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Temporary Car Insurance: Who Offers Short-Term and Month-to-Month Options?

Money Geek | February 15, 2022

If you are going to own a car for a short period of time and you’re looking for temporary car insurance, you will have to buy a policy that lasts at least six months. None of the major insurance companies will offer you a policy on a month-to-month basis, but you might have the option to cancel your policy before the six month term is finished and get a refund on the remainder of the term. Read More »


The Challenges of Electing Governors and Lieutenant Governors Separately

UVA Center for Politics | January 27, 2022

How states have previously dealt with split partisan control of the top two offices: Perhaps the most celebrated example of this phenomenon came in the 1970s, when Republican Mike Curb served as lieutenant governor under California Gov. Jerry Brown. Curb, a musician and music producer, “would seize onto power whenever Brown vacationed with his then-girlfriend, Linda Ronstadt, or leave to campaign out of state,” said Marcia Godwin, a professor of public administration at the University of La Verne. Read More »


University of La Verne gets $1 million boost for artificial intelligence program

Inland Valley Daily Bulletin | January 19, 2022

With the help of a $1 million gift from the Fletcher Jones Foundation, the University of La Verne hopes to open new doors to the field of artificial intelligence and cybersecurity. Last week, the university announced the gift would be used to create an endowed professorship in artificial intelligence, a field of study expected to produce sought-after jobs in the public health sector, infrastructure and banking. Read More »


Help Offered To Feed College Students - NBC4 Help for the Hungry Campaign

NBC4 | December 15, 2021

Help Offered to Feed College Students: NBC4’s Help For The Hungry is happening now to help SoCal food banks feed thousands of people this holiday. Kathy Vara reports for the NBC4 News on Wednesday, Dec. 15, 2021. Read More »


CLASP honors former program director

Claremont Courier | November 16, 2021

Creasey’s leadership and commitment played a key-roll in developing and implementing the group’s digital needs for at-home teaching and learning during the pandemic. This enabled them to create new ways to tutor students of all ages for online homework help and more. Read More »


The ‘absolutely essential’ role of Black counselors on campus

EdSource | November 08, 2021

“There’s a subconscious mindset that Black students, students in poverty, cannot learn,” said Lisa Andrews, a director at the California College Guidance Initiative and a counseling professor at the University of La Verne, near Pomona. “To change that, school counseling needs to be transformational and revolutionary.” Read More »


Citrus History

Ag Information Network | November 01, 2021

Citrus has had a long journey to become one of California's largest and profitable crops. Benjamin Jenkins, PhD, University Archivist and Associate Professor, Department of History and Political Science, College of Arts and Sciences, University of La Verne has written a book, "California's Citrus Heritage". He explains how the citrus trees came to the United States and eventually California. Read More »


Theater experience helps this Upland resident with law career

The Press-Enterprise | October 07, 2021

For the past three years, Kaufman has been studying at the University of La Verne College of Law, from which he recently graduated as valedictorian. “It was a long three years but my wife, Jamie, and Louis have been so amazing and patient,” he said. “I wouldn’t have been able to do it without them. “I am now working with the largest litigation firm in California.” Read More »


Orange County oil spill sparks race to save wildlife

Los Angeles Times | October 05, 2021

Maurice Lawson, who studied kinesiology at the University of La Verne, said he, too, would feel compelled to assist. But he would do so by tapping the experts. “There are resources and people who know the right stuff who we call,” the Brea resident said. “Mishaps happen and it affects everyone, not just human beings. We need to protect ecosystems and protect marine life." Read More »


University of La Verne leases land in Ontario for new health, business schools

San Gabriel Valley Tribune | October 04, 2021

The University of La Verne is a step closer to further expanding into downtown Ontario under a planned land swap. For $1 a year, the university will lease a city-owned, 13,000-square-foot parcel at 214 E. Holt Blvd., under terms approved by the City Council in September. Meanwhile, the city anticipates obtaining land owned by the university to help expand City Hall. Read More »