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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Heinemann Receives 2008 Excellence In Academic Advising Award

Monday, April 21, 2008

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Paul Heinemann, professor of agricultural and biological engineering in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences, has been named the recipient of the college's 2008 Excellence in Academic Advising Award.

Sponsored by the College of Agricultural Sciences Alumni Society, the award recognizes faculty members for overall effectiveness in student advising, individual student goal-setting and career planning, and personal counseling. Candidates are recommended by faculty, students, administrators and alumni.

Heinemann is program coordinator for the Biological Engineering and the Agricultural Systems Management academic majors. He also helps guide curriculum revisions and accreditation processes for the Biological Engineering program, in addition to organizing the Freshman Testing, Counseling and Advising Program each summer. A member of the Penn State faculty since 1988, he teaches several courses each year.

Heinemann participated in a National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges leadership-development program and developed the Community of Teaching Excellence program for recognizing outstanding teaching faculty in the College of Agricultural Sciences. He is the recipient of the Gamma Sigma Delta Teaching Award, the Northeast Agricultural and Biological Engineering Young Engineer of the Year Award, the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers' A.W. Farrell Young Educator Award, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food and Agricultural Sciences Excellence in College and University Teaching Award.

"Dr. Heinemann's unique expertise with curriculum in the department has made him personally responsible for much of the more than 100 percent growth in student enrollment we have experienced since 2002," says Roy Young, professor and head of the Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering. "He is sought out by students for his insights and counsel, likely more than any other faculty member."

Duane Moore, a senior in the agricultural and biological engineering program, says Heinemann's calm influence and listening ability have helped to solve many problems.

"His eagerness to help keeps me coming to him for advice," Moore says. "Dr. Heinemann has been a great resource to me in my academic career at Penn State."

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