page 2 - The Behrend College Collegian. Thursday, March 26, 1998 Penn State President Graham Spanier addresses the crowd at yesterday's presentation of a $2O million dona tion to the School of Business. Seated behind him are (left to right) Dr. John Magenau, Director of the School of Business, Behrend Provost and Dean John Lilley, and Ted Junker, chair of the Penn State Board of Trustees. Behrend begins joint programs with Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine by Mark Greenbank staff writer Through the efforts of several fac ulty members earlier this academic year, Behrend has developed an in teresting working agreement with LECOM, or the Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine. Dr. John Magenau, a member of the Board of Trustees of LECOM, and current director of the School of Business, introduced a group of Biology fac ulty from the School of Science to people at LECOM. At the same time, a second group of individuals worked out an additional program through the efforts of Dr. Jeffrey Trailer, other School of Business faculty members, and representa tives of LECOM. What resulted were two new programs aiding not only Behrend Biology majors, but also current medical school students at LECOM. The first agreement is the only of the two that actually benefits Be hrend students. It is known as the 3 + 4 program, The program is only offered to undergraduate Biology majors at Behrend who are inter ested in becoming physicians. The program got its name because stu dents complete three years at Be hrend and four years at LECOM. "Students in this program save one year over the normal 4 + 4 arrange ment, which is usually seen at other colleges and universities," said Dr. Magenau. In the 3 + 4 program, qualified participants' worries about being accepted to medical school are eliminated. Enrolling in the 3+4 program, however, does not guar antee admission to LECOM. A stu dent must maintain a 3.3 GPA in his or her Biology major and must also meet the minimum performance standards on the Medical College Admissions Test. If the student meets these performance mini- School of Business develops new mums, and successfully completes an interview with the admissions committee at LECOM, he or she has a seat assured to him in the Medical School. In addition, after successful completion of their first year of "Students applying here have requested information and seem to be excited by the opportunity this pro- gram offers." medical school at LECOM, Penn State Erie confers to them a B.S. degree in Biology. "This 3+4 pro gram is an excellent opportunity for motivated students who want to be Osteopathic Physicians. It provides them with the assurance that they will be attending LECOM after 3 years at Penn State Erie, provided they meet the minimum standards," said Mr. Paul Barney Jr., Behrend's coordinator for the LECOM ar rangement and Health Professions Adviser. Currently, Behrend is not the only school in the immediate area to have this type of understanding. LECOM has similar arrangements with Edinboro, Gannon, Duquesne, and Utica, located in New York. Barney also stated that, "this pro gram is designed for incoming first year students, so it is basically af fecting the high school students con sidering Penn State Erie as their un dergraduate school. Students apply ing here have requested information and seem to be excited by the op portunity this program offers." So far there is currently one student en rolled in the program who is a first year student. Due to the fact that the agreement photo by Jason Blake Mr. Paul Barney Jr. Behrend's coordinator for the LECOM arrangement and Health Professions Adviser many activities that students can par ticipate in much more easily due to a small community. According to Fran cisco Martin (04 International Fi nance) a treasurer for OLAS, "Be hrend possesses a great capability to sponsor many great events (our facilities..etc). Don't limit them." It is clear that the members of or ganizations under MCC's jurisdiction are now feeling frustration towards Behrend students boost Erie blood supply by Andrea Zaffino editor in chief Last Thursday the Community Blood Bank of Erie County paid a visit to Behrend for their Spring Se mester blood drive. Between 10:00am and 4:oopm students could go to the Reed Commons and donate blood. Throughout the day, over eighty people showed up to donate, which was a steady day for the Blood Bank, however a little less success ful than their drive at Behrend last Fall. By close to the end of the day the Bank had collected 60 pints of blood, but had expected to top seventy by four o'clock. Even though the turn out was slightly less than what they had received last fall, the outcome was not a disappointment. Lisa Graff- Flock, the Mobile Drive Coordinator was reached during the summer of 1997, it was advertised to first year students only after they arrived on campus this fall. It will be several more years before any of the stu dents in the program go on to study at LECOM. The second arrangement between Behrend and LECOM is a business course that our Business faculty of fers to the LECOM students. The idea is to give medical students a photo by Jason Blake Dr. John Magenau, Director of the School of Business, which will offer a new marketing major and which is co-sponsoring a program with the Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine. News students who fail to use the things that Behrend has to offer. Kelly concluded by stating, "I would like to encour age all of the students within the Be hrend community to open themselves up to what Behrend itself has to offer. It doesn't pay to constantly say that there is not anything to do or be a part of, when they themselves are not mak ing the effort to be active. It pays to explore, expand and make the best of what is provided for you." said, "It's going real well, we've been pretty steady all day. We always have a good drive when we come to Behrend.' The event was sponsored by Tau Kappa Epsilon and Theta Phi Alpha. "We always have a good drive when we come to Behrend." Lisa Graff-Flock Mobile Drive Coordinator for the Erie Community Blood Bank Steve Fall, 08 Biology, and a mem ber of Tau Kappa Epsilon said, "I'm glad that people are giving blood be cause a lot of people need it and you never know, it could he you." initiatives broad overview of various business disciplines. This program is only offered to LECOM students and is not available to any Behrend stu dents. Magenau also stated, "for the business course, medical students learn something about business, which is important for physicians who are in a group practice and managed care environment." The business course is taught entirely at LECOM with times varying de pending on when the faculty is available and when there is room in the student's schedule at LECOM. Thus far the business course has been very well recei ved by the LECOM students, and both the Business and Biology departments will closely monitor the progress of their programs. • a What is your favorite place to go in downtown Erie? "Jiggles." "The Civic Center. The Otters rule!" -Michael Zimmer, 04, Business "Does the mall count?" -Bill MacCawley, 02, DUS "I didn't know there were places to go in downtown Erie." "The Civic Center is pretty cool." -Sam Namisnak, 06, MEBD "Nudie bars." "The hospital is the only place I can think of." Marketing major starting next Fall New by Mark Greenbank staff writer With the scheduling procedure for next fall in process, some stu dents may be wondering about a few new class offerings appearing for the first time. Three courses in particular that business students should be aware of are MRKTG 397 A, MRKTG 3978, and MRKTG 470. These courses are being offered in conjunction with a new Marketing major beginning this fall. "This new major will stress ser vices marketing because this is a rapidly growing sector in our economy" said Dr. John Magenau, Director of the School of Business. The new major and accompanying 18 credit minor represent a first step -Todd DaPound, 02, Accounting -Maggie Johnston, 04, Business -Craig McGuire, 06, MEBD -Jessica Morgan, 04, Accounting in a series of additions to the Busi ness School. To aid in the facilita tion of this new major, one new Ph.D. faculty member in market ing has been hired, with additional full-time faculty to be added as nec essary once the major gets started. The school also hopes to add a major and a minor in finance and an international business major with concentrations in marketing, management, finance, economics, and accounting. At some point in the future, the department wishes to add an option in supply chain management to the management major. Magenau stated that, "while scheduling classrooms is tight all over campus, all classes for the new marketing major will be in the nor mal classrooms on campus. Some of the courses will probably be of fered in the evening but no more than for other business majors." MRKTG 397 A , or Marketing Re-, search, will be on Monday and Wednesday, at 6:00-7:25. MRKTO 3978, Consumer Behavior, will take place at 1:00-2:15 on Tuesday and Thursday, and MRKTG 470, Global Marketing, will be on Mon day and Wednesday as well, at 4:00-5:15. Magenau stated, "we think the marketing major will be popular and help us attract and retain more business students at Behrend. Hav ing the marketing major will help the college increase its enrollment over the next few years. Because of the new cost-centered budget model the University has adopted for the college, which is enrollment driven, the college has a goal of growing to 4,000 students over the next 10 years."
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