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DUBLIN PILGRIMAGE
In line with our Mercy mission and organized by the Mercy International Centre , students have the opportunity to attend a biyearly Dublin Pilgrimage . GMercyU students are joined by students from across the globe as they visit the original House of Mercy on Baggot Street in Dublin , Ireland , built by Catherine McAuley .
NURSING STUDY ABROAD
Each summer , sophomores and juniors in GMercyU ’ s nursing program can earn credit by studying abroad at the University of Limerick in Ireland .
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Facts

Top : Dublin Pilgrimage , 2011 Bottom : Dominican Republic Service Trip , 2017

38 attendees to Limerick , Ireland

24 attendees to Jamaica ; 14 more will travel in 2024 .

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international trip was to the Dominican Republic .
234 students , 12 faculty members and 14 alumni have served on mission trips to the Dominican Republic .
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2013
In September , the college receives university status and is renamed Gwynedd Mercy University .
GMercyU is approved to offer its first doctoral program , the Doctor of Nursing Practice ( DNP ).
University Hall is dedicated .
Keiss Library is reconfigured to include the new Learning Commons .
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