PSYCHOLOGY COLLEGE RENAMED PALO ALTO UNIVERSITY; EXPANSION PLANNED

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Psychology college renamed Palo Alto University; expansion planned

By Will Oremus

Daily News Staff Writer
Posted: 08/07/2009 11:21:02 PM PDT
Updated: 08/07/2009 11:21:04 PM PDT

As of Aug. 1, Palo Alto has a university to call its own.

The Pacific Graduate School of Psychology has renamed itself Palo Alto University and is preparing to welcome students and faculty to a new campus in the Palo Alto foothills this fall.

The name change reflects both the move from a temporary home in Redwood City and the school's expansion to include bachelor's degree programs, Board of Trustees Chair Gary Shapiro explained in a letter to students.

Set on eight acres at 1791 Arastradero Road, the campus consists of three buildings formerly occupied by the American Institutes for Research. The school bought the property for $3.6 million and just completed a $2 million renovation, university President Allen Calvin said Wednesday.

The move is a homecoming for the school, which was based on East Meadow Drive in Palo Alto for 19 years before moving to a Stanford University-owned facility in Redwood City last year.

With an enrollment of fewer than 1,000 students, many of whom are also registered at other colleges, Palo Alto University intends to keep a quiet profile in the city, Calvin said. But he added that the university hopes to become a part of the city's fabric.

"We know Stanford is located in Palo Alto, but we want to make this a university that the people of Palo Alto have a voice in," he said. "We want to get a lot of people on our advisory council — and we have a lot already — who are prominent people
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in Silicon Valley. Whoever the mayor of Palo Alto is, we would like to have them on the advisory council. They will never get surprises from us."

Founded in 1975 to fill a regional void in clinical psychology doctoral programs, the university has grown to offer eight degree-granting programs, all related to psychology. Many are partnerships with other universities, such as a joint J.D./Ph.D. in Psychology and Law with Golden Gate University and a Psy.D. in Clinical Psychology with Stanford. It added a B.S. in Psychology and Social Action in 2006 in conjunction with De Anza College, and this year it will enroll its first students in a B.S. in Business Psychology, offered in cooperation with Foothill College.

NOTE: Many are partnership w/ other university and pay a psy.d.

Calvin said he hopes to see the university grow in the next few years to an enrollment of 1,000 undergraduates and 500 graduate students. But he said neighbors needn't worry about heavy traffic or fraternity parties, since the students will be transfers from two-year colleges and most of the classes will be held at the Foothill and De Anza campuses.

"We don't offer any freshmen or sophomore classes," Calvin said. "We don't have a football team."

The fall quarter starts the first week of September. A ribbon-cutting for the new facility is scheduled for Oct. 10.

E-mail Will Oremus at woremus@dailynewsgroup.com.

On the Web

More information about Palo Alto University is available online at:
http://www.pgsp.edu/
Beginning in December, the Web address will change to:
http://www.paloaltou.edu/



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