DALLAS TWP. — Misericordia University is holding an open house program on the Back Mountain campus for high school students and their parents on Saturday, Aug. 19. The program offers an informative tour of the more than 124-acre campus, meetings with Misericordia students, faculty and coaches, as well as information sessions with admissions and financial aid counselors.
The program begins with registration at 9 a.m. in the Anderson Sports and Health Center inside the North Gate. A special “Meet the Coaches” session is from 9 to 10 a.m. The open house program will run from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The schedule includes lunch, campus tours, a faculty session and lunch, and meetings with representatives of student services, athletics and financial aid. An informational session about the Alternative Learner’s Project for students with learning disabilities is also available.
Misericordia University offers a liberal arts curriculum with academic programs leading to bachelor, master and doctoral degrees. The university has more than 2,800 undergraduate and graduate students in full- and part-time academic programs.
The university recently added three new academic programs in support of the nation’s growing health care industry. The medical and health humanities program is for students interested in the humanities fields, as well as health care and medicine. Misericordia also offers the region’s only entry-level Bachelor of Science degree in diagnostic medical sonography, and a Bachelor of Health Science with a specialization in patient navigation degree, which leads to careers in the emergent fields of patient advocacy, health education, wellness and community health. In addition, a new statistics major in the College of Arts and Sciences begins in the fall. The program leads students to a wide variety of career choices in business, industry, government or graduate school, featuring core classes and specially designed courses in mathematics, computer science and statistics.
Prospective students can tour numerous buildings on campus, including the 40,000-square-foot John J. Passan Hall, 100 Lake St., Dallas. Passan Hall houses state-of-the-art simulator laboratories and classrooms in the nursing, occupational therapy, physical therapy and speech-language pathology programs of the College of Health Sciences and Education.
The tours also offers a look at Misericordia’s athletic facilities, including Tambur Field, the home to Cougar Baseball, and John and Mary Metz Field House, adjacent to Manglesdorf Field. The university recently added men’s volleyball to its roster for the 2017-18 season.
To register or ask for more information about open house, please contact the Misericordia University Admissions Office at 570-674-4449, 1-866-262-6363, or [email protected]. Students can also visit Misericordia University online at www.admissions.misericordia.edu/openhouse.
