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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Thursday, August 28, 2008

University Park, Pa. -- Penn State alumnus and fundraising volunteer Earl K. Harbaugh and his wife, Kay Harbaugh, have given $250,000 to create the Harbaugh Endowment for Entrepreneurship in the College of Agricultural Sciences.

The endowment will fund the Harbaugh Entrepreneurship Forum, which will bring successful entrepreneur leaders to the University to meet with students and faculty and to participate in a biannual lecture series focusing on current and future opportunities for national and international economic investment and growth in the food and fiber business sector.

The endowment also will provide support for curriculum, program and course development and educational initiatives with a focus on fostering students' entrepreneurship and leadership skills.

Earl K. Harbaugh earned his bachelor's degree in general agriculture from Penn State in 1961. An entrepreneur himself, he is the founder and president of four Illinois companies: Ditch Witch Midwest, which provides products, services and training for the underground construction industry; Rentals Plus, an underground construction equipment rental business; and generator and power services rental companies Illini Power and Gen Power.

Harbaugh recently was named chair of the College of Agricultural Sciences' development council for the University's fundraising campaign -- For the Future: The Campaign for Penn State Students -- which is currently in its leadership gifts phase. He also has served on several previous college fundraising advisory committees.

Philanthropy to the college by the couple includes two scholarships and a teaching excellence fund. Both Pennsylvania natives, the Harbaughs live in St. Charles, Ill.

Endowed gifts provide perpetual funding. The University invests such gifts and uses a portion of the annual income for the purposes designated by the donor. Remaining income is returned to the principal to protect it from inflation and ensure future growth.

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