Cal Lutheran in the Media

Latinas outpace Latino men, others in these economic measures in US, report finds

Apr. 16, 2025

Ventura County Star

For five years, researchers from California Lutheran University and UCLA have charted the economic success of Latinos in the United States with their annual Latino GDP report. Now they've uncovered what they describe as an even bigger success story: that of Latinas.

The US Latino economy is growing faster than the country’s as a whole

Apr. 16, 2025

El País

The Latino community is a key driver of the U.S. economy. The total economic output of the Latino community reached $4.1 trillion in 2023, almost three times what it was in 2010. If it were a standalone economy, the U.S. Latino GDP would be the fifth largest in the world.

California Lutheran University rolls out AI assistant

Apr. 15, 2025

Process Excellence Network

California Lutheran University has begun rolling out a cutting-edge artificial intelligence assistant to enhance retention, enrollment and operational effectiveness.

Street smarts: Oxnard College hosts event highlighting Latina economic strength

Apr. 13, 2025

Pacific Coast Business Times

In collaboration with the California Lutheran University Center for Economic Research & Forecasting, Oxnard College is hosting an event highlighting the 2024 U.S. Latina GDP Report on April 15 at the Oxnard College Performing Arts Building.

Dorfman Center motto: Make a difference

Apr. 11, 2025

Pacific Coast Business Times

Entrepreneurship is on the rise in the United States, and universities are opting to create whole entrepreneurship programs and teach students by having them do it. Cal Lutheran is one of those universities, with its Hub101 space taking off.

Scandinavian Fest returns to CLU

Apr. 4, 2025

Thousand Oaks Acorn

A vintage market with Scandinavian clothing and other items as well as a beer garden with local brews are among new features visitors to this year’s Scandinavian Festival will encounter. The event takes place from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. April 5 and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. April 6 at Cal Lutheran...

Aebleskiver, anyone? (It’s a Danish snack!) 2025 Scandinavian Festival set for the Conejo Valley

Apr. 4, 2025

KCLU

Thousands of people are expected to flock to the Conejo Valley for a weekend festival celebrating Scandinavian culture. The more than half-century-old Scandinavian Festival will take place on the campus of California Lutheran University on Saturday and Sunday.

Local economists own ‘crystal ball’

Apr. 4, 2025

Thousand Oaks Acorn

Cal Lutheran University economists Matthew Fienup and Dan Hamilton were named recipients of the 2024 Crystal Ball Award for the Fannie Mae Home Price Expectations Survey.

Cal Lutheran tournament hints at the future of women’s flag football

Apr. 2, 2025

Los Angeles Daily News

A former Westlake High player was among the competitors in a college flag football tournament at Cal Lutheran University, as the sport advocates for NCAA championship status.

Hart High holds college signing celebration for 11 student-athletes

Apr. 3, 2025

Los Angeles Daily News

Hart hosted the event for members of the Class of 2025 who will be making the jump from high school to collegiate athletics in the fall, including three to Cal Lutheran.

CLU invites community to help support athletic program

Mar. 28, 2025

Thousand Oaks Acorn

Food, wine and raising money for Cal Lutheran athletics will be the focus of a new event at the school. The Wine and Beer Walk Fundraiser is the brainchild of Athletic Director Howard Davis and his staff, who were seeking ways to help cover sports teams’ post-season play.

CLU soccer player kicks adversity

Mar. 21, 2025

Thousand Oaks Acorn

Before every soccer game over the past four years, Madie Fahey looked at a photo of her younger self playing the sport that has brought her so much purpose. The Cal Lutheran senior was forced to end her last college season prematurely due to a rare health condition.

Study says dignified life on Central Coast elusive for many

Mar. 10, 2025

Pacific Coast Business Times

Access to such basic needs as food and shelter, health care, education for the very young, and higher education for all leaves much to be desired in California and the Central Coast.

A Glimpse of Antiquity: Reagan Library hosts the Dead Sea Scrolls

Mar. 6, 2025

VC Reporter

Dr. Sam Thomas has worked as a professor of theology at California Lutheran University in Thousand Oaks for 18 years, but he didn’t know that was his calling when he was an undergraduate at Saint John’s University in Minnesota.

‘Prolonged period of economic weakness’: VC economy rocked by inflation, population decline, housing market

Mar. 6, 2025

VC Reporter

Ventura County’s economy is stumbling and showed little signs of improvement last year as high living costs and breathtakingly high home prices continued to take their toll on the region.

Troubling economic forecast takes shine off Ventura County

Mar. 1, 2025

Moorpark Acorn

Ventura County’s economy is stumbling and showed little signs of improvement last year as high living costs and breathtakingly high home prices continued to take their toll on the region.

Bad, and getting worse: New study shows Tri-Counties becoming even less affordable for families

Feb. 28, 2025

KCLU

Report says a single parent with two kids needs to make at least $60 an hour to cover the costs of living comfortably in the region.

Economic forecast takes shine off Ventura County

Feb. 28, 2025

Thousand Oaks Acorn

Ventura County’s economy is stumbling and showed little signs of improvement last year as high living costs and breathtakingly high home prices continued to take their toll on the region.

Imagine this FAB 50+ program

Feb. 22, 2025

Moorpark Acorn

Lisa Buono, dean of the School for Professional and Continuing Studies at Cal Lutheran University will be the Moorpark Women’s Club speaker on Fri., March 14.

Prolonged weakness: New forecast paints rough picture for Ventura County’s economic outlook

Feb. 21, 2025

KCLU

The county has lost 100,000 residents in the past two decades. Forecast identifies the lack of affordable housing as a key issue.

More housing central to Ventura County’s economic success, CLU report says

Feb. 21, 2025

Ventura County Star

The picture of Ventura County painted by economists from California Lutheran University is, in many ways, one of decline.

See local leaders for the 2025 Ventura County Economic Forecast

Feb. 21, 2025

Ventura County Star

Matthew Fienup, left, executive director of the Center for Economic Research and Forecasting at California Lutheran University, interviews featured speaker Anthony Bradley at the 2025 Ventura County Economic Forecast at the Scherr Forum Theatre in Thousand Oaks on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2025.

CERF report paints lackluster economic picture for Ventura County

Feb. 20, 2025

Pacific Coast Business Times

Ventura County is experiencing a prolonged period of economic weakness, according to the 2025 forecast from the Center for Economic Research and Forecasting at California Lutheran University in Thousand Oaks.

Economists are trying to make sense of the widening post-COVID gender wage gap in the United States

Feb. 10, 2025

Milwaukee Independent

In 2023, the gender wage gap between men and women working full-time widened year-over-year for the first time in 20 years, according to an annual report from the U.S. Census Bureau.