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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Penn State launches search for dean of the College of IST

Monday, January 18, 2010

Penn State is seeking candidates for the position of dean of the College of Information Sciences and Technology (IST). The dean serves as the principal academic and administrative officer of the College and reports directly to the executive vice president and provost of the University. The dean also is a member of the Academic Leadership Council and the University Park Council of Academic Deans.

Penn State is the land-grant University of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. It is comprised of the University Park campus, where the College is located, and 23 other campuses throughout the state.

The College was founded in 1998 to develop information science and technology leaders for the digital, global economy, and enrolled the first class of students in the 1999-2000 academic year. The College, which includes 50 full-time faculty, currently serves approximately 1,240 undergraduate students and 110 graduate students in master's and doctoral programs at the University Park campus. In addition, the IST undergraduate curriculum is offered at 19 other Penn State campuses by another 100 faculty affiliated with the College. In January 2004, the College moved into a new 190,000-square-foot building on the University Park campus, which has become a landmark facility for information technology education. The building houses both the College of IST and the Department of Computer Science and Engineering of the College of Engineering.

The position requires an individual who can lead effectively and manage one of the most cutting-edge, rapidly growing academic units in a multi-disciplinary research university. Candidates should have significant interdisciplinary understanding of the fields of study included in the College’s intellectual portfolio (ranging from the computing to the social/behavioral sciences) with credentials appropriate for a tenured appointment at the rank of professor. Prior leadership experience with responsibility for strategic management of personnel, programs and resources is required, along with an ability to inspire students and faculty to expand their knowledge and understanding of the integration of information, technology and people and its impact in a multicultural, global society. In addition, the successful candidate should have a demonstrated record of accomplishment in fundraising. Salary will be commensurate with experience and qualifications.

Send letters of application, nominations and inquiries to Christian M. M. Brady, Chair; Search Committee for the Dean of the College of Information Sciences and Technology; The Pennsylvania State University; 201 Old Main; University Park, PA 16802, or to PSUSearch@psu.edu. The search committee will review applications and nominations beginning Feb. 15, and will continue to receive them until the position is filled. For more information about the College of Information Sciences and Technology, visit http://ist.psu.edu/ online.

Penn State is committed to affirmative action, equal opportunity, and the diversity of its workforce.