New university name for existing graduate school – Palo Alto University
The Pacific Graduate School of Psychology is one of the premier graduate
schools in the United States for the advanced study of psychology. Located
in Palo Alto, California (also the home of Stanford University, a partner),
PGSP came to Igor for a new name. The name Pacific Graduate School of
Psychology was too narrow for what had grown to become a full-fledged
university still focused on the study of psychology, but broader in scope
and encompassing undergraduate as well as graduate studies. PGSP wanted
to keep their name in place for the graduate school of psychology, but
wanted a broader name, preferably with a regional basis, for the umbrella
university name.
The chosen name, Palo Alto University (PAU), neatly solves the problem,
linking the school to the local community, the region in general, and
by association to Stanford University's School of Medicine and Department
of Psychiatry, with which PGSP has cooperative relationships.
Founded in 1975, the Pacific Graduate School of Psychology reincorporated
to Palo Alto University in 2009. Combining the advantages of a professional
school with a traditional university, Palo Alto University provides undergraduate
and graduate students small class sizes with renowned faculty and impressive
clinical training resources through the university's cooperative relationships
with Stanford University, the University of San Francisco, Golden Gate
University and Palo Alto Veterans Health Administration. The positive
results of this strategy can be seen in students' placement in high quality
internships, outstanding test scores on the licensing examination, and
successful careers.
And then there's just the sheer joy factor for us in being a company
named Igor that has named a very well respected university specializing
in psychology:
