Events

Southfield City Centre is the new venue for the Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation Take Steps Walk on June 9, 2018. The family-friendly walk will cover 2.6 miles across the City Centre’s walkable district, with an available one-mile shortcut.

The City Centre is perfectly suited for the event, says Sarah Arminiak, Take Steps manager for the Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation. “Southfield City Centre is hands-down beautiful, like a park in the middle of an urban city. The walking route is gorgeous, and highlights benches, plants, flowers, art, and wide sidewalks,” Arminiak says. Up to 1,500 participants and 100 volunteers will enjoy the ample space and welcoming vibe of the City Centre district.

A pre-walk festival on the Civic Center lawn will provide entertainment and information, including booths from Henry Ford Health System’s IBD center and Medical Weight Loss Clinic, plus face painting, crafts, inflatables, and a photo booth.

Event info:
Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation Take Steps Walk, June 9
9:00 a.m. check in, 10:30 a.m. walk.
Southfield Civic Center Complex.
contact: 248-737-0900 ext.6

Lawrence Technological University’s Leaders & Innovators Series in partnership with WWJ Newsradio 950 is back with great programs for another year!

The first is Thursday, Sept. 15 on “Unique Collaborations.” It will be in LTU’s University Technology and Learning Center Gallery, 21000 W. Ten Mile Rd. in Southfield and begins with a free continental breakfast at 7:30 a.m. The program and Q&A are 8 to 9 a.m.

Unique collaborations are often born out of creativity or necessity. They create value that has not existed before. We’ll discuss and explore many of the unique collaborations that shed new light and opportunity. The results are a fresh new prospective on collaboration in 2016 and beyond.

The program will be hosted by WWJ Business Editor Murray Feldman. Panelists include Mike McInerney, founder and president of Deliver My Ride, and Zak Pashak, president of Detroit Bikes.

LTU’s Leaders & Innovators Series is in partnership with WWJ and is sponsored in part by AAA. Guests are welcome. Advance registration is requested. Admission is free.

To register, visit: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/leaders-innovators-series-unique-collaborations-91516-tickets-26906333568

Coming events for the LTU/WWJ Leaders & Innovators Series are:
Oct. 20: Women in Leadership
Nov. 17: Building and Maintaining Relationships – Networking
Feb. 16: Starting a Business – Entrepreneurism
March 16: Social Media and Small Business
April 13: Work-Life Balance

Hope to see you at all of them!

Americans are spending more time at work and sitting in front of a screen than ever before. We’re becoming less active, which can increase our risk of heart disease, stroke and other diseases.

Being physically active is important to prevent heart disease and stroke, which are responsible for more deaths in the U.S. than all forms of cancer combined. Heart disease is the leading cause of death and stroke is the leading preventable cause of disability.

Research has shown that every hour of regular exercise can add about two hours to life expectancy, even if you don’t start until midlife. Plus, physical activity can relieve depression, improve your memory, lower your blood pressure and help prevent obesity.

April 6 is the American Heart Association’s National Walking Day, and we want people to lace up for their heart and get moving. Whether it’s walking, running, biking, playing sports or taking a yoga class, the goal is for adults to get at least 150 minutes per week of moderate exercise or 75 minutes per week of vigorous exercise (or a combination of both), while kids should get at least 60 minutes of physical activity per day.

Thirty minutes a day, five times a week, is an easy goal to remember. You’ll experience benefits even if you divide your time into two or three segments of 10 to 15 minutes per day.

So, grab your sneakers, lace up and get moving toward a healthier heart!

Calls to Action:

• Sign up to participate in National Walking Day (as an individual, school or company), and take 30 minutes on April 6 to get up and walk. (www.heart.org/nationalwalkingday)
• Join the national celebration on social media using #AHALaceUp.
• Use National Walking Day to kick off a month-long focus on being more active and creating healthy habits and engaging your colleagues, friends and family members in the Saturday, May 14^thMetro Detroit Heart Walk!

Physical Activity Facts:

• Sedentary jobs have increased 83% since 1950, and physically active jobs now make up less than 20% of our workforce, down from 50% in 1960.
• Our average workweek is longer. Full-time workers in the US work about 47 hours each week – that’s more than 350 extra hours worked each year.
• Adult (and childhood) obesity/overweight level continues to increase: 69% of all adults are obese or overweight.
• One in three American kids and teens is overweight or obese, nearly triple the rate in 1963, and childhood obesity is now the top health concern among parents in the United States.
• Half of all adults and more than 60% of children do not get daily vigorous physical activity.
• About one in three adults report participating in no leisure time physical activity.

(SOUTHFIELD, Mich.) – The city of Southfield will host the Leap Year Winter Fest featuring a spectacular fireworks finale on Sunday, February 28 from 2-6 p.m. in the Southfield Pavilion located in the Municipal Complex at 26000 Evergreen Road.

This free community event will feature an afternoon of food, fun and fireworks for the whole family, including: children’s games and crafts, inflatable obstacle course and moonwalk, Rosco the Clown, the Southfield Fire Department’s Fire Safety House as well as ice and wood carving demonstrations. The afternoon will top off with a special winter fireworks finale at 6:30 p.m. The event will also feature food available for purchase as well as free admission and parking.

For more information, contact Southfield Parks & Recreation at (248) 796-4620 or visit www.cityofsouthfield.com.

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(SOUTHFIELD, Mich.) – The city of Southfield will host the Leap Year Winter Fest featuring a spectacular fireworks finale on Sunday, February 28 from 2-6 p.m. in the Southfield Pavilion located in the Municipal Complex at 26000 Evergreen Road.

This free community event will feature an afternoon of food, fun and fireworks for the whole family, including: children’s games and crafts, inflatable obstacle course and moonwalk, Rosco the Clown, the Southfield Fire Department’s Fire Safety House as well as ice and wood carving demonstrations. The afternoon will top off with a special winter fireworks finale at 6:30 p.m. The event will also feature food available for purchase as well as free admission and parking.

For more information, contact Southfield Parks & Recreation at (248) 796-4620 or visit www.cityofsouthfield.com.

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Save The Date!

ACE’16 is being held on
Tuesday, January 26, 2016

Southfield Westin Hotel
12:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.

Featuring:
Keynote Addresses from:

• Ted Serbinski, Managing Director, Techstars Mobility
• Hajj Flemings, Founder, Brand Camp University
• Consultant’s Corner, Six Breakout Sessions
• Plus – A special Innovative Design and  Maufacturability Workshop

Mark your calendars and look for more information coming soon!

SOUTHFIELD, Mich. – University of Michigan Professor Alan Deardorff will speak on “The Trans-Pacific Partnership: Pros & Cons” for the sixth annual Harold Hotelling Memorial Lecture on Thursday, Nov. 5, at 7 p.m. at Lawrence Technological University, 21000 West 10 Mile Road, Southfield.

The annual lecture, which is free and open to the public, is sponsored by LTU’s College of Arts and Sciences and will be held in the Mary E. Marburger Science and Engineering Auditorium in LTU’s Science Building.

The proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) between the United States and 11 other countries on both sides of the Pacific Ocean would cover nearly 40 percent of the world’s gross domestic product. It would virtually eliminate tariffs and other barriers to international trade and would include protections for patents and other intellectual property rights.

Other proposed provisions are intended to improve environmental and labor standards. A mechanism would be provided for investors to initiate and settle disputes with host-country governments outside of national courts.

The TPP has run into stiff opposition in Congress, and each of its provisions would create winners and losers.

Deardorff is a professor of economics and public policy and has been a member of the U-M faculty since 1970. He has served as chair of U-M’s Department of Economics and associate dean of the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy.

He has served as a consultant to many government agencies, including the U.S. Departments of State, Treasury, and Labor, and international institutions, including the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, and the World Bank.

Deardorff is the editor and author of several books and has published numerous articles on international trade theory and policy.

Lawrence Technological University, www.ltu.edu, is a private university founded in 1932 that offers more than 100 programs through the doctoral level in Colleges of Architecture and Design, Arts and Sciences, Engineering, and Management. The Brookings Institution ranks Lawrence Tech fifth nationwide for boosting graduates’ earning power, PayScale lists it in the nation’s top 10 percent of universities for graduates’ salaries, and U.S. News and World Report places it in the top tier of best Midwestern universities. 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 102-acre campus in Southfield, Michigan, include over 60 student organizations and NAIA varsity sports.

Eric Pope
Managing Editor, University News Bureau
Lawrence Technological University
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(313) 505-6508 (cell)

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SOUTHFIELD, Mich. – The national championships of the World Robot Olympiad were held at Lawrence Technological University on Sept. 19, and three of the eight teams that won the right to represent their country in international competition are from Northville and Canton.

Earning the right to compete in the WRO international championships to be held in Doha, Qatar, Nov. 6-8 were:

• Jason Brown and Kevin Tracz (Pi-Rho-Technics) of Northville, who took first place in the Regular Junior category.
• Brian Ding and Justin Chang of Northville and Eric Liu of Canton (RoboExplorers) who took first place in the Open Category.
• Charles Liu of Canton and Christopher Geng and James Kevin Xue of Northville (Robofest team), who took first place in the Regular University category, even though they are still high school students.

WRO started in Singapore in 2004, although the United States only began participating in 2014.  Some 20,000 elementary, middle school, high school and university teams from more than 50 countries began competing last spring by building and programming autonomous robots to perform specific tasks.

Eighty-eight teams from nine states competed in the state qualifiers in the United States, and 43 teams advanced to the national finals. Eight teams from California, Illinois, Michigan, New Jersey and New York have now qualified to compete in the WRO international finals.

For the second year in a row, the WRO-USA national organizer has been Professor CJ Chung of Lawrence Technological University.  Chung, who teaches computer science, was selected to lead WRO-USA last year because of his leadership role in LTU’s Robofest competition, which also makes it fun for students to learn important principles of the STEM subjects:  science, technology, engineering and math.

WRO General Secretary Claus Ditlev Christensen of Denmark attended the event and spoke at the opening ceremony of the WRO-USA finals.

More results and information about the WRO-USA national championships can be found at www.wroboto.us.

Lawrence Technological University, www.ltu.edu, is a private university founded in 1932 that offers more than 100 programs through the doctoral level in Colleges of Architecture and Design, Arts and Sciences, Engineering, and Management. The Brookings Institution ranks Lawrence Tech fifth nationwide for boosting graduates’ earning power, PayScale lists it in the nation’s top 10 percent of universities for graduates’ salaries, and U.S. News and World Report places it in the top tier of best Midwestern universities. 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 102-acre campus in Southfield, Michigan, include over 60 student organizations and NAIA varsity sports.

LTU Provost Maria Vaz (left) congratulates Kevin Tracz (second from left) and Jason Brown of the Pi-Rho-Technics team for winning the Regular Junior category at the World Robot Olympiad national finals held at Lawrence Tech on Sept. 19. At right is coach Andrew Brown.

LTU Provost Maria Vaz (left) congratulates Brian Ding, Eric Liu and Justin Chang of the RoboExplorers team for finishing first in the Open category at the national finals of the World Robot Olympiad.

LTU Provost Maria Vaz congratulates (from left), Christopher Geng, James Kevin Xue and Charles Liu of the Robofest team for winning the Regular University category at the national finals of the World Robot Olympiad.

To contact the coaches:

Andrew R. Brown, andrew.r.brown@sbcglobal.net, for pi-rho-technics
Wei Ding, wei_ding_1@yahoo.com, for roboexplorers
Wei Liu, liu6553@sbcglobal.net , for robofest.team

Eric Pope
Managing Editor, University News Bureau
Lawrence Technological University
(248) 204-2210
(313) 505-6508 (cell)

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