California Lutheran University | Diversity Employer

Welcome to Cal Lutheran

Founded in 1959, California Lutheran University is home to more than 2,804 undergraduate and 1,223 graduate students who come from more than 49 countries and represent a wide variety of faiths.

Our dedicated, accomplished faculty works with small classes of students who are open-minded—about ideas, about people, and about faith—and are seeking to grow as individuals.

Both in the classroom and outside of it, everyone at Cal Lutheran is committed to helping each student pursue their passions to discover their purpose, and follow that purpose to transform their community—and the world.

Mission

The mission of the university is to educate leaders for a global society who are strong in character and judgment, confident in their identity and vocation, and committed to service and justice.

The Lutheran Education Experience

California Lutheran University embodies a vital and long-standing educational tradition.

As part of that 500-year-old Lutheran tradition, we believe that understanding our purpose as individuals will help us make our best possible contribution to the world.

We encourage students to follow their own passion to uncover their purpose. This prepares them for a life of success in which they always offer their very best to others—family, community, and the world.

This happens as part of a diverse, open-minded, and challenging academic environment.

All Are Welcome
No One Here is an Outsider.

This is one of the most deeply held values in the Lutheran tradition. And its importance is evident on campus—our students come from more than 49 countries and embody a wide variety of faiths.

At Cal Lutheran, your personal convictions and beliefs are honored and respected.

We also provide you with opportunities to consider and discuss matters of faith and intellect in an open and friendly environment. This challenges and strengthens you with new intellectual and theological reflections.

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

California Lutheran University began in 1959 as a liberal arts college deeply rooted in the tradition of Lutheran higher education. Although the university has grown exponentially over the years, a key tenant of the Lutheran philosophy has steadfastly remained—to encourage varying opinions, to probe, to question and to seek truth.

This culture, based on the juxtaposition of faith and reason, is apparent not only in classrooms but also across the campus.

We firmly believe our culture is enhanced when individuals of diverse backgrounds and experiences become part of the University family and bring their talents and views to the academy.

In the classroom and laboratory, we see that learning and research benefit when the University is diverse and when there is a range of questions and opinions. In the administrative offices, we have found that problem solving and planning abilities improve when different points of view are presented. In every sector, the University's diverse blend of students, staff and faculty is a tremendous resource that benefits all.

At Cal Lutheran, we are committed to an inclusive learning and work environment that values individual differences and respects each person's dignity. We strive to open our doors to students and employees from all walks of life and to assist them once they arrive. Many of our students are the first in their families to attend college. Their insights add greatly to the overall educational experience.

Cal Lutheran is also a member of the Hispanic Association of Colleges & Universities (HACU) and we share its mission of improving access to and the quality of postsecondary educational opportunities for Hispanic students. Cal Lutheran has been designated a Hispanic-serving institution by the U.S. Department of Education, signifying that Latinos make up at least 25% of full-time undergraduate students. Seventeen percent of U.S. colleges currently hold the designation, which makes them eligible for grants to support academic achievement for Latinos and all other students.

There is no doubt that the multiculturalism at Cal Lutheran greatly enhances the learning and working environment of the campus community. It not only reflects the changing world around us but also encourages dialog and differing points of view—the basis of Lutheran higher education. Most importantly, diversity inspires us to appreciate and achieve our mission to educate leaders for a global society.

We believe strongly in our mission, and we believe increasing diversity will help us to achieve it. Real diversity, however, can become reality only when each of us, on a daily basis, looks for ways to find strength in differences.

We call on everyone's help. As educator Adela Allen so aptly wrote: "We should acknowledge differences, we should greet differences, until difference makes no difference anymore."

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