2020 School of Management Advisory Council Awards
In a ceremony that was attended by the Provost, Leanne Neilson, faculty, staff, Advisory Council and Dean's Executive Council members as well as Dean Emeritus Chuck Maxey, we honored the 2020 recipients of the School of Management Advisory Council Awards for faculty members. We are so proud of the honorees Chia-Li Chien (Research), Dan Hamilton (Service) and P. O. Pettersson (Teaching). Congratulations to our recently retired faculty member, Harry Domicone who was also the recipient of the Chuck Maxey Lifetime Achievement Award. More information on each recipient is available on our website awards page.
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- New Young Scholars Program
Tue June 8, 2021To help gifted high school students develop their passion in economics.
- Welcoming new Advisory Council Member
Tue June 8, 2021Dr. Rafiq Dossani joined our MPPA advisory board.
- Honoring Years of Service
Tue June 8, 2021Faculty and staff recognized for their many years of service.
- Celebrating this year and last year
Thu May 20, 2021Graduate Class of 2021 and undergraduate and graduate Class of 2020 Commencement
- First graduates from the MBA Pathway program
Thu May 20, 2021A unique collaboration between ELS Language Centers and the School of Management
- Alumnus speaks in Forward Together Webinar
Thu May 20, 2021One of the world experts on cryptocurrency, Alumnus Mike Poutre
- Undergraduate Commencement
Thu May 13, 2021Celebrated the Class of 2021
- National Business Fraternity
Thu May 13, 2021Sigma Beta Delta held their annual induction ceremony of top business students.
- EMBA mini-speaker series
Thu May 13, 2021For EMBA in Europe students
- Record breaking engagement
Wed May 5, 2021Our New Venture Fair brought engagement from around the world.
- Annual PRiME Competition
Wed May 5, 2021Educating our community on the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals
- Alumna receives Women of the Year Award
Wed May 5, 2021Executive MBA alumna Regina K. Hatcher-Crawford to receive award.
- PureSpectrum in the News
Fri April 30, 2021Originally a Hub101 startup, closes $17 million series B funding
- New Faculty Member!
Fri April 30, 2021John Garcia will join us as Assistant Professor of Finance.
- Last speaker in the Entrepreneur Speaker Series
Tue April 20, 2021Nada is impossible in tech entrepreneurship
- New faculty member!
Thu April 15, 2021Justin R. Muñoz will join us in August 2021
- Diversity in the Workplace
Thu April 15, 20212nd event in the series held - watch recording.
- Among the Top 50 Women in Business
Sat April 10, 2021Our Dean’s Executive Council member honored
- Another popular Forward Together webinar
Sat April 10, 2021Watch and learn on our SOM YouTube Channel
- New Advisory Council Added
Sat April 3, 2021The Steven Dorfman Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship has a new council.
- Look tasty?
Sat April 3, 2021EMBA students experience Japanese cooking through virtual travel course.
- City Manager joins as adjunct instructor
Sat April 3, 2021Steve Mermell, City Manager, City of Pasadena is new instructor in MPPA program.
- Cares Day is April 7th - Early Giving is open now
Mon March 29, 2021Your support of the School of Management would be appreciated on Cal Lutheran Cares Day (formerly Giving Day). Learn more...
- TechTalk Series with Alumnus
Mon March 29, 2021Recently, we welcomed alumnus Eric Odero (MBA '09) back to the university as a featured speaker in our MSIT programs TechTalk Series.
- New Faculty Senator Elected
Mon March 29, 2021Dr. Susan Murphy who was elected as the Senator representing the School of Management's graduate programs in the university's Faculty Senate.
- Ade Adesanya, Co-founder of Moving Analytics
Thu March 25, 2021At the March Entrepreneur Speaker Series event, we welcomed Ade Adesanya, co-founder of Moving Analytics and part-time Lecturer at the Viterbi School of Engineering at USC.
- 2020 Crystal Ball Award
Wed March 17, 2021Matthew Fienup (Executive Director, Center for Economic Research and Forecasting) and Dan Hamilton (Director of Economics, Center for Economic Research and Forecasting) were recently honored with the Zillow Home Price Expectations Survey’s 2020 Crystal Ball Award - for the second time in a row!
- International Graduate Orientation
Sun March 14, 2021During our recent orientation for new international graduate students, we welcomed a small and wonderfully diverse group of new students from Benin, Chile, Ecuador, India, Japan, Mexico, Norway, South Korea, and Taiwan.
- 2021 Paths to Professionalism
Sun March 14, 2021Recently, close to 100 students participated in this year's virtual Paths to Professionalism event.
- Cal Lutheran Economists Receive National Award
Wed March 10, 2021Housing market forecast recognized for outstanding performance
- 2021: The Economy, the Vaccine, and the Future
Fri March 5, 2021Recently we held an event on "2021: The Economy, the Vaccine, and the Future", which we co-produced with ACG101.
- Strategy Development in a Global Context Panel
Fri March 5, 2021During a recent class in the course "Strategy Development in a Global Context" (EMBA500), we welcomed a panel of guest speakers from industry.
- $250,000 awarded for research
Thu March 4, 2021Our Center for Economic Research & Forecasting (CERF) recently received the good news that the Bank for America Charitable Foundation has awarded CERF with $250,000 for research.
- PRiME Competition 2021
Thu March 4, 2021Our annual PRiME Competition is back again!
- New MBA & Financial Planning Scholarships
Thu March 4, 2021The School of Management is continuing our initiative to improve access of underrepresented groups to the Financial Planning profession!
- MBA Alumnus Startup, Guardmine
Tue February 16, 2021MBA in Austria alumnus Ries Bouwman recently launched a Kickstarter Campaign for his next startup, Guardmine.
- New Adjunct Professor, Amie Krause
Tue February 16, 2021We are very happy to welcome Amie Krause as a new adjunct professor in our MBA program.
- Preparing for Racial Disparity
Tue February 16, 2021Recently, we held the first event in our "DEI in the Workplace" series on "Preparing for Racial Disparity".
- IdeaToDo at Hub101
Thu February 4, 2021The IdeaToDo program at Hub101 is accepting applications for the Winter cohort.
- First Entrepreneur Speaker Series event of 2021
Thu February 4, 2021Guest Speaker, Ben Kuo, socalTECH.com. Watch and learn.
- Start Here. Go Anywhere
Thu January 28, 2021The 2018-2020 edition of this bi-annual publication “Start Here. Go Anywhere” is now available online.
- New School of Management Scholarship
Thu January 28, 2021In response to the economic challenges spurred by the COVID-19 pandemic, former Hughes executive Steven Dorfman has decided to direct $1.2 million to award renewable scholarships covering 100% or 75% of tuition to the top percentile of admitted students in the School of Management interested in entrepreneurship and innovation.
- CERF receives Nature Conservancy Grant
Thu January 21, 2021Our Center for Economic Research and Forecasting (CERF) has recently attracted an additional grant from the Nature Conservancy.
- New School of Management Staff Members
Thu January 21, 2021Welcome Rachael Fowler and Yvanna Herrera to our team
- Added Advisory Council member, Andrea Trujillo
Thu January 21, 2021We are very proud to welcome our new Advisory Council member, Andrea Trujillo. Andrea is a brand and marketing expert with rich experience in brand and digital marketing.
- Virtual EMBA in Austria Recruiting Event
Wed December 9, 2020Recently, we held a virtual recruiting event for our Executive MBA (EMBA) in Europe program.
- Congratulations to our Entrepreneur-in-Residence, Michael McCrary
Wed December 9, 2020Congratulations to Michael McCrary (shown left in photo), Entrepreneur-in-Residence at the School of Management, and his company PureSpectrum for being included in Deloitte's annual "Technology Fast 500" list of fastest growing technology companies.
- Experiential learning opportunity for HTM students
Tue December 1, 2020Students in the Hospitality and Tourism Major program hosted a virtual Careers in Hospitality Panel event.
- New course offering in Digital Marketing
Tue December 1, 2020Spring 2020 we will be offering a new course in our undergraduate Business Administration program - BUS466 Digital Marketing. Learn more...
- Annual Startup Weekend Conejo Valley
Mon November 23, 2020Recently, Hub101, part of our Center for Entrepreneurship held its annual Startup Weekend Conejo Valley in cooperation with TechStars.
- Entrepreneur Speaker Series - Haley Pavone, CEO of Pashion Footwear.
Mon November 23, 2020Recently, we had another female founder as a guest speaker in our Entrepreneur Speaker Series - Haley Pavone, CEO of Pashion Footwear.
- CERF hosted Annual Ventura County Forecasting Event
Tue November 10, 2020Our Center for Economic Research and Forecasting (CERF) provided deep insight into the outlook for the region, California, and the United States
- Alumnus speaks at Forward Together webinar
Tue November 10, 2020Recently, one of our successful alumni Mike Colleran '83, joined us as a speaker at our Forward Together webinar series.
- Hub 101 Startup Weekend
Tue November 10, 2020Hub101 will host a virtual Startup Weekend, November 12-15.
- “Eddy's World”
Tue November 3, 2020Recently, we co-hosted (together with the College of Arts and Sciences and University Advancement) a screening of the documentary "Eddy's World".
- Society for Arts Entrepreneurship Education Conference (SAEE)
Tue November 3, 2020Recently, the Society for Arts Entrepreneurship Education (SAEE) held it's first day of its annual conference co-hosted by our Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship.
- New IdeaToDo program
Thu October 29, 2020We are excited to announce the beta launch of IdeaToDo at Hub101.
- Partnering with CBC, Oxnard-based Federal Credit Union
Thu October 29, 2020Recently, we launched multiple projects with CBC, an Oxnard-based Federal Credit Union lead by our Director of our Financial Planning programs, Chia-Li Chien.
- Special Homecoming Edition of Forward Together
Thu October 29, 2020Recently, we held a Special Forward Together event titled "Back to the Future with the School of Management" that was part of the university's homecoming month experience.
- HALLOWLYMPICS Virtual Game Night
Tue October 20, 2020Last week, we held our 1st School of Management HALLOWLYMPICS Virtual Game Night.
- Disrupting the Industry Technology Left Behind
Tue October 20, 2020Serial Australian entrepreneur Philip Weinman and alumnus Preston Geeting, co-founders of award-winning startup Packform spoke on "Disrupting the Industry Technology Left Behind" during our latest Entrepreneur Speaker Series.
- EMBA Fall 2020 Cohort
Tue October 20, 2020Recently, we welcomed our new fall cohort #8 of our Executive MBA (EMBA) program.
- Congrats to our Austria Executive MBA Class of 2020
Tue October 13, 2020Last week, diplomas and graduation caps and gowns finally arrived in Austria.
- Meet the School of Management staff!
Tue October 13, 2020See our dedicated page as a resource to quickly identify our staff members.
- 2020 School of Management Advisory Council Awards
Tue October 6, 2020In a ceremony that was attended by the Provost, Leanne Neilson, faculty, staff, Advisory Council and Dean's Executive Council members as well as Dean Emeritus Chuck Maxey, we honored the 2020 recipients of the School of Management Advisory Council Awards for faculty members.
- 2020 SOM UG Welcome & Orientation
Tue October 6, 2020After a full week of Welcome & Orientation events for our new freshmen and transfer students, the week culminated in a SOM Student Drive-Thru event.
- 1st Entrepreneur Speaker Series Event of the Year
Tue October 6, 2020Recently, we held the first Entrepreneur Speaker Series event of the 2020/21 academic year.
- CERF 2020 Latino GDP Report
Wed September 30, 2020Recently, our Center for Economic Research and Forecasting (CERF) released the 2020 Latino GDP Report at this year's (virtual) L'Attitude event, the largest event of its kind in the United States.
- Business of the Quarter Award 2020
Wed September 30, 2020Recently, Hub101 was honored by the City of Westlake Village and the Greater Conejo Valley Chamber of Commerce as the Westlake Village Business of Q3 2020.
- Russ Young, '71 & Linda Young, J.D. Scholarship Recipients
Wed September 30, 2020Recently, the School of Management awarded four students with a Regent Russ Young, '71 and Linda Young, J.D. Scholarship
- Latino’s economic contribution quantified
Thu September 24, 2020US Latino GDP is larger than all but 7 countries and fastest growing
- Cal Lutheran MBA Ranked #1 In The Region
Tue September 22, 2020This month the San Fernando Valley Business Journal published its annual list of MBA programs in the region and we are proud to report that the Cal Lutheran MBA was ranked #1.
- 5th Annual Executive Talent Management Management Forum
Tue September 22, 2020This month we held the 5th annual (and first virtual) Executive Talent Management Management Forum.
- Virginia A. Hodgkinson Research Book Prize
Tue September 22, 2020The School of Management congratulates Sabith Khan whose book has been awarded the Virginia A. Hodgkinson Research Book Prize.
- 40 Under 40 List
Tue September 15, 2020Several of our alumni were included in the Pacific Coast Business Times annual 40 under 40 list
- Provost's Distinguished Scholar Award
Tue September 15, 2020Vlad Vaiman, Ph.D., Associate Dean of Graduate Studies and Acting Director of EMBA, MBA, and MSM programs, was honored with the Provost's Distinguished Scholar Award
- New Sports Management Undergraduate Major
Tue September 15, 2020On August 31st, we officially launched our new undergraduate major in Sports Management!
- New Advisory Council Member
Thu May 7, 2020The School of Management Advisory Council has a new member, Kristen Upton, Director of Global Marketing Development for Otsuka Pharmaceuticals.
- Memorandum of Understanding
Thu May 7, 2020We are proud to report that we recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute!
- Forward Together Webinar with Stefan Mund
Thu May 7, 2020We held the second webinar in our Forward Together series. Our speaker was Dean's Executive Council member, Stefan Mund, Head of Henkel Beauty Care Hair Professional North America.
- Careers in Tech
Wed February 26, 2020Recently, we had the great pleasure of hosting a "Careers in Tech" panel event for the School of Management.
- 2020 Economic Outlook Breakfast
Wed February 26, 2020Recently, Vlad Vaiman, Matthew Fienup, and Haider Alawami, served as panelists at the Thousand Oaks Rotary Club 2020 Economic Outlook Breakfast.
- Fireside Chat Series
Wed February 26, 2020Recently, we had our Fireside Chat, with our guest David Meline, Executive Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer of Amgen
- ACG Cup
Thu February 6, 2020Recently, we held this year's ACG Cup, a nation-wide case competition.
- VCEDA Business Outlook Conference
Wed January 29, 2020Recently Cal Lutheran was honored with VCEDA's From Red Tape to Red Carpet Program Award.
- Bangkok Alumni Event
Mon January 13, 2020Recently, we hosted a dinner or international alumni in Bangkok, Thailand.
- 2020 Prime Competition
Mon January 13, 2020We are now gearing up for the 2020 Competition, which will take place on April 29th (6pm, Lundring Events Center).
- Holiday Dinner
Mon January 13, 2020Recently, we held a Holiday Dinner with the Dean's Executive Council members.
- Kleine Zeiting Scholarship
Wed December 11, 2019Recently, we celebrated the recipients of the Kleine Zeiting Scholarship.
- New Entrepreneur-in-Residence
Wed December 11, 2019We have a new Entrepreneur-in-Residence, Michael McCrary.
- California Society of CPAs Annual Scholarship
Wed December 11, 2019Recently, the Central Coast Chapter of the California Society of CPAs (CalCPA) presented its annual scholarship awards.
- Drinks with the Dean
Wed November 27, 2019Recently, we held the last "Drinks with the Dean" event of the year.
- School of Management Advisory Council Awards
Wed November 27, 2019It is our pleasure to announce Ran Lu-Andrews, as the recipient of the School of Management Advisory Council Award.
- Recipients of the Overton Scholarships
Wed November 27, 2019Recently, we held a reception for the recipients of the Overton scholarships in the MS in Quantitative Economics program (MSQE)
- Advisory Council Faculty Awards
Wed November 13, 2019It’s our pleasure to announce Judy Richards, as the recipient of the teaching award.
- Cybersecurity Panel at Hub 101
Wed November 13, 2019Recently, we hosted a mixer and panel discussion on Cybersecurity at Hub101.
- China Alumni Reunion
Wed November 13, 2019Recently, we held an alumni reunion dinner in Beijing, China.
- Ventura County Lodging Association
Tue November 5, 2019Recently, two of our program areas cooperated on an exciting project for the Ventura County Lodging Association (VCLA).
- Fireside Chat
Tue November 5, 2019Last week we held our Fall "Fireside Chat" event for members of members of School of Management Clubs and Associations.
- Catchup N' Ketchup Event
Wed October 23, 2019On homecoming weekend, we welcomed about 200 alumni and guests at our 2nd annual "Catchup N' Ketchup" event for alumni of the School of Management.