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Campus has Resumed Normal Operations

Normal campus operations resumed at 5 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 6. Food services were available at Dobbins Dining Hall, and representatives of the Personal Counseling Office were at Dobbins to meet with students.

University and state police have swept and secured all campus buildings. No evidence of danger has been found.

Take the February Photo Challenge!

Take the February Photo Challenge!

The February Photo Challenge will take place all this month on Instagram.It's back! Get ready because the February Photo Challenge is here!

Throughout the month of February, we encourage students, faculty members, staff, visitors, and alumni who are on campus to participate! 

Zoo trip leads to new career path.

Zoo trip leads to new career path.

Melanie Biddle never wants to leave work.

“I hang out there on my days off,” says the senior Biology major, a part-time zookeeper at the Erie Zoo. “When I’m home, I’m usually doing research on the animals or looking up enrichment ideas for them.”

Biddle never planned on training marsupials or helping hooved animals beat boredom. She intended to be a doctor when she entered the pre-med program at Robert Morris University. She quickly had a change of heart.

Alumnus to drum for Seahawks at Super Bowl XLIX.

Alumnus Drums for Seahawks at Super Bowl XLIX

It starts in the tunnel, at the northeast corner of Seattle’s CenturyLink Field, when they first touch the turf. It’s soft, after all those hours in the lots, walking Pioneer Square, drumming one-two-one-two-one-two, and then marching into F.X. McRory’s, which on game days is more clown car than bar, jammed with Richard Sherman jerseys and “12th Man” tattoos. Once they’re all in, they whack those drums until their ears go numb.