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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Tuesday, February 10, 2009

Spring education workshops will equip teachers and community and health care professionals with the latest knowledge and strategies to help young people develop into sexually literate and healthy adults

University Park, Pa. — The rate of teen pregnancy is rising after a 14-year decline, and so are the societal costs. Nationally, teen childbearing costs taxpayers at least $9.1 billion a year, according to a study published by the National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy. In Pennsylvania, nearly $400 million in tax dollars is spent annually for public health care, child welfare and other services for teen mothers, the study concludes. The Pennsylvania Learning Academy for Sexuality Education (PLASE) has been established to combat issues like unintended teen pregnancy and the spread of sexually transmissible diseases by helping young people to develop into sexually literate and healthy adults.

"Adolescent pregnancy is a complex issue. We do know, however, that comprehensive sexuality education that provides young people with accurate information and health-promoting skills decreases the risk of negative outcomes," reports Patricia Barthalow Koch, Penn State professor of biobehavioral health and faculty director of PLASE.

PLASE workshops are designed for Pennsylvania teachers, counselors, health care providers and other professionals who present sexuality education to students, families, clients, patients and others. The academy is based in the Department of Biobehavioral Health in Penn State's College of Health and Human Development and is a collaborative effort with the Pennsylvania Coalition to Prevent Teen Pregnancy and the Pennsylvania Department of Education.

The one-day spring workshops are underwritten, in part, by the Penn State Outreach Thematic Initiative Fund. Workshops will be delivered through Penn State Conferences, a unit of Penn State Outreach, at The Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel at University Park campus. The workshops, which will run from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., are:

• Sex and Alcohol: The Double Whammy, Monday, Feb. 23

• Don't Touch that Dial! Sexuality and Media Literacy, Monday, April 13

• Love or Lust? Building Healthy Relationships, Wednesday, May 6

For more information and to register for a workshop, visit http://www.programs.psu.edu/PLASE09 online.

PLASE is also sponsoring an annual Teen Pregnancy Prevention Conference at University Park campus. The theme for the 2009 conference is "The Future of Sex Education." The conference will also be held at The Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel on May 4 and 5.

Penn State Conferences plans and manages more than 300 programs each year, with enrollments of nearly 45,000. The programs represent the diversity and strength of Penn State's academic colleges and provide opportunities for many individuals — scholars and scientists; business and organization clients; youth, families, pre-college students and seniors; current Penn State students and professionals in health care, education, workforce development and other areas — to learn about the latest scholarship, research and developments in their fields or participate in enriching learning experiences.

For more information, visit http://www.outreach.psu.edu/conference-planning/ online. Penn State Conferences is 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.