Spotlights
Grants Awarded
Cal Lutheran faculty win grants and contracts to advance academic scholarship, research
and support programs.
- Cal Lutheran receives grant up to $1.2M
The National Science Foundation's Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program has awarded Cal Lutheran up to $1.2 million over five years for a project to encourage STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) majors and STEM professionals to pursue careers in K-12 teaching, especially in high-need school districts.
- Cal Lutheran receives $1.3M grant
The U.S. Department of Education has approved a five-year grant worth $1,309,430 for California Lutheran University to continue the Ronald E. McNair Post-Baccalaureate Achievement Program, which supports students from underrepresented segments of society who want to attain doctoral degrees.
- Cal Lutheran Upward Bound gets $3.6M
The U.S. Department of Education awarded California Lutheran University more than $3.6 million to continue and expand its TRIO Traditional Upward Bound services for high school students in Oxnard, Hawthorne and Lawndale.
- Cal Lutheran gets its largest NSF grant
California Lutheran University received its largest National Science Foundation grant to date — $307,486 for a biologist and her students to study sexual selection in tiny Brazilian squirrel monkeys.
- Cal Lutheran receives $1.4M federal grant
The U.S. Department of Education has awarded California Lutheran University a five-year $1.39 million grant to help lower the high school dropout rate in South Oxnard and increase the number of students who enter and graduate from college.
Fulbright Recipients
U.S. Student Fulbright award and Fulbright Scholar recipients. Learn more about the Fulbright Programs
- Cal Lutheran senior receives Fulbright
A California Lutheran University senior who studied throughout the former Soviet Union as an undergraduate has received a U.S. Student Fulbright award to return to teach English in Kazakhstan.
- Alumnus receives top-tier Fulbright grant
Erik Fruth of Camarillo has received a Fulbright U.S. Student Study/Research Award, becoming the first California Lutheran University applicant to receive the program’s most competitive student fellowship.
- Cal Lutheran graduate receives Fulbright
A May graduate of California Lutheran University who researched Los Angeles’ Mongolian immigrant community for his senior capstone has received a 2015-2016 U.S. Student Fulbright award to teach English in Mongolia.
- CLU Fulbright recipient to teach in Nepal
A graduate of California Lutheran University has received a 2014-2015 U.S. Student Fulbright award to teach English in Nepal.
- CLU professor receives Fulbright
A California Lutheran University faculty member has received a Fulbright Scholar grant to teach at the University of Tokyo and Tsuda College in Japan during the 2014-2015 academic year.
- Third CLU alumnus receives Fulbright
California Lutheran University alumnus Chris Kajtor of Canoga Park has received a 2013-2014 U.S. Student Fulbright award to teach in Romania starting in October.
- CLU alumna receives Fulbright award
California Lutheran University alumna Elizabeth Calkins has received a U.S. Student Fulbright award to teach in Kenya starting in January.
- CLU grad receives Fulbright teaching post
Ali Sheets, who will visit three continents over the next few months, is the first student at California Lutheran University to win a Fulbright teaching assistantship.
Provost's Annual Honorees
Each year the Provost's office recognizes Cal Lutheran faculty and staff who have
been awarded grants and contracts or authored new works.