WEBVTT 00:00:06.080 --> 00:00:06.980 Hello, everybody. 00:00:07.120 --> 00:00:10.180 I'm Joe Drennett, and I'm with DuVois Mercy University. 00:00:11.040 --> 00:00:16.195 And we are on this webinar tonight with doctor Clausley. 00:00:16.255 --> 00:00:17.875 She is the program chair. 00:00:18.095 --> 00:00:25.455 And Therese who she's a recent graduate, but she's going to be an admit admissions adviser just like me. 00:00:25.455 --> 00:00:35.860 So but, we got some very exciting things to to tell you about what's going on, you know, within the, DMU community and our continual improvement. 00:00:35.920 --> 00:00:39.700 And so without further ado, let's go with doctor Kyle. 00:00:42.335 --> 00:00:43.555 Thank you so much. 00:00:44.095 --> 00:00:45.955 So good to have everybody here tonight. 00:00:46.415 --> 00:00:59.210 I think we're gonna start, just Carice, if you wanna introduce yourself a little bit, say when you graduated and kind of maybe start off with what you did and what drew you to the program. 00:01:00.550 --> 00:01:00.710 Hi. 00:01:00.710 --> 00:01:02.090 My name is Charisse Magsapak. 00:01:02.950 --> 00:01:08.090 I learned about IPS, Institute for Psychological Sciences, back when I was in college. 00:01:08.225 --> 00:01:10.805 Back around 2008, I attended a focus conference. 00:01:11.425 --> 00:01:19.585 And I was just finishing my engineering degrees at the time, and then I realized at some point in there, I was like, I'm gonna go back to psychology at some point. 00:01:19.585 --> 00:01:22.710 So I've always been getting the IPS newsletters every month. 00:01:23.190 --> 00:01:27.610 And then as time went by, I was an engineer for several years in the oil field. 00:01:27.830 --> 00:01:34.890 I was a sister for a few years, and then I worked at the parish for about five years as a sacraments coordinator for youth formation. 00:01:35.455 --> 00:01:38.995 So first communion, infant baptism, RCIA for children. 00:01:39.775 --> 00:01:46.255 And then in that time, I was real really encountering a lot of families, a lot of brokenness in families. 00:01:46.255 --> 00:01:47.760 And I don't know. 00:01:47.760 --> 00:01:55.700 And as an engineer, I'm usually, like, straightforward, logical, over analytical, and I really realized I was missing a huge social component in my work. 00:01:56.560 --> 00:02:04.395 So I I remembered about Divine Mercy University, and I started doing the MSP program, back in the summer of twenty twenty one. 00:02:04.535 --> 00:02:07.115 And then I graduated actually this past summer. 00:02:07.175 --> 00:02:12.795 I finished my last course in July 23, and I was doing a self designed track. 00:02:12.935 --> 00:02:21.850 And, I was so excited to do it because, a lot of my capstone also went into implementation in my parish, and it's still a program that's being used there. 00:02:22.150 --> 00:02:23.530 So happy to be here. 00:02:23.670 --> 00:02:24.070 Very good. 00:02:24.070 --> 00:02:24.810 Thank you. 00:02:25.430 --> 00:02:25.930 Fantastic. 00:02:26.630 --> 00:02:36.035 So if you think back the you know, we have eight core courses, and then we have three electives that people can choose in different areas, and we'll talk about those a little bit. 00:02:37.215 --> 00:02:44.595 A couple things that kinda stand out to you as you went through the program that you thought, wow, that really helped me in my work in ministry. 00:02:46.050 --> 00:02:49.090 There were two human services classes that I took. 00:02:49.090 --> 00:02:53.190 There was the relationship interventions and the group therapy class. 00:02:54.290 --> 00:02:57.270 Those two classes really challenged me. 00:02:57.365 --> 00:03:02.425 And, actually, when I was first applying to Divine Mercy University, I was like, I'm not going to be a counselor. 00:03:02.645 --> 00:03:19.260 I don't feel like I am I'm fit to talk to talking to people, but then I challenged myself to do these classes where I I was really challenged to see how I interacted with people and how I needed to be more empathetic to other to others as well, and that really helped me in my work. 00:03:19.400 --> 00:03:29.655 So doctor doctor Anna Peguararo and doctor Laura Cusimano were really integral in helping me, improve my social the social component of my work for sure. 00:03:29.955 --> 00:03:32.135 So those two classes really stood out to me. 00:03:32.755 --> 00:03:33.255 Fantastic. 00:03:33.795 --> 00:03:42.000 And I think really what what it is, I think one of the things that I, particularly love I love a lot of parts about our program. 00:03:42.220 --> 00:03:49.520 But one thing for me as program director and as faculty, what I love is, the MSP has such a range of students. 00:03:49.900 --> 00:04:02.345 We have people probably 25% of our students living overseas, so which makes for wonderful discussion in the weekly discussion posts because people come with such a richness of experience and perspectives. 00:04:03.045 --> 00:04:08.265 And then also we have people from such different backgrounds in terms of work and ministry. 00:04:08.670 --> 00:04:12.530 Like, you Charice, you came from engineering and then into ministry. 00:04:13.070 --> 00:04:25.495 We do have a substantial number of priests and sisters and focus missionaries, but also we have people who are in the business world, people who are in health care, right, people who are going on for other doctoral programs. 00:04:25.955 --> 00:04:34.935 So just the the the variety of experience is one of the things that is, I think, very, very joyful in terms of walking through the program. 00:04:35.395 --> 00:04:41.250 Charice, if you think a little bit, it's all online, 100% asynchronous online, how did you feel? 00:04:41.250 --> 00:04:42.710 Did you feel very alone? 00:04:42.770 --> 00:04:45.030 Do you did you feel you could connect with people? 00:04:46.930 --> 00:04:47.250 Yes. 00:04:47.250 --> 00:04:53.735 So when I was doing the online portion, especially that first class, it was very integral to actually meet a cohort. 00:04:54.515 --> 00:04:59.075 I actually went out on my way to really get a WhatsApp with people and to talk to them. 00:04:59.075 --> 00:05:03.235 And I would say the first course really helped me introduce myself to on online learning. 00:05:03.235 --> 00:05:06.240 So that first course was really good at easing me into it. 00:05:06.480 --> 00:05:12.160 The weekly discussions, the the few the papers, that you would have to do every week. 00:05:12.160 --> 00:05:24.735 And then what I really loved about those were the weekly individualized feedback from the professors, which are so helpful too because sometimes I feel like as as you as you mentioned, like, online learning can be very difficult sometimes. 00:05:25.275 --> 00:05:35.410 Despite the fact that it's asynchronous that you can learn it on your own time, you feel sort of isolated at home, but you'll always have these feedback, from professors, from your cohorts. 00:05:35.470 --> 00:05:39.650 So you never really feel alone at during this program at all. 00:05:41.070 --> 00:05:41.310 Yeah. 00:05:41.310 --> 00:05:45.330 And I I really appreciate your perspective as somebody who's just walked through it. 00:05:45.470 --> 00:05:50.285 I think that's really it it feels like like an online learning community. 00:05:50.425 --> 00:05:50.665 Right? 00:05:50.665 --> 00:05:53.485 It is really a virtual learning community. 00:05:54.025 --> 00:06:13.270 And we have I think since you have walked through the program, we've added a virtual residency in the first course where we spend two full days together online in small groups and in larger groups and practicing skills, relating skills that pretty much anybody needs in any kind of job or ministry. 00:06:13.970 --> 00:06:24.565 Being able to listen well and connect with your listeners is doesn't matter if you're a CEO of a company or, parish priest or anything around that. 00:06:25.185 --> 00:06:25.985 Just so important. 00:06:25.985 --> 00:06:29.265 So we're practicing skills, but we all are meeting each other. 00:06:29.265 --> 00:06:36.150 We all, getting to know each other a little bit, which the feedback we get is people find it really, really joyful. 00:06:36.770 --> 00:06:42.850 I'm gonna share my screen here for a minute just to give a little bit of an overview of and where we're at in the program, what the program is. 00:06:43.170 --> 00:06:46.530 One of the things and, we haven't updated the last piece yet. 00:06:46.530 --> 00:06:50.685 So we have we've kinda over the years, the last few years, added concentrations. 00:06:51.705 --> 00:06:57.945 The the reason we've added concentrations is that people come to us with, can you teach this? 00:06:57.945 --> 00:06:59.065 Can you give us this? 00:06:59.065 --> 00:07:03.670 I'm looking I I'm director of marriage and family in my diocese. 00:07:04.370 --> 00:07:14.470 I I need to know more about integrative view of the family or pre kana, post kana, premarital, post marital support for families and couples. 00:07:14.825 --> 00:07:23.405 So, over the last couple years, we've added concentrations to accommodate the different needs that people bring to us. 00:07:23.545 --> 00:07:37.270 Marriage and family is one where, people working with couples, mentor couples, and we have quite a few people who are directors of marriage and family, both at the parish level and at the diocesan level. 00:07:38.130 --> 00:07:49.015 People who work in nonprofit organizations and like to understand a little bit more on family systems theory, hands on interventions. 00:07:49.795 --> 00:07:54.935 And now we've just revised and added a course on Catholic Christian marriage and human sexuality. 00:07:55.475 --> 00:08:05.290 So So having that integrity of you on marriage, family, and human sexuality, if that's part of your work ministry, there's a great great course, great concentration. 00:08:06.630 --> 00:08:19.985 We've added the human services because we have a lot of people who come with a desire to help and a desire to to work with people who have faced adversity, who are in harder places. 00:08:20.445 --> 00:08:30.010 And human services is that concentration that equips you, to help people overcome adversity by connecting them with resources. 00:08:30.630 --> 00:08:38.330 So case management for different agencies to work with people, that's kinda your human services degree. 00:08:38.765 --> 00:08:49.825 There is a certification you can get that the degree qualifies you for that you have to do afterwards, getting some practical hours, but we meant we meet the educational requirements for that. 00:08:50.285 --> 00:08:54.260 Then, leadership is just a great concentration. 00:08:54.260 --> 00:08:58.760 We've had some people who have who are project management in Silicon Valley. 00:08:58.900 --> 00:09:01.640 And they come to us and was like, all I know is computers. 00:09:02.020 --> 00:09:03.960 I don't know anything about people. 00:09:04.580 --> 00:09:06.455 I need to learn to understand people. 00:09:06.515 --> 00:09:08.935 Charisse, maybe there's a little bit of your background with engineering. 00:09:08.995 --> 00:09:09.315 Right? 00:09:09.315 --> 00:09:15.815 Like, I'm really comfortable with the engineering and with the math and the IT, but now I'm supposed to be in charge of people. 00:09:16.675 --> 00:09:18.055 So so how does that work? 00:09:18.090 --> 00:09:21.870 So we've added we have, our first course, applied leadership skills. 00:09:21.930 --> 00:09:24.990 It really goes from self leadership to other leadership. 00:09:25.210 --> 00:09:27.850 How do I lead myself well? 00:09:27.850 --> 00:09:38.905 How I become comfortable being the role of a leader, then adding, the concept of transformational leadership and then having a very hands on organizational leadership class. 00:09:39.685 --> 00:09:44.965 So that's that is you are in either a ministry setting where you take leadership. 00:09:44.965 --> 00:09:58.720 We have some priests who have a Catholic school attached to their parish, larger parish ministry, or people who are heads in seminaries, people who are leadership roles at focus. 00:09:59.340 --> 00:10:07.625 So so many different leadership roles, which is feel they wanna have deeper knowledge in leadership and have it from a Catholic Christian perspective. 00:10:08.405 --> 00:10:11.685 Then the pre PhD is our latest or it's not our latest. 00:10:11.685 --> 00:10:12.585 Our latest bioethics. 00:10:12.885 --> 00:10:24.250 The one that we started this year in January, and there is kind of a a growing group of people kind of fresh out of college who probably wanna get into a little more competitive doctoral programs. 00:10:25.190 --> 00:10:27.770 And they wanna get a, the integrative perspective. 00:10:28.310 --> 00:10:35.325 How do I integrate philosophy, theology, psychology well before I go on maybe for a state school doctoral program? 00:10:35.865 --> 00:10:47.400 And who wanna have done a full research project, hopefully a presentation at a conference and a publication to put them in that little more competitive space to apply for doctoral programs. 00:10:47.780 --> 00:10:50.360 And that's been a really, great addition. 00:10:50.820 --> 00:11:00.625 Just had two meetings today with students who are, one, doing something on boredom and sense of purpose in life and just there's some really interesting data collection for young adults. 00:11:01.245 --> 00:11:04.945 So somebody doing, intergenerational trauma. 00:11:05.165 --> 00:11:14.110 So fantastic, interesting research work that they are doing and pulling in that, Christian view of the person into their research work. 00:11:14.810 --> 00:11:16.010 Then, self design. 00:11:16.010 --> 00:11:30.685 So there's a lot of ministry people go the self design route because depending on their ministry needs, they take one relating skills class, maybe the marriage family or Catholic Christian marriage human sexuality course and maybe one leadership course. 00:11:30.905 --> 00:11:36.605 So we have a lot of our priest sisters, people in ministry have liked the self design. 00:11:37.065 --> 00:11:38.985 And then Jess is not on this list yet. 00:11:38.985 --> 00:11:47.260 We added, Jess, this fall, or starting in spring, a bioethics in collaboration with the National Catholic Bioethics Center. 00:11:48.920 --> 00:12:02.175 For people who are chaplains, people working in health care, who are kind of faced with these harder ethical situations, people struggling and being in harder places. 00:12:02.795 --> 00:12:09.910 So the ability to discern well and relate compassionately and empathically, Right? 00:12:09.910 --> 00:12:15.290 Those two pieces together is, that's what the bioethics concentration is for. 00:12:15.670 --> 00:12:20.230 So if people have questions about either of the concentrations, put a question in the chat. 00:12:20.230 --> 00:12:23.875 We'd love to give more feedback. 00:12:23.875 --> 00:12:27.235 And, Charice, you took a couple classes from human services. 00:12:27.235 --> 00:12:28.055 Is that correct? 00:12:28.355 --> 00:12:28.595 Yes. 00:12:28.595 --> 00:12:29.815 And one in leadership. 00:12:30.675 --> 00:12:34.695 You wanna say a little bit what what stood out to you and what was helpful in those classes? 00:12:36.687 --> 00:12:41.000 For sure, the as as you mentioned, I have come from a technical background. 00:12:41.300 --> 00:12:42.740 So for me, I can do the math. 00:12:42.740 --> 00:12:51.715 I can do the the logistics side, the coordinating side, but I didn't, I need more help and tools to be able to engage other people. 00:12:51.715 --> 00:12:54.855 So in my work at at the parish, I work with a lot of families. 00:12:55.075 --> 00:12:58.595 I don't particularly work in the marriage section, but with kids. 00:12:58.595 --> 00:13:08.040 And when they come up to me with questions, about mental health and how to and and then their parents are coming out to me with their working with with their children. 00:13:08.740 --> 00:13:13.080 The human services side really helped me, especially the relationship interventions. 00:13:13.460 --> 00:13:20.135 Learning how to listen, how to empathically listen, and be present to these families was something I was really needing. 00:13:20.595 --> 00:13:30.275 So the relationship intervention class was for was interesting because they required you to to actually do relation like, talks with other people, and you had to record it. 00:13:30.275 --> 00:13:34.550 And that was that was, what you were being, being graded on. 00:13:34.550 --> 00:13:39.770 And that was such a challenge for me because I didn't I don't like being in front of the camera, but it was such a good, practice. 00:13:40.230 --> 00:13:58.505 And then the group therapy, sessions was were really about leading groups for me, because I lead a lot of families through first communion, through sacraments for their children, I needed to learn more about how to be more present in a larger group of people and how to be attentive to eat to each person. 00:13:58.725 --> 00:14:02.120 That's the best that I can, of course, but that taught me how to lead. 00:14:02.180 --> 00:14:06.920 And then the leadership really cemented how I can be a better leader. 00:14:07.060 --> 00:14:11.800 And, honestly, from that class, I really learned that to be a better leader, I need to also be a better follower. 00:14:12.340 --> 00:14:20.635 Like, all these little things that I'm learning in these classes are what's are something I was able to take with me to work almost immediately. 00:14:21.095 --> 00:14:25.755 So everything I was learning was just really applicable to any profession. 00:14:26.710 --> 00:14:27.070 Excellent. 00:14:27.070 --> 00:14:28.890 Thank you so much for sharing. 00:14:29.190 --> 00:14:30.570 Look at the chat here. 00:14:30.950 --> 00:14:31.990 Oh, no questions. 00:14:31.990 --> 00:14:32.310 Good. 00:14:32.310 --> 00:14:33.430 I wanted to be sure. 00:14:33.430 --> 00:14:35.450 If you have questions, put them in the chat. 00:14:36.790 --> 00:14:42.915 We'll go a little bit further kind of, what is that core that you'll be learning? 00:14:42.915 --> 00:14:45.255 So we'll have the electives that you will take. 00:14:46.195 --> 00:14:51.715 Really being, I call it psychologically literate is probably the best way to describe it. 00:14:51.715 --> 00:14:53.910 Be well psychologically literate. 00:14:54.770 --> 00:14:55.010 Right? 00:14:55.010 --> 00:14:59.990 To to know those basic concepts of human growth and development. 00:15:00.210 --> 00:15:00.530 Right? 00:15:00.530 --> 00:15:05.730 Seeing the person in their formative years and seeing the person in in the aging years. 00:15:05.730 --> 00:15:06.230 Right? 00:15:06.530 --> 00:15:13.405 Understanding how their thinking changes, how perception changes, how spirituality develops. 00:15:13.405 --> 00:15:13.905 Right? 00:15:14.445 --> 00:15:16.385 And thinking to your own journey. 00:15:16.445 --> 00:15:16.945 Right? 00:15:17.085 --> 00:15:19.565 How was my own journey has affected me? 00:15:19.565 --> 00:15:21.025 Where am I in the lifespan? 00:15:21.990 --> 00:15:28.410 So being very familiar with that, I think, gives a wonderful asset is a wonderful asset in working with people. 00:15:28.710 --> 00:15:38.455 And we have a developmental psychopathology, risk and resilience, which is a our outlook on psychopathology is really developmental. 00:15:39.395 --> 00:15:39.895 Right? 00:15:40.195 --> 00:15:42.935 Factors of risk and factors that increase resiliency. 00:15:44.435 --> 00:15:53.200 So looking through different, you know, basic psychopathology, addictions, OCD, anxiety disorders, etcetera. 00:15:53.740 --> 00:15:58.320 But always with this developmental framework because we are not never stuck. 00:15:58.380 --> 00:15:59.900 We're never at a place. 00:15:59.900 --> 00:16:07.185 And our Catholic charismatic model of the person, which one piece that I love is that as being created in the image of God, we are developmental. 00:16:07.565 --> 00:16:15.005 God has created us with the ability to grow and develop and change, which is such a hopeful outlook for the person. 00:16:15.005 --> 00:16:16.590 We are never stuck. 00:16:16.590 --> 00:16:18.270 We are never just at a place. 00:16:18.270 --> 00:16:23.410 We're always with that trajectory, towards eternity and and growth and development. 00:16:24.430 --> 00:16:38.735 Couple years ago, we added a course cognition, emotion, motivation for people to understand, for us to learn, a little bit biological basis of behavior and emotion, thinking through thought processes and how they affect our emotion. 00:16:39.275 --> 00:16:40.655 What motivates people? 00:16:40.880 --> 00:16:41.040 Right? 00:16:41.040 --> 00:16:44.580 If I need to motivate people, what are those factors from motivational psychology? 00:16:45.200 --> 00:16:47.060 What are decision making processes? 00:16:47.280 --> 00:16:47.780 Right? 00:16:47.840 --> 00:16:49.140 How do people make decisions? 00:16:49.280 --> 00:16:49.760 Right? 00:16:49.760 --> 00:16:52.100 What do they pull in in those thought processes? 00:16:52.815 --> 00:16:56.035 I think a very helpful course for understanding functioning. 00:16:56.495 --> 00:17:10.500 Then we have our Catholic Christian vision of flourishing course that talks about vocations and virtues as a philosophy course, and then stats and research methodology, which is really puts you in that place. 00:17:10.500 --> 00:17:15.480 I think those two courses where you go from, not expert to expert. 00:17:15.540 --> 00:17:16.040 Right? 00:17:16.180 --> 00:17:26.965 The ability to speak as an expert is those tools to go to the research literature yourself, to understand concepts of research and be able to read articles. 00:17:28.145 --> 00:17:33.505 You you don't just have to stay with what's posted on the web or what people think about stuff. 00:17:33.505 --> 00:17:36.005 You can say, well, is that actually true? 00:17:36.140 --> 00:17:36.860 And how would I know? 00:17:36.860 --> 00:17:40.800 I can go to the research myself because I have the tools not to go to the research myself. 00:17:41.100 --> 00:17:44.080 It's a really a huge step of becoming a professional. 00:17:44.540 --> 00:17:46.320 And, Charice, do you have a thought to that? 00:17:46.700 --> 00:17:48.160 That was such a good class. 00:17:48.805 --> 00:17:54.185 Because of my engineering background, a lot of my cohort, which we had a huge WhatsApp and we're still continuing today. 00:17:54.245 --> 00:18:05.040 A lot of people are very scared about the statistics course because, I mean, statistics, it's it can be scary, but it was actually done in such a way where it was so accessible to everyone. 00:18:05.100 --> 00:18:09.660 And doctor Klaassel, you were my professor for for the statistical analysis class. 00:18:09.660 --> 00:18:20.595 I had a great time reading it and going through all of the statistical model models because I think there's a lot of things where when you when you watch on the news media, they're like, oh, statistics say this. 00:18:20.595 --> 00:18:27.795 But I'm like, I wanna know what statistics actually say than what, than what the media tells me. 00:18:27.795 --> 00:18:30.755 So there's a lot you can you're much more in-depth now. 00:18:30.755 --> 00:18:39.530 You can understand statistical research, and you can actually read these papers where these statistics come from and understand really what they actually mean. 00:18:39.530 --> 00:18:41.470 So I had a great time with that course. 00:18:41.930 --> 00:18:42.170 Yeah. 00:18:42.170 --> 00:18:44.510 I I love I I love that course, obviously. 00:18:44.730 --> 00:18:45.290 I teach it. 00:18:45.290 --> 00:18:47.405 I really enjoy, but I enjoy the process. 00:18:47.625 --> 00:18:51.545 The research methods, and program evaluation, it's interesting. 00:18:51.545 --> 00:19:05.260 We we still have people who are in different ministries come back to us to to process with us because that course takes you through the ability to ask the question, the right question of, how would I know if my ministry or work is actually effective? 00:19:05.480 --> 00:19:05.980 Right? 00:19:06.040 --> 00:19:11.100 And have the tools to ask those questions and and answer those questions. 00:19:11.320 --> 00:19:26.715 So we still have periodic people who are now in different ministries, who have graduated, who are like, you know, I I actually would like to understand better if our youth ministry is actually reaching the goals we wanted to reach or if our missionary work or our seminary formation. 00:19:26.775 --> 00:19:27.015 Right? 00:19:27.015 --> 00:19:32.450 Is it actually reaching the goals we set out to go we set out to reach, and how would we know? 00:19:32.450 --> 00:19:34.517 So that's kinda really helpful. 00:19:34.517 --> 00:19:41.470 And then social psychology, fantastic to understand who we are in groups, in culture, diversity. 00:19:42.090 --> 00:19:43.630 God has made us diverse. 00:19:43.770 --> 00:19:48.835 What does it look like created in the image of God with all the diversity that we see in the world? 00:19:49.055 --> 00:19:51.795 And, how does it affect us in groups and cultures? 00:19:52.415 --> 00:19:55.635 So, those are our core courses that everybody takes. 00:19:55.855 --> 00:19:57.155 You look at the chat. 00:19:57.350 --> 00:19:58.870 I say, oh, say hello. 00:19:58.870 --> 00:20:01.530 So if you have question, you can also just maybe raise your hand. 00:20:03.030 --> 00:20:06.150 So we will, go just quick a little bit through. 00:20:06.150 --> 00:20:13.215 We've talked about the, different concentrations and kind of different jobs you can do with that. 00:20:13.755 --> 00:20:19.595 You'll schedule an individual discussion with Joe or Charisse where you go through these. 00:20:19.595 --> 00:20:22.650 We won't spend a lot of time on those. 00:20:22.650 --> 00:20:27.550 If you have questions, you can ask about those specifically. 00:20:28.250 --> 00:20:33.210 And, then moving forward, I will turn it over. 00:20:33.210 --> 00:20:34.090 I'll stop sharing. 00:20:34.090 --> 00:20:40.915 I'll let Joe Drennen share kind of going through the specifics of the school and the program. 00:20:41.215 --> 00:20:43.555 If you have questions, how do you move forward? 00:20:45.135 --> 00:20:47.155 Those kind of practical pieces. 00:20:48.970 --> 00:20:50.590 Well, thank you, doctor Classy. 00:20:50.650 --> 00:20:51.710 I will do that. 00:20:51.850 --> 00:20:57.930 And, thank you, doctor Classy and and Charisse, for giving that good input in what you're doing. 00:20:57.930 --> 00:21:06.225 So I am going to share my screen, and I think I hope everybody can see this. 00:21:06.225 --> 00:21:09.925 And we are Divine Mercy University. 00:21:10.225 --> 00:21:14.305 It's a master's psychology, 100% online degree. 00:21:14.305 --> 00:21:24.900 So the only time you would ever have to come to campus is at graduation if you wish to, and we don't, you know, require the GRE, the graduate record exam. 00:21:26.240 --> 00:21:29.460 Then the, we are composed of two schools. 00:21:30.545 --> 00:21:35.285 The, school for sciences psychological sciences and school counseling. 00:21:35.905 --> 00:21:41.025 But our our our our premise or treatises is it's the old person. 00:21:41.025 --> 00:21:44.440 We call it the Catholic Christian meta model. 00:21:44.580 --> 00:21:49.960 And, you know, when we teach, of course, you know, we teach psychology, you know, the mind and behavior. 00:21:50.580 --> 00:21:53.000 We also put some philosophy in there. 00:21:53.620 --> 00:21:55.160 We infuse theology. 00:21:55.475 --> 00:22:03.015 Now we don't have, you know, theology one zero one or religion one zero one, but we may make, you know, references to the saints in the bible. 00:22:03.155 --> 00:22:08.535 And this is to to to help you flourish so you can help other people flourish. 00:22:09.400 --> 00:22:12.060 And we've been around since 1999. 00:22:12.280 --> 00:22:18.140 And then in 2014, we started the 100% online master's in psychology. 00:22:18.520 --> 00:22:32.495 Then in 2015, we added, we added counseling, but we went from a name change from the Institute of Psychological Sciences to Divine Mercy University, and we gained university status. 00:22:33.275 --> 00:22:37.695 And then we are credited by the Southern Association of Schools and Colleges. 00:22:37.835 --> 00:22:44.850 And, you know, in The US, there are, I think, there are six regional accredited groups. 00:22:44.850 --> 00:22:52.690 And you got, like, the Northeast, Middle States, Midwest, Southern States, and that we're the we're the we're the Southern associate. 00:22:52.690 --> 00:22:58.295 So we're from Virginia down to Florida over to Texas and up to Kentucky. 00:22:58.995 --> 00:23:02.755 And other schools are like Duke, Georgia Tech, and many others. 00:23:02.755 --> 00:23:08.775 But it's a sign of that that, you know, we're we're we're doing what we say we're gonna do. 00:23:09.320 --> 00:23:22.220 And, of course, you saw doctor Classly, but, you know, I don't know if she mentioned this or not, but, you know, when we form a group and the next group we're forming is for a class to start on January 10. 00:23:22.895 --> 00:23:28.835 And, you know, very few of our, students have bachelor's in psychology. 00:23:29.455 --> 00:23:31.295 They could be in nursing too. 00:23:31.295 --> 00:23:32.335 We have priests in there. 00:23:32.335 --> 00:23:33.235 We have deacons. 00:23:33.295 --> 00:23:34.675 We have social workers. 00:23:35.215 --> 00:23:36.115 We have homemakers. 00:23:36.255 --> 00:23:45.750 We have and, again, they could be from all over the world since it is online, but what this makes for is a diverse learning group. 00:23:47.090 --> 00:23:52.215 And then, you know, how is a master's online psychology unique? 00:23:52.215 --> 00:23:54.235 Well, it's all online. 00:23:54.775 --> 00:23:55.335 You know what? 00:23:55.335 --> 00:24:02.855 You never have to, you know, get in your car, you know, get or to get dressed up, go to your car, and go to class. 00:24:02.855 --> 00:24:04.230 It is all there. 00:24:04.310 --> 00:24:08.970 And you do it on your time because it is in, you know, what we call asynchronous. 00:24:10.150 --> 00:24:16.410 And then, you know, again, our our our big premise is the Catholic Christian, the whole person. 00:24:17.015 --> 00:24:18.055 Wanna deal with the whole person. 00:24:18.055 --> 00:24:18.695 You know? 00:24:18.695 --> 00:24:22.775 Their mind, of course, you know, their their spirit and their heart. 00:24:22.775 --> 00:24:30.635 It's it's it's just deeper than secular psychology, and you can finish in either sixteen or twenty six months. 00:24:31.680 --> 00:24:36.740 And what I like is you get feedback from your instructors on a weekly basis. 00:24:36.880 --> 00:24:42.660 And, you know, I was in school a while back, and my only feedback was the grade on my papers. 00:24:43.395 --> 00:24:45.235 And I either did good or bad. 00:24:45.235 --> 00:24:48.935 And if I wanted to talk with my instructor, I had to set an appointment. 00:24:49.475 --> 00:24:52.515 And I went to a couple of appointments, and they said out for the day. 00:24:52.515 --> 00:24:53.555 So heck with that. 00:24:53.555 --> 00:24:57.060 But you're gonna get feedback weekly whether you want it or not. 00:24:57.460 --> 00:25:04.360 And, you know, we we try to do have have, formation groups of, about 24, 25 people. 00:25:04.580 --> 00:25:05.800 That's pretty small. 00:25:06.340 --> 00:25:09.080 And we teach in the five learning modalities. 00:25:09.380 --> 00:25:10.120 You know? 00:25:10.260 --> 00:25:11.800 Modalities are methods. 00:25:12.100 --> 00:25:16.405 And, the, you know, the biggest one is your lectures. 00:25:16.625 --> 00:25:18.005 You don't have to do theirs. 00:25:18.465 --> 00:25:26.725 You know, they are recorded and archived, so you can, you you can, you know, watch and listen to them as many times as you wish. 00:25:27.460 --> 00:25:33.640 And then the other thing on that is you can download your lecture to a video or a audiobook. 00:25:33.780 --> 00:25:39.080 So if you're driving or working around the house, you know, you can have that play for you. 00:25:39.460 --> 00:25:45.695 And our our faculty is pretty good, and, you know, they they wanna help you learn. 00:25:45.755 --> 00:25:49.835 And and I have and you think we have teachers they just teach. 00:25:49.835 --> 00:25:50.075 You know? 00:25:50.075 --> 00:25:51.115 I'm gonna tell you this. 00:25:51.115 --> 00:25:51.915 You memorize it. 00:25:51.915 --> 00:25:52.875 We're gonna have a test. 00:25:52.875 --> 00:26:06.910 Well, our instructors wanna help you learn by, first of all, get to know you as an individual and finding out your learning style, what works best for you and your goal for, you know, after you finish. 00:26:07.930 --> 00:26:14.485 And then there's some of the I'm gonna let you read some of the these are some of the benefits of the masters of psychology program. 00:26:14.545 --> 00:26:21.265 So just you know, there there's always benefits to getting a degree higher than what you have. 00:26:21.265 --> 00:26:24.565 And maybe some of you already have some type of master's degrees. 00:26:24.865 --> 00:26:33.020 I mean, we have a a student right now who is in his third fourth year of residency in psychiatry school. 00:26:33.640 --> 00:26:34.380 A psychiatrist. 00:26:34.600 --> 00:26:37.240 So he had to become an MD first, doctor. 00:26:37.240 --> 00:26:48.435 Now he's in psychology reg residency, and he's taking our course because he he just said, you know, no one ever taught me how to, help people flourish. 00:26:49.375 --> 00:26:51.155 And he'll be a great psychiatrist. 00:26:51.455 --> 00:26:59.290 So and then the, when, I met graduations, I asked all the students, what'd you learn most? 00:26:59.290 --> 00:27:00.330 What'd you learn most? 00:27:00.330 --> 00:27:07.470 And nine out of time nine out of 10 times, they said, I learned most about me. 00:27:07.530 --> 00:27:13.405 So, you know, a good part of helping other people is you have to know yourself first. 00:27:14.185 --> 00:27:25.085 And then doctor Julie, she went over the concentrations, you know, marriage and family, human services, leadership, pre PhD, and self design, plus bioethics. 00:27:25.545 --> 00:27:26.985 Bioeth it's a big thing. 00:27:26.985 --> 00:27:28.140 And I don't know. 00:27:28.140 --> 00:27:42.640 I mean, it would be very, very helpful for someone, you know, in the, you know, medical industry if you're a nurse or, maybe a, yeah, a CNA or whatever, but it's gonna help you make decisions about food. 00:27:43.375 --> 00:27:49.635 And decision making is tough because you never know, am I making the right decision? 00:27:49.695 --> 00:27:55.535 Well, I always say, if you make the right decision, 51% of the time, you're doing good. 00:27:55.535 --> 00:28:00.660 So and, again, she went over all the concentrations, I mean, with you. 00:28:01.040 --> 00:28:11.055 And, you know, and another thing about the marriage and family is that you get certified for what they call FOCUS, which is f o c c u s. 00:28:11.055 --> 00:28:16.595 And FOCUS is an assessment you give to couples before they get married. 00:28:16.815 --> 00:28:29.940 And so scientific way for them to or for you to show them maybe blind spots that may come about, you know, either, you know, two, three, four, five years in their marriage. 00:28:30.320 --> 00:28:32.740 And this way, they are prepared for them. 00:28:33.120 --> 00:28:44.865 And, you know, one of the biggest questions, well, if I get a if I get my master's degree in psychology, am I gonna get employed, you know, in some type of psychology afterwards? 00:28:45.085 --> 00:28:47.270 Well, I mean, you never know. 00:28:47.270 --> 00:28:53.050 I mean, after my master's degree, it took me two years to get the job I wanted. 00:28:53.270 --> 00:28:55.450 And, again, my master's was in education. 00:28:56.710 --> 00:29:00.330 And but, you know, big thing, it's gonna make you different. 00:29:01.305 --> 00:29:07.485 You're know about yourself and give you that broader base of knowledge and confidence. 00:29:09.145 --> 00:29:18.070 Then, you know, the good things, you know, on the, you know, taking online classes, it's something oh, that's easy. 00:29:18.070 --> 00:29:19.690 I just do it from my home. 00:29:20.150 --> 00:29:21.850 You do do it from my home. 00:29:22.150 --> 00:29:29.030 But you still either have to put in, you know, fifteen or, you know, maybe thirty hours a week depending upon how many classes you take. 00:29:29.030 --> 00:29:40.725 So, you know, you can, you can, you know, study anytime you want because you'll always have that continuous, access to what we call Canvas. 00:29:41.345 --> 00:29:44.340 Canvas is our online learning platform. 00:29:45.040 --> 00:30:00.325 And then we again, in Canvas, they have these five essential looking things, you know, videos, books, classroom tutorials, and audiobook, k, that we can help you learn and then getting the individualized feedback from your your professors. 00:30:01.905 --> 00:30:05.925 Then this is our core staff, and, of course, you and I have doctor Classley. 00:30:06.785 --> 00:30:10.325 She is the the head person, and she generally teaches statistics. 00:30:10.625 --> 00:30:18.500 But, you know, doctor Cuptown, and Gross doctor Gross, they teach, you know, a lot of the classes. 00:30:18.560 --> 00:30:23.520 Then we have our, others well, they're very, very good. 00:30:23.520 --> 00:30:24.660 They all have PhD. 00:30:25.200 --> 00:30:30.165 And, you know, Giovanna lives in Australia, so he's kinda opposite times. 00:30:30.165 --> 00:30:38.345 You know, Chris has his own management consulting firm, but, you know, they have their own specialties depending upon your concentration. 00:30:38.805 --> 00:30:42.040 And, you know, the big thing is they want to help you learn. 00:30:42.900 --> 00:30:46.280 Now here are the acceptance requirements. 00:30:47.060 --> 00:30:52.280 First of all, you have to have a bachelor's degree with a 2.5 or better breakdown. 00:30:54.005 --> 00:31:00.985 And then two letters of recommendation, and these are, recommendation letters that they have to compose. 00:31:01.205 --> 00:31:14.520 We we, if you designate, say, a supervisor, you know, a teacher, your spiritual director, maybe your your your priest or pastor, we send them a questionnaire, and they rate you on different areas. 00:31:15.620 --> 00:31:19.400 Takes them ten minutes, then they hit submit, and it comes back to us. 00:31:20.015 --> 00:31:24.355 And then your resume, you know, a resume is it's a, a paper. 00:31:25.295 --> 00:31:27.395 I mean, most everyone has a resume. 00:31:27.935 --> 00:31:38.270 And a resume, to me, it tells me what you get in the past and what you're doing now, kinda up to the present, and then a written letter of intent. 00:31:38.970 --> 00:31:50.910 And this is a statement, 300 to 500 words on how this master's degree in psychology is gonna help you achieve your goals, and I call this the future. 00:31:51.655 --> 00:32:02.795 And then if your, if your, first language is, you know, you know, American, US, you know, you don't have to take the TOEFL or ITL test. 00:32:03.175 --> 00:32:10.780 And then we do have what is called an a mandatory virtual orientation, and this happens after you get your application in. 00:32:11.400 --> 00:32:20.940 This is a small group Zoom meeting with you, doctor Classy, and probably about four or five or other of your, class formations. 00:32:22.875 --> 00:32:24.635 Pretty, pretty simple on that. 00:32:24.635 --> 00:32:26.895 And then we do have financial aid. 00:32:27.115 --> 00:32:30.475 And when you get into graduate level studies Mhmm. 00:32:30.555 --> 00:32:35.455 You know, there are no more Pell grants or state grants, you know, you know, federal or state funding. 00:32:35.790 --> 00:32:39.090 They do give you loans, and they give you a lot of loan money. 00:32:39.630 --> 00:32:45.810 And most students that, you know, if you qualify, it will cover everything even if you don't have scholarships. 00:32:46.030 --> 00:32:56.735 But we have we have certain scholarships that will help reduce the, the tuition, you know, such as, you know, early application scholarships. 00:32:56.875 --> 00:33:13.100 We have ones, you know, if you're a veteran, if you are a good member of your parish, you know, if you're in public service, such as a teacher, a, police, you know, in law enforcement or social worker, you know, we we we wanna make it affordable for you. 00:33:14.280 --> 00:33:15.740 Nobody goes for free. 00:33:16.040 --> 00:33:17.340 We wanna make it affordable. 00:33:18.280 --> 00:33:19.740 And this is our tuition. 00:33:20.945 --> 00:33:21.585 It's you know? 00:33:21.585 --> 00:33:26.325 And this is without any scholarships, and this is everything. 00:33:26.385 --> 00:33:26.865 Books. 00:33:26.865 --> 00:33:27.345 Everything. 00:33:27.345 --> 00:33:27.745 You know? 00:33:27.745 --> 00:33:28.705 You know, books today. 00:33:28.705 --> 00:33:29.105 You know? 00:33:29.105 --> 00:33:32.805 Going to college, you could pay another $5,000 just for books. 00:33:33.590 --> 00:33:36.570 But it's $8.50 a credit hour for thirty three credit hours. 00:33:36.710 --> 00:33:38.090 $28.00 5. 00:33:38.870 --> 00:33:43.210 And then your technology fee, it's 50 per class, $5.50. 00:33:43.830 --> 00:33:46.310 Then a residency fee, a $2.50. 00:33:46.310 --> 00:33:59.155 And this is the only time you are required to be online as a group present, you know, and and we need your attentiveness is on, virtual residency. 00:33:59.775 --> 00:34:03.635 And it's on a Friday and a Saturday from ten to five. 00:34:04.120 --> 00:34:08.860 And it's you, all of your class formation, and and all the instructors. 00:34:09.320 --> 00:34:11.660 It's one big learning session. 00:34:11.800 --> 00:34:17.480 And, actually, it's better than if you went to, you know, Sterling, Virginia where campus is. 00:34:17.480 --> 00:34:18.300 It's great. 00:34:18.885 --> 00:34:19.685 Students love it. 00:34:19.685 --> 00:34:27.385 They want more of it, but that's the only two days you are required to be online for that eight hours or so. 00:34:27.845 --> 00:34:38.670 And it really puts together your your your first it comes after your first class, the, I call it the flourishing class, and it's, you know, you'll really like it. 00:34:38.670 --> 00:34:43.650 So then if you, we have two tracks. 00:34:43.790 --> 00:34:47.650 You can finish your degree in sixteen months or twenty six months. 00:34:48.285 --> 00:34:51.985 And the twenty six months, you take one class at a time. 00:34:52.925 --> 00:35:02.500 And a time is you know, when we have a semester, it's sixteen weeks, and it's divided into two eight week sections. 00:35:03.440 --> 00:35:07.700 And you just take one class, then you take one class, then you finish. 00:35:08.080 --> 00:35:10.240 And we do have breaks in there. 00:35:10.240 --> 00:35:11.760 It's not all straight through. 00:35:11.760 --> 00:35:15.985 About every week, every eight weeks in midterm, you're gonna have at least a week break. 00:35:16.445 --> 00:35:22.525 And then after a semester, you're gonna have a two week break, a four week break, or a five week break. 00:35:22.525 --> 00:35:26.305 And so, you know, you need that time off as well as the instructors. 00:35:26.760 --> 00:35:41.240 But then when you do the sixteen months, you're taking two classes at a time, and it really you know, you're really gonna finish up faster and get a significant reduction on tuition by almost $3,000 just for doing that. 00:35:41.240 --> 00:35:57.025 So then and this is what I asked you, and this is something you discern about is what, you know, doctor and, and what I've told you, will it help will it help you, you know, obtain your. 00:35:57.630 --> 00:36:00.832 I mean, I don't know what your goals are. 00:36:00.832 --> 00:36:11.505 I'm sure you have goals, but anytime you invest time and money into a master's degree I mean, there's gotta be some type of payout either financially or spiritually. 00:36:11.985 --> 00:36:13.905 And could you fit the time in? 00:36:13.905 --> 00:36:30.700 And and in reality, if you are, going to take one class at a time, you're gonna be about fifteen, a little bit more hours per week on study, what we call, you know, research, writing, reflecting, and then submitting. 00:36:31.320 --> 00:36:40.865 And then the, if you take a two classes at a time, you know, twenty five to thirty hours a week of this Depends on, you know, how much you wanna give up. 00:36:40.865 --> 00:36:50.805 But, as I know for myself, going through a master's degree at age 41, I had to give up something to do it, and I gave up I gave up my freedom. 00:36:51.560 --> 00:36:54.300 But I studied and got better at that. 00:36:54.360 --> 00:36:56.040 And then will financial aid work? 00:36:56.040 --> 00:37:03.580 Well, don't know that till you go with financial aid, but, you know, if it's not gonna work for you, we're not gonna let you attempt. 00:37:03.815 --> 00:37:07.015 And but most of the time, we're gonna we're gonna make it work for you. 00:37:07.015 --> 00:37:10.795 You'll be surprised how on your own you can make it work for you. 00:37:11.175 --> 00:37:13.415 And, hey, if you start, you gotta complete it. 00:37:13.415 --> 00:37:21.530 Whether you're doing sixteen months, you know, twenty six months, or you have some interruptions in there, and it's forty eight months. 00:37:21.830 --> 00:37:26.010 You know, it, you know, if you start to complete it. 00:37:26.230 --> 00:37:27.590 And that is that. 00:37:27.590 --> 00:37:31.450 And, you know, Charice, do you have anything else you wanna say to the audience? 00:37:31.965 --> 00:37:32.205 Yes. 00:37:32.205 --> 00:37:32.705 Absolutely. 00:37:33.005 --> 00:37:39.825 I think, once you actually have your goal in mind, this program will help you attain it. 00:37:40.365 --> 00:37:45.985 I really came into this not obvious I didn't come from a psychology background, and that's perfectly fine. 00:37:46.160 --> 00:37:52.260 I was working full time while I was doing one class per term, and it's absolutely doable. 00:37:52.480 --> 00:38:06.975 So I remember when I was writing my written statement of intent that I was really wanting to help my families here at this parish that I was working at and helping them succeed, helping them to meet where they meet them where they are, be present to them. 00:38:06.975 --> 00:38:11.315 And that was something that I was missing from my my own personal, perspective. 00:38:11.375 --> 00:38:15.410 But, honestly, I learned more about myself during this whole course. 00:38:15.410 --> 00:38:19.010 I learned to flourish for myself so I can help other people flourish. 00:38:19.010 --> 00:38:28.265 I mean, there's a lot of, personal reflections in these courses where you don't really realize until you've actually read, the meta model where you're like, oh, no. 00:38:28.265 --> 00:38:29.785 This is something I need to see. 00:38:29.785 --> 00:38:32.585 I need to understand this so I can help other people flourish. 00:38:32.585 --> 00:38:35.545 So my goal was absolutely helpful. 00:38:35.545 --> 00:38:46.670 My goals were really attained by the end of this course, being able to help my families at this parish and also to just have that cheerful, empathetic demeanor that I I tend to miss because I used to be an engineer. 00:38:47.130 --> 00:38:53.150 But just saying, I had a great experience with MSP, and I hope I hope you will too. 00:38:53.545 --> 00:38:53.785 Okay. 00:38:53.785 --> 00:38:55.645 Well well well said, Charice. 00:38:55.705 --> 00:39:08.850 And, you know, almost you know, we call this the MSP, you know, master of psychology, you know, online, but you're almost saying this is a PhD, a people helper degree, EHD. 00:39:08.990 --> 00:39:10.030 So I'm so sorry. 00:39:10.430 --> 00:39:16.270 Wonderful, but, you know, Charisse and I will be back with you, oh, maybe in the next couple days. 00:39:16.270 --> 00:39:21.765 And, you know, you know, if you wanna spend more time with us, we'd love to speak with you one on one. 00:39:22.005 --> 00:39:30.105 I mean, you've already been through the, our really the same thing that, we would do. 00:39:30.805 --> 00:39:34.025 Oh, if someone said, what about retired teachers? 00:39:34.085 --> 00:39:37.150 Well, well, teachers never retire. 00:39:37.210 --> 00:39:38.350 You're always teaching. 00:39:39.210 --> 00:39:39.710 Okay? 00:39:40.330 --> 00:39:43.710 But, I we love teachers. 00:39:43.770 --> 00:39:45.150 I mean, that's my background. 00:39:45.370 --> 00:39:52.715 And, you know, this is a a degree can really help you help other people, you know, if you're a teacher. 00:39:52.855 --> 00:39:57.735 So and if but you never retire, I'm sure you're doing some southern like I did. 00:39:57.735 --> 00:39:58.455 So alright. 00:39:58.455 --> 00:40:04.551 Well, everybody, thank you so much for your participation, and thank you, Charisse, and thank you everybody so much. 00:40:04.551 --> 00:40:07.760 And, we hope to speak to each other soon. 00:40:07.980 --> 00:40:08.640 Bye now. 00:40:08.780 --> 00:40:10.540 Oh, there was, Oh, okay. 00:40:10.580 --> 00:40:13.500 A q and a there was a q and a question just right now. 00:40:13.500 --> 00:40:14.400 Oh, alright. 00:40:15.420 --> 00:40:28.145 It says, I want to ask if the mat or we're accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. 00:40:28.205 --> 00:40:32.525 They, you know, credit Duke, Florida State, and all the way through there. 00:40:32.525 --> 00:40:39.190 But, you know, I've had someone ask, are we APA accredited? 00:40:39.650 --> 00:40:47.430 Well, we use the APA writing, but, you know, only our doctor degree is APA accredited. 00:40:48.025 --> 00:40:52.445 You know, counseling is credit, but we're regionally accredited. 00:40:52.505 --> 00:40:54.445 I I hope that answers your question. 00:40:54.905 --> 00:40:59.805 And, I, would like to speak with everyone very soon. 00:41:00.425 --> 00:41:01.785 Thank you, Joyce. 00:41:01.785 --> 00:41:02.525 Bye now. 00:41:03.197 --> 00:41:03.277 Bye. 00:41:03.277 --> 00:41:03.777 Bye.