A Year Defined by Purpose and Impact

As we reflect on the year 2023 at CLU, our journey in forging meaningful partnerships is best encapsulated by two words: Purpose and Impact. The partnerships and organizations that we’ve aligned with are not just additions to our network; they are the bedrock of our mission and crucial in broadening our outreach to more students. Our collective efforts are aimed at creating a world enriched by ethical leaders and communities actively engaged in making a difference.

At the heart of our initiatives, mission-aligned partnerships stand as the cornerstone for realizing our vision. Last year, CLU thoughtfully expanded its partnership network to include 60 organizations. These partners are not just aligned with our goals—they live and breathe these values in their daily operations. As we step into 2024, our enthusiasm soars as we plan to further expand our partnership portfolio. We aim to include more organizations that share our mission while branching out into new markets. These efforts include special focus areas like supporting our military-affiliated students and those who are the first in their families to attend college.

Partnership Highlights

Our commitment to forging strong and impactful partnerships has yielded significant milestones in 2023, including:

• AmeriCorps School of National Service Designation: A testament to our commitment to service and volunteerism, CLU has been recognized as an AmeriCorps School of National Service.
• Dedicated Enrollment Managers: Partner students now benefit from having designated enrollment managers, ensuring a personalized and seamless academic journey.
• Articulation Agreements with Community Colleges: Our collaboration with 14 community colleges has created smoother pathways for students transitioning to CLU.
• Expansion of Partnerships: The addition of 10 new partnerships has broadened our network and impact.
• Tuition Savings: Our partner students were awarded $87,050 in tuition savings, making education more accessible and affordable.

Let’s Build Together

As we celebrate these achievements and set our sights on future goals, we invite you to be a part of this impactful journey. Whether you represent an organization that shares our vision or are interested in exploring how we can collaborate for a greater cause, we are eager to connect.

To discuss potential partnerships or learn more about our initiatives, exclusive tuition discounts, personalized student experiences, custom pro bono workshops, and workforce relevant programs, schedule a meeting with Becky Rogers here. Together, we can continue to build a world transformed by ethical leadership and engaged communities.

CLU is now offering a new capstone option with the SHRM Certification Preparation Course, a direct path to SHRM-CP and SHRM-SCP exam success and HR career advancement.

As a capstone option, this course is not only a gateway to these certifications but also a significant step towards excelling in HR roles, whether you aim to be a strategic leader or seek career advancement in HR.

Key Features:

• In-depth preparation for SHRM-CP and SHRM-SCP exams.
• Learning with SHRM-certified experts and the official SHRM Learning System.
• Access to the interactive online SHRM platform.
• Invest in Your Future

While there is a non-refundable fee for the SHRM Learning Systems and online platform access, consider this an investment in your professional growth. This course is an exclusive opportunity for our MHR and MLR students to achieve a notable credential in human resource management.

Take the Next Step in Your HR Journey

Don’t miss this chance to enhance your expertise and recognition in the HR field. For more information or to enroll in this Capstone Option, please contact us at admission@claremontlincoln.edu.

Embrace this opportunity to distinguish yourself in the world of human resources!

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Claremont Lincoln University is a non-profit university offering affordable online degrees, graduate certificates, and professional development programs. Through a socially conscious education framework, CLU’s mission is to create a new leadership ecosystem through its proprietary Claremont Core®, a distinctive model that encompasses the knowledge needed to become an effective leader of positive change in the workplace or community. CLU is regionally accredited by the highly regarded WASC Senior College and University Commission (WSCUC), which ensures institutions meet strict standards and fulfill their missions to serve their students and the public good. Degree programs at CLU focus on healthcare administration, human resources, organizational leadership, management, professional studies, public administration, social impact, and sustainability leadership.

Claremont Lincoln University is the university of the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, a non-profit global thought leader solving social, environmental, and economic challenges. Together, we are mobilizing leaders worldwide to tackle the most pressing climate, land, water, finance, housing, infrastructure, and other issues.

When was the last time you thought about the documents and leaders who built the policies and practices that differentiate law and life in the United States?

The Constitution of the United States—four pages that created a new government almost 250 years ago—is a covenant that continues to profoundly shape our lives and communities. On Constitution Day, September 17, the United States commemorates the drafting of its Constitution.

On December 8, 2004, President George W. Bush signed a bill (Public Law 108-447) that designates every September 17 as Constitution Day. In accordance with this bill, each educational institution that receives Federal funds for a fiscal year offers education and resources on the Constitution for their students.

This year, Claremont Lincoln University will celebrate Constitution Day, September 17, 2023 resolved to ensure that “We the People” means all the people. Our Claremont Core® values start with self-awareness but move quickly into dialogue and collaboration with others, all others, in pursuit of positive social change that benefits everyone.

We invite all members of the University community to join us in making, or renewing, your acquaintance with this extraordinary document, and reflecting on its historical and contemporary significance and responsiveness to change.

The Constitution of The United States

https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/constitution

The History of Constitution Day

https://www.constitutionfacts.com/us-constitution-day/history-of-constitution-day/

Which Founding Father Are You?

https://www.constitutionfacts.com/?page=foundingFatherShort.cfm

About the Signers

https://www.constitutionfacts.com/us-constitution-amendments/about-the-signers/

The Women Behind the Signers of the Constitution

https://www.constitutionfacts.com/us-constitution-amendments/women-behind-the-signers/

An Example of the Constitution as a Living Document, Embracing DEI

https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2021/06/25/executive-order-on-diversity-equity-inclusion-and-accessibility-in-the-federal-workforce/

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CLU’s Net Impact online chapter recently hosted Lorena Garcia Duran, Director for the Ashoka Support Network in the US, to speak with a group of invited guests from the Claremont Lincoln community, the Claremont Colleges, and the LA Professional Chapter of Net Impact. The reason for the gathering? To understand more about the movement of social entrepreneurship, what a successful social entrepreneur looks like, and the importance of the role of changemakers.

Ashoka is a global organization committed to finding and supporting social entrepreneurs and ensuring they accomplish what they set out to do. Over the past 37 years, Lorena shares, the organization has evolved and been able to study what qualities make a successful social entrepreneur. So, what are those critical qualities needed?

5 Important Qualities that Make a Successful Social Entrepreneur

Deep empathy.

Lorena makes it clear, “the solutions don’t come from those that haven’t suffered the problem. The solutions come from the problem.” Most social entrepreneurs understand the problem so well because they’ve lived it. Learn more about empathy from CLU Teaching Faculty Anita Nowak.

Innovation.

Studying the causes of a problem, and what has or hasn’t worked to solve it, creates space for an innovative approach to solving the root of a problem, rather than reacting in a crisis. Explore more about being an innovator in Dutch peace activist Willemijn Verloop’s Tedx Talk.

A Systemic View.

Successful social entrepreneurs seek change with permanence, which may mean changing mindsets, cultures, or policies adopted in a widespread way by the people.

A Sustainable Approach.

It’s not about the financial model (for-profit or non-profit) but about the plan in place to reach the goal.

Involving Changemakers.

The social entrepreneur’s vision only works when identifying and engaging local changemakers to solve a problem.

Who are these changemakers anyway? One great example Lorena shares, is that of Christina Fialho, an immigration attorney who seeks to change how the immigration detention system functions through her organization CIVIC End Isolation. Private detention centers are able to hold people detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement without allowing them access to a lawyer or even a phone, effectively preventing them from being able to contact people outside the center.

Lorena’s talk is timely and meaningful to all changemakers, new and experienced. At CLU we want students to be active participants in the process of redefining systems to benefit others in a meaningful way. If you’d like to hear more of Lorena’s talk, check out the recording on SoundCloud.

Ready to get started in making your own impact?

• Research – Who is coming up with the best solutions to local problems, and what do those success stories look like? Students in CLU’s Social Impact program dive deep into social impact literacy.
• Rethink – Why do I care so much about this issue? What is my personal story?
• Collaborate – How are you going to make sure that there is an army of changemakers willing to fight this fight with you?

As Clair Baca, CLU Student Services Advisor, reinforces, “Lorena’s presentation really showed that while the role of the social entrepreneur is incredibly important, changemakers also bring a great deal of influence to the mission and their participation is crucial to its success.”