Update on Incident of Concern

The IUP Police Department has identified and taken appropriate legal action against the driver of the red pickup truck from campus mentioned in the message I shared with you on Friday, Nov. 21.   

The driver, a juvenile from Indiana County, is not an IUP student.

IUP Police are continuing the investigation of a vehicle in the IUP Parking Garage throwing some type of firework out of the vehicle window the afternoon of Friday, Nov. 14. We will update you on this incident as information becomes known.

Your safety, and the security of the IUP community, continue to be our priority. Please do not hesitate to report any incident of concern or information you may have about incidents of concern.
IUP Police are available at all times at 724-357-2141. You can also call 9-1-1; the 9-1-1 dispatcher will share your report with IUP Police.

If the incident is not an emergency, a link to report an incident of concern online through the Office of Social Equity is at the bottom of every IUP webpage.

If you need help, please use the resources that we offer. 

You can also contact members of the Community Response Team with concerns: Elise Glenn – Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer and Title IX Coordinator; Dr. Adam Jones – Dean of Students; Michelle Fryling – Executive Director of Communications and Media Relations; Dr. Jessica Miller – Counseling Center Chair/Director and Haven Project Director; Timothy Stringer – Director of Public Safety and Chief of University Police; Douglas Campbell – Investigations Lieutenant; Dr. Gwendolyn Torges – Associate Professor of Political Science and Free Speech Expert;  Shawn Jones – Senior Associate Director of Undergraduate Admissions; and Dr. Roger Briscoe – Executive Director of Student Inclusion.