Lectures and Discussions
Fifty and Better Fall Session
Lundring Events Center and Online via Zoom
This course focuses on the most popular, influential and enduring artists of the British Invasion, which spanned roughly the years 1964 to 1968.
Fifty and Better Fall Session
Lundring Events Center and Online via Zoom
This course will take a closer look at historical sites to provide an overview of how California and the West Coast experienced WWII and the Cold War.
PLTS Campus
Featuring lectures & generative discussion with Dr. Vic Thasiah and Dr. Cynthia Moe-Lobeda; Worship with the Installation of Rector Rev. Dr. Colleen Windham-Hughes; and Community Lunch (registration required)
Fifty and Better Fall Session
GSFC 253 and Zoom
This course will dive into questions behind one of the most infamous events in American history, Lincoln’s assassination.
Fifty and Better Fall Session
Kingsmen Room and Zoom
In this course, we explore the varied works of the Regionalist Triumvirate — Thomas Hart Benton, Grant Wood and John Steuart Curry, as well as the New York-based Edward Hopper and Pennsylvania's Andrew Wyeth.
Fifty and Better Fall Session
Online Via Zoom
This course will introduce participants to the history of wine making and the difference between “old world” and “new world” wines.
200 Year Anniversary of the First Organized Emigration from Norway to the U.S.
Learn about the 1825 emigration from Norway to the United States, followed by a nyckelharpa performance and reception with the Scandinavian American Cultural and Historical Foundation.
Lessons from Native American Law
Join us for an academic lecture and panel discussion with Khrystyne Wilson, PhD.
Glass artist Mark Eric Gulsrud ’72
Glass artist Mark Eric Gulsrud ’72 will speak about his family, its relationship with Cal Lutheran and the special techniques used for the Samuelson Chapel stained-glass windows.
The symposium will feature short research talks in which undergraduate student scholars will present their findings and ideas in fields such as chemistry, biology, physics, exercise science, psychology, political science and religion.
Celebrating the 2025 cohort
Join us in celebrating the ASCENSO scholars with a gathering with their families and mentors, and other community members.