IPS Offers Mass of Thanksgiving for SACS Reaccreditation
Arlington, VA, February 11, 2011 - The Institute for the Psychological Sciences (IPS) celebrated a Mass of Thanksgiving this week,grateful to God for 11 years of service and the recent news of its reaccreditation for the next decade.
IPS President Fr. Charles Sikorsky, LC, JD, JCL, concelebrated the Mass with school chaplain Fr. Joseph Brickner and two students, Fr. Godwin Olugbami from Nigeria, and Fr. Rob Kroll from Milwaukee.
The room was filled to capacity with more than 50 students, faculty, and staff attending.
"As a young and developing institution founded only 11 years ago, this is wonderful news for IPS," said Fr. Sikorsky.
He continued, "Reaffirmation is an exhaustive process that all colleges and universities go through five years after their initial accreditation. It means that we are in full compliance with the academic, administrative and governance criteria that are expected from quality institutions ofhigher education."
Accreditation by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges ( SACSCOC), an official accrediting body recognized by the U.S. Department of Education, allows IPS to award master's and doctorate degrees.
In addition, the Institute's Doctor of Psychology (Psy.D.) program meets the Association of State & Provincial Psychology Boards/National Register of Health Service Providers in PsychologyGuidelines for Defining Doctoral Degree in Psychology.
The Institute's rigorous curriculum integrates the science of psychology with the Catholic understanding of the person, marriage, and the family. Students are trained to apply this integrated approach along with empirical methods, for comprehensive assessment and therapeutic intervention.
Doctoral student Fernando Alessandri noted, "At IPS I have found a great combination ofphilosophy, theology, and psychology. There is a healthy atmosphere of desiring the latest scientific knowledge regarding neuroscience and pharmacology, and proven techniques for helping people, all balanced by an unwavering commitment to the truth of our humanity as understood by the Catholic Church."
Founded in 1999 in Arlington, VA, IPS is a distinctive Catholic graduate school of psychology offering master's and doctoral degrees in clinical psychology, and a master's degree in general psychology.
The Institute also runs the IPS Training Clinic staffed by closely-supervised doctoral students who have completed their master's degrees. Services offered include assessments, couples therapy, and individual psychotherapy for patients ranging from children and adolescents, to young adults, to mature lay people, clergy and religious.
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| (Left to right) Student Fr. Robert Kroll, President Fr. Charles Sikorsky, student Fr. Godwin Olugbami, and Chaplain Fr. Joseph Brickner. | |
Arlington, VA, February 11, 2011 - The Institute for the Psychological Sciences (IPS) celebrated a Mass of Thanksgiving this week,grateful to God for 11 years of service and the recent news of its reaccreditation for the next decade.
IPS President Fr. Charles Sikorsky, LC, JD, JCL, concelebrated the Mass with school chaplain Fr. Joseph Brickner and two students, Fr. Godwin Olugbami from Nigeria, and Fr. Rob Kroll from Milwaukee.
The room was filled to capacity with more than 50 students, faculty, and staff attending.
"As a young and developing institution founded only 11 years ago, this is wonderful news for IPS," said Fr. Sikorsky.
He continued, "Reaffirmation is an exhaustive process that all colleges and universities go through five years after their initial accreditation. It means that we are in full compliance with the academic, administrative and governance criteria that are expected from quality institutions ofhigher education."
Accreditation by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges ( SACSCOC), an official accrediting body recognized by the U.S. Department of Education, allows IPS to award master's and doctorate degrees.
In addition, the Institute's Doctor of Psychology (Psy.D.) program meets the Association of State & Provincial Psychology Boards/National Register of Health Service Providers in PsychologyGuidelines for Defining Doctoral Degree in Psychology.
The Institute's rigorous curriculum integrates the science of psychology with the Catholic understanding of the person, marriage, and the family. Students are trained to apply this integrated approach along with empirical methods, for comprehensive assessment and therapeutic intervention.
Doctoral student Fernando Alessandri noted, "At IPS I have found a great combination ofphilosophy, theology, and psychology. There is a healthy atmosphere of desiring the latest scientific knowledge regarding neuroscience and pharmacology, and proven techniques for helping people, all balanced by an unwavering commitment to the truth of our humanity as understood by the Catholic Church."
Founded in 1999 in Arlington, VA, IPS is a distinctive Catholic graduate school of psychology offering master's and doctoral degrees in clinical psychology, and a master's degree in general psychology.
The Institute also runs the IPS Training Clinic staffed by closely-supervised doctoral students who have completed their master's degrees. Services offered include assessments, couples therapy, and individual psychotherapy for patients ranging from children and adolescents, to young adults, to mature lay people, clergy and religious.