Faculty Advising

All students admitted into a major are assigned a faculty adviser in their major for the duration of their junior and senior years. The faculty adviser's primary responsibility is to provide advice in the area of careers and the student's major field courses. Faculty are also the direct source for information related to major field course content.

Faculty advisers are also the key source for letters of recommendation for law school, graduate school, and permanent employment opportunities. Faculty advisers can assist with graduate school advice, selection of courses in the major where choices are available, and advice on appropriate two-piece course sequences that compliment the major and the students’ career objective within that major. Faculty in the academic departments also serve as advisers to student organizations, honor societies, and co-ed business fraternities.

Faculty advising services and activities are organized in each department by a faculty coordinator. You or your faculty adviser can use the faculty coordinator as a resource for questions or concerns.

The faculty coordinators are listed below. Economics does not have a faculty coordinator. Smeal Economics majors should see their assigned faculty adviser.

Accounting
Ralph Licastro rdl2@psu.edu
814-865-9292

Finance
Lou Gattis, gattis@psu.edu
814-863-5620

Management
Debbie Ettington dettington@psu.edu
814-863-4483

Marketing
Jennifer Chang-Coupland jxc75@psu.edu
814-865-0577

Supply Chain and M I S
Norm Aggon nxa12@psu.edu
814-863-2644