CLU president alludes to no-confidence vote in state of school speech
California Lutheran University President Lori Varlotta on Feb. 6 gave her first public address since a faculty no-confidence resolution in her last month. While she didn’t mention the resolution by name in her State of the University speech at the Thousand Oaks-based school, Varlotta alluded to it, citing factors she believes fueled it. “There’s never Read More →
Santa Barbara startup uses AI to unravel customer feedback process
Correction: A former version of this story said Millner graduated from UCSB. He graduated from Duke. After spending a few years at Amazon, Ryan Millner and Ashwin Singhania missed the startup scene. Singhania, a graduate from UC Santa Barbara, and Millner, a graduate from Duke University, started their careers at the Santa Barbara-based startup FindTheBest, Read More →
Greater Central Coast becomes Sutter Health’s sixth community market
Sutter Health, a Sacramento-based nonprofit integrated health system, announced on Jan. 31 that its sixth community-based market will be the Greater Central Coast. The market will be anchored by Sansum Clinic, a 103-year-old nonprofit outpatient healthcare organization based in Santa Barbara, which officially became part of Sutter Health in October. “Our community-based markets allow us Read More →
CLU president, faculty, regents make for turbulent week
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Embattled CLU president says she will not be resigning
Lori Varlotta, the embattled president of California Lutheran University in Thousand Oaks, said Jan. 20 that she has no intention of resigning as the vast majority of the school’s faculty is calling on her to do. “I’m very interested in continuing to work with the university community in a collaborative and collegial way that helps Read More →
Cal Lutheran regents support embattled university president
The Board of Regents of California Lutheran University in Thousand Oaks said Jan. 17 they continue to support embattled school President Lori Varlotta, who has received a sweeping no-confidence vote from faculty. “She continues to thoughtfully address the many challenges facing the university, she demonstrates an unwavering commitment to the success of our students now Read More →
Women-founded companies are breaking the mold on the Central Coast
Growing up, Blanca Hoffmeir loved aviation. As an adult, she became an engineer and worked her way up from a small company to a larger one. The larger company used drones for surveying purposes and, because she had her private pilot license, Hoffmeir was asked to be onboarded as a drone pilot to provide services Read More →
