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Still Life: Mythical weather predictor visits Campus Weather Service
Punxsutawney Phil, Pennsylvania's famous groundhog, was roused early from hibernation to visit Penn State's University Park campus at the invitation of the student-run Campus Weather Service.
Photo Credit: Jill Shockey / Penn State Public Information
Year Taken: 2008
Shawn Keane, a meteorology major from Punxsutawney and business manager for the Campus Weather Service, helped to arrange the four-legged foreshadower's visit.
Photo Credit: Jill Shockey / Penn State Public Information
Year Taken: 2008
Mike Johnston, a member of the Punxsutawney Groundhog Club's Inner Circle, traveled with Punxsutawney Phil and Ben Hughes and handed out plastic top hats and groundhog Beanie Babies, which are normally only available in Phil's hometown.
Photo Credit: Jill Shockey / Penn State Public Information
Year Taken: 2008
Guests of the Campus Weather Service dined on a potluck lunch and desserts, which included groundhog cookies.
Photo Credit: Jill Shockey / Penn State Public Information
Year Taken: 2008
Nels Shirer, associate professor of meteorology, and Becky Shirer of State College came to support the Punxsutawney prognosticator.
Photo Credit: Jill Shockey / Penn State Public Information
Year Taken: 2008
A large crowd of all ages came the Penn State University Park's Walker Building to see Punxsutawney Phil up close. The groundhog's handler, Ben Hughes, claims that Phil is the most-photographed Pennsylvanian, and many cell phone owners in attendance seemed to support that notion.
Photo Credit: Jill Shockey / Penn State Public Information
Year Taken: 2008
The Campus Weather Service, an all-student-run weather service from Penn State's Department of Meteorology, provides local and regional forecasts free of charge to radio stations across central and northwest Pennsylvania, The Daily Collegian newspaper, C-NET television and online at http://cws.met.psu.edu/.
Photo Credit: Jill Shockey / Penn State Public Information
Year Taken: 2008
Jon Nese, a senior lecturer of meteorology and former on-air storm analyst on The Weather Channel, reviewed the current weather in Punxsutawney on one of the Campus Weather Service's radar monitors. Nese appears occasionally on Weather World, a 15-minute live weather magazine show prepared each weeknight for three public television stations in Pennsylvania.
Photo Credit: Jill Shockey / Penn State Public Information
Year Taken: 2008
Rob Radzanowski, a 1993 Penn State meteorology graduate who now works for the National Weather Service in State College, brought his daughter Lorelai to say hello to the celebrity groundhog.
Photo Credit: Jill Shockey / Penn State Public Information
Year Taken: 2008
If his toothy expression is any indication, then it seems that Punxsutawney Phil enjoyed his visit to Penn State's Campus Weather Service.
Photo Credit: Jill Shockey / Penn State Public Information
Year Taken: 2008
Stephanie Shildt, a sophomore from Pittsburgh majoring in theatre and journalism, approved of Phil's visit to Penn State.
Photo Credit: Jill Shockey / Penn State Public Information
Year Taken: 2008
Punxsutawney Phil and his handler, Penn State alum Ben Hughes, also stopped by Penn State Public Broadcasting for an interview.
Photo Credit: Chris Kugler / Penn State Outreach Marketing
Year Taken: 2008
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