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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Medical Center volunteers to depart for Haiti with Operation Smile

Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Several Penn State Hershey Medical Center doctors and nurses will join an effort to provide medical care to victims of the Haiti earthquake. A team of nine physicians, nurses and technicians plan to depart Thursday evening for Norfolk, Va., where they’ll board a military flight to Port-au-Prince.

J. Spence Reid, an orthopaedic surgeon in the Penn State Hershey Bone and Joint Institute, is coordinating the medical mission with a pair of not-for-profit health organizations -- Partners in Health, which has been providing medical care in Haiti for more than 20 years, and Operation Smile (at http://www.operationsmile.org/ online). The latter is best known for providing care to children born with severe cleft lip and cleft palate conditions, but is currently focused on coordinating qualified medical volunteers to assist with the relief efforts in Haiti.

“Operation Smile has a great deal of experience working in under-served countries setting up surgical sites under challenging conditions. Partners in Health is extremely familiar with the country of Haiti and its infrastructure,” said Reid. “We have faith in the ability of Operation Smile and Partners in Health to handle the logistics and that allows our team to concentrate on providing vital care to the many people in Haiti who desperately need it. We certainly hope to make a difference.”

Reid said the team expects to be in Haiti for approximately two weeks.

The team includes Jay Bridgeman, orthopaedic surgeon; Shane Johnson, plastic surgeon; Patrick McQuillan, anesthesiologist; Johni Bradney, clinical head nurse for orthopaedics; Ami Willenbecher, surgical technologist; Matthew Budge, orthopaedic resident; Maureen Kelley, nurse; and Peggy Schroeder, a nurse with PinnacleHealth.

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