Information for Transfer Students (students who earned 18 or more college credits after graduating from high school).
Information for First-Year Students (students who earned fewer than 18 credits after graduating from high school).
Transfer Students
If you earned 18 or more college credits after graduating from high school, you are considered a Transfer Student. Otherwise, you are considered a first-year student and should review the information in the First-Year section below.
Transfer students SHOULD NOT schedule an appointment using the links at the bottom of this page. You may contact an adviser in your major for additional assistance. Use the below chart to locate the information for contacting an adviser and scheduling an advising appointment. To schedule an appointment with an adviser, please use your Penn State email address. Please do not schedule more than one appointment.
You are not required to meet with an adviser, if all of your questions have been answered, if you have been able to enroll into all of the courses that you need for your first semester at Penn State Harrisburg, and/or if you have already met with an adviser within the program.
We hope that you will continue to engage with academic advisers throughout your academic career.
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Majors |
Contact |
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Accounting |
Cathy Stoey |
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American Studies |
Denise Saunders |
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Biobehavioral Health |
Rebecca Parthemore |
rlp26@psu.edu |
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Biology |
Marilyn Reed |
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Civil Engineering |
Heather Lookenbill |
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Communications |
Melisa Forkey |
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Communications Sciences and Disorders |
Paul Evitts | |
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Computer Science |
Jamie Bell | |
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Criminal Justice |
Jaime Vargas |
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Cybersecurity |
Lori Connolly |
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Electrical Engineering and Electrical Engineering Technology |
Kelly Batche |
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Elementary Education |
Martha Strickland |
access appointments via Starfish |
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English |
Denise Saunders | |
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Finance |
Cathy Stoey |
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Health Policy Admin |
Autumn Kreider | |
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Human Capital Management |
Cathy Stoey |
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Human-Centered Design & Development |
Lori Connolly |
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Human Development & Family Studies |
Patricia Aguilera Hermida |
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| Rebecca Parthemore | rlp26@psu.edu | |
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Humanities |
Adam Gustafson |
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Information Sciences and Technology |
Lori Connolly |
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Information Systems |
Cathy Stoey |
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Kinesiology |
Rebecca Parthemore |
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Management |
Cathy Stoey |
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Marketing |
Cathy Stoey |
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Mathematical Sciences |
Jamie Bell | jbl8348@psu.edu |
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Mechanical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering Technology |
Casey McDowell | cmm8969@psu.edu |
| Enterprise Technology Integration | Lori Connolly | ljc43@psu.edu |
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Nursing |
Kathy Lesher |
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Project and Supply Chain Management |
Cathy Stoey |
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Political Science |
Autumn Kreider | aqk5884@psu.edu |
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Psychology |
Cobi Michael |
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Public Policy |
Autumn Kreider | aqk5884@psu.edu |
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Science |
Marilyn Reed |
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Secondary Education Social Studies |
Michael Swogger |
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Security and Risk Analysis |
Lori Connolly |
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Sociology |
Selena Merrick | sar6088@psu.edu |
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Structural Design & Construction, Engineering Technology |
Heather Lookenbill | |
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Majors not offered at Harrisburg |
Vicki Psyck |
Please contact the Harrisburg Advising Center by phone at 717-948-6604 or via email at HBGADVISINGCENTER@PSU.EDU if you experience any problems scheduling an advising appointment.
You must check your Penn State email for the advising appointment confirmation. In the confirmation, you will receive directions for the method you will use to meet with the adviser. Please check your Penn State email often and immediately prior to your orientation advising appointment. If you are unable to keep your advising appointment, make every effort to cancel at least 8 hours in advance of your appointment.
First-Year Students
If you have earned fewer than 18 college credits after graduating from high school, you are considered a first-year student.
The New Student Orientation Advising appointment is critical to a successful start at Penn State. You must review each section on this page.
Prepare for your advising meeting
What to expect during the advising meeting
Schedule Your Appointment
Prepare for your advising meeting
This initial advising meeting is an opportunity for you to talk one-on-one with an academic adviser about your academic interests and goals and to outline your initial steps to reach them.
The more prepared you are, the more the advising appointment can focus on you and your individual goals.
- Complete the steps in your NSO Tasklist, including the educational planning survey, ALEKS math placement, transfer credit worksheet, and course planning guide.
- Build a tentative first-semester schedule in your LionPATH Enrollment Shopping Cart prior to your advising appointment.
- Complete your pre-registration activity guide and major preferences guide in LionPATH.
What to expect during the advising meeting
During the academic advising meeting, you should expect to discuss your academic goals and interests—including how they relate to your academic journey at Penn State in general and your first-semester schedule in particular. This meeting is your final step to enroll in first-semester courses.
We hope that you will continue to engage with academic advisers throughout your academic career and that this will represent the first of many interactions.
Schedule Your Appointment Now!
During your advising appointment you will be scheduling your classes. The sooner you schedule your classes, the more options you will have. Reach out for help if you have trouble finding a time that works.
How to schedule your appointment
Please watch this brief video about how to schedule your advising appointment.
When you click a scheduling button, you will be prompted to log in through Penn State’s sign-in screen if you are not already logged in. If you have not done so already, you will need to Enroll in Multi-Factor Authentication.
Please note all meetings are in Eastern Time (GMT-5). Please join the Zoom meeting promptly at the start of your appointment time. That is, if your appointment is from 9 a.m. – 10 a.m. (Eastern Time, GMT-5), you need to join the meeting by 9 a.m. (Eastern Time, GMT-5).
You must check your Penn State email for the advising appointment confirmation. This confirmation email will contain the day, time (in EDT), and Zoom URL you will use to meet with your orientation adviser. If any changes are made to your scheduled appointment, new information will be sent to your Penn State email. Please check your Penn State email often, including immediately prior to your orientation advising appointment.
Think about your academic goals and select the area toward which you are most strongly leaning. Your selection of this interest does not lock you in as decided or declared. It will just help make sure you work with an adviser who is most familiar with your interest area. If you are unsure of your interests, please choose Undecided. All advisers are prepared to work with students who are deciding among several interest areas. Please do not schedule more than one appointment.
Transfer students SHOULD NOT schedule an appointment using the links below. Instead, please refer to the Transfer Students section at the top of this page for information about scheduling an advising appointment.
| Interest Area | Scheduling Link |
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| Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences
Intended for students planning to major in areas such as: Advertising, Anthropology, Architecture, Behavioral Science, Communication Sciences & Disorders, Communications, Criminal Justice/Criminology, Cultural Studies, Dance, English, Film/TV, Global Studies, Graphic Design, History, Human Develop and Family Studies, Media Studies, Music, Philosophy, Political Science, Psychology, Public Relations, Sociology, Theatre, Visual Arts, World Languages |
Schedule your appointment. |
| Business, Cybersecurity, & IT
Intended for students planning to major in areas such as: Accounting, Corporate Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Data Science (Applied), Cybersecurity, Enterprise Technology Integration, Finance, Human-Centered Design and Development, Information Science and Technology, Management, Management Information Systems, Marketing, Risk Management, Supply Chain Management, Security and Risk Analysis |
Schedule your appointment. |
| DUS
If you are undecided about a major, select an academic area that you are considering or an area that you have an interest. Your orientation adviser will assist you in scheduling a variety of classes based on your interests and program requirements. |
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| Education
Intended for students planning to major in areas such as: Agricultural and Extension Education, Education and Public Policy, Elementary and Early Childhood Education, Elementary and Kindergarten Education, Middle Level Education, Rehabilitation and Human Services, Secondary Education, Special Education, Workforce Education, World Language Education |
Schedule your appointment. |
| Engineering & Computer Science
Intended for students planning to major in: Computer Science, Data Science (Computational) or any Engineering major |
Schedule your appointment. |
| Science & Health
Intended for students planning to major in areas such as: Astronomy, Biology, Biobehavioral Health, Chemistry, Data Science (Statistical), Geology, Forensic Science, Materials Science, Mathematics, Meteorology, Mining, Nursing, Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering, Physics, Pre-medicine, Statistics |
Schedule your appointment. |
If you have trouble scheduling an advising appointment or have trouble accessing the Starfish schedule, contact the Harrisburg Advising Center by phone at 717-948-6604 or email at HBGADVISINGCENTER@PSU.EDU.