ALERT: Utility/Power Failure on Campus – UPDATE

June 11, 2025 - 11:28 AM

UPDATE: Utility/Power Failure on Campus

Meadville Water Authority is just completing the the main water line repair on the north side of campus and and the water line should be pressurized shortly.

CAUTION FROM THE WATER AUTHORITY: A loss of positive water pressure is a signal of the existence of conditions that could allow contamination to enter the distribution system through back-flow by back‑pressure or back‑siphonage. As a result, there is an increased chance that the water may contain disease-causing organisms.

DO NOT DRINK THE WATER WITHOUT BOILING IT FIRST. Bring all water to a rolling boil, let it boil for one minute, and let it cool before using; or use bottled water. You should use boiled or bottled water for drinking, making ice, washing dishes, brushing teeth, and food preparation until further notice. Inadequately treated water may contain disease-causing organisms. These organisms include bacteria, viruses, and parasites, which can cause symptoms such as nausea, cramps, diarrhea, and associated headaches. These symptoms, however, are not caused only by organisms in drinking water, but also by other factors. If you experience any of these symptoms and they persist, you may want to seek medical advice. Guardians of infants and young children and people at increased risk, such as pregnant women, some of the elderly, and people with severely compromised immune systems, should seek advice from their health care advisors about drinking this water. General guidelines on ways to lessen the risk of infection by microbes are available from EPA’s Safe Drinking Water Hotline at 1 (800) 426‑4791.

The Water Authority will inform local residents when the water is safe to drink. An updated message Emergency Message will be sent from Public Safety.

Students, faculty and staff should monitor e-mail, the college web site, social and local media for updated information and further updates.
Contact Campus Safety in the event of an emergency: 814-332-3357.

More information on Emergency website

Alumni

A small sampling of our alumni illustrates the variety of careers they pursue:

  • Edward J. McClain ’78, surgeon at Three Rivers Orthopaedics in Pittsburgh
  • Kenneth E. Crowell ’79, attorney, Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy, New York City
  • Erik Zettler ’82, science coordinator, Sea Education Association, Woods Hole, Massachusetts
  • Mary K. Nealon ’84, aquatic biologist, Pioneer Environmental Associates, Middlebury, Vermont
  • Scott Johns ’88, veterinarian, Fairview Veterinary Hospital; founder-director, Veterinary Dental Laboratory of America; Fairview, Pennsylvania
  • Doug Casa ’90, professor, University of Connecticut
  • Tina Patitucci Lechman ’92, clinical project manager, NDI Medical, Cleveland, Ohio
  • Amy Chenot ’94, technical writer, Fisher Scientific, Pittsburgh
  • Nick Oehm ’95, teacher, Miami Dade County public schools
  • Matthew Silvis ’98, doctor, assistant professor, department of family and community medicine & orthopedics and rehabilitation, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine
  • Jon Gallie ’99, wildlife biologist, Makah Indian Nation, Neah Bay, Washington
  • Maryann Borsick ’01, associate professor of biology, St. John Fisher College
  • Laura Gutierrez ’02, lab manager, Ohio State Agricultural Research and Development Center
  • Meredith Foresther ’03, veterinarian, North East, Pennsylvania
  • Matt Niederst ’04, post-doctoral research fellow, Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center; 2012 Scientific Merit Award Recipient, Lung Cancer Research Foundation
  • Alexander F. Mericli, M.D. ’05, plastic surgeon and assistant professor, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center at the University of Texas
  • Sarah Kuhn ’06, physical therapist, Forbes Regional Hospital, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
  • David Roberts ’06, anesthesiologist, Cooper University Medical Center in Camden, New Jersey
  • Nathan Helgert ’08, veterinarian, Crawford County Humane Society, Meadville, Pennsylvania
  • Cailin Harvey ’09, registered nurse, University of Rochester Medical Center
  • Jessica Lepore ’09, physician assistant, trained at Chatham University
  • Brittany Schneider ’10, graduate student, Ph.D. program, Interdisciplinary Biomedicine, University of Pittsburgh
  • Sara Hillman ’11, lab technician, University of Rochester Medical Center
  • Max Hennessy ’13, medical student, Pennsylvania State College of Medicine
  • Rebekah L. Petroff ’14, graduate student, toxicology program, University of Washington
  • Katrina Durban ’15, graduate nursing program, Robert Morris University
  • Garrett Devenney ’16, 2018 David A. Winston Health Policy Fellowship recipient