Advising Juniata takes advising very seriously. The process is supervised by two advisors, one from the POE area and another from a different division of the college. Thus, each faculty member can expect to have twice as many advisees as might otherwise be the case, many from outside the person's immediate area of academic expertise. This system results in exceptional communication within the campus community. Service is variously construed as service to the College itself, service to the profession, or service to the wider community.
Faculty members engage in all three.
Most serve on a variety of College committees over the course of time. Juniata is also the headquarters for the nation's first Science in Motion Van, a project supported by the National Science Foundation and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, which loans sophisticated science instruments to regional high schools and facilitates their use by secondary students in experiments related to their science classes. International Juniata's extensive program of two-way international exchange actually began in the chemistry department, when one member of the chemistry faculty developed a special arrangement with a friend and colleague at a university in Lille, France. The program has grown to include exchange sites in such places as England, Germany, India, Russia, Australia, and Ecuador. All of the chemistry faculty have paid visits to at least some of our exchange partners, and the department is a strong supporter of international experiences for students.