Nursing homes and assisted living facilities across south Florida are preparing for Hurricane Irma to strike. Dr. Lisa Brown, Palo Alto University Professor and Director of the Trauma Program, was quoted by CNN during this critical time on preparing older adults for Hurricane Irma. Dr.
This month, PAU received the 2017 Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) Award from INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine, the oldest and largest diversity-focused publication in higher education. As a recipient of the annual HEED Award — a national honor recognizing U.S. colleges and universities that demonstrate an outstanding commitment to diversity and inclusion — PAU will be featured, along with 79 other recipients, in the November 2017 issue of INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine.
Dr. June Klein, PAU's VP of Business Affair and CFO, was appointed as a member of the Santa Clara County’s Behavioral Health Board on July 27th, 2017. June has served extensively in leadership positions at both local and international organizations, including the Palo Alto Family YMCA, the Gunn High School Foundation, and the Palo Alto Foundation for Education. She is also a member of Project Safety Net, a community network fostering youth well-being in Palo Alto.
We are pleased to announce PAU’s 4th year Ph.D. student, Joanna Servin was recently selected as a Hispanic Scholarship Fund (HSF) Scholar. Joanna is a first-generation college graduate from the University of California, Davis and the proud daughter of Mexican immigrants.
PAU’s Faculty Learning & Instructional Development Committee and the Director, Kristel Nazzal, Ph.D., held its First Annual Evidence-Based Teaching Conference for PAU professors, students and alumni at Arastradero campus on July 19th. Those not able to attend in person had the opportunity to participate through Zoom. There were outstanding speakers and all seven workshops were approved for CE units.
We are very proud to announce that the PhD Clinical Psychology Program at Palo Alto University has been selected as the winner of the 2017 Richard M. Suinn Minority Achievement Award by the APA Commission on Ethnic Minority Recruitment, Retention, and Training II (CEMRRAT2) Task Force.
Per the award letter:
Palo Alto University would like to thank Mr. James Otieno for his dedication to us for the last two decades. James has been a member of the Board of Trustees at PAU for 20 years and has chaired PAU’s board for the last seven years. He will leave his position at the end of July 2017.
Championing Diversity and Growth
Palo Alto University (PAU) celebrated the 36th commencement June 10th and 24th. Members of the Class of 2017, who numbered approximately 235, came to PAU from 24 states and 11 countries.