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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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University trustees set tuition for 2010-11

Friday, July 9, 2010

DuBois, Pa. -- Penn State's Board of Trustees on July 9 approved tuition and fees for the 2010-11 academic year. Tuition for Commonwealth Campus students will increase 3.9 percent. Tuition for lower division non-resident students at University Park will increase by 4.5 percent, and resident students at University Park will see an increase of 5.9 percent.

Translated into dollars, in-state lower-division students will see a tuition increase per semester of $404 at University Park; $235 at Altoona, Berks, Erie and Harrisburg; and $225 at the other Commonwealth Campuses. Non-resident lower-division students will see a tuition increase per semester of $571 at University Park; $360 at Altoona, Berks, Erie and Harrisburg; and $344 at the other Commonwealth Campuses.

The current per-semester Information Technology Fee will be increased $6 for all full-time students. The Student Activity Fee will be increased by $3 per semester at University Park. The fee will increase by a range of $5 to $10 at 14 campuses and will remain the same at seven campuses.

The Student Facilities Fee, implemented in 2008-09, will increase in 2010-11 by $4 at University Park and between $2 and $4 at other campuses with the fee.

Tuition for students in the College of Medicine will increase $1,744 per academic year for Pennsylvania residents and $1,652 for non-residents. This will bring the tuition rates to $37,326 per year for Pennsylvanians and $48,812 per year for non-residents.

A complete listing of Penn State's tuition rate schedules and fees may be accessed at http://www.tuition.psu.edu.
 

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