Broken Bootstraps
Along with financial hardship, people living in poverty face physical, mental, and emotional trauma. Social workers are uniquely positioned to help overcome it.
Emerging Education
The future of special education lies in integrated classrooms that will inspire an evolution of inclusion.
Humane Resources
Caught off guard by high quit rates and labor shortages, businesses must search for new and creative ways to attract and retain workers.
Pacific Oaks Celebrates New Program Developments
With advancements in programs and accreditations, Pacific Oaks College recommits to maintaining the highest academic standards and expanding opportunities for our students.
Pacific Oaks Celebrates New Hires and Promotions: 2021-2022
New hires and promotions at Pacific Oaks represent a commitment to providing students a high-quality education and preparing them to be culturally intelligent agents of change.
Fulfilling Our Mission as a Hispanic-Serving Institution
Building on its first successful year of serving students at Pacific Oaks, the Student Success Center is expanding its impact.
Vision: A word from President Jack Paduntin
This year's theme from Voices magazine shows how Pacific Oaks is looking ahead in these trying times.
Forging a Healthy Future
Alumna Norma Mtume witnessed history fighting for civil rights—then made it organizing for communitybased health care.
Devoted to Education and Service
Guided in her mission by those who sought to lessen the sting of racism, Pacific Oaks donor Pam Praeger has always sought to have an impact on the communities she served.
A Reciprocal Program Prepares Adjunct Faculty for Success
Through the principles of autonomy-supportive instruction, an instructor who pioneered adjunct faculty mentor-mentee learning through relationships has empowered her colleagues to continue the work.
In It for the Long Haul: COVID-19 and the Future of Mental Health
How will Pacific Oaks prepare the professionals as the mental health care field evolves? We spoke to three faculty members in the Marriage and Family Therapy program to learn more.
We’re Back! Commencement Brings Community Together
“I commission you to become the change you want to see in the world.” — Chanchanit Martorell
