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

Topic: CLU Magazine

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
Cal Lutheran volleyball champions

Showing Their Values

The 17 strong needed to narrow 16 values down to a final four. Basketball isn’t the only college sport with a sweet-16 bracket. They voted on the four they valued most: adaptability, sacrifice, passion and hard work.

December 13, 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

Capitol Learning

Democracy is messy … in a good way. Matthew Bauer ’24 said that’s one lesson he learned during his internship through the Lutheran College Washington Semester program in Washington, D.C.

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

In Memoriam

Remembering Lucy Ballard and Allen Otto Leland.

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

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

A Lasting Legacy

After a historic regular season, the Regals (19-1-6) defeated No. 2-ranked Washington University (17-2-4) 1-0.

April 4, 2024
Jacqueline Lyons

Spotlight: Love of language

It hurts to be haunted when no one can notice.from the poem “Lost, I Linger” by Cal Lutheran senior Jazzy Colbert, featured in the 2023 edition of Morning Glory All artists, no matter the medium, want people to notice...

April 4, 2024
Josh McCall

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
Lori Varlotta

Following the call to help students find their purpose

Throughout this edition, you will read stories about students, staff, faculty and alumni who are living a life of calling and purpose. Such stories illustrate what institutions like ours aim to do: “educate young adults...

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

News Highlights

Center for Nonprofit Leadership raises $1.5 million for training Rod Gilbert The Center for Nonprofit Leadership at Cal Lutheran successfully raised more than $1.5 million, reaching that goal in one year with the...

April 4, 2024

Sports Highlights

Howard Davis named director of athletics After seven months as interim director of athletics at Cal Lutheran, Howard Davis, EdD ’18, is now the permanent head of the school’s 22-varsity-sport program. “I could not be...

April 4, 2024
View of campus

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