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New executive directors appointed to the School of Education, Counseling Psychology, and Pastoral Ministries
University President Paul Locatelli, S.J., and Provost Lucia Albino Gilbert announced the appointments of Dr. Janice Chavez as Executive Director for Education Programs and Tom Powers, S.J., as Executive Director, Counseling Psychology and Pastoral Ministries.
Chavez comes to Santa Clara from California State University, Bakersfield, where she was Professor of Special Education and served as director of the Office of Research & Sponsored Programs and interim dean for the Division of Graduate Studies and Research. Prior to her appointment at CSUB, Chavez was Professor of Special Education at California State University, Fresno, where she held a number of leadership positions during more than 25 years on the faculty.
The recipient of a number of awards for excellence in teaching and for leadership, Chavez has a strong, demonstrated commitment to diversity issues in education. She is a successful grant writer and administrator with experience in developing new teacher-training programs, coordinating accreditation processes, and collaborating with school districts.
Chavez received her Ph.D., M.A., and B.A. in Special Education, with emphases in psychology, diagnosis, and research, from the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque. She will join the campus community in early June.
Many members of the Santa Clara community already know Fr. Tom Powers through his outstanding service as Director of the Pastoral Ministries Program and as a member of the California Province of the Society of Jesus. He completed his doctorate in sacred theology in systematic theology at the Jesuit School of Theology at Berkeley. His research has taken him to Peru and Spain, where he has investigated the theological work being done by women in those countries. The State University of New York Press published his book, The Call of God: Women Doing Theology in Peru, in 2003.
Powers was the founding director of The Center for Ignatian Spirituality at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles. He taught theology there as well as at the University of San Francisco and JSTB. His courses have focused on Latin American and feminist theology, spirituality, and ecclesiology.
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Over twenty Counseling Psychology alumni met at the Adobe Lodge on Friday, July 18th. This is the start of a new Counseling Alumni Chapter. Please check out the alumni web page!
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Education professor, Tim Myers, will present a talk on "Chaos and Order in Education" on May 19th at 6pm in Bannan 333.
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The Career Emphasis alumni from the Department of Counseling Psychology met for a wonderful time at the Adobe Lodge in May. Contact us if you would like to attend next time. aoja@scu.edu Counseling Psychology Career Emphasis Reunion Dinner
On Thursday, May 15, 2008 SCU alumni and students gathered at Adobe Lodge to network and to celebrate the community of career professionals who have graduated from the MA program. As always, the alumni represented a wide variety of career-related positions including college and university career centers, recruiting, executive coaching, outplacement, private practice, and others.
To enhance our sense of community, participants listened to Diane Dreher tell stories from her newly released book, Your Personal Renaissance: Twelve Steps to Finding Your Life’s True Calling. A lively post-dinner discussion continued until our time at Adobe came to an end. The Career Emphasis is led by Dr. Teri Quatman and supported by Anne Oja, program co-coordinator and adjunct faculty member, along with Chris Fogarty, Linda Surrell, and Kathy Lindblom, all of whom teach classes and are also program alumnae.
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The Graduate Program in Pastoral Ministries recently unveiled their new online application. Besides reducing waste, the Program's initiatives to go paperless also result in reduced printing and mailing costs and improved convenience for students, faculty, and staff. Graduate Program in Pastoral Ministries reduces paper use
As more and more campus departments move towards sustainable operations, it's important to recognize their achievements and share best practices and barriers along the way.
The Graduate Program in Pastoral Ministries recently unveiled their new online application. Besides reducing waste, the Program's initiatives to go paperless also result in reduced printing and mailing costs and improved convenience for students, faculty, and staff.
"The decision to switch to an online application was preceded by numerous efforts among the department to reduce paper use," said Ralph Fullerton, Administrative Assistant for the Program. "For example, most of the Graduate Program's announcements are online. Rather than distribute quarterly mailings, we e-mail students and post updated PDFs of information on the web."
Students are directly benefiting from these changes. Although they might need to check their e-mail more often, students can access up-to-date information posted on the Graduate Program's organized and easily accessible website. PDFs have a major advantage over printed documents because they can be updated as soon as a change is made. Visit the program's Information site.
Congratulations to the staff and faculty in the Graduate Program in Pastoral Ministries for their efforts to reduce waste and further develop a culture of sustainability at SCU.
http://www.scu.edu/sustainability/updatemar08.cfm
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On March 27 and 28, 2008 the Center for Professional Development sponsored a conference called, "Compassion In Action: Shaping the Future of End-of-Life Care" in collaboration with Hospice of the Valley and endorsed by the California Hospice Foundation
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April 14, 2008 at 6:00 pm in Alumni Science 120, Dr. Elizabeth Day will speak about the issue of a student bringing an unloaded gun to school in response to a bullying problem he has been encountering. If you were the teacher, what would you do?
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Saturday, May 24, 2008 11:30 - 2:30 pm The Counseling Psychology Graduate Student Association invites all students, faculty, alumni, significant others and children to a catered BBQ lunch at Vasona Park, Lakeview Group Picnic Area. RSVP cpgsa@scu.edu before May 17.
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"Feldman and Lasher light the trail which leads patients and families to reconciliation with life's last challenge." Walter Bortz II, MD "The journey of writing this book began two years ago as we both noticed a need for a book written for families facing the serious illness of a loved one. In short, the families of our patients frequently expressed a desire to understand more fully what their loved ones were going through and how best to help. Medical providers, for their part, often observed that family misunderstandings presented barriers to patients getting the best care possible. It was this set of circumstances that led us to write"...David Feldman, Ph.D. coauthor.
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In the web article, "Mourning changed by technology" from the Daily News, Jerry Berrios, Staff Writer quotes Dale Larson. "Technology, especially the Internet, is helping people maintain their memories of the person who died", said Dale Larson, professor of counseling psychology at Santa Clara University.
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