Opening Academic Convocation

California Lutheran University will hold its Opening Academic Convocation for the 2008-2009 year with education professor Michael McCambridge, who received the President’s Excellence in Teaching Award in May, delivering the keynote address.

Faculty and administrators will assemble in full academic attire to welcome a new dean, 14 new faculty members and about 665 new freshmen and transfer students. The University will recognize the Presidential Scholars, Scholastic Honor Society members, students named to the Provost’s Honor List for spring semester, and Honors at Entrance recipients. Faculty who have received tenure or advanced in rank will also be honored.

The CLU Alumni Association will present the 2008 Young Alumna Award to Christin Farrell, a 2000 graduate who provides counseling to more than 150 inmates at Oregon State Penitentiary.