Woodbury University

1884–1937: Foundation Francis C. Woodbury, the founder and namesake of the university Woodbury Business College, c. 1905 Woodbury University was founded as Woodbury's Business College on July 7, 1884, by Francis C. Woodbury, who was formerly a partner in Heald's Business College in San Francisco . The school started operations on July 19, 1884, focusing on educating Los Angeles residents in the areas of business, including bookkeeping , commercial law , and telegraphy . Its inaugural class comprised equal numbers of male and female students. In the first 103 years of the university's existence, the campus was located in Downtown and Central Los Angeles . The first Los Angeles campus was at 316 North Main Street in Downtown Los Angeles , moving to the Stowell Building at 226 South Spring Street. In 1924, Woodbury received a charter status, expanding the curriculum to include more business courses including business administration , foreign trade , and other marketing courses. In 1931, a division of professional arts was established to focus on fields of design that were close to business, including commercial art , interior design , and fashion design .

In 2012, the wife of then-university president Luis Calingo was alleged to have mistreated maintenance workers employed at the school, and was reported by Rose Nielsen, the wife of Calingo's predecessor Kenneth Nielsen. In September 2012, the month after she had reported the alleged incidents to the human resources department, Nielsen was fired and filed a lawsuit against the university. [ 12 ] The case was settled out of court in February 2014. [ 13 ]

The Los Angeles Times Library The Alumni Quad, with the Business Building in the background Woodbury's campus is a 22.4-acre (9.1 ha) suburban campus at 7500 North Glenoaks Boulevard, which was previously used by Villa Cabrini Academy , an all-girls high school founded by Frances Xavier Cabrini ran by the Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus . The school moved into the campus in 1987 after acquiring it two years prior. Although the campus is located within the boundaries of Los Angeles, the campus is inside the Burbank post office area and has a Burbank mailing address. [ 14 ] The campus has been used as a filming location for various movies and shows, including The Brothers Sun and The Politician . [ 15 ] [ 16 ] The Burbank campus is served by the Los Angeles Metro Bus via Line 92, which stops in front of the campus. The campus is also near the Hollywood Burbank Airport and the Burbank Airport–North station . Los Angeles Times Library The Los Angeles Times Library is within the former chapel of the Villa Cabrini Academy and the chapel's office annex. The library opened in 1987 after a series of renovations planned by two Woodbury alumni, with the library being dedicated to the Los Angeles Times in recognition of a contribution from the Times Mirror Company . [ 17 ]

The Solar Futures House during its construction in 2023 The Solar Futures House is a 425-square-foot (39.5 m 2 ) home built using 3D concrete printing in the campus as part of the Solar Decathlon competition from the United States Department of Energy . [ 18 ] The home took 15 months to complete from its initial design and cost US$250,000 with a grant of US$50,000 to start on the project. The home was built with solar panels and a greywater system, with the home having a bathroom, kitchen, living room, and bedroom. [ 19 ] The building was designed by the university students in the architecture programs and was the first permitted structure in the city of Los Angeles, with the university administrators debating on how it might be used for university purposes. [ 20 ]