Palo Alto University (PAU) is delighted to announce the University been chosen as a recipient of the 2014 Insight Into Diversity Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) Award for the second year in succession.

The HEED honor was awarded to PAU for setting national standards in Diversity Excellence.  PAU was selected based on the 

Jorge Wong, Ph.D., distinguished faculty member at Palo Alto University (PAU) has been elected as the California Psychological Association (CPA) President-Elect. On Dr. Wong’s appeal for the 2015 CPA election, he stated:

Palo Alto University (PAU) has announced that their November ‘Town and Gown’ event will focus on the troubling issue of sexual assault among young people.

As a committed leader within the community, PAU has been dealing with these pressing issues for young people in addition to cases of bullying, sexual assault and suicide- all highly prevalent. The upcoming ‘Town and Gown’ event will concentrate firmly on these key problems.

Source: Oxford University Press Academic Insights for the Thinking World (OUPblog)

Learn more about PAU Faculty, Peter Goldblum, Ph.D., M.P.H. and his work with Center for LGBTQ Evidence-Based Applied Research (CLEAR).

Palo Alto University (PAU) celebrated their new Psychology of Entrepreneurship certificate program launching in January 2015. This event, which took place on September 20, 2014, was hosted at the home of Palo Alto University’s trustee and his wife- Fred and Kathy Seddiqui. The event attracted over 100 Silicon Valley leaders. Honored guest and congressional candidate, Mr. Ro Khanna, also attended. He shared his views and enthusiasm about entrepreneurship with attendees.

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.