
Former Staff Sergeant Kirill Pavlov (right), shown here with his eight-year-old son, Alexander, spoke at the Veterans Day ceremony held at Lawrence Technological University on Nov. 11. A 10-year Army veteran who served in Iraq and Afghanistan, Pavlov is majoring in mechanical engineering.
Lawrence Technological University ranked 18th in the 12-state Midwest region – and first in Michigan – in the inaugural ranking of the best colleges for veterans compiled by U.S. News and World Report. LTU was one of 234 colleges nationwide that scored well for graduation rate, faculty resources, reputation and other markers of academic quality measured in the 2014 edition of U.S. News Best Colleges.