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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Credit: Theo Anderson 4-Hers engage in a science experiment.

University Park, Pa. — Could bottle-feeding baby goats help to increase a young caregiver's life skills? A new study says that it can.

The four-year study, conducted by faculty in Penn State’s College of Agricultural Sciences, evaluated 1,190 Pennsylvania youths before and after they participated in Penn State Cooperative Extension’s 4-H activities.

The youths, aged 7 to 17, completed a survey that demonstrated their life skills improved after participation in projects ranging from animal science to expressive arts to citizenship. For example, communication abilities increased by 10 percent, and goal-setting proficiency climbed 11 percent. The survey also showed that 4-H participants were more likely to engage in civic activities.

Daniel Perkins, who conducted the study with Claudia C. Mincemoyer, is an advisory board member for a similar national study by Tufts University.

"These findings correlated to the Tufts survey conducted in 25 states," said Perkins. That study of positive youth development involved more than 4,000 youth and 2,000 parents.

This story is from the fall issue of Penn State Outreach Magazine. Go to http://www.outreach.psu.edu/news/magazine/CurrentIssue/ to view the magazine online.