2009 Homecoming Parade 1
This youngster occupied herself by building a snowman before the start of the 2009 Penn State Homecoming Parade. The snow, which started falling Thursday night (Oct. 15), is expected to continue to fall into Saturday morning and has caused major changes in parking for the Penn State-Minnesota football game scheduled for 3:30 p.m. Saturday (Oct. 17).
2009 Homecoming Parade 2
Emergency vehicle lights are reflected in the wet roadway at the start of the 2009 Penn State Homecoming Parade. The parade was held despite the inclement weather.
2009 Homecoming Parade 3
Valerie Plame Wilson was the grand marshall of the 2009 Penn State Homecoming Parade.
2009 Homecoming Parade 4
Penn State Board of Trustees Chair James Broadhurst tosses candy to the crowd. Broadhurst and President Graham B. Spanier, center, rode on the Homecoming float with the Lion Ambassadors. The float was pulled by a tractor that runs on SVO -- straight vegetable oil.
2009 Homecoming Parade 5
This unusual bicycle was at the head of a group whose signs proclaimed, "Volunteers are Super Heroes."
2009 Homecoming Parade 6
The Penn State Alumni Blue Band is always a favorite in the Homecoming Parade.
2009 Homecoming Parade 7
The Minnesota Chapter of the Penn State Alumni Association was one of several chapters from around the country to make the trip to Happy Valley for Homecoming.
2009 Homecoming Parade 8
Sesame Street is the theme of this float in the 2009 Penn State Homecoming Parade.
2009 Homecoming Parade 9
The Spanish Club had an enthusiastic presence in the 2009 Penn State Homecoming Parade.
2009 Homecoming Parade 10
Members of the Penn State Juggling Club wowed 2009 Penn State Homecoming Parade onlookers by spinning flaming poi.
2009 Homecoming Parade 11
The Penn State Blue Band played for a standing room-only crowd in the HUB-Robeson Center Alumni Hall on Friday night, Oct. 16.
2009 Homecoming Parade 12
Greg Tallman was named Homecoming King, and CriCri Henry was named Homecoming Queen for 2009.
![A group photo of the ECOGIG team aboard the "Jewels of the Gulf: Deepwater Expedition."](https://news.psu.edu/sites/default/files/styles/multimedia_most_popular/public/jewels-of-the-gulf-team-shot.jpg?itok=StIJuEKt ""Jewels of the Gulf: Deepwater Expedition" Group Shot")