Dr. Allen, Calvin, President Emeritus at Palo Alto University (PAU), has been named the 2017 recipient of the Tosney Award for Career Service in Higher Education by the American Association of University Administrators (AAUA). This prestigious award will be presented to Dr. Calvin for his 32 years of service during AAUA’s annual Leadership Seminar June 8-9, 2017 in New Orleans.

Margareth Del Cid, a student of Palo Alto University’s doctoral programs, has received the APA Minority Fellowship Program Award to help her pursue her educational and career goals of helping Latino immigrant youths and delinquency.   The Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services (MHSAS) Predoctoral Fellowship is funded by a grant from the federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) to support the tr

Since January students, faculty and staff of Palo Alto University have donated over 150 coats in the One Warm Coat drive.    Lauren Simas, member of MA Counseling Honor Society, Chi Sigma Iota, coordinated the drive with One Warm Coat, a San Francisco non-profit organization. One Warm Coat’s mission is to provide anyone in need with a warm coat, free of charge.

The Center for Excellence in Diversity at Palo Alto University hosted its annual Excellence in Diversity Award Dinner at PAU on April 13, 2017.

Dr. June Klein, Palo Alto University's Vice President of Business Affairs, received the “Financial Executive of the Year” award in the category of Not-for-Profit Companies for the year of 2016/2017, by Financial Executives International (FEI) Silicon Valley Chapter.  Nominated by fellow members of FEI, June’s selection for this award was based on a number of factors, including her leadership within Palo Alto University and her outstanding achievements throughout her career.

Dr. Maureen O'Connor hosted her first Zoom Town Hall Meeting on Sunday, March 12, 2017.  

Topics included:

• The Importance of Mentoring at PAU: A Brief Conversation with Master’s Degree Program Director Will Snow, Assistant Professor Robert Wickham, Ph.D. Student Charlotte Beard, and President O’Connor.
• President O’Connor’s reflections on her first 8 months at PAU and her plans going forward.

You can view the recording below.

 

In February, Dr. Alvin Thomas appeared as a guest on Can We Have A Conversation  as an expert. The online talk show episode, filmed in Berkley, CA, focuses on fatherhood in the black community, father-son relationships and the challenges faced in these dynamics.

  This February Palo Alto University (PAU) alumna, Madison Steele, represented the university in Sacramento for Day in the Capitol. The annual event brings students, faculty and staff members from colleges and universities across California, to the capitol for the opportunity to engage with their state government on important issues.    One of these important issues for our university are impending changes to the Cal Grant, part of which includes a 11.3% decrease in funding for students at private institutions.  Leading up to the Day in the Capitol,  and with Dr.

Two Palo Alto University doctoral students were awarded a research grant by the American Psychology-Law Society (APA Division 41), for research on psycholegal issues related to diversity.    Marissa Vasquez and Sierra Shumate, both students in the Ph.D Clinical Psychology program, submitted their project titled: A Spanish Translation of a New Malingering-Detection Measure of PTSD.

February 2017   Researchers from Palo Alto University (PAU) have been awarded a contract by Catholic Relief Services (CRS) to provide a scientific evaluation of trauma healing and peace education interventions under a grant from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).     The interventions are in the Central African Republic (CAR), a country that has experienced significant conflict since December 2012.