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A Xhosa woman hands her hoe to Penn State Ph.D. candidate Katie Tavenner in Cwebe, South Africa. Tavenner was traveling as part of the instructional team for a faculty led study abroad program in the country.
A Xhosa woman returns home, hoe in hand, from a day of working in the gardens in Cwebe, South Africa.
A Xhosa man observes as his fellow community members teach a group of Penn State students how to hoe in Cwebe, South Africa.
Viewers chat during an intermission at Moonlite Drive-In in Brookville, Pa. The theater, like all drive-ins in the country, will be forced to upgrade to digital projectors before next season. The upgrade is projected to cost most drive-in operators about $80,000.
Penn State running back Bill Belton (1) carries the ball in the fourth quarter of Penn State’s game against Illinois at Beaver Stadium Nov. 2, 2013. Belton gained 201 yards in Penn State’s 24-17 overtime victory.
The polling place at Mike’s Video and Appliance in State College, Pa. stands empty during a lull in voter turnout on the afternoon of Tuesday, November 5, 2013. Judge of elections John Vincenti estimated that less than 200 of the 1500 people registered to vote there would come to cast their ballots.
Tracy Fogleman wipes down a white board in the Land and Water Building at Penn State. In August of 2013, Fogleman was awarded the 2013 Spirit of Physical Plant Award for custodial service.
Rose Paddison, an architecture student at Penn State, works on sketches for a community development project in the Stuckeman Family Building at University Park.
Penn State students Andrew Adorno, left, and Alfred Garcia help pull Iman Malloy from a muddy stream bank at Camp Mountain Run in Penfield, Pa. The students were clearing sticks from the stream to prevent a bridge downstream from damming up when they started to sink to their knees in the mud.
Penn State setter Micha Hancock (12) and outside hitter Deja McClendon (18) react to freshman teammate Megan Courtney's (17) fourth block of the match against Michigan State at Rec Hall on the evening of Saturday, November 24, 2012. Courtney led everyone with nine kills and six blocks.
Paul Wright, an industrial engineering student at Penn State, practices guitar outside the Hintz Family Alumni Center in University Park, Pa. Wright, the 2011 winner of Grange Fair Idol, has been singing and playing guitar for ten years. “It’s a familiar face no matter where I am,” he says of his music.
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The Centre Area Transportation Authority (CATA) provides 24-hour blue and white bus service over THON weekend each year. Kimberly Stogdill, a CATA bus driver, has driven on THON weekend for the past seven years, and she has signed up to drive extra shifts several times. She works hard to raise awareness of the special 24-hour bus service by collaborating with Penn State students to create a promotional music video.
Penn State wide receiver Richy Anderson (19) prays before an NCAA college football game against Illinois in State College, Pa., Saturday, November 2, 2013. Penn State went on to win 24-17 in overtime.