2009 President's Open House 1
Visitors to Old Main walk through the lobby as musicians of the Penn State Merriman Graduate String Quartet perform chamber music during the President's Open House on Friday, Oct. 2. The event, open to the public as well as Penn State students, faculty and staff, offered opportunities to meet University President Graham B. Spanier and Executive Vice President and Provost Rodney Erickson, as well as take tours of the Old Main bell tower and enjoy performances by the Penn State Performing Magicians. Penn State Lion Ambassadors were on hand to provide information on the building and Penn State.
2009 President's Open House 2
Visitors to Old Main line up to go into the Office of the President during the President's Open House on Friday, Oct. 2. The event, open to the public as well as Penn State students, faculty and staff, offered opportunities to meet University President Graham B. Spanier and Executive Vice President and Provost Rodney Erickson, as well as tours of the Old Main bell tower, performances by the Penn State Performing Magicians. Penn State Lion Ambassadors were on hand to provide information on the building and Penn State.
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Penn State Executive Vice President and Provost Rodney Erickson chats with visitors to his office during the President's Open House on Friday, Oct. 2, 2009. Added attractions for the afternoon included live music, and self-guided tours of the Old Main bell tower. Penn State Lion Ambassadors were on hand to provide information on Old Main and the Office of the President.
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Penn State Performing Magicians member David Clavens, a senior performs a magic trick for Peiwei Lee, Zhou Zhou and Nan Wu. The trio of graduate students was waiting in the line to meet President Graham Spanier as they toured Old Main's Office of the President on Friday, Oct 2, as part of the President's Open House. The event, open to the public, allowed opportunities to meet Spanier and Executive Vice President and Provost Rodney Erickson, as well as a chance to tour the Old Main bell tower.
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Penn State President Graham B. Spanier greets the Puopolo family, whose son Anthony, center, is a freshman at Penn State, during the President's Open House on Friday, Oct. 2. The family members were just some of the many visitors to come through Old Main on Friday's President's Open House event, which offered a chance to meet the president and provost, and tour parts of Old Main, including the bell tower.
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University Development employees Deborah Boscaino, left, Patricia Phillips and Georgiana Cole get their picture taken with Penn State President Graham B. Spanier in his office in Old Main on Friday, Oct. 2. The Office of the President was open to the public between 2:30 and 4:30 p.m. for tours and meet-and-greet opportunities with Spanier and Executive Vice President and Provost Rodney Erickson. Added attractions for the afternoon included live music and the chance to tour the Old Main bell tower.
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Penn State President Graham B. Spanier, left, converses with freshman Alyssa Hunter, right, and her mother Elaine, center, in his office in Old Main on Friday, Oct. 2. The Office of the President was open to the public between 2:30 and 4:30 p.m. for tours and meet-and-greet opportunities with Spanier and Executive Vice President and Provost Rodney Erickson. Added attractions for the afternoon included live music and the chance to tour the Old Main bell tower.
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Visitors to Old Main trek up the narrow stairs to the top of the bell tower during the President's Open House on Friday, Oct. 2. The event, open to the public as well as Penn State students, faculty and staff, offered opportunities to meet University President Graham B. Spanier and Executive Vice President and Provost Rodney Erickson, as well as to take tours of the Old Main bell tower and enjoy performances by the Penn State Performing Magicians. Penn State Lion Ambassadors were on hand to provide information on the building and Penn State.
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Elaine Randazzo, left, and her husband Sam, right, check out the Old Main bell in the building's bell tower on Friday, Oct. 2. The tower was made available throughout Friday afternoon as part of the President's Open House, an event catering to visitors like the Randazzos, who are parents of a Penn State freshman. Penn State students, faculty, staff and visitors were able to meet the president and provost, tour the Office of the President and learn more about Old Main through Lion Ambassadors on hand. Those to tour the bell tower may be some of the last to see the bell in its current location, as it is scheduled to be removed from the tower on Wednesday, Oct. 7, to be restored through funds raised by the Penn State Graduating Class of 2009.
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Penn State sophomores Zach Zimbler, front, and TIm Vitullo, back, check out the view from atop the Old Main bell tower on Friday, Oct. 2. The students were just a few of the hundreds of students, faculty, staff and visitors to come through Old Main on Friday's President's Open House event, which offered a chance to meet the president and provost, tour parts of Old Main, including the tower.
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