University Class Offers Free Business Consulting

California Lutheran University’s Master of Business Administration program will be offering a class in the spring that allows students to provide free consulting services to local businesses, the university announced. The “Consulting to Business” class, a final course that many of the MBA candidates take, allows the students to help business owners with concerns such as bookkeeping procedures, financial and marketing plans, compensation and human resources, and information technology, along with other general business issues. The class begins March 1. Interested business owners can contact Ronald at (805) 493-3371. Jessica Vernabe