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Penn State Intercom......April
24 , 2003
Students donated 3 tons of food
to the Trash to Treasure sale last year, along with 72 tons of reusable
items. This year, the sale will be held May 24 at Beaver Stadium. Proceeds
benefit the United Way.
Photo: Greg Grieco
President Graham B. Spanier and
Dean James Thomas receive the Xerox check. The Xerox Innovation Centre
will be used to support instructional and research programs, adding greater
value to how students, faculty and staff manage the endless stream of
information required to be productive in today's society.
Photo:
Greg Grieco
The center, funded in part by a
$100,000 grant from the Xerox Foundation, will feature state-of-the-art
Xerox systems further enhanced by Web-based software applications that
will allow students to access and print information anywhere at anytime.
Photo: Greg Grieco
President Graham B. Spanier, right,
explained some of the vision for the building's uses to Anne Mulcahy,
as James Thomas, dean of the School of Information Sciences and Technology,
looks on. Photo: Greg Grieco
Auction merchandise
Cars and bikes are among the
items crossing the block at the University's annual salvage auction
to be held at 9 a.m. Thursday, April 24, at the University Salvage Warehouse
on the University Park campus. The warehouse is located off of Park
Avenue.
Photo: Greg Grieco
Getting
ready for summer
Eric Schmidt, left, and Matt
Rothrock, both employees at the McCoy Natatorium on the University Park
campus, hose down the outdoor pool to prepare it for another season
of fun, sun and swimming. The heated, Olympic-size pool has four diving
boards, and 5-, 7- and 10-meter diving platforms. Weather permitting,
the pool is scheduled to open for summer during the week of May 19.
For more information about the McCoy Natatorium facilities, check the
Web at http://www.psu.edu/dept/nat/.
Photo: Greg Grieco
The annual Old Main Open House
on the University Park campus was held April 16. Adam Tarosky, a.k.a.
President George Atherton, gave a brief history of his accomplishments
during his years in office. He also added a few embellishments to his
bust in the lobby of Old Main. For more pictures, go to http://live.psu.edu/still_life/04_16_03_openhouse/index.html.
Photo: Julie Brink
Mary Lou Retton, the 1984 Olympics
gymnastics all-around gold medal medalist, spoke at the Women's Leadership
Conference April 17 and 18 at the Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel
at Penn State University Park. For more pictures, go to http://live.psu.edu/still_life/04_21_03_retton/index.html
Photo: Greg Grieco
Sen. Arlen Specter, R-Philadelphia, held a town meeting April 15 in President's Hall at The Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel on the University Park campus. For more photos, check the Web at
http://live.psu.edu/still_life/04_16_03_specter/index.html.
Photo: Greg Grieco
The 2001 senior class chose historic light restoration as its class gift. Six lights with "shepherd's crook" fixtures were installed recently behind Old Main on the University Park campus. For more information and photos, check the Web at http://live.psu.edu/still_life/04_22_03_lamps/index.html.
Photo: Julie Brink
"Retreat," a photo exhibit by Jason Fagone, will be displayed through May 26 in the North Halls exhibit area on the University Park campus. Fagone is a 2001 University graduate with a dual major in photography and journalism.
Joy (J. Courtney Taylor), left,
and Grace (Tia N'Deye Jennings), center, confer with their stepmother
(Maureen Illmensee) in "Cinderella," the final Center for the Performing
Arts production of the spring season. The Pennsylvania Centre Stage
summer theatre season begins with "Broadway Bound," running from June
2 to 21 in the new Penn State Downtown Theatre Center. For tickets,
call (814) 863-0255.
Photo: Greg Grieco
Crowds swarmed the aisles during
the 2001 American Association of University Women book sale. This year's
event, the 42nd annual sale, will be May 9 to 12 at the Ag Arena on
the University Park campus.
Photo: Greg Grieco
This side view of the new flat
motor developed at Penn State uses a quarter to indicate the size and
scale of the mechanism.
Photos: Greg Grieco
Scientists have shown, for the first time, that changes in a large-scale climate system can synchronize population fluctuations in multiple mammal species across a continent-scale region.
Students in Horticulture 464
have just 18 hours to turn an unremarkable lawn into a campus showpiece.
They're working during class time over a three-week time span to complete
phase one of the project. For more pictures of their work in progress,
check the Web at http://live.psu.edu/still_life/04_23_03_garden/index.html.
Photos: Greg Grieco
