Misericordia University is a private Roman Catholic university in Dallas, Pennsylvania. It was founded by the Religious Sisters of Mercy in 1924 as College Misericordia; in 2007 it became a university and changed its name. The university offers bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees as well as post-master's and post-bachelor's certificates. The university operates a campus in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania where it offers an accelerated Bachelor of Science in Nursing program in partnership with Orbis Education. History The Religious Sisters of Mercy were of the order of Mercy founded in Dublin in 1831. The Sisters vowed to be of service to the impoverished, sick and uneducated. The Sisters of Mercy came to the Wyoming Valley area of Pennsylvania in 1875, continuing their mission of praying, teaching and caring for the sick. The sisters established a school for children and a night school for adults in the coal mining region. On August 15, 1924, the Sisters of Mercy established Luzerne County's first four-year institution of higher learning, Misericordia, on nearly of land in Dallas, Pennsylvania, purchased by the Sisters for this purpose in 1914. More than 2,500 people witnessed the dedication of Misericordia (whose name means “heart of mercy”). That September, 37 students began their studies. Misericordia continues to be as a university, a broad-based liberal arts and pre-professional studies institution offering education to those of all faiths. The university has been co-educational since the 1970s and offers graduate programs. Today, Misericordia University is located on the original grounds, but has expanded to , situated in a suburban setting from downtown Wilkes-Barre. Prior to August 24, 2007, Misericordia operated as "College Misericordia." The institution began operations as Misericordia University on August 24, 2007. Campus Recently (2009–2021), numerous changes have been added to the campus: The Shakespeare Garden: Misericordia University features the only Shakespeare garden in northeast PA and won a 2011 Greening Award from the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society Pauly Friedman Art Gallery The College of Health Sciences - Passan Hall Insalaco Hal Metz Field House MacDowell Hall Frank M. and Dorothea Henry Science Center Academics Misericordia gives students a choice of 32 majors in three Academic Colleges: College of Arts and Science College of Health Sciences and Education College of Business Environmental Studies In the spring of 2020, the university announced it had received a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to establish an interdisciplinary BA program in environmental studies. Guaranteed