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Participants in the School of Nursing's site visit the maternity ward in the simulation laboratory during a past year's Penn State Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day.
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A participant in the Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences session of Penn State's Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day swabs the inside of her cheek during a demonstration.
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Lee Hammarstrom, left, brought his grandchild to Penn State's Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day. He stopped by to ask Tracy Leitzel, center, and Rachele Rosman, right, for directions to one of the sites on his schedule during registration.
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Sanford 'Sandy' Smith holds up a wood product to demonstrate to Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day participants career choices in the School of Forestry. In the background is one of many picture-yourself-career-exhibit cutouts that helped demonstrate the many areas that are a part of Penn State's School of Forestry.
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Jim Garthe, instructor in agricultural engineering, answered a question at one of the Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day sites. The glass jars in front of Garthe show the plastic fuel nuggets, called Plastofuel. These nuggets can be blended with coal and burned cleanly to heat buildings.
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Left, James Garthe, instructor in agricultural engineering, demonstrated how this machine burns plastic and shoots a tremendously hot flame without any smoke. On the right, a student from Juniata Valley High School was job shadowing Garthe as they demonstrated to Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day participants on April 22.
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Nuket Acar, instructor in veterinary and biomedical sciences, showed Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day participants the proper technique involved in making the knots needed when suturing patients. Acar told those interested in the field that they needed to have a fire in their stomachs -- a reference to the level of interest needed -- because it involved hard work and long hours.
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Carol Burns, from Penn State's Veterinary Extension, demonstrated to participants the proper technique involved in making a halter. Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences was one of 50 sites involved in Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day at the University Park campus.
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Rick Gilmore, acting director of Social, Life and Engineering Sciences Imaging Center (SLEIC), used a mock MRI scanner to show students how the machine collects information about the brain's electrical responses. The SLEIC was one session available during Penn State's Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day held on Thursday, April 22, on the University Park campus.
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Stephanie Flanagan, human resource specialist in the Office of Human Resources and keynote speaker at this year's Penn State Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day event, asked the participants to raise their hands if they had ever been asked what they want to be when they grow up. Flanagan spoke during the luncheon at the conclusion of the program.
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The formal portion of Penn State's Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day ended with lunch at the Bryce Jordan Center on the University Park campus. More than 500 mentors and participants took part in this year's program, which featured 50 career sites. The program is open to girls and boys in grades six through 12.
Thursday, September 23, 2021
