COMM 269, Introduction to Photojournalism, students in Penn State's College of Communications look through the lens and behind the scenes.
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Terri Jordan, a Penn State Recreation Programs Coordinator, is responsible for assisting and training individuals who have physical and mental disabilities. On Monday February 18, 2013 Mrs. Jordan was conducting aqua therapy in the Penn State University Natatorium. This image is part of a photo series created by students in COMM 269, introduction to photojournalism. Each student was asked to find and photograph a person on the University Park campus who works behind the scenes day to day.
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Brandon Hall, assistant athletic trainer at Penn State, tapes up a member of the men's volleyball team before practice. Hall is in his second year with the Sports Medicine Department at the University, tending to the men's and women's volleyball teams.
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Daniel Shoffner, parking kiosk attendant at Penn State, speaks with a commuter in the Nittany Parking Deck on the University Park campus. This photograph is part of a compilation created by students in COMM 269, introduction to photojournalism. The students were asked to find and photograph a person who works behind the scenes on the University Park campus.
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Carolyn Lay, a bakery assistant at the Penn State Bakery, decorates some Valentine's Day cookies that will be sent to a Commonwealth Campus. The bakery supplies almost all of Penn State's baked goods and makes most of them from scratch.
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Tim Van Allman, a resident hall utility worker, removes trash from Cooper Hall on the University Park campus of Penn State.
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Ed Jedrzejewski handles a pair of two-year old foals at the horse barn in Penn State's animal science department. The barn houses 68 horses, many of which are donated to the school. Ed has been around horses his entire life, and has managed the barn for 12 years. The photo is part of a compilation created by students in COMM 269, introduction to photojournalism. The students were asked to find and photograph a person who works behind the scenes on the University Park campus.
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Amber Hatch, a cataloger at the Penn State libraries, searches through books at the education Paterno library on February 18, 2013. She said that the children's books are fun to look at and those are her favorites to catalog.
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Penn State Police Officer Daniel Hull poses with his patrol car in the Eisenhower Parking Deck on Monday, Feb. 18, 2013. Hull has been part of the Penn State staff since June 2012, but has been an officer for more than 18 years. This photo is part of a collection created by students in COMM 269, introduction to photojournalism.
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Kathy Purnell, a residence hall utility worker, mops the lobby of Warnock Commons in North Halls on Tuesday, February 19. This photo is part of a compilation created by students in COMM 269, introduction to photojournalism. The students were asked to photograph a person at Penn State who works behind the scenes.
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Deb Phillips, a Penn State sales attendant, stocks coolers at the Gallery Cafe inside the Art Building. Phillips has worked at Penn State for 20 years. This photo is part of a COMM 269, introduction to photojournalism, assignment that asked students to photograph a person who works behind the scenes at Penn State.
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April Wertz, who has been a residence hall utility worker at Penn State of five years, cleans bathroom stalls in McKee Hall. This photo is part of a compilation of images created by students in COMM 269, introduction to photojournalism. The students were asked to find a photograph a person who works behind the scenes on the University Park campus.
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Phil Irwin welds an aluminum angle bracket in the Reber Building machine shop. Irwin has been fabricating complex pieces for various mechanical and nuclear engineering experiments for more than seven years at Penn State.
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Bill Clark runs a floor scrubbing machine past the front desk and snack bar at the Greenberg Ice Pavilion on the University Park campus of Penn State.
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Diane Kurtz poses with old books that have been pulled from the shelves of the Penn State library on Monday Feb. 18, 2013. Kurtz works in in the digitization and preservation department in Pattee Library at the University Park campus and has been a Penn State employee for 34 years. The photograph is part of a compilation of images by students in COMM 269, introduction to photojournalism. The students were asked to find and photograph people who work behind the scenes around the University Park campus.
