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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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Thursday, November 15, 2007

University Park, Pa. -- When Penn State alumnus George L. Settlemyer, of Port Royal, created a fund in 2005 to help students in the College of Agricultural Sciences pursue international study, he didn't realize at the time what an impact the students would have on him. By expressing their gratitude through letters, postcards and photos sent from around the world, the students benefiting from the fund inspired Settlemyer to contribute an additional $100,000 to the endowment.

The George L. Settlemyer Fund for International Experiences provides financial assistance through Penn State's Office of International Programs to help undergraduate students in the college who wish to incorporate an international experience into their curriculum. Settlemyer's gift will be added to the existing trust administered by the First National Bank of Mifflintown. Annual income from the trust supports international study-related expenses such as Study Abroad program costs, language preparation and international internships. First preference is given to students in the Department of Crop and Soil Sciences.

Settlemyer graduated from Penn State in 1938 with a bachelor of science in agronomy and went on to earn a master's degree at the University of Wisconsin. After working for General Mills, he became an agricultural extension agent for Penn State Cooperative Extension, a position he held for 33 years. He also served as a director for the First National Bank of Mifflintown.

He also spent many years with Rotary International as district governor for R.I. District 7350 which covers central Pennsylvania and the panhandles of Maryland and West Virginia. He has visited 61 different countries, including a trip around the world with his late wife, Ruth Koch Settlemyer. The couple met in 1938 while they were students at Penn State. She graduated from the University in 1939 and was an elementary school teacher for 19 years.

The Settlemyers have made previous gifts to Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences, the College of Education and the University Libraries.

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