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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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Wednesday, July 7, 2010
Paterno Fellow Autumn Griffin; click on the image above to watch the video.
Credit: Katy Heltman Paterno Fellow Autumn Griffin; click on the image above to watch the video.

University Park, Pa. — The Paterno Liberal Arts Undergraduate Fellows Program, an honors and leadership program for liberal arts students, continues to grow with nearly 130 students who have passed the academic bar to become Fellows and members of the Schreyer Honors College. This program is a transformational landmark collaboration between the College of the Liberal Arts and the Schreyer Honors College, melding the Liberal Arts identity and the Schreyer reputation for academic achievement.

The program’s academic and extracurricular requirements challenge liberal arts students to aspire to the kind of high achievement, values and integrity associated with the Paterno family name. Head Football Coach Joe Paterno and his wife, Sue, talk about their enthusiasm for how the program encourages students to pursue excellence and commitment in their education. Click here for a new video that highlights the Paternos and several Fellows. 

Jack Selzer, director of the Paterno Fellows Program, said, “Not only has this group performed its way into an education of special distinction, but the class of 2013 is poised for even greater achievement because over two hundred students are now striving to meet the challenge from that group. This will soon more than double the typical number of Liberal Arts honors students in an academic year’s graduating class. And our incoming class of 2014 is showing tremendous enthusiasm for the program as well."

For more information, visit http://www.la.psu.edu/CLA-LAUS/paterno/Paterno_Fellows_Program.shtml online.

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