Mapping the group
Tour-goers participated in an exercise at the Penn Stater Conference Center
Hotel on the University Park campus before beginning their tour. An outline
of Pennsylvania was made with a rope, and participants stood on the "map"
to show where they were from.
Anyone who was not from Pennsylvania stood outside the outline in the appropriate
geographic location.
Photo: Greg Grieco
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Pre-trip briefing
Carolyn M. Todd, marketing instructor, listens to information about Pennsylvania
and checks her map to see where the tour stops will be, during a morning
briefing at the Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel before the group boards
the bus to start the tour.
Photo: Greg Grieco
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Guided tour
President Graham B. Spanier, right, and John Lilley, provost and dean of
Penn State Erie, joined new faculty on the tour. At this stop, a guide explains
operations at the General Electric Transportation Systems Co., a worldwide
supplier of surface transportation systems.
Back on the bus
After spending the night in the residence halls at Penn State Erie, tour-goers
boarded the bus to resume their tour.
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Passing the time
While on the bus, many tour-goers got to know their fellow passengers a
little better. There were about 80 people on the tour, filling two buses.
The three-day, two-night tour made stops at Penn State Erie; Penn State
DuBois; the Forest Cathedral tree stand and Longfellow Trail in Cook Forest;
Drake Well State Park and Museum and General Electric Transportation Systems
Co., both in Titusville; Welch's Production Center and the Lake Erie Regional
Grape Research and Extension Center; Port Erie Plastics; Presque Isle State
Park; Allegheny National Forest; Kane Hardwoods; and Windfall Products in
St. Marys.
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