Eclipse on PennWest Edinboro Campus
From
Edinboro
When
Mon, Apr 8, 2024 from 12pm to 4pm
Where
Jeremy D. Brown Human Services Building, 215 Scotland Rd, Edinboro, PA 16412, USA
Details
PennWest students, faculty and staff will welcome the public to the festivities, which begin at noon, in preparation for the 3:16 p.m. viewing of totality – the period when the moon passes between the sun and the earth. Guests are welcome to bring blankets or lawn chairs to enjoy the eclipse around Mallory Lake, in the heart of Edinboro’s campus. Free PennWest Edinboro branded eclipse safety glasses will be available at the event, while supplies last.
The festivities will include local food trucks, kids’ activities and a meet-and-greet with Edinboro student clubs and organizations. Edinboro’s bookstore will be selling student-designed T-shirts commemorating the event. Indoor dining options will be open in the Frank G. Pogue Student Center and Van Houten Dining Hall during normal hours of operation and public restrooms will be available.
?Dr. David Hurd, director of PennWest Edinboro’s planetarium, will lead the educational events on campus. Hurd has dedicated the last 20 years to producing and implementing tactile astronomy materials for visually impaired individuals and has worked with NASA to create the official braille guides to experiencing the eclipse. Guides will be available to view at the PennWest Edinboro watch party.
Edinboro’s campus radio station, WFSE 88.9, will broadcast live from outside of the Jeremy D. Brown Human Services Building. Listeners can tune in from home on Fighting Scots Radio or at the livestream link. Edinboro students will produce a specially designed playlist for the afternoon, with the announcers sharing related trivia and incorporating live interviews with Dr. Hurd and guest speakers.
At 2:02 p.m., the partial eclipse will be viewable in the Edinboro sky. Totality will begin at 3:16 p.m., with maximum totality at 3:18 p.m. Totality will end at 3:20 p.m., with partiality ending at 4:30 p.m.
For more information about the event – and an official countdown clock, visit www.pennwest.edu/eclipse.
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