Misericordia Open House Coming Up Thinking about the next step for your student? Misericordia University’s upcoming Open House is a great opportunity for families to explore campus together and get a true feel for the supportive and welcoming community we offer. Join us on Saturday, August 16, 2025, with check-in from 9:00 to 10:00 a.m. at the Anderson Health & Wellness Center. The day includes a Meet the Community Fair, guided campus tours, academic sessions with faculty, a student panel, and lunch on campus. It’s the perfect chance to learn more about academic programs, student life, and the resources that help our students thrive—both in and out of the classroom. Don’t miss this first step toward your student’s future. Learn more and register: https://www.misericordia.edu/admissions/admissions/open-house
Grey Towers Scholarship Fund, Finger Bowl Dinner Guests at the July Fingerbowl Dinner enjoy the unique and delicious outdoor dining experience at Grey Towers that mirrors historic Pinchot family gatherings. For the second time this summer, Grey Towers Heritage Association will host a Candlelight Dinner as a fundraiser for the Pinchot Legacy Scholarship. The dinner will take place at the unique Finger Bowl water-filled outdoor dining area at Grey Towers National Historic Site in Milford, PA, home of two-time governor and “Father of U.S. Conservation” Gifford Pinchot, on September 5 at 5 p.m. The Finger Bowl is considered Grey Towers’ most popular feature and served as the Pinchot family’s outdoor dining room. Added in 1934 to the French-style mansion and gardens constructed in the 1880s by James and Mary Pinchot, the water-filled table was the site of many lively discussions about social issues and conservation efforts. Meals were passed among guests by floating wooden bowls and balsa rafts on the water. The opening in the wisteria-covered pergola permitted moonlight to radiate across the water. “This recreation of those dinners provides a very romantic evening for everyone,” promises Don Allen, GTHA Board member and co-organizer of the event. Grey Towers Heritage Association invites members and the general public to enjoy this revived tradition as they savor delicious foods prepared similarly to the Pinchot family’s dinner celebrations. “The Heritage Association’s Legacy Scholarship awards financial; assistance to tri-state public high school students who plan to study natural resources, science, ecology and more,” explains Mary Somma, Board member and head of the Education & Scholarships committee, “so guests are not only enjoying a delicious dinner in a unique setting, they are also supporting conservation and education.” A reception starts at 5 p.m., with dinner seating at 6 p.m. around the water-filled Finger Bowl table as well at tables that line the perimeter of the pergola. Pergola seats are currently available, which provide an equally magical evening. Seating is limited, so reserve yours now at https://greytowers.org/events.
Geisinger Behavioral Health Center Danville Opens to Patients Geisinger Behavioral Health Center Danville, at 206 Maria Hall Drive, will open its doors and begin accepting patients on Tuesday, Aug. 5. The 96-bed facility will provide care for adults, pediatric and adolescent patients with acute symptoms of behavioral health disorders such as anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, psychosis and posttraumatic stress disorder. This array of acute behavioral health services provides a level of care unparalleled in central Pennsylvania. This is the second behavioral health center opened by Geisinger through a joint venture with Acadia Health. The first center opened in Moosic in August 2023. “Geisinger Behavioral Health Center Danville will serve patients with mental health conditions and in an acute setting where they get an intensive treatment plan to help them recover and get back into the community to continue their treatment outside the hospital,” said Imad Melhem, M.D., Geisinger chair of psychiatry. “As a psychiatrist who spent my whole career serving underserved communities, seeing the investment that Geisinger has placed in behavioral health and opening services in our areas couldn’t be more rewarding.” The center will allow Geisinger to consolidate inpatient behavioral health programs from Geisinger Medical Center and Geisinger Bloomsburg Hospital, providing additional capacity to expand medical care availability at those hospitals. It will also serve as a teaching hospital, training students and residents from Geisinger’s College of Health Sciences, many of whom will go on to practice in Pennsylvania and carry forth Geisinger’s mission to improve the health and well-being of the region. “I feel this is the fulfillment of what Abigail Geisinger wanted us to do. She wanted to bring health care to our rural communities,” said Dawn Zieger, Geisinger vice president of behavoral health. “For the first time in central Pennsylvania, we’ll be able to offer mental health care in Danville so adults and children can stay in their communities, where they’re connected to their families and support systems. This is a place you’d be proud to stay yourself or send a family member. It really honors patients when they’re in probably the worst crisis of their life.” The total facility investment for the behavioral health center was $49 million.
