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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Monday, February 11, 2008

New program gives engineers the chance to continue career while working toward master's degrees

University Park, Pa. — Engineers with busy work and travel schedules now have the opportunity to earn a master's degree in systems engineering online from Penn State.

The University, which awards more bachelor's degrees in engineering than any other U.S. institution, announced today that it will begin to accept applications for the new online Master of Engineering in Systems Engineering later this month. Students will begin their course work beginning this fall.

"We have had engineers tell us that they would like to pursue a master's degree, but with their current responsibilities and travel, it just isn't feasible," said James Nemes, the lead faculty for the systems engineering program. "Now these engineers will have an opportunity to continue to work full time while pursuing a master's degree."

The move to develop an online systems engineering master's degree was based on feedback from the program's current students and inquiries from potential students.

The online master's degree in systems engineering consists of 12 courses (36 credits) that emphasize the identification, modeling, analysis, architecture, integration and management of complex systems and processes.

"Because systems engineering can encompass so many engineering disciplines, it has the potential to help engineers across a variety of fields of engineering, and make for a very interactive and rich online course experience," said Nemes.

Systems engineering is a holistic approach to managing complex engineering projects that was first developed in the aerospace industry and the military, and has been adopted by professionals in other engineering disciplines. Systems engineering applies to many types of systems -- large systems, such as power plants; small systems, such as circuit components; or computer hardware and software systems.

Nemes said that students will benefit from the program's interdisciplinary curriculum and full-time faculty, as well as Penn State's reputation as a leader in systems engineering.

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), more than 1.5 million engineers are employed in the United States, and 81 percent have at least a bachelor's degree. The BLS also reports that engineers with a master's degree earn $7,000 more annually than those with only a bachelor's degree.

For more information, visit www.worldcampus.psu.edu/SE_PR online.

Penn State World Campus specializes in adult online education, delivering 62 of Penn State's most highly regarded graduate, undergraduate and professional education programs through convenient online formats. Founded in 1998, Penn State World Campus is the University's 25th campus serving more than 7,000 students in all 50 states, in 42 countries, and across six continents.  For more information, visit the World Campus online at http://www.worldcampus.psu.edu/. Penn State World Campus is a part of Penn State Outreach, the largest unified outreach organization in American higher education. Penn State Outreach serves more than 5 million people each year, delivering more than 2,000 programs to people in all 67 Pennsylvania counties, all 50 states and 80 countries worldwide.

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