2018 Distinguished Alumni Award

4/12/2018 Divine Mercy University is excited to announce that Dr. Peter Martin, IPS Class of 2009, has been nominated and will accept the 2018 Distinguished Alumni Award at the Commencement Exercises this upcoming May. Currently a licensed psychologist in the state of Nebraska, Dr. Martin is the Internship Director of Integrated Training and Formation at Catholic Social…

A New Campus Location for DMU

January 24, 2018 Early in January, President Fr. Charles Sikorsky announced that DMU has signed a contract to purchase a building and surrounding property located in Sterling, Virginia to be the new DMU campus. Since 1999, the campus for the Institute for the Psychological Sciences (IPS) and now, the Divine Mercy University (DMU) campus, has…

Healing the Wounds of War

In October, a group from Divine Mercy University and Dr. Benjamin Keyes, Associate Professor and Director of the Center for Trauma and Resiliency Studies (CTRS), travelled to Beirut, Lebanon to provide specialized trainings on the topics of trauma to outreach workers, clinicians and those working with the people affected by the violence in Aleppo, Syria….

New Academic Dean for IPS

7/26/17 ARLINGTON —Dr. Suzanne Nortier Hollman, associate professor and Co-Director of the Psy.D. Program at the Institute for the Psychological Sciences (IPS), Divine Mercy University, has been selected to lead IPS as Academic Dean, effective July 1, 2017. She will succeed Dr. William J. Nordling, who has served as Dean since 2012 and will return…

A Journey of Faith and Healing: DMU’s 2017 Commencement Exercises

Divine Mercy University celebrated the 16th Graduation Mass and Commencement Exercises on May 19th, with 62 new masters and doctoral graduates from it’s School of Psychology, the Institute for the Psychological Sciences. This year marked the first graduating class from the online Master of Science in Psychology program, which began in 2014, geared toward those…

DMU Graduates Prepare To Counsel, Heal, and Serve

On May 19, Divine Mercy University (DMU) will hold the 16th Graduation Mass and Commencement Exercises at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C. His Excellency Archbishop Christophe Pierre, Apostolic Nuncio to the United States, will be the principal celebrant and homilist of the Graduation Mass. Most Reverend Paul…

DMU Opens New Center for Trauma and Resiliency Studies

1/18/17 The Center for Trauma and Resiliency Studies (CTRS) at Divine Mercy University opened this fall, offering a training program through Green Cross Academy for Traumatology for students, faculty, alumni and interested community professionals targeted toward certifications as Mental Health First Responders in times of disaster and traumatic situations. Dr. Benjamin Keyes, a faculty member…