Impact

A continuing partnership with the Marymount Education Foundation will expand opportunities for incoming first-year and transfer students heading to Cal Lutheran.

While we are equipping students for today’s professions, the faith-based liberal arts education we provide at California Lutheran University offers much more than workforce preparation: It prepares students for life in the world, both now and in the future.

For the Rev. José Martín Matos Hernández, growing up in the small coastal town of Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico, meant seeing the effects of climate change everywhere: eroding coastlines and rivers, drying freshwater sources, and rising temperatures that affected his elderly neighbors. 

The aim of the Inside-Out program is to foster dialogue about the criminal justice system, enabling people behind locked doors and those free to roam to collaborate on ways to improve it and to prepare incarcerated individuals for re-entry into society.

The Oct. 17 inauguration ceremony, part of a busy slate of Founders Day and Homecoming activities, was attended by a mix of students, faculty, staff, regents, donors and local dignitaries.

Cal Lutheran is teaming up with The Steele Family Foundation to help exceptional high school students reach their full potential by removing financial barriers to a college education.

In the newly created position, Laureen Hill will lead the Enrollment Management, Marketing and University Advancement departments.

Attorney and Ventura County nonprofit leader bring insights and experience.

Rosie Baker and Princesa Martinez are turning their winning class project into a business doing good for dogs and their people.

Camden Hyde is being honored by the Allstate National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA) for his leadership in community service, academics and athletics. 

Cal Lutheran's Center for Economic Research and Forecasting has developed a reputation for objective, clear-eyed forecasts that reflect what economic theory and state-of-the-art forecasting tools reveal.

Franco Basili placed third among worldwide participants in prestigious, three-day competition.

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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 educational tradition.

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.

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

CERF releases ground-breaking U.S. Latina GDP Report The Center for Economic Research and Forecasting (CERF) has discovered that U.S. Latina GDP has doubled since 2010 to reach $1.3 trillion in 2021. Furthermore, “the total economic output of Hispanic Females in 2021 is larger than the entire economy of the state of Florida. In fact, only […]

The lengthening of daylight is a delightful sign of spring. This season of Lent is, for Lutherans and a billion other Christians, a time of reflection and preparation. This year, it extends from Ash Wednesday, March 5, to Easter Sunday, April 20. As I consider my own Lent, I appreciate the acrostic: LENT. Let’sEndNegativeThinking It […]

Thanks to an innovative partnership between the school district and California Lutheran University’s teacher credentialing program, Landeros, at 42, expects to soon become a full-time, fully credentialed teacher with the promise of at least four years of employment.

After an impressive 33-year tenure as a music professor at California Lutheran University, Wyant Morton is set to retire this May, leaving behind a legacy that has deeply influenced the university's musical landscape.

Accounting graduate Allison Payne ’21 is flourishing in local biotech companies.

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

Sophomore Hope Gonzalez is gaining recognition for her entrepreneurial spirit and philanthropic efforts to protect our oceans.

Moises Velasquez is starting to make a difference for his community before graduation through his undergraduate research into the impact of fitness on the mental health of Latino youth.