| Even in these unusual times, California Lutheran University’s School of Management continues to provide a stimulating environment for our learners and the community around us. Today, we are once again happy to share a selection of exciting news, updates and upcoming events to our communities in Southern California and beyond.
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| Our MBA is #1 This Fall, 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 ahead of our competitors Pepperdine, Woodbury, Cal State Northridge, Cal State Channel Islands, and La Verne. Our associate dean, Vlad Vaiman, was also prominently featured in an accompanying article titled “An MBA in unusual times“). Learn more details about our MBA program here. |
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| 2020 Latino GDP Report Gets National Recognition Recently, 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. Executive Director of CERF, Matthew Fienup, was interviewed by the CEO of the Dow Jones Corp and publisher of The Wall Street Journal, Almar Latour. Once again, the report outlined some fascinating results regarding the contribution of the Latino population in the US. If the Latino GDP represented its own country, then it would be the 8th largest economy in the world, larger than, for instance, Brazil or Italy, surpassed in GDP growth only by China and India. Most importantly, the study shows that the recent economic recovery from the pandemic is almost entirely attributed to the Latino population. Some data from the report was cited by presidential candidate, now president-elect, Joe Biden. Many thanks also go to Dan Hamilton, Director of Economics at CERF for his work on the report. The full report can be downloaded here, and a recap of L’Attitude’s full event is available here. |
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| All reason to be proud of our students. The School of Management’s Delta Sigma Pi (DSP) Upsilon Chi Chapter, of the 113-year old national business fraternity for men and women pursuing careers in business, received the award for “Most Improved Collegiate Chapter” from the National Scholastic Development and Awards Committee. Our chapter, one of more than 300, was awarded for exhibiting the greatest degree of improvement in its general operations, professional programs, and membership support as compared to the prior academic year. DSP is the largest student association on campus, Extend your congratulations to all of our Delta Sigma Pi members and officers! Follow @clu_dsp. |
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| NEW Sports Management Major Launched Over the last 3 years, we’ve been working with a group of industry advisors and faculty colleagues to develop a new undergraduate major in Sports Management, and this Fall, we finally and officially launched! Professor Bruce Gillies, championed the program through all its stages of development and now serves as program director. Sports management is one of the fastest-growing career paths (12.6%) in a $76B dollar industry (Pre-COVID). Know anyone who would be interested, direct them to: CalLutheran.edu/academics/majors/sports-management/. |
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| Alumnus Disrupting an Industry that Technology Left Behind Alumnus, Preston Geeting ’02 (pictured right), spoke in our popular Entrepreneur Speaker Series with his co-founder, Philip Weinman. Their company, Packform, is an online marketplace that is revolutionizing the distribution industry. Geeting and Weinman shared how they developed and successfully implemented technology in an industry left behind by technology. Within 12 months, Packform took the industry heavyweight competitors head-on with a superior business model and scaled the business to become the Global Technology Startup of the Year. Weinman and Geeting shared their ultimate vision of creating a marketplace that changes how distribution is done for all products, not just packaging. Watch here. Sponsor by our Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship and Hub101, our entrepreneur co-working space. |
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| Watch the 2020 Ventura County Economic Forecast On November 5th, our Center for Economic Research and Forecasting (CERF) held its annual Ventura County forecasting event. Opened by President Lori Varlotta and Gerhard Apfelthaler, the MC of the event was CERF board member Marni Brook, Director of Lending at Women’s Economic Ventures. After a commentary on the elections by Dan Walters (CalMatters), Tim Gallagher (President, 20/20 Network) moderated a live and socially distanced panel, on the pandemic that included Gabrielle Sherman (Chief Medical Officer, Los Robles Hospital), Hani Youssef, EdD (Asst. Superintendent of Educational Services, Simi Valley USD), Gabrielle Moes (Founder & President, Seasons Catering Inc.) and our own Matthew Fienup (Executive Director, CERF). Dan Hamilton (Director of Economics, CERF and Program Director, MSQE) spoke about demographic changes, and Mathew Fienup provided deep insight into the outlook for the region, California, and the United States. The event was attended by close to 200 participants. Watch here. |
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| Alumnus Joins Dean’s Executive Council The members of our advisory councils support the School of Management with strategic advice, resources, input into curriculum design, internships, placements, mentorships, projects, and many other activities. And to add to that expertise we welcome a new member to our Dean’s Executive Council, Mike Colleran ’83, who was recently a featured speaker in our Forward Together webinar series and now has agreed to join our distinguished group of senior executives. Mike currently is Senior Vice President for Marketing and Sales at Nissan of North America. Prior to his current position, he served as Chairman and Corporate Vice-President for Infiniti in Hong Kong, and he has held senior leadership positions at Infiniti Americas, Nissan Canada, Saab, and Cadillac, Mike has also proudly served in the U.S. Marine Corps for eight years after graduation from Cal Lutheran. Learn more about Mike and our other council members here. |
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| Know that we are committed to protecting our community! These are challenging times but we are up for the challenge of moving forward, together. Despite these challenges, we are still dedicated to producing graduates who are well prepared to succeed – who lead, think, communicate, and follow through with sustained excellence. In the School of Management, we are offering all of our classes online or in a hybrid format for both graduate and undergraduate programs. Recently, Mike Panesis, Senior Lecturer and Executive Director of the Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship told KCLU how he’s meeting the challenge for his entrepreneur students. Watch here. For any questions concerning our efforts on campus, go to: https://www.callutheran.edu/know/ or email: COVIDquestions@callutheran.edu. |
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| Our SOM events continue to be virtual for the time being due to the pandemic but we are still providing great topics, speakers, and educational offerings to our greater SOM community! |
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