At the Leading Edge: Academics and Beyond

Student Scientists Leading the Way

Alina Tong’s path to the recognition she is receiving now as a young biosciences scholar here at Cal Lutheran started in elementary school — with gum.

April 4, 2024

Vocations: Reaching for the stars

As a fourth grader visiting the NASA Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, Joshua McCall ’22 enjoyed it so much he didn’t want to leave. Now, his love of space is fulfilled with a permanent place at NASA:...

April 4, 2024

Angel City Football Club Executives Share Insights into the Business Side of Sports

ACFC executives will sit down with the director of Cal Lutheran’s sports management program a for an in-depth discussion of the business side of sports.

March 26, 2024

Cal Lutheran Professor Named Inaugural Faculty Fellow

Assistant professor in the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences has been selected for the Cal Lutheran Faculty Fellowship Program.

February 26, 2024

What Experts Predict for Ventura County’s Economy and Beyond

TV commentator David Bahnsen will be the featured speaker at the 2024 CERF Ventura County Economic Forecast Event on Feb. 28.

February 13, 2024

Conference Explores Economic Impact of Undocumented Immigrants in California

Undocumented immigrants contribute more than $151 billion to California’s economy.

January 31, 2024

Dorfman Incubator Grants Support Local Businesses

Five early-stage Ventura County-area companies were awarded Dorfman Incubator Grants totaling $155,000.

January 18, 2024

Students’ Winning Project Supports Mental, Physical Health Through Basketball

A student team in the Sports Management program at Cal Lutheran took top honors and a $1,000 prize in the university’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Competition2023.

December 19, 2023

Cameron Fetter in hiking gear standing in front of a snow capped mountain in Alaska (Katmai National Park)

TikTok-ing his way to opportunity

Geosciences major Cameron Fetter is finding opportunities beyond the classroom through his successful, science-based TikTok channel.

December 15, 2023

Master of Her Future

From intern to employee, Isabelle Valdez used Cal Lutheran's MS in Management program to launch her business career after studying history as an undergrad.

October 10, 2023

Preparing for the future

New renovations will modernize the Ahmanson Science Center in order to facilitate mid-21st-century teaching and learning in some of academia's most dynamic fields.

October 3, 2023

Cal Lutheran receives $1.2M federal grant

The five-year grant will support 60 graduate-level students in becoming credentialed teachers of high-need deaf and hard-of-hearing students in public schools.

October 2, 2023

U.S. Latino economic output tops $3 trillion for the first time

Latinos in the United States continue to drive the economy forward — as they’ve been doing since the 1500s.

September 13, 2023

Gagliardo wins President’s Award for Teaching Excellence

The award recognizes professors who are held in high esteem by their peers, students and the rest of the university community.

August 15, 2023

Faculty members retire with emeritus status

The Board of Regents awarded emeritus status to five Cal Lutheran faculty members who retired in May 2023 and have a combined total of more than 115 years of service.

August 9, 2023

Paul Hsu, Dan Hamilton, David Hayes-Bautista and Matthew Fienup.

Center for Economic Research and Forecasting wins Latino Leadership Award

Cal Lutheran’s Center for Economic Research and Forecasting (CERF) economists are among the recipients of the 2023 Pacific Coast Business Times’ Latino Leadership Award.

July 28, 2023

MPPA students and professor in Ecuadorian jungle

Going Places with an MPPA

Busy working professionals in this master's program keep coming back for affordable, enlightening travel courses.

July 7, 2023

Cal Lutheran receives $500,000 state grant to fund four-year teacher credential program

The funds will help expand an integrated teacher preparation program that allows students to earn both a bachelor’s degree and a teaching credential in four years rather than the usual five.

May 25, 2023

Commencement ceremonies set for May 12

California Lutheran University will hold separate 2023 commencement ceremonies for 1,217 undergraduate and graduate students on Friday, May 12, in William Rolland Stadium on the Thousand Oaks campus.

May 5, 2023

A landmark gift

The Rod Gilbert Achievement Scholarship fund allows the university to assist up to 100 students in amounts ranging from $5,000 to $15,000 over the next eight years.

April 28, 2023

Photo of Lorri Santamaría with students at a Black History Month kickoff event.

Strategic plan in action

Cal Lutheran’s 2022-2027 Strategic Plan, developed with input from all members of the university community, outlines the university's top priorities.

April 27, 2023

MBA final course brings out student ingenuity

Every year, local businesses become clients of Cal Lutheran graduate students in MBA 595: Consulting to Business.

October 28, 2022

U.S. Latino GDP now 5th largest in world

Researchers from California Lutheran University’s Center for Economic Research and Forecasting and the UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine released the 2022 U.S. Latino GDP Report.

September 29, 2022

Cal Lutheran receives grant up to $1.2M

The National Science Foundation’s Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program has awarded California Lutheran University up to $1.2 million over five years.

September 21, 2022

$180,000 in Cal Lutheran incubator grants

California Lutheran University has awarded its first Dorfman Incubator Grants — a total of $180,000 that will provide hands-on educational opportunities for students while helping four alumni and a professor launch...

September 21, 2022

TOLD Foundation donates $2.5M

California Lutheran University has received $2.5 million to provide scholarships to accomplished students from low- and middle-income families.

September 8, 2022

Latinos fuel L.A. metro economy, study finds

(THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. — September 6, 2022) Latinos in the greater Los Angeles metropolitan region are making significant and rapidly growing contributions to the economy, according to a first-of-its-kind report by...

September 6, 2022

Students presented their research to a professional audience this summer at Baylor University in Texas. Photo: Ashley Ayala

Cal Lutheran receives $1.3M grant

The U.S. Department of Education has approved a five-year grant to continue the Ronald E. McNair Post-Baccalaureate Achievement Program.

August 18, 2022

Microfiber pollution

Bits of your pants, shirts, socks and fleece jackets are polluting local waters. Cal Lutheran biology students have discovered this disturbing fashion dilemma as part of a scientific research project. For the past four...

May 24, 2022

President Lori E. Varlotta Photo: Tracie Karasik

Moving forward with promising plans

Seems fitting for me to write this column on the first day of spring. Just as the season is marked by the promise of renewal and hope, so are many of the projects and events we have undertaken this year.

May 23, 2022