ferris state wordmark Apply Visit

Learn from full-time professors who are licensed architects and certified facility managers.

Our faculty stay connected to the people and organizations that are advancing architecture and facility management. They keep current with best practices and trends. Their networks become your networks.

Ferris is a teaching university, which means your professors are the people you engage with in the classroom and the studio. They know your name, where you’re from, and what interests you.

Ryan Szarowicz

RA, LEED AP, Adjunct Professor

AAS Architectural Technology, Ferris State University
BS Facility Management, Ferris State University
Master of Architecture, University of Colorado at Denver

Adjunct Professor Ryan Szarowicz earned a Master of Architecture from the University of Colorado at Denver.  He is a Michigan and Colorado registered architect, and LEED AP.  He also holds an Associate in Applied Science in Architectural Technology and a Bachelor of Science in Facility Management from Ferris State University. He brings to the program a multidisciplinary understanding of the built environment and architectural practice. Ryan currently works at Paradigm Design, where much of his work focuses on sustainable design and commercial projects. Ryan is committed to sustainable design both professionally and personally and strives to apply sustainable principles in the classroom and on all of his professional projects.