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Regals Soccer Advances to First-Ever National Championship

The Regals is the first Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SCIAC) team to play for a National Championship.

December 1, 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

News Highlights

A brief rundown of news updates on campus retirements, Cares Day, teaching spotlight, and new hires.

October 10, 2023

Looking to the future with new projects and programs

Greetings from Thousand Oaks, where colleagues and I have spent the majority of the summer hosting a series of leadership briefings to prioritize the proposed projects and programs that emerged from last year’s...

October 9, 2023

After 41 years at Cal Lutheran, Michael Arndt starts his next act

Michael J. Arndt, MFA, wasn’t sure he wanted to run the theatre department at Cal Lutheran when he was offered the job in the early 1980s. The prefabricated, single-story steel structure that served as the university’s...

October 9, 2023

Q&A: The future of music

Michael Hart aims to prepare students to adapt their skills for future careers.

October 6, 2023

Setting the Stage

Cal Lutheran’s Theatre Arts and Dance program gives students a personal, well-rounded experience.

October 6, 2023

Keeping the Faith

Playing basketball and being Cal Lutheran’s only Orthodox Jewish student hasn’t been easy for Ze’ev Remer, but he’s up for the challenge.

October 6, 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

In Memoriam

Donald Bielke (1932-2023), William E. Hamm (1944-2023), Sandy Smith (1950-2023)

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

Works of protest, resistance done by diverse set of artists

The exhibit presents works of protest and resistance by 22 artists from different backgrounds who use the tools and techniques of printmaking in novel ways.

October 2, 2023

Longtime baseball coach Marty Slimak retires

Marty Slimak, or “Coach Slim” as he’s been known on the diamond, has announced his retirement from Cal Lutheran and the Kingsmen baseball program.

October 2, 2023

Alumnus named men’s and women’s water polo head coach

John Jacobson, MBA ’11, is the new head coach for the men’s and women’s water polo programs.

October 2, 2023

Cooper Curtin ties for 12th in pole vault at NCAA Championships

Cooper Curtin represented Cal Lutheran men's track and field in the pole vault at the 2023 NCAA Division III Outdoor Championships in Rochester, New York, in May.

October 1, 2023

Carmen Bufkin is first Regal to compete at NCAA Division III Tennis Championships

Carmen Bufkin made Regal history this year by becoming the first woman to represent Cal Lutheran tennis at the NCAA Division III Tennis Championships.

October 1, 2023

Men’s basketball team reaches NCAA tournament

The Cal Lutheran men's basketball team earned SCIAC’s automatic bid for the NCAA Division III National Championships in March.

October 1, 2023

Kingsmen baseball ends season just shy of regional championship

Cal Lutheran’s baseball team finished the 2023 season one game short of a regional championship.

October 1, 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

Cal Lutheran welcomes 3,500 diverse students

Of the 770 first-time undergraduate students, 62% are students of color.

September 5, 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

The Apocalypse Is Here in Kingsmen Shakespeare’s ‘King Lear’

The 26th season concludes with a novel twist on the play, which takes place in an abandoned shopping mall after an apocalyptic event.

July 17, 2023

Cal Lutheran Hires General Counsel

Marvin Richards will serve as Cal Lutheran’s chief legal officer, Rick Ysasi has been appointed CFO and Colleen Windham-Hughes is the new associate vice president for Mission and Identity.

July 13, 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

Longtime Cal Lutheran Baseball Coach Retires

Marty Slimak, or “coach Slim” as he’s known on the diamond, has retired from California Lutheran University and the Kingsmen Baseball program after more than three decades.

July 7, 2023

A Novel Setting for “Gentlemen of Verona”

The Kingsmen Shakespeare Festival returns to California Lutheran University for its 26th season on June 30 through Aug. 6 with “The Two Gentlemen of Verona.”

July 3, 2023

Annual Cares Day raises more than $2 million

Nearly 1,800 donors made 2,352 gifts in the most successful annual fundraising campaign ever.

June 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

Recent News

Regals Soccer Advances to First-Ever National Championship

Master of Her Future

News Highlights

Looking to the future with new projects and programs

After 41 years at Cal Lutheran, Michael Arndt starts his next act

Q&A: The future of music

Setting the Stage

Keeping the Faith

Preparing for the future

In Memoriam

Cal Lutheran receives $1.2M federal grant

Works of protest, resistance done by diverse set of artists

Longtime baseball coach Marty Slimak retires

Alumnus named men’s and women’s water polo head coach

Cooper Curtin ties for 12th in pole vault at NCAA Championships

Carmen Bufkin is first Regal to compete at NCAA Division III Tennis Championships

Men’s basketball team reaches NCAA tournament

Kingsmen baseball ends season just shy of regional championship

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

Cal Lutheran welcomes 3,500 diverse students

Gagliardo wins President’s Award for Teaching Excellence

Faculty members retire with emeritus status

Center for Economic Research and Forecasting wins Latino Leadership Award

The Apocalypse Is Here in Kingsmen Shakespeare’s ‘King Lear’

Cal Lutheran Hires General Counsel

Going Places with an MPPA

Longtime Cal Lutheran Baseball Coach Retires

A Novel Setting for “Gentlemen of Verona”

Annual Cares Day raises more than $2 million

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

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