Media Releases – Cal Lutheran News

Cal Lutheran Center for Nonprofit Leadership and Museum of Ventura County Announce Innovative Partnership

The arrangement is collaborative, responsive and grounded in service to the community.

December 8, 2025

Ventura and Santa Barbara Counties’ Economic Health Depends on Undocumented Immigrant Workers

Undocumented immigrants directly contribute approximately $5.8 billion to Ventura and Santa Barbara counties’ GDP, according to a recently released report by the Center for Economics of Social Issues.

November 18, 2025

‘The Laramie Project’ Comes to California Lutheran University

The emotionally gripping play was written after Matthew Shepard was murdered in 1998 in Laramie, Wyo., for being gay.

October 7, 2025

The Gallegly Center at California Lutheran University Empowers Students to Become Leaders in Civic Public Discourse

This center will play a pivotal role in students’ collegiate experience by helping to develop the critical academic skills and broad perspectives necessary for constructive dialog and civil public discourse.

October 1, 2025

John A. Nunes to be Inaugurated as California Lutheran University’s Ninth President

The Inauguration: Investiture and Founders Day Service will be from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. in the Gilbert Sports and Fitness Center on the Cal Lutheran Campus.

September 18, 2025

California Lutheran University Receives Over $2.9 Million in Grant Funding

Hundreds of California Lutheran University students will receive additional support for achieving their educational goals, thanks to $2,937,168 in grant funding the university has received in 2025.

September 16, 2025

Cal Lutheran Begins 2025-26 Academic Year with Improved Student Experience

The 2025-2026 school year begins at California Lutheran University on Aug. 25 with over 1,000 incoming undergraduate and graduate students.

August 20, 2025

California Lutheran University Students Excel with Summer Research Fellowships

When the spring semester ended in May, over 50 students at California Lutheran University stayed to conduct in-depth research with faculty mentors.

August 18, 2025

Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary’s New Rector is California Lutheran University Spiritual Leader

The Rev. Colleen Windham-Hughes, PhD, has been appointed the rector of Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary,

August 12, 2025

California Latino GDP Surges Past $1 Trillion

If California Latinos were an independent state, their GDP would be the nation’s sixth-largest state GDP, according to the 2025 California Latino GDP Report by researchers at California Lutheran University and UCLA.

July 23, 2025

28th Annual Shakespeare Festival Explores Comedic, Dramatic Sides of Romance

This summer is filled with romance — both comedic and dramatic — as the Kingsmen Shakespeare Company performs two of William Shakespeare’s beloved plays: “Twelfth Night” and “Cymbeline.”

June 20, 2025

Esteemed Barry Goldwater Scholarship Awarded to California Lutheran University Student

Elisha Tong is furthering her research amid the growing crisis of antibiotic resistance, thanks to a scholarship from The Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation.

June 3, 2025

California Lutheran University Names New President

During his interim tenure, John A. Nunes actively engaged with students, faculty, alumni and community partners, championing efforts to renew the university's strategic vision while honoring its roots in the Lutheran...

May 19, 2025

California Lutheran University Professor Awarded Fulbright Distinguished Chair in Business and Economics

California Lutheran University School of Management professor Vlad Vaiman, Ph.D., has been awarded one of the most prestigious appointments offered to U.S. scholars.

May 14, 2025

California Lutheran University Commencement Celebrates 1,018 Graduates

The Class of 2025 chose perseverance as its theme, reflecting its success in navigating post-COVID-19 pandemic changes and national and global uncertainties.

May 9, 2025

Neil Simon’s ‘Rumors’ Comes to California Lutheran University

A posh dinner party with lovably goofy, bourgeois guests quickly spirals into a scandalous evening of confusion, mistaken identities and lies in this student production.

April 9, 2025

Cal Lutheran Economists Again Honored with Prestigious National Forecast Award

Matthew Fienup, Ph.D., and Dan Hamilton, Ph.D., received the 2024 Crystal Ball Award for the Fannie Mae Home Price Expectations Survey.

March 27, 2025

Senior Art Exhibit Explores Bridges of Time

The In-Between: Senior Art Exhibit 2025 will run March 20 through May 16.

March 10, 2025

Not Accessible: Affording a Dignified Life on the Central Coast

The Feb. 28 conference will spotlight how lack of affordability impacts families, the community, region and state.

February 6, 2025

‘Braiding Sweetgrass’ Author to Speak at California Lutheran University

Author Robin Wall Kimmerer will explore the dominant themes of her seminal book in a Zoom webinar at 5:30 p.m. Feb. 12.

January 31, 2025

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