Purpose changes your perspective.
Our dedicated and accomplished faculty works with small classes of undergraduate and graduate students who are open-minded — about ideas, about people, and about faith — and are seeking to grow as individuals while they pursue their passions and discover their purpose.
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Flying to Class
Students like Calley Stein find faculty-led travel seminars are rewarding alternatives to a semester abroad.
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Learning to Thrive
Jazzy Colbert’s individualized course of study reflects her unique personal journey and determination to help others with OCD.
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Rocking opportunities
A passion for geoscience has gained Cameron Fetter TikTok success and opportunity in his field.
Read storyThe 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.
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.
Cal Lutheran alumni are carving out impressive careers in Hollywood and using the values they honed as undergraduates.
The university will debut flag football as a club sport this spring, intending to develop it into an NCAA Division III-sanctioned program by the 2026-27 school year.
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