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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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Penn State to hold summer commencement ceremonies Aug. 12

Thursday, July 27, 2006

University Park, Pa. -- Penn State will hold its 2006 summer commencement ceremonies at University Park on Saturday, Aug. 12, for 1,879 total graduating students.

An estimated nine associate, 1,160 baccalaureate and 710 graduate degree students will be recognized at the ceremonies, over which Penn State President Graham B. Spanier will preside.

The associate and baccalaureate ceremony will begin at 10 a.m. in the Bryce Jordan Center, and The Graduate School ceremony will begin at 2:30 p.m., also in the Bryce Jordan Center.

Throughout the Penn State system, an estimated 163 will graduate with associate degrees, 1,439 with baccalaureate degrees and 959 with graduate degrees, for a systemwide total of 2,561 summer graduates.

Daniel Cosgrove, who holds Penn State's Eberly family chair in biology and was elected recently to the National Academy of Sciences, will address students at the graduate ceremonies.

In addition to the main commencement ceremonies, Schreyer Honors College will recognize about 59 graduating seniors during its medals ceremony at 5 p.m. Friday, Aug. 11, at The Nittany Lion Inn.

Spanier will provide the welcome remarks, and Executive Vice President and Provost Rodney Erickson will provide special and closing remarks and present student awards, assisted by the honors college's newly appointed dean, Christian M.M. Brady.

For a complete schedule of summer commencement ceremonies and activities, visit http://commencement.psu.edu/future.html online.

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