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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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Friday, September 28, 2007

University Park, Pa. -- Three Penn State College of Agricultural Sciences faculty members have received national honors for their volunteer service in Ukraine and eastern Europe as part of the Farmer-to-Farmer Program administered by nonprofit organization CNFA Inc., with funding from the U.S. Agency for International Development.

Kathleen Kelley, associate professor of horticultural marketing and business management; Peter Ferretti, professor emeritus of vegetable crops; and Kenneth Bailey, associate professor of agricultural economics; received the President's Volunteer Service Award from the President's Council on Service and Civic Participation for their work in helping to introduce innovation, improve business skills and increase rural incomes for more than 85,000 people.

In all, 40 award-winning volunteers from across the country contributed a combined 626 days of skilled work with farmers and aspiring rural entrepreneurs in Ukraine, Mldova and Belarus.

The Penn State faculty members were among only seven recipients of gold-level awards, denoting more than 500 hours of service. Deanna Behring, director of international programs for the college, said the awardees' contributions are a reflection of their commitment to making a difference through volunteer service.

Founded in 1985 as Citizens Network for Foreign Affairs, CNFA Inc. is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization dedicated to promoting private enterprise and entrepreneurship as the source of economic growth in developing nations. Its John Ogonowski Farmer-to-Farmer Program matches American farmers, agribusiness people and land-grant university faculty with farmers, farm groups and agribusinesses in developing countries to provide voluntary technical assistance, through funding from the U.S. AID. First authorized by the U.S. Congress as part of the 1985 Farm Bill, the program has placed more than 11,000 American volunteers in more than 80 countries.

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