Collegian
April 3, 1986
1986 Summer Sessions set at. Behrend
Students intending to take
classes at Behrend over the coin
ing summer are advised to begin
planning now.
This summer a three-week and
an eight-week session have been
scheduled for undergraduates, as
well as a ten-week graduate ses
sion for the MBA program. The
final Behrend Summer Schedule
of classes may be obtained from
the Registrar's Office, now
located in Room 114 of the Otto
Behrend Science Building, beginn
ing April 3. Advance registration
dates for Behrend Summer Ses
Reed extends weekend hours
by Pat Schilpf
Collegian Staff Writer
The Reed Building has new
hours scheduled for the weekends.
"More students on campus
need study time on the weekends
especially graduate students,"
said Provost and Dean Dr. John
Lilley.
The hours will become perma
nent if students make use of the
extended time.
The change of hours was made
for all students with graduate
students taken into special
consideration.
The new apartments, planned
for 1987, will bring another small
population boom to Behrend.
There will be more students that
Academic advising "contract" created
to improve advising process
by Paula Maus
Collegian Editor
Registration for Fall 1986 Semester, scheduled for
April 7-25, requires academic advising.
In efforts to optimize the academic advising pro
cess, students must be aware of their responsibilities
as advisees.
Sometimes students "self-advise" which can lead
to complications along the academic path. "Good
advising takes two," said Jack Burke, associate pro
vost and dean.
Burke refers to the responsibilities in the ad
visor/advisee relationship as a "contract" to be fill
ed by both parties. The informal advising "con
tract," constructed by Burke from PSU's policy
manual, "spells out responsibilities and expecta
tions" in the advisor/advisee relationship, Burke
said.
The "contract" reminds faculty advisors of
stipulations set in University Senate Policy 32-00 on
academic advising.
"Students who know their responsibilities as ad
visees will derive greater benefits from the advising
process," Burke said. Students' responsibilities in
clude Policy 32-90 as listed below.
Advisee responsibilities include (Policy 32-90)
1. Primary responsibility for meeting Program and
degree requirements. The advisor suggests and
sions have been set for April 7-25,
1986.
Registration for the three-week
early summer session will be on
May 12. Classes begin May 14 and
end June 4 with finals given on
June 6. Six courses will be offered
at either 9-11:45 a.m. or 6-8:45
p.m. meeting times Monday
through Friday, with the excep
tion of PH ED 005 (Tennis),
meeting 6-8 p.m.. Monday
through Friday. A three-credit
limit is suggested during the three
week session.
Registration for the regular
need time to study. Its hard to say
if students will take advantage of
the extended hours. Dohn Har
shbarger, dean of student affairs
said, "We don't know if the tur
nout will be as good in the Spring
as it would be in the Fall. If it (ex
tended hours) doesn't work for
the Spring semester, we may try it
in the Fall semester anyway."
A student probed the need for
more hours at a recent "Coffee
With the Provost" and action was
taken.
New hours for the bookstore
are Saturdays 11 a.m.-3 p.m.,
Back Room and RUB Desk Satur
days 1 p.m.-11 p.m., and Library
Saturdays 9 a.m.-8 p.m. and Sun
days noon-10 p.m.
recommends, but final responsibility for decisions
rests with the student.
2. Completing the advanced registration process each
semester. This includes being prepared for the advis
ing session by having filled out a draft schedule, hav
ing an up-to-date checksheet for the major, having a
catalog, and thinking beforehand about educational
objectives and questions to ask.
3. Becoming familiar with the University's academic
rules and regulations.
4. Informing the advisor of circumstances (including
unsatisfactory academic performance) and changes
in plans that directly affect academic performance
and educational goals.
5. Initiating contact with the advisor, knowing the
advisor's office hours, and getting in touch with the
advisor earlier rather than later when experiencing
difficulties.
6. Becoming informed about using campus resources
and services other than the advisor (e.g. - DUS, Career
Development and Placement, catalogs, etc.)
Academic advising is taken seriously at Behrend.
The annual "Guy W. Wilson Award for Excellence
in Academic Advising" evidences the resolute at
tempts made by Behrend faculty.
Clearing up the academic advising issue was pro
mpted by discussion at "Coffee With the Provost,"
Burke said.
eight-week summer session will be
held June 4 and 5, with classes
beginning June 10 and ending Ju
ly 31. Finals are scheduled for
August 4 and 5. Students can
choose from 44 course offerings,
with the majority of the courses to
meet daytime or evenings three
times per week for one hour and
forty minute periods.
Two graduate level courses will
be offered during the ten-week
session, with registration on July
12. MANGT 543, meeting Satur
days only from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30
p.m., begins May 17 and ends
August 2, with the final on
August 9. OPMAN 501, meeting
Monday and Wednesday even
ings, begins May 21 and ends July
Behrend expands apartment, office facilities
University Relations, Hershey,
PA--The Pennsylvania State
University Board of Trustees ap
proved apartment expansion and
faculty office projects and water
system improvements for Behrend
College at its March 15 meeting.
The building projects will accom
modate 96 additional students and
24 additional faculty members.
Apartment construction is ex
pected to begin May 16, with a
proposed completion date of July
1, 1987
The project is phase two of the
student apartments that opened at
Behrend in August 1985. The new
30, with the final scheduled for
August 4. For part-time Penn
sylvania residents, the cost is $ll5
per credit and for non-
Pennsylvania residents, $173 per
credit. Full-time undergraduate
Pennsylvania residents (Session 1
and 2 combined) will pay $1,380
for 12 or more credits and non-
Pennsylvania residents $2, 070.
Graduate tuition rates are $l5O
per credit for Pennsylvania
residents and $225 for non-
Pennsylvania residents.
The Summer Tabloid, detailing
summer classes available at each
Penn State campus, as well as the
summer course schedule for
University Park, is now available
in the Registrar's Office and other
housing will be built adjacent to
the existing apartments, located at
the top of the hill on Jordan
Road.
The board approved the expan
sion plan and design by John C.
Haas Associated and authorized
solicitation of bids for the project.
Phase two of the project will
add 24 apartments in three new
buildings that retain the architec
ture of the existing complex. Six
apartment buildings currently
house 192 Behrend students in 48
two-bedroom units.
When completed, the expansion
project will enable Behrend to
house a total of more than 945 on
campus students.
The Board of Trustees also ap
proved construction of two new
faculty office units at Behrend.
Each facility will be 24 feet wide
Lambda Sigma selects new members
with early morning flash
by Barrett Parker
Collegian Staff Writer
Last Thursday, March 27, at 6:30 a.m., several students heard a
knock on their doors. The newly awakened students saw flash bulbs go
off and were told that they had a few minutes to get ready for the
Lambda Sigma breakfast--one of the first steps in becoming a full
fledged member of the honor and service society.
Behrend's Alpha Eta chapter of the Lambda Sigma Society does such
community/campus services as the recent organ drive, car washes, and
the upcoming CARE packages for finals week.
New members will remain in the organization until they finish their
sophomore year. New members include Kimberly Best, Kim Bruni, Vin
cent Cannella, Lori Davison, Daniel Eccles, Calvin Fryling, Joseph
Haller, Kurt Hammerbeck, Lauri Herring, Amy Hickman, Wendy
Nachman, Seth Narehood, Gary Orr, Gregory Radick, Kelly Rodgers,
Karen Pastorik, Tracy Simmons, David Slye, James Thomas, Michelle
Williamson and Timothy Wilson. Jamie Grimm, assistant dean of stu
dent affairs who served with Cathy Mester, (speech communications in
structor) as co-advisors was named an honorary member.
"The new members have worked well together in the tasks they
already had to perform. I think Lambda Sigma will be very strong next
year," Grimm said.
campus - locations. Returning
students may advance-register at
all campus locations through the
Registrar's Office. Dates for
advance- registration will be an
nounced in early April. Behrend
students intending to register for a
location other than Behrend must
request a Summer Only Change of
Assignment in the Behrend Col
lege Registrar's Office.
NOTE: For the first time, on
campus hoasing will be available
during the Summer Sessions.
Check with the Office of Housing
and Food Services in Dobbins
Hall or call (814) 898-6161 for in
formation and rates for student
apartments.
and 54 feet long, with space for 12
faculty offices. One unit will be
located west of Turnbull Hall, the
other south of the Carriage
House.
The -new buildings will be
similar in appearance and con
struction to the Carriage House
Annex, built in 1984. Both new
units are expected to be completed --
this summer.
Also approved at the March
board meeting were final plans for
alterations and additions to
Behrend's water system.
The project will include in
stallation of a new pump and ad
ditional water lines, im
provements to the Behrend water
tower and existing pumps, a new
central water monitoring system
and additional fire hydrants on
campus.