INTEGRITY ADVOCATES TO PROVIDE PEER-TO-PEER REINFORCEMENT
For more than a decade, Smeal has made its commitment to a culture of honor and integrity an integral part of its strategic plan. With that in mind, Michelle Darnell, Smeal’s director of honor and integrity, enhanced the Integrity Advocates, a student organization that promotes these values, when she arrived at Smeal a year ago. “The goal is to have peer champions in support of Smeal’s commitment to honor and integrity,” Darnell says. “The Integrity Advocates provide peer-to-peer reinforcement.” The group currently features nine students. Darnell plans to form a five-student executive board and grow the number of members to 20-25 students. The Advocates will eventually run the PSU 6 Business Ethics Case Competition, which introduces first-year students to business ethics; select the winner of the Chamber of Business and Industry of Centre County’s Ethical Business Award; and run the college’s Finals Week Integrity Break, which is intended to reinforce students’ adherence to the principles of Smeal’s Honor Code.