B.S. in Business Psychology, Class of 2012

Terell Sterling is the founder and CEO of Go Paladin a Silicon Valley nonprofit that connects underrepresented and underserved entrepreneurs to the vast startup ecosystem whose motto is “Entrepreneurship for Everyone.” Sterling’s comprehensive experience in entrepreneurship, technology, and innovation included work as a partner at the venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz, start-up RealScout, and working at a number of Fortune 500 high-tech companies including Apple, Tesla, and Oracle.

While we are all affected during this pandemic, we take great pride in the generosity of faculty, staff, trustees, alumni, and other PAU stakeholders who have contributed to PAU's Student Emergency Fund campaign.

  Peter H. Marcus, Psy.D., a 2013 alumnus of the PGSP-Stanford Psy.D. Consortium was elected to the Board of Directors of the National Register of Health Service Psychologists Board of Directors earlier this year.   The National Register is the largest credentialing organization for psychologists and psychology doctoral students in the United States. Dr. Marcus is faculty at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and has an appointment as Instructor in Psychology at Harvard Medical School.

With celebrations on hold, PAU Professor Kimberly Balsam offers perspective during COVID-19:

  This letter was recently sent to the PAU community from President Maureen O'Connor and Faculty Director of Equity & Inclusion Teceta Tormala:   Dear PAU community,   Recent events have captured national attention and highlight the precariousness of living as a Black person in America.

  Honoring culture and promoting diversity is at the core of what we do at PAU. This month we pause to celebrate Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, which began as a week-long celebration in 1978 based on a proclamation made by President Jimmy Carter. President George H.W. Bush issued another proclamation in 1990, extending the recognition to a full month, coinciding with Mental Health Awareness Month.    “May is not only Mental Health Awareness month but also Asian Pacific American (APA) Heritage Month.

  Read more: PAU Voices Speak Up for Mental Health Awareness Month   As COVID-19 poses an unprecedented crisis in the mental health community, both in Northern California and around the world, Palo Alto University (PAU) will mark Mental Health Awareness Month 2020 in May by offering a variety of digital resources to help individuals, mental health providers and allied professionals during a time in which mental heal

Each year in May, Mental Health Awareness Month, provides a national opportunity to raise awareness of mental health issues, about the stigma associated with mental health services, and to highlight the need to support those suffering from mental illness.    As a leader in psychology and counseling, PAU is at the forefront of this national movement, bolstered by an amazing community of faculty, staff, alumni and students who have chosen this important field and make a difference in people’s lives every day.

Ten Palo Alto University faculty contributed articles to a special section of “The Professional Counselor” that was dedicated to distance, or online, counselor education.