Still Life

With four guide ropes attached to it, the east-side clock face is raised into position. While it didn't seem that windy on the ground on Saturday, Jan. 28, winds higher up were strong, requiring extra guidance to bring the clock face safely to the Old Main bell tower.

Old Main clock faces installed

Ben White of New Vibrations Audio and Video works on a ledge of the Old Main bell tower, to remove the speakers from the old chime system. The company installed a new carillon system today (Jan. 27) that will play a digital recording made of the original Old Main bell that now sits adjacent to Old Main and other bells of comparable sizes.

New carillon, restored clocks being installed

The funeral procession for Joe Paterno made its way past Beaver Stadium and down Porter Road as crowds applauded on Jan. 25. Thousands lined the procession route through the University Park campus and downtown State College to bid a last farewell to Joe Paterno.

Joe Paterno's funeral procession

Coach Joe Paterno was on the field for the first half of the Nittany Lions' football game. Penn State beat the Iowa Hawkeyes 13-3 on Oct. 8, 2011, in front of an enthusiastic crowd at Beaver Stadium.

Joe Paterno through the years

Katie Knobloch and Andrew Adamietz, members of the a capella group Blue in the Face, shared a candle at the vigil held Sunday, Jan. 22, to mourn the death of Penn State football coach Joe Paterno, who passed away earlier in the day. Several thousand members of the Penn State and State College community came out to the Old Main lawn on Penn State's University Park campus for the vigil.

Thousands mourn Paterno's passing

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Tuesday, January 24, 2006

Wayne Figurelle has been named director of the Pennsylvania Technical Assistance Program (PENNTAP).

Since joining PENNTAP in 2001, Figurelle has been program manager for statewide information technology initiatives where he led a network of technical specialists who helped businesses with e-business and internet-related technology assistance. That initiative was recently honored with an award of excellence from the University Economic Development Association.

Before joining PENNTAP, Figurelle was client-server/Internet development division manager for Link Computer Corp., a provider of technology products and services specializing in infrastructure, network engineering, software development, business applications and information technology staffing. Previously, he worked for Raytheon in a variety of software, system development and project management assignments. Figurelle graduated from Carnegie-Mellon University with a triple major in electrical engineering, computer engineering and math.

PENNTAP, a unit of Penn State Outreach, helps Pennsylvania companies improve their competitiveness by providing a limited amount of free technology assistance and information to help resolve specific technical questions or needs. PENNTAP is a federal-state-university partnership for economic development, and services the entire state of Pennsylvania through a network of specialists who have specific areas of technical expertise and are located throughout the state. For information on PENNTAP, visit http://www.penntap.psu.edu online.

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