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IST Advising Center

This page is for current undergraduate Information Sciences and Technology students who are looking for advising information.
Our mission is to help students achieve their fullest academic potential and to foster their growth by encouraging them to make informed decisions based on their interests, abilities, values, and goals. We help our students to become self-directed learners and decision makers as well as leaders in the IST and Penn State communities.

Responsibilities of this office include:
  • Academic advising
  • Arrival week activities/orientation
  • Associate and baccalaureate degree road-maps
  • Administrative functions such as, change of major, change of campus, re-enrollment, leave of absence, withdrawal, and Faculty Senate Petitions
  • Course substitutions and degree audit updates
  • Transfer credits
  • Entrance to major (ETM)
  • First-Year Testing, Consulting and Advising Program (FTCAP)
  • Graduation and spring commencement
  • Undergraduate student listservs
Advising Center Staff
Jeanie Peritz
Director, Undergraduate Academic Services

Shelly Kachik
Administrative Support Coordinator

Shelie Waite
Academic Records Counselor

Susan Agee
Academic Adviser

Sarah Milito
Academic Adviser

Kristi Stringer
Administrative Support Assistant

Sara Kellerman
Staff Assistant

Contact Us
Undergraduate Advising Center
College of Information Sciences and Technology
The Pennsylvania State University
104 Information Sciences and Technology Building

Office: 814-865-8947
Toll-free: 866-225-8707
Fax: 814-865-7490

advising@ist.psu.edu
http://advising.ist.psu.edu/