Cal Lutheran in the Media

Local college basketball: Griffitts punches CLU’s NCAA tournament ticket

Feb. 26, 2023

Ventura County Star

The Cal Lutheran University men’s basketball team is going dancing. Tommy Griffitts' dramatic putback with 2.7 seconds to play lifted the Kingsmen over host Redlands, 69-68, in the Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference tournament championship Saturday night.

Slow economic growth persists

Feb. 25, 2023

Simi Valley Acorn

Economic forecasters don’t see a recession in Ventura County’s immediate future, but growth will remain slow compared to the rest of California and the United States.

Thomas H. Knudsen Named General Counsel of Pepperdine University

Feb. 23, 2023

Pepperdine.edu

After an extensive nationwide search, Pepperdine University has appointed Thomas H. Knudsen (’91) to the role of general counsel.

Affordable housing will be key for economic recovery in Ventura County

Feb. 22, 2023

Pacific Coast Business Times

While Ventura County is facing a slow post-pandemic economic recovery, there‘s reason to be more optimistic about the long term, according to the Center for Economic Research and Forecasting at Cal Lutheran.

No recession, but slow economic growth for Ventura County, economists say

Feb. 22, 2023

Ventura County Star

Ventura County doesn’t appear headed for a recession, but economic growth will be slow and inflation “stubbornly high” for the next few years, according to the latest projections by economists at California Lutheran University.

California Lutheran University study aims to dispel myths about undocumented immigrants

Feb. 17, 2023

Ventura County Star

Undocumented immigrants make up nearly 10% of Ventura County’s workforce and generate around $1.4 billion a year in tax payments, according to new research from California Lutheran University.

CLU study aims to dispel myths about undocumented immigrants

Feb. 17, 2023

Newdaypost

Undocumented immigrants make up nearly 10% of Ventura County’s workforce and pay around $1.4 billion a year in taxes, according to new research from California Lutheran University.

State of Black Leadership: Discussing diversity efforts along the Central Coast

Feb. 17, 2023

Pacific Coast Business Times

In 2021, the Business Times invited 10 Black leaders to participate in an email conversation about race relations and economic opportunity on the Central Coast. We’re revisiting that issue in 2023 in recognition of Black History Month.

New Delaware alliance aims to improve economic outcomes for Latino-owned businesses

Feb. 14, 2023

WHYY

The newly formed Delaware Alliance of Latino Entrepreneurs, or DALE, is teaming up with La Plaza, a nonprofit partnership working to increase business opportunities for Latino-owned businesses in the First State.

New report shows thriving GDP among Hispanics in Phoenix metro area

Feb. 11, 2023

azpbs.org

A new report funded by the Bank of America shows the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of Hispanics is over $65 billion, higher than the GDP of two states: Maine and North Dakota. Here to discuss the report is Matthew Fienup, co-author of the report and executive director of the Center for...

The college is Christian. Its point guard wears a yarmulke.

Feb. 2, 2023

Forward

California Lutheran University, which like Yeshiva plays in NCAA Division III, was a school and a team where Remer, who grew up Orthodox and rocks a hand-knit kippah on and off the court, would always stick out. But it had recruited him the hardest. And it was only an hour’s drive away...

Latinos contributed $65 billion to the Phoenix-area economy

Jan. 28, 2023

Arizona Republic

Latinos contributed at least $65.1 billion to the Phoenix-area economy, according to a new report measuring the gross domestic product of the region's fastest growing demographic group. The Phoenix metro area the 8th largest in the U.S. by Latino population, said Matthew Fienup, executive...

Lutheran Church to Commemorate Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Jan. 15, 2023

Outlook Valley Sun

The Lutheran Church in the Foothills invites the community to celebrate the life of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. during its regular Sunday in-person worship service at 10 a.m. on Jan. 15, as well as a special online service later in the day, presented by the African Descent...

Guest column: Improving the lives of undocumented immigrants will benefit us all

Jan. 14, 2023

Ventura County Star

According to the latest available information, undocumented workers comprised 7.1% of Ventura County’s population in 2019. If we add a conservative estimate of family members, who are U.S. citizens, the total number of people living in undocumented family households reaches 9.8% of the...

Karen Bass Becomes Los Angeles Mayor

Dec. 12, 2022

The New York Times

In front of thousands of people packed into a downtown auditorium on Sunday, Karen Bass was sworn in by Vice President Kamala Harris as Los Angeles’s 43rd mayor — and the first female mayor of the nation’s second-biggest city.

Santa Maria-Bonita School District starts pathway program to develop more teachers, diversify educator workforce

Dec. 12, 2022

Santa Maria Times

Future teachers are being crafted in Santa Maria. The teachers-to-be joined Santa Maria-Bonita School District and Cal Lutheran University staff members for a kick-off event at Vino et Amicis on Thursday, Dec. 8.

New program will help district employees become teachers

Dec. 8, 2022

KSBY

A Central Coast school district is starting a program to help district employees become teachers. Santa Maria-Bonita School District is kicking off the Pathway to Teaching program, in collaboration with California Lutheran University.

Santa Maria Bonita School District and Cal Lutheran launch new program for future teachers

Dec. 8, 2022

KEYT

“The grant program is actually going to help supply up to 25 teachers per year through a year long residency with early childhood bilingual and multiple subjects for elementary teaching," said Mike Hillis, Cal Lutheran University, Dean Graduate School of Education.

Bobalu Berries expanding scholarships for 2023

Dec. 2, 2022

The Produce News

Bobalu Berry Farms managing partners established an annual scholarship in 2022 to celebrate 60 years in business honoring their grandparents. In 2022, nine graduating high school seniors in Ventura County, California, received scholarships to support their education at UCLA, California...

Milwaukee Bucks assistant Mike Dunlap nominated for Alaska Sports Hall of Fame

Nov. 11, 2022

Post-Crescent News

The 2020-21 season was Dunlap’s first in Milwaukee – a charmed season that resulted in an NBA championship – an accomplishment that has had him thinking of his first best place: Home. In Fairbanks, Alaska.

Administrators are college cohorts

Nov. 5, 2022

Moorpark Acorn

Moorpark Unified School District’s Rosalinda Silva, Shanda Lee and Lilia Magana have been busy carpooling to class, holding study sessions and chatting at length about upcoming homework assignments. The three women are busy working toward their doctorates in education at Cal Lutheran...

Cal Lutheran welcomes new pastor

Nov. 5, 2022

Camarillo Acorn

Cal Lutheran University has named the Rev. Scott Hamilton Adams as its new pastor, a campus leader who provides spiritual support, care and counseling to students, faculty, staff and administrators.

Vaiman: Talent Retention Strategy: Creating Sticky Jobs

Nov. 2, 2022

CSQ Magazine

We live in tumultuous, uncertain times, and the destiny of every organization depends on how well it can leverage its human capital in general, and its top talent, in particular.

From Activism to Athletics, Here Are the ABCs of College Students

Oct. 31, 2022

NBC Los Angeles

From Harvard to California Lutheran University, the lives of students on campus are filled with things that would surprise and impress the average person. Nowadays, college students do much more than study and go to class. They build communities and strengthen the next generation.