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California Lutheran University (also CLU or Cal Lutheran) is a private, liberal arts university located in Thousand Oaks, California. It was founded in 1959 by the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, but is nonsectarian.〔http://www.callutheran.edu/university_ministries/campus-ministry/about/〕 Their mission is "to educate leaders for a global society who are strong in character and judgment, confident in their identity and vocation, and committed to service and justice."〔California Lutheran University. Mission and Student Learning Outcomes. Retrieved from http://www.callutheran.edu/assessment/cycle/mission.php on July 22, 2013. California Lutheran University offers undergraduate program offers 36 majors, 34 minors, and 7 pre-professional programs. Additionally, the accelerated Bachelor's Degree for Professionals is designed to meet the needs of part-time returning adult students. Regarded graduate programs include post-graduate degrees in business, computer science, education, psychology, and public policy and administration, with doctorates in educational leadership, higher education leadership, and clinical psychology. It also offers post-graduate credentials and certifications.〕 ==History== In 1954, a committee was first formed jointly by the American Lutheran Church and the Lutheran Church in America (These two organizations much later joined with another organization to become the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.) to plan a Lutheran college in California. Five churches served on the committee, dubbed the California Lutheran Education Foundation,〔Solberg, R.W. (1985). Lutheran higher education in North America. Augsburg: Minneapolis.〕 which still owns the university.〔http://501c3lookup.org/california-lutheran-educational-foundation/〕 Richard Pederson, son of Scandinavian immigrants, donated 130 acres of farmland for the university in 1957.〔http://www.swedishcouncil.org/affiliate/california-lutheran-university/〕 In 1959, the college was officially incorporated, with Orville Dahl, Ed. D. instituted as the first president. The college opened to its first incoming class in September 1961, and was accredited by the Western Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools in March 1962. Dahl served as president until 1962, bringing the university's first football coach, Robert Shoup, to the campus in his final year. CLU grew in size, and in debt, steadily through the 1960s. In 1970, the college was $3,600,000 in debt and predicted to go bankrupt. However, belt tightening by the school and enrollment increases pushed finances into the black by the end of the year. Fates turned around further when the school won its first, and only, NAIA football championship, in 1971.〔http://www.callutheran.edu/about/history/timeline.php〕 In the 1980s, the school began expanding at a rapid pace; with major construction of new buildings and renovations underway. In 1986, the school was renamed California Lutheran University to reflect the addition of graduate programs.〔http://www.callutheran.edu/about/history/presidents.php〕 In 1994, KCLU was created and housed on the Cal Lutheran campus. Several notable teams have trained on the campus. The Dallas Cowboys, a NFL team, trained there from 1963 to 1989.〔 After the Samuelson Aquatic Center was completed in 2007, it served as the official training site of the 2008 and 2012 US Olympic Men's Water Polo teams. Other notable visitors to CLU events include Ronald Reagan in 1979; Bob Hope in 1984; and the President of Nicaragua Violeta Barrios de Chamorro in 1991.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「California Lutheran University」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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