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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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Penn State trustee election ballot positions announced

Friday, March 19, 2010

University Park, PA. -- Ballot positions for the 2010 election of trustees by alumni have been determined by a drawing, a procedure established by Penn State's Board of Trustees.

Paula R. Ammerman, associate secretary, conducted the drawing and said ballots for the trustee election will be mailed to Penn State Alumni by April 9. All ballots must be returned by the close of the election at 9 a.m. EDT on Thursday, May 13.

The names of the candidates for three positions on the board to be elected by alumni, and the order in which they will appear on the ballot, are as follows (year of graduation, business title/profession, and place of residence are also provided):

– James D. King, '78 LA, president and chief investment officer, National Penn Investors Trust Company, North Wales, Pa.

– Raymond J. Lattanzio, '90 LA, industrial/organizational psychologist, MITRE Corporation, Springfield, Va.

– Paul V. Suhey, '79 LA, orthopedic surgeon and partner, Martin & Suhey Orthopedics, Boalsburg, Pa.

– Stephanie Nolan Deviney, '97 JD DSL, attorney, Fox Rothschild LLP, Glenmoore, PA.

– Larry M. Newman, '72 Bus, '81g PhD Bus, dean of the College of Business Administration, Rider University, Lawrenceville, N.J.

– George T. Henning, Jr., '63 LA, interim chief executive officer, president and chief financial officer, Aventine Renewable Energy Holdings Inc., State College, Pa.

– Steve A. Garban, '59 Bus, senior vice president for finance and operations/treasurer emeritus, The Pennsylvania State University, State College, Pa.

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