Spotlight

• 2018 Adjunct Faculty Retreat: Promoting Academic Habits of the Mind, Part-Time Faculty Only, Sat., Apr. 28, 9:30am to 1:45pm, Overton Hall, Thousand Oaks campus.Contact: Cia DeMartino at cdemarti@callutheran.edu. Breakfast and lunch will be served. RSVP here

Events

• Presumed Incompetent: The Intersections of Race and Class for Women in Academia, a workshop and reading with author Dr. Gabriella Gutiérrez y Muhs.Workshop: Mon., Mar. 19, 10:30-11:45am, Hum 116. Admission is free, but space is limited. Click here to RSVP for the workshop. Poetry Reading: Mon., Mar. 19, 3:30-5pm, Swenson 101.
   
• Artist talk with Siona Benjamin, Tues., Mar. 20, 6pm, Lundring Events Center. Benjamin's exhibition Siona Benjamin: Blue Like Me is on display in the William Rolland Gallery of Fine Art through April 12. Admission is free.
   
• Staff and Faculty Lunch, Wed., Mar. 21, 11am - 1pm, reserved area in theUPSTAIRS Ullman Dining Commons. The discounted price of $8 + tax includes all menu options offered in the Dining Commons.
   
• CTL Presents: Let Blackboard Do the Grading: Creating and Deploying Tests and Quizzes, Wed., Mar. 21, 1pm, SBET 136.
   
• Traditional Undergraduate (TUG) student registration for Fall 18 continues.  The Fall 18 semester schedule is available on WebAdvisor and Student Planning. Registration appointment times will run from 5:00pm to 8:30pm each evening.  The schedule is as follows:
  • Seniors (who are not May and Aug Graduates): Thursday 3/15
  • Juniors:  Thursday 3/15 to Monday 3/19
  • Sophomores:  Monday 3/19 to Wednesday 3/21
  • Freshmen: Wednesday 3/21 to Thursday 3/22
     
• University Chapel, Thurs., Mar. 22, 11:25am Samuelson Chapel. President Chris Kimball will be speaking.
   
• Center for Teaching and Learning's Lunch Series, Thurs., Mar. 22, 12:15pm, Hum 124.  Cia De Martino (CTL Director) will lead a faculty panel "Making the Most of Spring Break." If you would like to propose a topic or lead a session, please contact Joan Wines at wines@callutheran.edu.
   
• CTL Presents: Emerging Instructional Technologies, Thurs., Mar. 22, 1pm. SBET 136.
   
• Finding Home Painting Workshop with visiting artist Siona Benjamin, Thurs., Mar. 22, 2:15pm, WRAC 103. Admission is free.
   
• Entrepreneur Speaker Series presents: Michael McCrary, "Building from scratch: 5 lessons for founders," Thurs., Mar. 22, 6pm, Westlake Center. Admission is free, but registration is required.
   
• Festival of Scholars: April 23-27.  Student abstract submission window ends Fri., Mar. 23, at 5pm. Please click here for instructions and student submissions.
   
• Los Angeles String Kollektiv performs 'Serenades,' Sat., Mar. 24, 12:00pm, Kwan Fong Gallery.
   
• Institutional UAS (Drone) Operation: Students, faculty, staff, visitors and outside entities are not permitted to operate unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) on any California Lutheran University property for recreational use at this time.  This is due to both Federal Aviation Association (FAA) requirements and risk management/liability issues.Exceptions may be made for official institutional or research/teaching use. Those instances will be managed through Campus Safety by submitting a UAS application for use. Click here for the UAS application. At this time, FAA regulations prohibit the use of commercial UAS for capturing aerial photographs and video for marketing purposes without an FAA Certificate of Operation.
   
• Reserved Seating at Commencement - If you have an immediate family member graduating in May, you are eligible to receive tickets in the tented, Reserved Seating section at Commencement! For information, contact Academic Affairs atacaffairs@callutheran.edu.

Upcoming

• Spring Break Schedules:
  • Traditional Undergraduate Students, Graduate Education and Psychology: Sat., Mar. 24 - Sun., Apr. 1 (classes resume at 4pm on Mon., Apr. 2).
  • PLTS - Mon., Mar. 26 - Fri., Mar. 30. Administrative offices/Library closedFri., Mar. 30 (Good Friday) and Sun., Apr. 1 (Easter).
     
• Good Friday Holiday, Mar. 30 - Most administrative offices closed.
   
• Deadline for faculty to order regalia for Commencement - Apr. 1. Contact the bookstore at x3270.
   
• Honors Convocation, Tues., Apr. 24, 11:15am, Samuelson Chapel.  Note: We will be on Convocation Schedule with classes ending at 11:00am and resuming at12:40pm. Outstanding Young Alumni Award Recipient, Christopher Kajtor '07, MPPA '10, will give the keynote address, faculty receiving promotion and/or tenure in Fall 2018 will be recognized, and the President's Award for Teaching Excellence recipient will be announced. Regalia will NOT be worn and faculty will not be processing. Faculty will have reserved seating on the right side of the Chapel. Please arrive early, as reserved seats will be released 5 minutes before the Convocation begins.
• Have you published a book or illustrated a work during the past year that will be published by April 2, 2018? Please let us know by Thurs., Apr. 5 so that we can recognize you at the Provost’s Reception for faculty authors and grant recipients, which will be held Tues., Apr. 24, at 5 pm in the William Rolland Gallery of Fine Art. Please email Roni Hooper at RHooper@CalLutheran.edu with a brief synopsis of your published book or illustrated work and the date of publication. If you have a photo file of your book cover, please forward that as well.  Thank you.
   
• 47^th Annual Honors Banquet – Fri., Apr, 27, 5:30pm, Westlake Hyatt, 880 S. Westlake Blvd. Please RSVP to Randy Toland toland@callutheran.edu by April 13. 
   
• Save the Date: CoAS Faculty Retirement Reception, Wed., May 2, 4-5pm, WRAC Lobby, light refreshments will be served. Penny Cefola (English), Herb Gooch (Political Science), Dennis Revie (Biology), Linda Ritterbush (Geology), Nathan Tierney (Philosophy), and Randy Toland (Admin. Asst. to the Dean) will be honored.