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 tops survey of first-quarter fundraising results

Wednesday, June 30, 2010

University Park, Pa. -- Gifts from Penn State’s alumni and friends took the University to the top of a Chronicle of Higher Education survey of institutional fundraising campaigns in the first quarter of 2010. With a total of $78.6 million in commitments between January and March, Penn State’s results passed those of the other 42 colleges and universities who reported on progress of campaigns with goals of $100 million or more.

“Penn Staters are responding with great enthusiasm and generosity to the objectives of For the Future: The Campaign for Penn State Students,” said Senior Vice President for Development and Alumni Relations Rodney P. Kirsch. “The University is exceedingly grateful for this support as thousands of donors have rallied to the campaign’s vision of Penn State as the nation’s most student-centered public research university.”

For the Future: The Campaign for Penn State Students is focused on raising support for six key objectives: ensuring student access and opportunity, enhancing honors education, enriching the student experience, building faculty strength and capacity, fostering discovery and creativity, and sustaining the University’s tradition of quality. The campaign’s top priority is keeping a Penn State education accessible for students and families. Counting for the campaign began on Jan. 1, 2007, and an official goal of $2 billion by June 2014 was announced in April, making For the Future the largest effort of its kind in Penn State’s history.

The University already is more than halfway toward that goal, with over $1 billion raised to date. Peter G. Tombros, volunteer chair of For the Future, said, “Our place in the Chronicle of Higher Education ranking is very encouraging, but we must ultimately measure our success against our own ambitious goal. Thanks to Penn State’s supporters, we are entering the next phase of the campaign with tremendous momentum, and we are now reaching out to an even wider audience to share our message about the impact of philanthropy on Penn State students.”