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Faculty and staff take daughters to work April 25, 2002 The 10th annual Penn State Commission for Women's Take Our Daughters To Work Day was a big hit with participants on the University Park campus, as 190 mentors escorted 229 students to 39 different career sites Thursday. Two of the students attending the event, Rachel Mountz and Christine Mehalick, took notes at their sites and wrote a report on their day. For their story, click here.

Brenda Love, a research associate in veterinary science, told participants about the work she does and the options open to those with degrees in the field. Photo: Annemarie Mountz

Participants at the Outreach Information Systems career site used an object-oriented program to build and battle "bots" as their parents watched. Photo: Annemarie Mountz

Anita Todd (center), director of Engineering Cooperative Education, helps Rachel Petkac and Tara McClintic build robots using Legos in the Hammond Lab. Photo: Greg Grieco

Mellissa Clouser, left, Tarin Butts and Todd Clouser, right, watch as Gotz Bramesfeld, an aerospace engineer demonstrates how a sailplane operates. Photo: Greg Grieco

Penn State Police Officer Anne Grego tells her visitors about the training needed to be a hazmat operator and about the benefits it can have for a community. Photo: Greg Grieco

After the career site visits, participants gathered back at The Bryce Jordan Center for lunch. The mood was festive, and President Graham B. Spanier joined several clowns from Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey® Circus to entertain the crowd. Here, Spanier amazes his volunteer from the crowd by turning torn tissue paper into a hat. Photo: Annemarie Mountz

President Graham B. Spanier also involved keynote speaker Carolyn Donaldson in his magic. Photo: Annemarie Mountz

The Commission for Women thanked the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey® Circus clowns for entertaining the crowd by giving them souvenir shirts. For information about the circus, which is on the University Park campus through Sunday, click here. Photo: Annemarie Mountz

Keynote speaker Carolyn Donaldson spoke to participants on the topic of "The Passionate Woman -- Passionate About Life, Love and Work?" Photo: Annemarie Mountz

Last updated April 25, 2002.