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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University ranks high as producer of Peace Corps volunteers

Tuesday, January 25, 2005

University Park, Pa. -- With 61 of its alumni serving in the Peace Corps last year, Penn State ranked 12th among colleges and universities with the most alumni volunteers working overseas for the organization. The University moved up four spots from its rank as 16th in 2003.

Information released this month by the Peace Corps shows that Penn State tied with Indiana University-Bloomington for the ranking. Over time, most Penn State volunteers have dedicated their volunteer experiences (a minimum of two years) to training teachers in such topics as English, math and science. Since its founding in 1961, the Peace Corps has had nearly 800 Penn State alumni work in more than 100 countries.

Penn State is the only Pennsylvania institution among the top 25 large colleges and universities on the latest list of volunteer rankings from the Peace Corps. The other Big Ten institutions on the overall list and their totals are University of Wisconsin-Madison (129), University of Michigan-Ann Arbor (85), Michigan State University (74), Indiana University-Bloomington (61), University of Minnesota-Twin Cities (68), Ohio State University-Columbus (51), University of Illinois-Urbana/Champaign (50) and the University of Iowa (46). The University of Pennsylvania had a total of 28 volunteers in 2004.

Overall, 7,733 volunteers and trainees (the most since 1974) served in 72 countries in 2004. For more information about the Peace Corps, visit http://www.peacecorps.gov

To learn more about Penn State's Peace Corps Office, offered through the University's Career Services, visit http://www.sa.psu.edu/career/peacecorps/ or contact recruiter Jason Bedford at (814) 865-4590.

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