DUS News - October 24, 2022
It’s OK, you can still schedule your classes on your enrollment date. Use the guidelines and resources on our website to help you choose your courses.
Schedule an appointment with your assigned adviser, even if that appointment is after your enrollment date. During your appointment, you and your adviser will identify any needed alterations. You have until the end of the drop/add period next semester to fine-tune your schedule.
Make sure you complete your Pre-Registration Activity Guide in LionPATH before your course enrollment date! You are required to complete this each semester. Until you do so, there will be a Financial Responsibility hold on your account, and you will not be able to schedule your courses.
View the LionPATH tutorial for help in using this guide.
Much like the Pre-Registration Activity Guide mentioned above, all students who are pre-major now need to update the Major Preferences Activity Guide before their course enrollment date. In this guide, you will be asked to identify potential majors of interest and assign a weight from 1–100 to any majors in which you indicate an interest. Until you do so, there will be a Major Preferences hold on your account.
View this LionPATH tutorial (doc) for help in using this guide.
- October 24–28 (Mon.–Fri.)
- Love Your Body Week - October 24 (Mon.)
- Fighting Truth Decay: How and Why Fakers Fake
- Together We Are - October 25 (Tues.)
- Liberal Arts Advising To-Go Tuesday
- Study Smarter Workshop - October 26 (Wed.)
- Share Your Faith, Feed Your Face with Counseling and Psychological Services - October 27 (Thurs.)
- Donuts with the Deans (College of Education) - October 30 (Sun.)
- DUS Scholarship Application Deadline - November 1 (Tues.)
- WISER|MURE|FURP Research Internship Application Deadline
- Explore and Find the Right Major for You
- Study Smarter Workshop - November 3 (Thurs.)
- Back to the World: Education Abroad Fair - November 4 (Fri.)
- Religious InQueeries with the Center for Sexual and Gender Diversity
Are you interested in applying to a health professional school? Consider stopping by PreHealth Advising virtual check-in hours. Please log in to Starfish to schedule same day appointments during the times listed below.
There will be check-ins on the following days:
- Monday: No check-in hours
- Tuesday: No check-in hours.
- Wednesday: No check-in hours
- Thursday: 1:30–3:30 p.m.
- Friday: 10:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Celebrate your body during Penn State’s annual Love Your Body Week, running from October 24 to 28.
Love Your Body Week features programming dedicated to promoting healthy body image through education, awareness, reflection, and self-love. It is a collaboration between four Student Affairs units—Health Promotion and Wellness (HPW), the Gender Equity Center, the Center for Sexual and Gender Diversity, and Campus Recreation. Love Your Body Week is open to all Penn State students, staff, faculty, and community members. All are invited to attend the free events and activities to help embrace a healthy body image, learn more about resources, and gain skills to support the community.
The Student Programming Association (SPA) is hosting this community event to show unity and celebrate all those who make Penn State, Penn State. The event will host a number of activities, performances, and resources to support and promote belonging and community.
When: Monday, October 24, 2022, 6:00–10:00 p.m.
Where: Alumni and Heritage halls in the HUB-Robeson Center
Al Thompkins, senior faculty at the Poynter Institute and one of America's most requested broadcast journalism and multimedia teachers and coaches, will present this free public lecture. His keynote presentation is part of a two-day visit as part of the Pennsylvania Association of Broadcasters Visiting Professionals Program.
When: Monday, October 24, 2022, 6:00–7:00 p.m.
Where: Freeman Auditorium, HUB-Robeson Center
Tight on time? Leaning towards majors in the College of the Liberal Arts? Take advantage of Advising To-Go! You'll find multiple Liberal Arts advisers in one centrally-located place.
Tuesday, October 25, 4:00–7:00 p.m. EDT, E128A Paterno Library (near Starbucks)
Register to attend lunch discussions through the Center for Spiritual and Ethical Development's Being, Believing, Belonging Series. All discussion groups will be held from 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. in room 104 of the Pasquerilla Spiritual Center and via Zoom. Lunch will be provided for those attending in-person.
- Wednesday, October 26: Share Your Faith, Feed Your Face with Counseling and Psychological Services
- Friday, November 4: Religious InQueeries with the Center for Sexual and Gender Diversity
- Wednesday, November 30: Spilling the Tea with the Gender Equity Center
You are invited to Donuts with the Deans, presented by The College of Education Undergraduate Student Council. Come and socialize with the College of Education deans and your fellow classmates and grab a bite to eat while doing so. Please register in advance to attend.
When: Thursday, October 27, 2022, 12:00–2:00 p.m.
Where: Chambers Building Front Portico
The DUS Scholarship recognizes and awards $1,000 to outstanding DUS second-year students who have engaged meaningfully in exploring their academic options. If you are a second-year student enrolled in DUS (at any campus) with a GPA of 3.50 or above, we encourage you to apply. For complete details and how to apply, visit the DUS Scholarships page on the DUS website. Applications are due by Sunday, October 30, 2022.
DUS will be holding Group Advising Sessions throughout the fall semester as a way to discuss popular advising topics with groups of students. These sessions are open to all DUS students and will help you to learn more about the topic and to ask questions in a friendly, open environment. For more information on each session visit https://dus.psu.edu/group-advising. All sessions are held in the Grange Building Lobby, unless otherwise listed on the website.
Fall 2022 Sessions
All sessions are at 4:00 p.m. ET and held in the Grange Building Lobby.
November 1: Explore and Find the Right Major for You
Each year, Penn State hosts exhibitors from over 80 different study abroad partners, support offices, scholarship sources, and academic colleges to bring students the information they want about education abroad! Students have the opportunity to speak with representatives from universities and study centers abroad; meet advisers from their college who know which courses and locations are best for different majors; meet faculty who lead education abroad programs; and talk with Education Abroad staff about the 300+ education abroad programs that are offered.
When: Thursday, November 3, 11:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m.
Where: Alumni Hall
Whether you’re a first-year student trying to figure out how to get started, or you're well into the planning stages, the Education Abroad Fair will help you determine your next steps! We are also excited to announce that there will be additional scholarship opportunities for those who attend this year’s event!
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