News and Features
News and Features
Cal Lutheran News
News and Features

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News Highlights – Spring/Summer 2025

CERF releases ground-breaking U.S. Latina GDP Report The Center for Economic Research and Forecasting (CERF) has discovered that U.S. Latina GDP has doubled since 2010 to reach $1.3 trillion in 2021. Furthermore...

April 8, 2025
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Sports Highlights – Spring/Summer 2025

Kingsmen, Regals go dancing For the first time in Cal Lutheran history, both the men’s and women’s basketball teams qualified for the NCAA Tournament.  The Kingsmen advanced to postseason play as an at-large...

April 7, 2025

Creating Opportunities

Chris Catilian ’90 blends his love of the outdoors with his knowledge of business and law. As creator and executive director of the Leadership in Outdoor Recreation Industry program at Denver University, he equips...

April 7, 2025
President John Nunes

Uplifting Our Community, Peace by Piece

The lengthening of daylight is a delightful sign of spring. This season of Lent is, for Lutherans and a billion other Christians, a time of reflection and preparation. This year, it extends from Ash Wednesday, March 5...

April 7, 2025

Where Training Meets Helping

With a reduction in the stigma surrounding treatment and advancements to improve access, especially the rise of telehealth during the COVID-19 pandemic, seeking therapy has become increasingly commonplace.

April 7, 2025

Support Behind the Scenes

Meet some of the Cal Lutheran staff helping students navigate their college years and beyond.

April 7, 2025

Finding Their Pathways

Thanks to an innovative partnership between the school district and California Lutheran University’s teacher credentialing program, Landeros, at 42, expects to soon become a full-time, fully credentialed teacher with...

April 7, 2025

Swan Song

After an impressive 33-year tenure as a music professor at California Lutheran University, Wyant Morton is set to retire this May, leaving behind a legacy that has deeply influenced the university's musical landscape.

April 7, 2025

Alum’s Career Adds Up

Accounting graduate Allison Payne ’21 is flourishing in local biotech companies.

March 27, 2025
Hope Gonzalez looking at a banner for SPF805

Making Waves

Sophomore Hope Gonzalez is gaining recognition for her entrepreneurial spirit and philanthropic efforts to protect our oceans.

March 25, 2025

Topping Their Charts

Alumni share favorite songs from the soundtracks of their Cal Lutheran memories.

March 18, 2025

The Year of the Super Senior

Thanks to an NCAA ruling that granted student-athletes an extra year (or two) of eligibility to compensate for the disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic,some students returned this fall for one final season.

March 4, 2025
Moises running an ultra marathon

Running for Good

Moises Velasquez is starting to make a difference for his community before graduation through his undergraduate research into the impact of fitness on the mental health of Latino youth.

February 12, 2025
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Serving You, Cal Lutheran’s Neighbor

As I reflect on my early months as interim president, I am struck by the deep sense of community that defines California Lutheran University. Conversations with alumni, students, faculty and staff have demonstrated that...

December 17, 2024

News Highlights – Fall/Winter 2024

The Cal Lutheran choir took its first trip to Europe since the COVID-19 pandemic with a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to perform in May in Vienna and Salzburg, Austria, and Prague, Czech Republic.

December 16, 2024

Through Thick and Thin

From first-day jitters to forming lifelong friendships, alumni share memories of their days in the Cal Lutheran residence halls

December 16, 2024
Cal Lutheran volleyball champions

Showing Their Values

The 17 strong needed to narrow 16 values down to a final four. Basketball isn’t the only college sport with a sweet-16 bracket. They voted on the four they valued most: adaptability, sacrifice, passion and hard work.

December 13, 2024
Historic photo of Cal Lutheran alumni basketball coaches

Coming Full Circle

Thirty years removed from sharing a room inside Mt. Clef Hall, the three friends can still conjure up the name of an obscure Texas Rangers third baseman who, for most casual baseball fans, has been lost to the sands of...

December 13, 2024

Capitol Learning

Democracy is messy … in a good way. Matthew Bauer ’24 said that’s one lesson he learned during his internship through the Lutheran College Washington Semester program in Washington, D.C.

December 13, 2024

Turning Passion into Purpose

Music has been a colossal part of Jasmine Keys' life. Now, as a high school teacher, she seeks to inspire students to love the art form as much as she does.

December 13, 2024

In Memoriam

Remembering Lucy Ballard and Allen Otto Leland.

December 13, 2024

Alumni Awards

Outstanding Alumni Award The Outstanding Alumni Award is given to a Cal Lutheran graduate with a distinguished record of career achievements or humanitarian endeavors dedicated to social reform. Sue Dwyer-Voss ’86...

December 13, 2024

Friends Skip Around with a Nutty Companion

A jar of Skippy Peanut Butter has been passed around a group of friends and traveling with them since their 1993 graduation from Cal Lutheran. In 1989, Kevin Charlston ’93, Rod Borgie ’93, Michael Clarke ’93, Eric...

December 12, 2024