma Theta.[28]
Notable alumni
- Steven A. Ballmer, while still simultaneously enrolled in high school, participated in Lawrence Tech's Summer Science Institute, then spent a year at the university, excelling in six of Lawrence Tech's top mathematics classes. Ballmer is the former CEO of Microsoft and current owner of the NBA's Los Angeles Clippers.
- John Z. DeLorean, B.S. Industrial engineering 1948 – Former GM executive who created the first muscle car and an American businessman who founded the DeLorean Motor Company based in Northern Ireland.
- Harvey Ferrero, B.S. Architectural Engineering 1955 - American architect, architectural illustration expert, the founder of Ferrero Architects, and a former adjunct professor of Lawrence Technological University.
- Alfred Taubman, former Lawrence Tech architecture student – was one of the nation's leading real estate developers, innovators, and owners of shopping malls throughout the U.S. He also owned Sotheby's auctioneers and the A&W restaurant chain.
- Lewis Veraldi, B.S. Mechanical Engineering 1948 – late father of the original Ford Taurus and Sable. As Ford Motor Company vice president in charge of car development, Veraldi pioneered cross-disciplinary personnel teams that led to the launch of these cars. The "team" development process he innovated has become the industry standard.[29]
- George W. Sierant, B.S. Mechanical Engineering 1947 - General Motors, developed the first viable child safety seat in 1966.[30]
Photo gallery
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Lawrence Tech's redesigned quad and the Taubman Center.
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Architecture building. -
The Center for Innovative Materials Research. -
University Technology and Learning Center.
See also
References
- ^ "Style Guide: Colors". Office of Marketing and Public Affairs, Lawrence Technological University. August 2, 2015. Retrieved August 2, 2015.
- ^ "Dec. 18 groundbreaking for new Midtown Detroit, Inc. building anchored by Lawrence Tech". Retrieved 2015-09-02.
- ^ "History". Lawrence Technological University. Archived from the original on 2013-01-16. Retrieved 2015-09-02.
- ^ "Academics and Majors - Programs A-Z". Lawrence Technological University.
- ^ "Metro & state: Lawrence Tech, Marygrove to be added to WHAC". Retrieved 2015-09-02.
- ^ "Archived copy". Retrieved October 31, 2021.
- ^ Michigan Historical Markers: Lawrence Institute of Technology Archived April 20, 2015, at the Wayback Machine and Arthur M. Woodford, This is Detroit, 1701-2001, Chapter 18, page 214, Wayne State University Press, 2001, ISBN 0814329144
- ^ "Archived copy". Retrieved October 31, 2021.
- ^ "Statement of Accreditation Status".
- ^ "LTU residence hall renamed for alumnus, donor".
- ^ "University Housing - Reuss Hall". LTU.
- ^ "LTU to build new residence hall".
- ^ "New residence hall on LTU campus wins architecture award".
- ^ "Lawrence Tech Academics". Lawrence Technological University.
- ^ "Archived copy". Retrieved October 31, 2021.
- ^ "COLLEGE OF BUSINESS + INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY". LTU.
- ^ "Lawrence Technological University". usnews.com. U.S. News & World Report, L.P. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
- ^ Staff (October 26, 2011). "WHAC set to add 2 new schools". Livonia Observer. Retrieved October 24, 2011.[permanent dead link]
- ^ a b LewAllen, Dave (March 16, 2011). "60 years later: Lawrence Tech basketball's NIT appearance was the talk of the town!". WXYZ-TV. Archived from the original on February 9, 2013. Retrieved November 2, 2011.
- ^ a b c Miller, Jennie (September 28, 2011). "Lawrence Tech brings athletics back to campus". Southfield Sun. Retrieved November 2, 2011.
- ^ Satyanarayana, Megha (October 11, 2011). "Game on: Lawrence Tech brings back sports to lure students". Detroit Free Press. Retrieved November 2, 2011.
- ^ "New turf field coming to the Point at LTU". Retrieved 2016-08-02.
- ^ Krupa, Gregg. "Lawrence Tech football back in the saddle". Detroit News.
- ^ "LTU adding football team". Lawrence Technological University.
- ^ "LTUAthletics.com 2021 football schedule and results". Retrieved 2021-12-16.
- ^ "Lawrence Tech adding four athletic programs, 200 more student-athletes for fall of 2021".
- ^ "Lawrence Tech football back in the saddle". Detroit News.
- ^ a b "Current Student Organizations". Lawrence Technological University. Lawrence Technological University. Retrieved July 21, 2015.
- ^ Information supplied by Lawrence Technological University's Office of Marketing and Public Affairs, 2010.
- ^ "Outcomes". LTU.
External links
- Official website
- [http://www.ltuathletics.com/ LTU athletics website}
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