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.
“Is everything OK?”
A single question can start the process of a child overcoming trauma.
Emerging Education
The future of special education lies in integrated classrooms that will inspire an evolution of inclusion.
How Trauma-Informed Social Workers Help Communities Heal: 6 Ways You Can Make an Impact
Explore how trauma-informed social workers restore communities, advance equity, and prepare students at Pacific Oaks College for real-world practice.
A few good families
Margie Young was an infant when her father, Robert “Bob” Young, got together with six local families in Pasadena to found a children’s school unlike any other. Her father was a Quaker. Some of the other families were not.
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.
75 Years of Respect
One of the founders of Voices magazine shares her reflections nearly 30 years later.
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.
Legacy: A word from President Dr. Jack Paduntin
This year's theme for Voices Magazine is in celebration of our diamond anniversary, and all the progress we have yet to achieve.
Lessons for life
For nearly 75 years, young minds have been nurtured beneath the trees of Shady Lane. Those experiences—ripe with discovery—can stay with them for years to come. We asked four generations of alumni to share their favorite memories and lasting lessons from their time at the Children’s School.
Vignettes
Reflections and lessons from the diverse faculty at Pacific Oaks on their lived experiences after spending a year socially distanced
Roundtable Q&A: The new American family
According to three Marriage and Family Therapy (MFT) professionals from Pacific Oaks College, the expanded mindset of families and relationships have necessitated a notable evolution in the Marriage and Family Therapy program.
