Responsibilities of an Advisee
You will derive more benefit
from contacts with your advisor
and avoid misunderstandings if
you know what you can and can
not expect from your advisor and
if yOu know what is expected of
you. Carefully examine this list of
responsibilities. Any items you
are not clear about should be
discussed with your advisor.
1. To be aware that final respon
sibility for selecting courses and
meeting degree requirements is
YOURS. The advisor can suggest,
recommend, and remind you of
rules and requirements, but you
have primary responsibility for
your education.
2. To obtain a copy of the
Checksheet for your college and
major from your advisor and to
keep it up to date as you fulfill
requirements.
3. To use the counseling and in
formation resources of this
college, including: the Finaneittl
Aid Office, Career Development,
Placement, Division of Un
dergraduate Studies, residence
hall staff, college representatives,
etc.
4. To take the initiative in seeing
your advisor, periodically or as
needed.
5. To provide your advisor with
enough information about your
self to enable the advisor to
discuss with you your abilities,
potential, and goals. -
6. To inform your advisth of im-
Committee on
Student Affairs
The .Committee on Student Af
fairs serves in an advisory
capacity to the Student Affairs Of
fice and concerns itself with
policies relating to general
Student welfare. The committee
for the 1979-80 academic year is
composed of three faculty mem
bers, Captain Jeffrey Witherel,
Mrs. Cathy Mester, and Dr.
Zachary Irwin and two student's,
Sharon Pulte and Paul. Visiff
tainer. The dean of student af
fairs, Dohn Harshbarger, and
Student Senate president, Linda
Schweinitz, serve as ex officio
members. Any issue concerning
student life may be brought to the
attention of a committee member.
Tutoring
Services
Tutoring services are offered
through the Office of Student Af
fairs. The tutors are upperclass
students who have taken a par
ticular course previously and
have received no less than a B - as
a final grade in the course.
Students who qualify as tutors fill
out a card in the Office of Student
Affairs, listing their class
schedule, name, address,
telephone, most convenient time
to be reached, and the courses
they can tutor. Any student in- Any questions regarding
te'ested in tutoring or being vehicle registration or parking
tutored should contact the Office regulations should be directed to
of Student Affairs, second floor, the. Department of Safety • and
RUB for further information. Security located in South Cottage.
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portant changes in your plans or
circumstances which directly af
fect your academic performance
and educational goals, e.g., your
finances, job, health, difficulty
with a course, etc.
7. To remember that it is better
to see your advisor "too early"
than too late if you encounter
some problems.
8. To know what your advisor
office hours are
9. If your schedule conflim
your advisor's office hours
you need to see him-her, c(
the advisor before or after
visor's classes, or write the
visor a note requesting a rep
possibly arrange a telephone
10. To complete adv
preregistration each term
the time scheduled to do so
11. To use campus rest
other than your advisor to it
yourself about courses yoi
considering taking. Among
resources are: course syl
course description found in
Library, Baccalaureate Ca
teaching faculty, and
students.
12 To know the academic
of this university, the University
Faculty Senate's academic rules
and regulations for students,
which are described in the
Policies and Rules For Students,
distributed at the fall Orientation
welcome session. .
19. To make explicit the.
Vehicle
Registration
on Campus
All studentS must register their
automobiles or motorcycles
during the Registration prior to
each term. Any student requiring
the use of a motor vehicle 'after
any regular .Registration period
must register at the Security 9f
floe before operating it op cain
-pus. The registration fee is $lO.OO
per term . for automobiles; and
.$5.00 .1)0% term for EnOtOrcyCles.
If you are particiPating in a car.
spool, the fee for two automobiles
is $B.OO each per term or a total
•of $16.00; the fee for three
automobiles is $7.00 each per
term or a total of $21.00; the fee
for four automobiles is $6.00 each
per term or a total of $24.00; and
the fee for five automobiles is
!$5.00 each per term or a total of
$25.00. In order to register your
motor Vehicle and receive a
parking permit, you .must have
the vehicle registration card and
insurance verification.
Parking permits issued to
students are valid for parking
only in the areas designated as a
student parking area. Commuter
students are assigned to park in
the lots north of Erie Hall, Turn
bull Mill, and the Nick Building.
Resident students are assigned
only in the large lot south of
Lawrence Hall.
student's responsibility for for
mally initiating changes in recor
ds with appropriate forms, signed
by academic advisor, and turned
,in by students to Records Office.
14. To know how many terms of
your degree program are offered
at Behrend College.
15. To know which of the majors
at this university are closed, for
various reasons, to all students
not already in that major.
Policy on
Student Writing
The Behrend College faculty af
firms that one of the chief marks
of educated persons is their
ability to •express themselves
clearly, correctly, and ef
fectively. Without these abilities,
one cannot claim to be fully
educated. Moreover, the quality
of one's thought cannot be
evaluated unless ideas are ex
pressed. clearly enough to be un
derstood. For these reasons, the
teaching of effective com
munication, especially writing,
must be one of the primary aims
of The Behrend College.
Responsibility for teaching the
basics of effective written English
must, of course, rest primarily
with the English faculty.
However, all faculty who require
writing of their students are
justified in demanding clear,
correct, and effective prose and
may take into account all aspects
of composition when evaluating
student work.
Students are encouraged to pur
chase The Behrend College Style
Manual in the bookstore. This
manual is designed to help studen
ts learn to write clearly, correc
tly, and effectively.
Religious Activities
Religious activities on campus
are the responsibility of the
Studebt Affairs Office. A Roman
Catholic Mass is celebrated on
campus every Sunday at 11:00
a.m., second floor RUB. The
Residence Rail Handbook con
tains a list of services of several
denominations off campus. Am ,
suggeslions regarding religious
activities may be directed toDean
Harshbarger in this '`!'
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"Excellence in
Teaching" Award
In 1969, the Behrend College Ad
visory Board established an "Ex
cellence In Teaching" award to
annually recognize that faculty
member who in the opinion of
students and colleagues most
truly fills the role of an inspired
and committed instructor - an in
structor whose teaching and
working with students is charac
terized by excellence.
The recipient of the . award,
selected from among faculty
members nominated by students,
chartered student organizations,
faculty, or staff, is recognized at
Commencement each Spring and
receives a plaque and a check for
$250 from the Behrend College Ad
visory Board.
Previous recipients of the "Ex
cellence In Teaching" award in
clude:
1970 Philip K. lobst, Instructor
in Philosophy
1971 Jeffrey C. Steinbrink, In
structor in English
1972 Edwin C. Masteller,
Associate Professor of Biology
1973 A. Daniel Frankforter,
Assistant Professor of History
1974 Mary Chisholm, Assistant
Professor of Chemistry
1975 Charles C. Kolb, Instructor
in Anthropology
1976 Donald R. Leavers,
Assistant Professor of Chemistry
1977 Michel Small, Assistant
Professor of English
1978 Barry R. Weller, Assistant
Professor of Economics
1979 Robert P. Hostetler,
Associate Professor of
MatheMatics
Grade Mediation
Panel
The purpose of the Grade
Mediation Panel is to provide a
forum for discussion and
resolution when a student and a
Behrend College faculty member
are involved in a misun
derstanding concerning a final
grade. Since only the instructor of
a given course can give or alter a
grade, findings are advisory only.
The panel is composed of two
faculty from the Committee on
Undergraduate Studies and two
students.
The Grade Mediation Panel is
the Third Level Consultation in
the following procedure:
First Level CoasultaUoa
Student to Faculty Meniber •
Second Level Consultation -
Student to Division Head
Third Level Consultation -
Student to Grade Mediation Panel
established by the Undergraduate
Studies Committee
Final Referral-Co sultanas -
Student to Dean of Faculty
Any request for remediation
must be submitted within one
term after the grade has beet
received. Since the panel meets
only during the academic year,
complaints cimeerning grades
given spring term will be con
sidered in the fall. The
may be during the
academic term, but in no case will
the process take more than one
academic year. Questions may be
directed to Dr. Richard Mester,
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