"I work for a tech company that develops educational and training solutions for customers in the government, academic, and healthcare sectors. The work I perform is quite wide-ranging but mostly involves analyzing requirements and designing solutions that solve problems in the areas of job performance, educational outcomes, and training effectiveness. My responsibilities fall broadly into three categories: designing solutions; managing projects (executing the solutions); and business development (to bring in new contracts).
10 Latinx Merit Scholarships to Support Spanish-speaking Students
Palo Alto University (PAU), Northern California’s leading school of psychology and counseling, is pleased to announce a generous gift that enables the creation of ten scholarships of $10,000 each for Spanish speaking, Latinx undergraduate students in the University’s BS in Psychology and Social Action program. PAU is also contributing to these scholarships with institutional funding.
Palo Alto, CA - The COVID-19 crisis spurred a rapid migration of mental health providers from in-person to online services. However, mental health providers conducting teletherapy are not currently required to be trained in telehealth and are operating without consistent uniform standards of practice.
Innovative Tech Collaboratory Aims to Increase Access to Mental Health Treatment
During commencement ceremonies on June 26, Palo Alto University (PAU) honored 273 graduates from its psychology and counseling programs prepared to address current mental health challenges through clinical practice and research. This number, however, doesn’t begin to address the nationwide shortage of mental health professionals, a shortage heightened by the coronavirus pandemic according to the National Council for Behavioral Health.
PAU is very pleased to announce that this year’s virtual commencement speaker and honorary degree recipient will be Dr. Anneliese Singh. Dr. Singh was nominated by the PAU faculty because of her commitment to the fields of psychology and counseling with a focus on translating a deep understanding of the experiences and needs of historically marginalized groups into insights on how counselors and psychologists can offer meaningful support and become effective social change agents.