College Misericordia

Educational Resources

Libraries

• 73,528 books, serial backfiles, and other material including government documents.
• 590 current serial subscriptions.
• 200 microforms.
• 3,245 Audio/Visual items.
• 0 e-books.

Computing

Requirements

• Students are required to take a computer course.
• Students are not required to own or lease a computer.
• Recommended computer operating system: Microsoft

Campus Resources

• 100 computers for student use in locations such as computer center/labs, residence halls, library, student center
• 50 Internet connections in libraries.
• 35 Internet connections in classrooms.
• 50 Internet connections in Laboratories.
• 375 Internet connections elsewhere on campus.

Student accommodations

• Email accounts are available to all students.
• Internet access is available to all students.
• Student web-pages are not permitted.
• Online class registration is available.
• 100% of college-owned hosting units are available for internet access.

Wireless Internet Hotspots

• Wifi is available in all the libraries, in some classrooms, in some of the college-owned, operated, or affiliated housing
• Campus wireless internet hotspots are not available.
• Approximately 100 students can be on the network at once.

Services

Basic

nonremedial tutoring, placement service, health service

Remedial

study skills

Counseling

minority student, career, personal, veteran student, academic, older student, psychological, religious

Career

co-op education, on-campus job interviews, internships, resume assistance, career/job search classes, alumni network, interest inventory, interview training

Campus Safety

24-hour foot and vehicle patrols, late night transport/escort service, 24-hour emergency telephones, lighted pathways/sidewalks, controlled dormitory access (key, security card, etc)

Campus Life

Housing

Overview

• The school offers housing for students.
• 39% of students live in school housing.
• The school will provide assistance for off-campus housing

Types of housing available

• 10% of housing units are Singles.
• 50% of housing units are Doubles.
• 40% of housing units are Triples.
• In total, there are 7 housing buildings.

Room Accessories

• 29% of rooms are equipped with sprinkler systems.
• 100% of rooms are equipped with fire alarms.
• 100% are equipped with high-speed internet connections.

Extracurricular

• 50% of students remain on campus over the weekends, on average.
• Alcohol is permitted on campus.
• Popular events on campus: Homecoming, Theater on the Green, Spring Fest, Snowball formal, Leadership dinner, Midnight Breakfast (for finals), Madrigal dinner, Student Christmas dinner
• Student activities: choral groups, dance, drama/theater, jazz band, literary magazine, music ensembles, radio station, student government, student newspaper, television station
• In total, there are about 25 organizations on campus.
• Honor societies: Alpha Delta Mu, Alpha Sigma Lambda, Chi Alpha Epsilon, Delta Epsilon Sigma, Kappa Delta Pi, Kappa Gamma Pi Psi Chi, Pi Theta Epsilon, Lambda Iota Theta, Sigma Theta Tau, Lambda Nu, Who's Who
• Religious organizations: (Appears as submitted by school) Campus ministry
• International organizations: (Appears as submitted by school) Salad for the Soul (multicultural)
• Other organizations: (Appears as submitted by school) Club for each academic program, Peer Advocates, Peer Associates, Peer tutors
• Student papers: (Appears as submitted by school) The Highlander (bi-weekly)

Travel

• Nearest airport(s) (distance in miles): Avora, PA (20), Allentown, PA (70)
• Nearest train(s) (distance in miles): Philadelphia (120)
• Nearest bus-station(s) (distance in miles): Wilkes Barre, PA (10)
• Public transportation serves the campus.
• Not all students are permitted to have cars on campus.
• 60% of students have a car on campus

Employment

• School employment is available.
• 5% of undergrads are employed with average earnings of 500
• Freshman are not discouraged from working.

• There are 0 fraternities
• 0 fraternity houses
• 0% of students are fraternity members
• There are 0 sororities
• 0 sorority houses
• 0% of students are sorority members.

ROTC

• Army ROTC: Offered at cooperating institution (Kings College)
• Navy ROTC: Not offered
• Airforce ROTC: Offered at cooperating institution (Wilkes University)

Additional Policies

class attendance policies set by individual instructors, honor code, hazing prohibited, smoking prohibited