Skip to content
Campus Alert Archive
Penn State Brandywine

Stalking in Brandywine's Main Building: An Early Test of Penn State's New Centralized Warning System

PAstalkingtimely warninghigh confidence
Under Investigation

Between October 15 and October 19, 2022, Penn State Brandywine University Police received a report of stalking in Main Building, the central academic building on the small Media, PA branch campus. The report was filed on October 19, 2022. The case (22BW00204) was issued under Penn State's then-new system-wide centralized timely-warning archive, which had launched in January 2022.

Alerts
1
Response
Killed
Injured
Institution
Pennsylvania State University, Brandywine
Public R1 · PA
~1,300 studentsRave Mobile SafetyPSUAlert
Confirmed Timeline

Alert Sequence

1 message in sequence · 1 verified verbatim

INITIAL ALERTEmail
Stalking - VAWA has occurred at Brandywine Case Number: 22BW00204 University Police received a report of stalking. The reported incident occurred in the Main Building on the Brandywine Campus. The victim, a student, reported being stalked on campus by a suspect. It can be assumed that conditions continue to exist that may pose a threat to members and guests of the University community. This warning is being issued in compliance with the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act and the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act (VAWA). Members of the campus community are urged to use caution. Anyone with information regarding this incident is asked to contact Penn State University Police at (610) 892-1496.
Penn State Brandywine is a small ~1,300-student branch campus in Media, PA, southwest of Philadelphia
Main Building is the central academic and administrative building on the Brandywine campus, located adjacent to Yearsley Mill Road on the southeast side of campus
This warning was issued early in the lifecycle of Penn State's centralized timely-warning archive, which launched in January 2022 — demonstrating the new system's expansion to small branch campuses
The 'BW' campus prefix is Brandywine; the 204th case-number for 2022 reflects high police-report volume at this campus
The brevity of the incident narrative is Penn State's deliberate choice — survivor identification protection is paramount in stalking cases
Penn State's standardized continuing-threat language ('It can be assumed that conditions continue to exist') is the bright-line trigger across all 24 campuses
Context

Background

Penn State Brandywine is a four-year branch campus of Pennsylvania State University located in Media, Pennsylvania, with approximately 1,300 students. This November 2022 stalking-VAWA timely warning, archived at timelywarnings.psu.edu, was among the earlier warnings issued under Penn State's centralized timely-warning archive, which launched in January 2022 and now spans all 24 commonwealth campuses with consistent case-numbering and standardized VAWA language. Per the Daily Collegian, Penn State has issued 31 system-wide warnings since January 2022, only two of which were stalking — making this Brandywine case one of the earliest stalking-VAWA notices in Penn State's centralized system. Stalking is a course-of-conduct offense, which makes the brief 'reported being stalked on campus' narrative typical of how Penn State balances community-notification duty against survivor-privacy protection.
Analysis

Key Findings

Among the earliest stalking-VAWA warnings issued under Penn State's centralized timely-warning system (launched January 2022)
Demonstrates that the centralized system extended to small branch campuses like Brandywine (~1,300 students)
Main Building, the central academic/administrative building, is a frequent Clery-geography location for branch-campus warnings
The 22BW00204 case-number indicates high police-report volume despite the small student population
Penn State's brief incident-narrative format prioritizes survivor identity protection over detailed disclosure
Outcome
Investigation continued. Subject identification not made public. Warning was issued early in the lifecycle of Penn State's centralized warning system, demonstrating the system's expansion to all 24 campuses.
Provenance

Sources

  1. Official
  2. Official
  3. Student Paper
  4. Clery ASR
Tags
stalkingvawatimely-warningbranch-campuspublic-r1penn-statebrandywinecentralized-archivemain-buildingearly-system-rolloutUnder Investigation
Added May 2026Updated May 2026Via ingestion