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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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Liberal Arts video celebrates college's 100 year history

Friday, November 20, 2009

University Park, Pa. — Penn State;s College of the Liberal Arts has launched its centennial video, which can be viewed at http://live.psu.edu/youtube/XjrXdqiLtoU online. The 11-minute video highlights some of the college’s well remembered faculty and alumni as well as students and key events from the past 100 years.

The college recently honored 22 Centennial Fellows (see a full list of honorees at http://www.la.psu.edu/cla-alumni/centennial/fellows.shtml online) and seven Sparks Centennial Medalists (see a full list of honorees at http://www.la.psu.edu/CLA-Alumni/centennial/medalists.shtml online) as well as all major alumni award recipients over the past century as part of the Centennial Weekend. To see photos of the college's Centennial Weekend activities, visit http://live.psu.edu/stilllife/2180 online.

The College of the Liberal Arts moves ahead toward national leadership among public liberal arts colleges and in the teaching of critical thinking and ethics, communications and leadership skills that are the hallmark of a liberal arts education. For more information on the centennial and for faculty profiles, visit http://www.la.psu.edu/CLA-Alumni/centennial/ online.

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