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 Hershey Children's Hospital campaign receives recognition

Wednesday, January 20, 2010

A Healthier World Awaits, the Campaign for Penn State Hershey Children’s Hospital, was recently selected for an Award of Excellence by the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) for 2010.

The AAMC established the awards program to honor the exceptional work and contributions that are made by public affairs, alumni, development, public relations and marketing to advancing medicine, research and education in our academic medical centers. Each year the AAMC receives approximately 150 entries from 40-50 medical institutions for the Awards of Excellence competition. Twelve award recipients are selected from the pool of applicants.

Comments from the panel of panel of judges included

  • “Really compelling patient stories. Faculty and caregiver quotes were appropriate and didn’t sound rehearsed.”
  • “The writing was outstanding and the videography was superb. You effectively showed how busy and crowded the current hospital is.”
  • “Powerful storytelling!”

The Penn State Hershey Office of University Development partnered with Penn State Public Broadcasting Creative Services Group (WPSU) to produce a video that illustrates the case for philanthropic support of the Penn State Hershey Children’s Hospital building. In addition, the Office of Marketing and Communications designed a creative packaging sleeve for the DVD. The video includes the unique perspective of donors, campaign volunteers, community leaders, grateful patients, representatives from the Children’s Hospital medical team, as well as Penn State, Medical Center and College of Medicine leadership.

Kristen Rozansky and Jennifer Groff will accept the award in April in conjunction with the annual AAMC Group on Institutional Advancement conference in Arizona.

To view the video go to http://pennstatehershey.org/web/childrens/home/healthierworld online.

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