News & Announcements

Penn State students can celebrate Earth Week, April 18-22, with a swipe of their id+ card

Penn State students can help 'Swipe Out Hunger' during Earth Week

All Penn State residential campuses will host Swipe Out Hunger in conjunction with Earth Week 2022. During the week of April 18-22, students have the option to donate $5, $10, or $15 to the Student Emergency Fund when they pay for their meal at any residential dining facility or through a Penn State Eats mobile order.

Enhanced technology and an updated design through the id+ card will change how the Penn State community accesses resources and interacts with the University. Credit: Steve Tressler. All Rights Reserved.

Apr 13

Penn State launching new id+ card with updated design, enhanced digital features

Penn State is launching a new id+ card to advance the University’s digital campus initiative in support of One Penn State 2025. The new campus card will have an updated design and several new contactless features that create a user-friendly digital experience for the Penn State community.

The Nittany Apartments residence complex at Penn State Schuylkill includes 308 beds spread across five apartment-style buildings.

Apr 06

Trustees approve purchase of Nittany Apartments at Penn State Schuylkill

To better support the student body at Penn State Schuylkill, the Penn State Board of Trustees approved the purchase by Penn State Housing and Food Services (HFS) of the Nittany Apartments at Penn State Schuylkill on April 5 from the Schuylkill Campus Advisory Board.

drawing of residence hall with students running and text overlay "Summer Housing"

Mar 21

Current Students: LiveOn for Summer 2022

Students who have plans to be at Penn State this summer can enjoy the summer LiveOn experience!

The words "spring break" written in sand

Feb 25

2022 Spring Break - University Housing Closedown

IT'S ALMOST SPRING BREAK!!!

University Housing will CLOSE for Spring Break on Saturday March 5 at 12:00 p.m. ET (noon).

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Feb 18

Housing and Food Rates 2022-2023

Undergraduate Rates for 2022-2023 Academic Year

LiveOn Student Success Grant - Student laying with a mobile device

Feb 14

LiveOn grant program helps students seeking a Penn State residential experience

The LiveOn Student Success Grant program provides recipients approximately $12,000 across four years to help bridge the cost of campus room and board.

Jan 19

COVID Test Kits: known address issue

The US Government's COVID-19 test kit online order site was launched this week.

drawing of residence hall with students standing

Jan 17

LiveOn 2022-2023

Students interested in the LiveOn experience for the 2022-2023 academic year still have time to Request Housing!

Jan 04

2022 Spring Semester Arrival

Details about housing arrival are available on the Spring Arrival webpage.

Jan 03

Students, faculty and staff encouraged to test before returning to on-campus classes, work

“I urge all of our students to order a free, mail-in Vault Health test kit to get tested for COVID-19 before returning to campus so that they can isolate at home if they are COVID-19 positive. Any student or employee can currently order up to 12 Vault Health kits for at-home use,” said Kelly Wolgast, director of the COCC. I want to emphasize that students at all campus locations can take action now to order a test and complete it next week to know their health status before returning to campus.”

Dec 09

Fall Semester Closedown

It's almost the end of fall semester! Please review the information, based on your housing scenario.

drawing of student standing in snow in front of building

Dec 06

University Housing Closes for Winter Break

IT'S ALMOST THE END OF FALL SEMESTER!!

University Housing will CLOSE for fall semester on Saturday December 18 at 4:00 p.m. ET.

student selecting food from serving line

Dec 03

Campus Meal Plan - fall semester plan management

As the end of fall semester approaches, students are reminded to review their fall semester

Nov 29

Spring Room Changes 2022

Interested in a new room assignment on campus for spring 2022 semester?

Nov 19

Housing Closedown: Traffic Alert

Parents, families, and others planning to pick up students from University Park residence halls for Fall Break should be advised of the following traffic restrictions related to the Penn State Foot

Sushi at Louie's Market in Redifer Commons

Nov 10

Penn State Sushi Vendor Gives Back to Community

Saikou, a Mechanicsburg-based sushi company that furnishes sushi and poke products to all dining commons at Penn State University Park, donated one dollar for each of the approximately 1,300 boxes of sushi sold on Homecoming Gameday (October 23 vs Illinois) to the Central PA Food Bank. The company also donated $1,500 to the Food Bank and plans a similar donation during March Madness.

Nov 10

University Housing Closes for Fall Break

IT'S ALMOST FALL BREAK!!!

University Housing will CLOSE for Fall Break on Sunday November 21 at 10:00 a.m. ET.

Nov 09

Swipe Out Hunger

Penn State encourages students to ‘Swipe Out Hunger’ from Nov. 13-21. The “Swipe Out Hunger” drive, a partnership between the University and the Swipe Out Hunger national organization, will run from Nov. 13-21 to coincide with National Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week.

Two HFS students pose, smiling through their masks

Oct 20

Housing and Food Services offers competitive job opportunities

Housing and Food Services offers competitive job opportunities. With numerous roles available, students can explore their career potential. All open positions with Housing and Food Services are listed online at liveon.psu.edu/student-employment.