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

Topic: Alumni

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
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

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

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

Making Their Marks

Cal Lutheran alumni are carving out impressive careers in Hollywood and using the values they honed as undergraduates.

December 12, 2024
Josh McCall

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

Inspiring women, girls with an epic accomplishment

Kelsey Myers ’08 has completed her world record attempt at being the first woman to complete the equivalent of six triathlons on six continents in six days. After her first Olympic-distance triathlon in Rio de Janeiro...

April 4, 2024
Isabelle Valdez ’23

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

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
Sign for help outside of monastery in Kyiv, Ukraine

On a mission

To the Rev. Rachel Eskesen ’04, MA, MDiv ’14, the work of a pastor can look remarkably similar to the work of an English professor.

April 27, 2023
Lorrie Brown

Balancing the narrative in Ventura

Being an effective public servant and improving the human condition has always been an objective for Lorrie Brown ’07, MPPA ’09, whether that means working in government or helping people discover their purpose.

April 21, 2023
Photo: Courtesy of Cal Lutheran Sports Information

Alumna named Cal Lutheran athletic director

Photo: Courtesy of Cal Lutheran Sports Information Alumna Holly Roepke ’14 has been named director of athletics at Cal Lutheran. A former soccer standout and member of the Alumni Association Athletic Hall of Fame, the...

May 23, 2022