Identity factor: Sharon Chang, M.A.
Pacific Oaks' Alum Sharon Chang helps others address the complex questions that race and ethnicity pose in the U.S. today.
Pacific Oaks Faculty: Dr. Ruben Cortez
Dr. Ruben Cortez spreads the message of diversity, community, and purposeful instruction to help future educators become more effective teachers in the classroom.
Bringing the campus experience online
The unique culture Pacific Oaks has worked to develop can be felt far beyond the campus classrooms. It is a culture of community reflected in the online programs, too.
STEM champion
Pacific Oaks alumna Susan Wood lives her mission delivering science, technology, engineering, and math curriculum in early childhood education settings.
The Pacific Oaks community comes to terms with the Chauvin verdict
Dean of Students Michael Lopez-Patton reflects on a student forum held on the occasion of the Derek Chauvin guilty verdict.
PO inaugural Virtual Mixer connects students and alumni
Community members reap benefits of connections made during virtual event.
Stories from Pacific Oaks College early childhood reporting fellow
The Pacific Oaks early childhood journalism fellow, Deepa Fernandes, focuses on a wide range of issues and implications for policy and practices related to children from prenatal to age five, their families, and communities. Fernandes has access to experts in the field of early childhood education through the community at Pacific Oaks College and The Children’s School. The Pacific Oaks early childhood reporting fellow is funded in part by First 5 LA.
Remembering Cheryl Greer-Jarman: A Life Devoted to Family, Faith, and Teaching Her Truth.
For more than half the history of Pacific Oaks College, Cheryl Greer-Jarman strove to bend education toward social justice.
Bree E. Cook, Psy.D., joins Hillsides board of trustees
Bree E. Cook, Psy.D., vice president of academic affairs at Pacific Oaks College, previously served on two committees for the organization.
PO faculty Jerell B. Hill explores culture, poverty, and diversity in Peru
Pacific Oaks faculty Jerell B. Hill presents “Culture and Diversity: the Power of Purpose” about his trip to the 2018 International Congress for Educators in Peru.
The Open School opens minds
Imagine attending an elementary or secondary school where the students have as much of a say as the teachers. No more “because I said so,” or a mandatory syllabus, or needing permission to do something as simple as use the restroom.
Making experience count
Twenty years after leaving college early, Pacific Oaks College alumna Aubrey Kliaman transformed her life experience into college credit through our Credit for Learning from Experience program, helping her finally earn a degree—or two.
