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Penn State Intercom......August 8, 2002
A trio sets sail at Lake
Perez, which is open to the public again after being temporarily drained
for repairs. Sailing classes now are under way.
Photo: Greg Grieco
Katie Kisenwether,
left, and Rhiannon Rasmussen-Silverstein are at work creating a "re-entry
heat shield" as part of the Women in Engineering program/VEC-Tour Camp
held this summer at University Park. The two were working on an experiment
involving a space shuttle.
Photo: Greg Grieco
Shaved ice flies and hockey
sticks rattle as youngsters learn the finer points of the game at hockey
camp on the University Park campus. The rink is open to the public,
too. Call (814) 865-4102 for public skate times.
Photo: Greg Grieco
Masked athletes parry and
thrust during the summer fencing program at White Building on the University
Park campus. Wieslaw Glon, assistant fencing team coach and U.S. Olympic
team coach for 1992 and 1996 fencing squads, watches the two carefully.
Photo: Greg Grieco
The Red Cross is operating
with a summer shortage of all blood types. Blood drives, like this one
at HUB-Robeson Center, are scheduled for these University Park locations:
10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Aug. 15 at The Penn Stater Conference Center; 10 a.m.
to 4 p.m. Aug. 19 at the Hintz Alumni Center; and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Aug. 21 at the Leonhard Building. For information, call (814) 237-2713.
Photo: Greg Grieco
Construction
at University Park
Several construction projects are in full swing during the summer at University
Park. Among the improvements being made, new lights are being installed
in the parking lot behind the west stands of Beaver Stadium. More construction
photos by Greg Grieco follow.
New steam lines are being put in across the street from Deike Building
on the University Park campus.
Construction is progressing on the Pasquerilla Spiritual Center. For construction
updates, check the Web at http://www.sa.psu.edu/cera/newcentr.html
The Frank and Sylvia Pasquerilla
Spiritual Center construction will include renovations to the Helen Eakin
Eisenhower Chapel. The project, which will expand facilities, is expected
to be completed in spring 2003.
A brace of beams and girders are
silhouetted againsted the sky as the framing for the Pasquerilla Spiritual
Center continues on the University Park campus.
The new Chemistry Building is taking shape on Pollock Road. For details
of the project, check the Web at http://www.chem.psu.edu/newchembldg/ncb.html
The Information Sciences and Technology Building construction has entered
the "bridge" phase, where construction is taking place above
North Atherton Street. For information about the project, check the Web
at http://ist.psu.edu/building/BuildingDisplay.cfm?pageID=26.
For live Webcam updates of the project, which is scheduled to be completed
in November 2003, check the Web at http://ist.psu.edu/cam/Cam2.cfm
The waterfall element of the
new HUB Plaza on Pollock Road is taking shape in the area between the
HUB-Robeson center and Osmond Laboratory. For details about the project,
check the Web at http://www.psu.edu/ur/2002/hubconstr02.html.
Students Scott Ward, forestery, left; Kate Anton, economics; and Beth Bubenheim, horticulture, prepare to plant pumpkins, squash and melons in the Trial Gardens on the University Park campus.
Photo: Greg Grieco
Three years of work came to fruition recently as Penn State DuBois held a ribbon-cutting ceremony to officially dedicate its new campus administrative center, Symmco House.