Volume 05 | Issue 01 | October 2021
WHAT'S GOING ON IN OCTOBER?
Registration for Spring 2022 has begun! Are you Ready?

  • Determine your date to register - Check the Enrollment Dates box in your LionPATH Student Center - click here to view the registration timetable.
  • Complete your Spring 2022 Pre-registration Activity Guide found in your LionPATH To Do List.
  • Complete your Spring 2022 Major Preferences Activity Guide (only required for pre-major students) found in your LionPATH To Do List.
  • Resolve any other registration holds such as bursar, academic warning, or health-related holds.
  • Consult with your academic adviser regarding degree planning and your academic requirements (degree audit).
  • Enforced pre-requisite checking is occurring in science, business, and several other subjects. If you are denied registration for a Behrend course due to a missing pre-requisite, you can follow our pre-requisite override approval process. 
Workshops this Month:
Study Smarter, Not Harder Series:
Procrastination

Monday, October 25 | 4:00- 5:00 PM
114 Reed

How to beat procrastination and get things done on time.
Study Smarter, Not Harder Series:
Final Exam Prep

Tuesday, October 26 | 4:00 - 5:00 PM
114 Reed

Learn how to study for cumulative exams and final exams.
Study Smarter, Not Harder Series:
Stress Management

Wednesday, October 27 | 4:00 - 5:00 PM
114 Reed

Learn how to relax and manage your stress, hosted by Personal Counseling.
Career Planning:
Professional Communication

Thursday, October 28 | 12:30 - 1:00 PM
114 Reed

Learn how to manage emails, phone calls, voicemails, and more when speaking with potential employers and network connections.
Entering the Nursing Major Workshop & Information Session

Friday, October 29 | 10:00 - 11:00AM
Library Computer Lab, Room 201A
ACADEMIC & CAREER PLANNING CENTER UPDATES
As a reminder, Academic Advising in person and virtual drop-ins are Monday through Thursday 12:00 - 4:00 PM (ET) in 125 Reed (please wear a mask) or at psu.zoom.us-Meeting ID: 814 898 6112

Career Services in person and virtual drop-ins are Monday through Thursday 12:00–4:00 PM (ET) in 125 Reed (please wear a mask) or at psu.zoom.us - Meeting ID 814 898 6112 
Major Preferences – Update your major preference in LionPath by following the instructions outlined here (select "View My Major Preferences"). Doing this will not declare your major, but it will will help academic advisers and department personnel better support you when preparing for advising meetings.
The Fall 2021 final exam schedule is now available. You can view your final exam schedule in the LionPATH Student Center. Please be sure to click the “MORE” link to see all exams. The types of exams you may see include:

  • In-person on a specific day and time (typically 1 hour, 50 minutes) with an actual room assignment;
  • Remote synchronous on specific day and time (typically 1 hour, 50 minutes) with a room designation of WEBFNL;
  • Remote asynchronous on a specific day with a time of 12:00am – 11:59pm (24 hour block). This also has a designation of WEBFNL. Your instructor will be in further contact with you to explain when the final exam will be open for completion within this 24 hour window of time.

The Erie/Behrend final exam schedule is built based on Erie/Behrend courses only. If you are taking a course through another PSU campus location (“multi-campus registration”) or through something called the Digital Learning Cooperative (DLC), you need to review your schedule very carefully to make sure you don’t have a direct conflict (overlap in exam times) or an overload conflict (3 exams in one calendar day or 3 consecutive exam scheduling periods over two days). You will need to work with the instructors directly to resolve a conflict if one exists.

You can request an overload resolution if you qualify. You can apply for an overload resolution using the link provided in LionPATH. If that link is not available to you, please email our office for assistance – REGBD@psu.edu. The deadline to do this is Sunday, October 17, 2021. You will be notified shortly thereafter of the resolution outcome.

Please email the Behrend Registrar's Office at REGBD@psu.edu with any questions.
COVID-19 INFORMATION
To read the most up to date information on how COVID-19 is impacting the Behrend community, check out this website frequently.

For a full list on how to get help with your academics, please click here.

The Penn State Keep Learning website also has a ton of helpful information. Click here for answers to some commonly asked questions!
#FindYourFuture - School Events Across Campus
Attending campus-specific events and participating in volunteer experiences are great ways to connect with faculty, students, and campus partners to gain insight into a major of interest. Check out October's upcoming events (hyperlinked) to learn more about a variety of disciplines!
SCHOOL EVENTS ACROSS CAMPUS:


(Co-curricular activities for the Black School of Business are also posted in Behrend Sync under "Black School of Business").
MAJOR OF THE MONTH: ACCOUNTING, B.S.
MAJOR OF THE MONTH: FINANCE, B.S.
WHAT IS FINANCE?

Finance focuses on how individuals and business organizations raise money and capital, and how those resources are allocated among competing investment and consumption opportunities. The field focuses on domestic and international financial economies and the role of financial markets and institutions key in the movement of savings and investment capital from lenders to borrowers. It also deals with how individuals and corporate managers evaluate alternative investment and savings opportunities and how they choose among various financial instruments.
YOU MIGHT LIKE THIS PROGRAM IF . . .

  • You’re looking for a versatile business degree.
  • You’d like to invest real money as a director of Behrend’s Intrieri Family Student Managed Fund.
  • You’d like to work on Behrend’s simulated trading floor, and use the same Bloomberg information services as professional traders and investors.
  • You want to graduate from one of only two Pennsylvania universities accepted into the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) Institution University Recognition Program.
WHAT CAN I DO WITH THIS MAJOR?

Finance is among the most versatile of majors—what organization wouldn't benefit from optimizing the investment of its monetary resources?
A B.S. in Finance prepares you for careers in every segment of our economy, from private corporations to government to financial services to banking to academia and the nonprofit sector. Your options are wide open, but you also can target a more specific career path by adding a certificate—your choices include Financial Planning, Actuarial Mathematics and Statistics, Financial Controllership, and Financial Risk Management—or a second major. The two degrees most often added to Finance are the B.S. in Accounting and B.S. in Business Economics. 
NEXT STEPS:

Attend the Black School of Business Finance Day on Wednesday, October 20
There will be a great line-up of presentations with expert panelists to help you explore potential career options in Finance. We invite you to attend as many sessions as possible to fine-tune your career direction. Use the schedule below to plan your attendance.

This event is fully virtual, but Behrend residential students are welcome to gather in Burke 236 from 10:00 to 2:35 to participate as a group.

Zoom links for on line sessions can be found here.
For more information on the Finance major, contact the School of Business:

BLACK SCHOOL OF BUSINESS
281 Jack Burke Research and Economic Development Center
Erie, PA 16563
814-898-6107


Visit the Undergraduate Bulletin for similar majors. Pro tip: Use the filter option to search by interest.                               

If you are interested in changing your major, contact your adviser, visit LionPath, and select Update Your Academics.
The Division of Undergraduate Studies (DUS) is the academic home for students exploring multiple academic programs before committing to a course of study. Academic advisers in DUS teach students how to:

  • Understand the purposes of higher education
  • Make connections between personal interests, life goals, and academic opportunities
  • Think critically and question common assumptions about majors and careers
  • Find educational opportunities such as study abroad programs, research assistantships, leadership activities, and internships

 
Thank you,
 
The DUS Advisers