Board is also responsible for planning larger off-campus events such as the Homecoming Dance and Spring Formal. Like Senate, Programs Board is divided into three or four committees, each headed by a committee chair (who has usually served on Programs Board for one or more years), and each is assigned specific events to plan throughout the academic year.
== Norwegian roots ==
California Lutheran University is located on land which was donated by the Pedersons from the Norwegian Colony. The road which it is located on, Olsen Road, is named for Norwegian pioneer Nils Olsen of the Norwegian Colony. The nearby 7-acre Spring Meadow Park, which is located on Olsen Road east of CLU, is dedicated to the early Norwegians who settled the area.
The university's ties to Norway remain strong. In 2017, twenty percent of the international undergraduate students were from Norway. CLU gave $15,000 in scholarships to its Norwegian students in 2014. As of 2015, the university gave $18,000 in scholarships to its forty Norwegian …
