THOUSAND OAKS (September 29, 2005) –– California Lutheran University’s accelerated bachelor’s degree (ADEP), Master of Business Administration (MBA), MBA in Financial Planning, Master of Computer Science (MSCS) and Master of Public Policy and Administration (MPPA) programs will hold their 17th annual “Celebration of Partnership Breakfast” on Thursday, Sept. 29, to honor 20 Distinguished Scholars. Six companies, which have five or more employees enrolled in one of CLU’s degree programs, will be recognized for their support of higher education through their tuition reimbursement programs.

3 ADEP students:
Damon Farnham, Amgen, Inc.
Laurie Fletcher, Amgen, Inc.
Michael Laverty, Amgen, Inc.

13 MBA students:
Senthil Chandraguru, Amgen, Inc.
Kent Chiu, Walt Disney
Kelly Hanlon, Amgen, Inc.
Kirk Jones, Skyworks Solutions
Anuj Khandelwal, Amgen, Inc.
Amie Krause, Amgen, Inc.
Mariangelli Orlando, Amgen, Inc.
Janet Parr, Countrywide
Sridhar Ramamurthy, Amgen, Inc.
Kelly Ryerson, Amgen, Inc.
Jin Wang, Amgen, Inc.
Neil Waybright, Amgen, Inc.
Denise Young, Amgen, Inc.
3 MSCS students:
Brad Fiske, Countrywide
Trung Le, Amgen, Inc.
Gabriel Serbulea, Teradyne, Inc.

1 MPPA student:
Paula Swain, Verizon

6 Companies Recognized:
Amgen, Inc., Thousand Oaks
Countrywide, Simi Valley
Skyworks Solutions, Newbury Park
Teradyne, Inc., Agoura Hills
Verizon Communications, Oxnard
Walt Disney, Burbank

To qualify as a Distinguished Scholar, MBA or MBA Financial Planning students must have completed 27 units with a minimum GPA of 3.75. MSCS or MPPA students must have completed 24 units with a minimum GPA of 3.75. ADEP students must have completed 90 units with a minimum GPA of 3.50. For more information, visit http://www.callutheran.edu/partnership

CLU Honors Distinguished Scholars and Recognizes Corporations