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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Dal Pezzos commit $100,000 for global manufacturing and services lab

Thursday, April 16, 2009

University Park, Pa. — Peter and Angela Dal Pezzo of Fresno, Calif., have committed $100,000 to create the Global Manufacturing and Services Laboratory in the Harold and Inge Marcus Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering.

The lab is designed to allow engineering students to experience international culture, language and education without having to leave campus. Led by Amine Lehtihet, professor of industrial engineering, the 1,000-square-foot lab will consist of five components: a teleconferencing facility, multiple international language stations, satellite televisions, design collaborative software and an international products benchmarking station.

The lab will open by fall semester.

Peter Dal Pezzo is a 1968 Penn State industrial engineering graduate and the retired vice president of corporate projects for PELCO, a California-based firm that designs and manufactures video security systems and equipment.

The Dal Pezzos' previous gifts to Penn State include $3 million to endow a department head’s chair in industrial engineering and a $150,000 Trustee Scholarship. Peter Dal Pezzo is an active member of the department's Industrial and Professional Advisory Council and Service Enterprise Engineering board.
 

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