During the 2014 summer, PAU’s Provost, Dr. Bill Froming, three clinical psychologists and nine Palo Alto University (PAU) students traveled to Rwanda to learn more about the 1994 genocide, visit mental health facilities and exchange ideas with Rwandese mental health professionals.  The students described their travel and work in Rwanda as ‘life-changing’, ‘once in a lifetime’, and felt that it strengthened them as graduate students, future clinical psychologists, and human beings.

Here are some excerpts of the reflections of the students:

A meaningful celebration of life took place this past February to remember the life of Dr. Tony Masini, a former PAU student.

The service also celebrated the commitment Tony had to Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), meaning to accept individuality and living a life in line with personal values. As a student of a school focused on engaging minds and improving lives, an important lesson is left behind after Tony’s passing to impact future decisions positively in the hopes of preventing another family from the unbearable heartache of loosing a child. 

One of 690 institutions of higher education to receive this honor

PAU’s Diversity Training for Faculty, Staff and Recruitment of Diverse Student Body Contribute to Winning this Award

Please join Palo Alto University (PAU) for the upcoming Compassion Focused Therapy Workshop, led by its creator from the UK, Professor Paul Gilbert, Ph.D., October 24 – 25, 2014. The even will be hosted by Stanford University and PAU.

Compassion Focused Therapy Workshop with creator, Professor Paul Gilbert, Ph.D.

Dear PAU community, we are excited to share about this rare opportunity for a heavily discounted workshop in Compassion Focused Therapy, led by its creator Dr. Paul Gilbert, who is visiting the Bay Area from the UK. 

PAU faculty members Peter Goldblum, Ph.D. and Kimberly Balsam, Ph.D., Co-Directors of the Center for LGBTQ Evidence-Based Applied Research (CLEAR), have partnered with the U.S. Naval Center for Combat & Operational Stress Control (NCCOSC) in a new IRB-approved study to understand the health and mental well-being of lesbian, gay, and bisexual service members.

KAHANAALOHA KUIKAHI-DUNCAN

Palo Alto University’s Ph.D. student, Tara Linnea Weldon, received the Honorable Mention Poster Award at the Western Psychological Association in Portland, Oregon this year. Her poster titled “Genocide in Cambodia and Intergenerational Attribution of Blame”was among a vast group of competitive posters.

Tara won the Division of International Psychology’s (APA’s Division 52) poster contest for posters with international content, where students are first authors. 

Article from the June 2014 Edition of Global Mental Health Newsletter, written by Helena Ting, Ed.D., V.P. of Community Development

Oula Khoury, a first-year PhD in Clinical Psychology student, is studying the cultural and political violence effects on children.

With summer right around the corner, the anticipation is building for what’s in store at Palo Alto University (PAU). The University’s upcoming, innovative program hosting students from the Baden-Wuerttemberg Cooperative State University in Mosbach, Germany, has only added to the excitement.