aprilnspringAug 251 min readSeptember 2023 2nd Mile Giving PartnerOur Second Mile Giving ministry partner for the month of September is California Lutheran University (CLU). CLU is one of two ELCA LutheranUniversities on the West Coast. It was founded in 1959, and started classes in 1961. The University now has 3,615 students (undergraduate: 2,513 andgraduate: 1,102). Their students come from 40 states and 59 countries, andrepresent a diversity of faiths and cultures. CLU is led by a faculty of 182 full-time professors and 247 part-time professors. From their website, we learn of their purpose: “The specific and primarypurpose is to establish and maintain an independent post-secondary institution ofhigher education that attracts a diverse community of teachers, learners, andstaff and is shaped by Lutheran educational values, specifically those associatedwith the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America or its successors.” In 2014, one of our other ministry partners, Pacific Lutheran’s TheologicalSeminary (PLTS), became a part of CLU. PLTS is now one of the severalschools of California Lutheran University (School of Management, School forProfessional and Continuing Studies, College of Arts and Sciences, GraduateSchool of Education, Graduate School of Psychology, and School of Theology).Please join us in celebrating and supporting the wonderful ministry of thisuniversity.
Our Second Mile Giving ministry partner for the month of September is California Lutheran University (CLU). CLU is one of two ELCA LutheranUniversities on the West Coast. It was founded in 1959, and started classes in 1961. The University now has 3,615 students (undergraduate: 2,513 andgraduate: 1,102). Their students come from 40 states and 59 countries, andrepresent a diversity of faiths and cultures. CLU is led by a faculty of 182 full-time professors and 247 part-time professors. From their website, we learn of their purpose: “The specific and primarypurpose is to establish and maintain an independent post-secondary institution ofhigher education that attracts a diverse community of teachers, learners, andstaff and is shaped by Lutheran educational values, specifically those associatedwith the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America or its successors.” In 2014, one of our other ministry partners, Pacific Lutheran’s TheologicalSeminary (PLTS), became a part of CLU. PLTS is now one of the severalschools of California Lutheran University (School of Management, School forProfessional and Continuing Studies, College of Arts and Sciences, GraduateSchool of Education, Graduate School of Psychology, and School of Theology).Please join us in celebrating and supporting the wonderful ministry of thisuniversity.
