Martin Krepcho, Ph.D.- Director of Behavioral Science at the Phoenix Baptist Family Medicine Residency Program. Formerly, Director of Behavioral Sciences at University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center.

Dr. Jerry Bergman, Ph.D. - Professor of biology & genetics at Northwest State College.  To his publishing credit he has over 600 scholarly articles & 20 books in 12 different languages.  In addition to receiving a doctoral degree in Human Biology from Columbia Pacific University, Bergman also has a Master of Science Degree from Medical College of Ohio and a second Ph.D. in Measurement and Evaluation from Wayne State University.

William Rogers, Ph.D. - Director of Behavioral Medicine - The Behavior Research Institute, San Antonio, Texas.  A leading authority relating to Early Childhood Development together with impact and usage of electromagnetism and ultrasound on cerebral cellular structure.  Producer/writer 100 plus papers, narrations, videos, documentaries/ landmark research  pertaining to tangible, non-invasive treatment of the brain relating to mental dysfunction within infant to early childhood devolvement.  Author internationally recognized scholarly work  "Recovered Memory and Other Assaults Upon the Mysteries of Consciousness" currently utilized as classroom and/or library selections by virtually all top fifty [50] universities throughout the United States, Canada, Western Europe, Australia and Japan.  Examples would be:  Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Stanford, MIT, Columbia, Oxford, Cambridge,  University of Paris and the University of Tokyo.  [See Who's Who in America for additional biographic information.]

 Richard "Rick" D. Chimblo, an expert in petroleum exploration and field development, has been named director of the Geotechnology Research Institute (GTRI) at the Houston Advanced Research Center. For the past 30 years, Dr. Chimblo has held management posts at major oil and gas companies in the United States and Saudi Arabia. He succeeds Dr. Manik Talwani who will continue to consult at HARC in addition to serving as Schlumberger Professor of Geophysics at Rice University.  Dr. Chimblo holds a Ph.D. degree in administration and management from Columbia Pacific University, an M.S. in geophysics from the University of Tulsa and a B.S. in mathematics from the University of Miami.

Dr. David Gardner, a board-certified, licensed psychologist, is Professor Emeritus at Boston University and the former Chairman of the Department of Business and Career Development. He has co-authored more than 100 scientific publications, including over 40 books, one of which was The Dissertation Proposal Guidebook: How to Write a Research Proposal and Get it Accepted. His most recent series of books focuses on the application of whole-brain theory to teaching technical tasks.  Formal education background:   PhD, Management and Organizational Psychology, Columbia Pacific University, 1984; EdD, Educational Psychology and Special Education, Boston University, 1974

Claudia Black, Clinical Consultant of Addictive Disorders for the Meadows Treatment Center and a senior fellow for the Meadows Institute in Arizona, is a renowned lecturer, author, and trainer internationally recognized for her work with family systems and addictive disorders. In fact, she originated a successful model of change in the 1970s that is still used today in treatment programs worldwide. For her pioneering work, Black has been the recipient of a number of national awards that include the Marty Mann Award, the 1991 SECAD Award, and the NCA's Educator of the Year. Previously, she was named the Chairperson of the National Association for Children of Alcoholics. Presently serving on their Advisory Board, Black spoke on Capitol Hill to members of Congress, constituents, and representatives of various addiction and treatment organizations in celebration of Alcoholic Anonymous' fiftieth anniversary.  She is A graduate of the University of Washington and Columbia Pacific University.
 

Chellis Glendinning (b. 18 June 1947) is a European-American writer, psychotherapist, and political activist whose involvement has spanned the movements of the late-20th and early-21st centuries – from civil rights to anti-globalization.  She is noted as a pioneer in the field of ecopsychology, weaving together insights from ecology, history, psychology, and culture to illuminate the human-nature relationship -- and she is a recognized critic of mass technological society.  Glendinning has written five books, one folk opera, and hundreds of articles, essays, and short stories. The subjects range from the psychic impacts of the nuclear arms race to the inherent disjunctures of mass society, from the effects of colonization on land-based peoples to the uprising of a village against a generations-old epidemic of heroin addiction. Glendinning graduated from the University of California Berkeley in social sciences in 1969, at which time she was inducted into Phi Beta Kappa. She received her Ph.D in psychology from Columbia Pacific University (San Rafael CA) in 1984.

 

 

AUTHORITY TO GRANT DEGREES                 In the State of California, degree-granting authority comes from the Bureau for Private Postsecondary and Vocational Education. Columbia Pacific University established in 1976, was fully approved/accredited under the Education Code of the State of California to offer degree programs and confer the appropriate degrees to learners who meet the graduation requirements of the University. BOARD OF PSYCHOLOGY             The Board of Psychology of the State of California fully accepted the University’s Doctor of Philosophy in Psychology (PhD) and the Doctor of Psychology (PsyD) degrees as meeting the educational requirements for licensure as a psychologist in California.   BOARD OF BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES The Board of Behavioral Sciences in the State of California fully accepted the University’s Master of Arts in Psychology (MA) degree as meeting the educational requirements for licensure as a Marriage and Family Therapist in California.           U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE  Columbia Pacific University was approved by the United States Department of Justice, Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) to accept and enroll foreign, non-immigrant F-1 students for academic degrees.     U.S. DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS CPU was approved by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA) to offer its programs to veterans who qualify for educational benefits under the DVA Chapter 31 Vocational Rehabilitation Benefits program. This program applies to our associates, bachelors and masters degree programs. _______________________________________________________

Bear's Guide to Alternative Graduate School ["The Authority in the Field" - Wilson Library Bulletin]: 1993   

 

Columbia Pacific University:   "No other non-resident doctorate-granting institution in the United States has a staff with the credentials, reputation, and experience of Columbia Pacific University". Bear’s Guide says the founders and staff of CPU “have, by a wide margin, the most impressive credentials of the people associated with any such school". The school was founded by three senior academics, two of whom were former presidents of regionally accredited American universities.  "I have had more positive, enthusiastic feedback from students and alumni of CPU than from any other school, accredited or not.  At this particular juncture in time, Columbia Pacific University has to be at least considered as one of the very best "on-line" institutions of higher education available today".  [John Bear]

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*Due to failing an accreditation oversight visit to CPU campus in 1997, a legal battle followed lasting more than two years.  As a final result the university was ordered to close.   More than 5000 students were in attendance at that time.  "Any students of Columbia Pacific University who received their degrees before fiscal year 1997 will not be negatively affected.   One Hundred percent [100%] of all CPU degrees received before fiscal year 1997 are considered valid and accredited by all relevant California credentialing and/or validating bodies.  " [California Bureau for Private Postsecondary and Vocational Education]  

 

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