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Important Dates

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View Fall 2025 Room and Roommate Assignments in eLiving

July 22, 2025
12:00 pm
HFS Contract Processes
Fall 2025 room assignments will be posted to eLiving on Tuesday, July 22 at noon.

September Deli Special

September 1, 2025 - September 30, 2025
All Day
Dobbins Dining Hall
Dining Events
Join us at Dobbins Dining Hall during lunch and dinner hours and enjoy a delicious Southwest Style Turkey Club Half Sub. Topped with Turkey, Bacon, Pepper Jack Cheese and Guacamole, you won't want to miss this limited-time offer!

September Pizza Special

September 1, 2025 - September 30, 2025
All Day
Dobbins Dining Hall
Dining Events
During lunch and dinner hours, we will be serving Personal BBQ Chicken Pizzas. 

Hispanic Heritage Month

September 7, 2025
All Day
Dobbins Dining Hall
Dining Events
Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with us! For lunch, we will be serving made-to-order Beef Barbacoa & Chicken Tinga Sopes, Mushroom Barbacoa Sopes, Sofrito Rice, and Black Beans. Save room for a Mexican Wedding Cookie (or two!).

Seafood Fest

September 9, 2025
All Day
Dobbins Dining Hall
Dining Events
Join us this evening for a shrimp-ressive spread of seafood dishes. Check out our Chicken, Seafood, and Chorizo Paella and make sure to try the Linguine Con Le Vogole with Clams. Don't forget to grab a Zucchini Cake!  

American Street Foods

September 17, 2025
All Day
Dobbins Dining Hall
Dining Events
Missing your local street food? Join us for lunch at Dobbins Dining Hall and enjoy some of your favorites! We will be offering New Jersey Style Pork, Egg, and Cheese Pretzel Rolls as well as a Chicago Style Kielbasa Sandwich. If those aren't your style, try our Pollo Asado Fries, Philly Style Tomato Pie, or Chicken Spiedie. Don't miss these regional staples!

Oktoberfest

October 2, 2025
All Day
Dobbins Dining Hall
Dining Events
You know what time it is! Come celebrate Oktoberfest with some good eats. Snag some Mac and Cheese Style Spaetzle (Kasespatzle), Chicken Schnitzel, Pretzel Bites with Beer Cheese and Honey Mustard, Braised Red Cabbage, and German Redskin Potato Salad. If that isn't enough for you, be sure to have some Apple Strudel for dessert. Prost!

October Deli Special

October 6, 2025 - October 31, 2025
All Day
Dobbins Dining Hall
Dining Events
Join us at Port Sky Café during lunch and dinner hours and enjoy a delicious Corned Beef and Pastrami New Yorker. 

October Pizza Special

October 6, 2025 - October 31, 2025
All Day
Dobbins Dining Hall
Dining Events
During lunch and dinner hours, we will be serving Personal Dill Pickle Pizzas. 

Behind the Plate Chef Series: Dan Neubert

October 10, 2025
All Day
Dobbins Dining Hall
Dining Events
Get a taste of Chef Dan's favorites! This lunch will include Banh Mi Chicken Thighs as well as Asian Pork Meatballs. 

Affogato

October 13, 2025 - October 20, 2025
All Day
Bruno's Café, Paw's Coffee Shop
Dining Events
Take an an affogato-ble trip to the coffee shop this week and try our Affogato and Italian Ricotta Cookies. Don't bean around the bush- this is only available the week of October 13. 

We Love Erie Day

October 15, 2025
All Day
Dobbins Dining Hall
Dining Events
Celebrate your love for the Flagship City and join us for lunch! Our main courses will be Ox Roast Sandwiches, Beer Battered Perch, Beaver Tail, and Smith Hot Dogs. For sides, choose from Pizza Logs, Pepperoni Balls, Zucchini and Yellow Squash, Oven Roasted Potato Wedges, and Chili Sauce. 

Behind the Plate Chef Series: Don Harned

October 21, 2025
All Day
Dobbins Dining Hall
Dining Events
Join us for some of Chef Don's favorites! For lunch, we will be serving Lobster Etouffee and Sofrito Rice. 

Diwali

October 23, 2025
All Day
Dobbins Dining Hall
Dining Events
Celebrate Diwali with us! We are serving Samosas, Chicken Madras Curry, Butter Chick Pea Curry, Vegetable Biryani Basmati Rice, and Manchurian Fried Cauliflower for lunch.

Behind the Plate Chef Series: Eat Like an Ogre- Keegan Sooney

October 27, 2025
All Day
Dobbins Dining Hall
Dining Events
Join us for a dinner fit for an Ogre. We will be serving Creole Chicken "Rat" Kabobs, Onion Rings, Pigs in a Blanket, Peas and Spinach Mushroom Turnovers, alongside Swamp Punch and Dirt Cups. 

Halloween in Salem

October 31, 2025
All Day
Dobbins Dining Hall
Dining Events
This Halloween, join us at Dobbins Dining Hall for our Halloween in Salem menu. We will be serving Cream of Asparagus Soup, White Clam and Bacon Pizza, Porchetta, Hominy and Corn Cheese Casserole, Boston Baked Beans, and Boston Cream Pie. Witch will you choose? 

Penn State Tailgate - Oregon Ducks

October 31, 2025
All Day
Dobbins Dining Hall
Dining Events
Are you ready for the Nittany Lions to go against the Oregon Ducks? We are! For our tailgate dinner, we will be serving Crispy Fried Duck Leg with Cantonese BBQ sauce, Bang Bang Noodles, Korean Duck Tacos, Chicken Corn Dogs, and Loaded Tater Tots. We hope to see you and your Nittany Lion pride at Port Sky Café!

November and December Deli Special

November 3, 2025 - December 20, 2025
All Day
Dobbins Dining Hall
Dining Events
Available during lunch and dinner hours, enjoy a Turkey Gobbler Half Sub. 

November and December Pizza Special

November 3, 2025 - December 20, 2025
All Day
Dobbins Dining Hall
Dining Events
During lunch and dinner hours, we will be serving Personal Nashville Pizzas. 

Behind the Plate Chef Series: James Nicosia

November 6, 2025
All Day
Dobbins Dining Hall
Dining Events
For this lunch, Chef James will be offering Burrata Pizza Sandwiches. We hope to see you there! 

The Great Pennsylvania Outdoors

November 12, 2025
All Day
Dobbins Dining Hall
Dining Events
Dine with us to honor the beauty of our Dear Old State. We will be serving Venison Five Pepper Chili, Pretzel Crusted Walleye, Oyster Mushroom Pot Pie, Roasted Fingerling Potatoes, Sautéed Fresh Greens with Peaches and Turkey Bacon alongside Apple Fritters for dinner. Get a taste of the mountains- mark your calendar! 

Behind the Plate Chef Series

November 17, 2025
All Day
Dobbins Dining Hall
Dining Events
During lunch hours, we will be serving Temaki Style Spicy Tuna Rolls alongside Takoyaki. 

Taste of Japan

November 17, 2025
All Day
Dobbins Dining Hall
Dining Events
Skip the airport and get a taste of Japan right on campus. With Miso Soup, Fried Shishito Peppers with Yum Yum Sauce, Spicy Tuna and Fried Shrimp Rolls, you won't want to miss this lunch. 

Holiday Dinner

December 4, 2025
All Day
Dobbins Dining Hall
Dining Events
Happy Holidays! For our Holiday Dinner we will be serving Lobster Bisque, Individual Beef Wellingtons with Red Wine Reduction, Herbed Cheese Whipped Potatoes, Grilled Asparagus, and Pumpkin Pie Squares.