Exhibits
Names of Distinction
Scattered throughout campus are various plaques and memorials for past faculty and students. This gallery highlights some of them. Look through the images to find out how some of the buildings on campus got their names and add your own images of plaques tucked away in corners of the University to Centennial Memories.
Saddlemire Student Services Demolition
These photographs show the demolition process of the Saddlemire Student Services Building from July through October 2007. Opened in 1968, the building originally housed the University Bookstore, student financial aid office, placement office, the international student center, Office of Student Personnel, Office of Student Publications, Student Government offices, guidance and counseling, offices for the Dean of Students and Associate Dean of Students.
The site is the location of the new Wolfe Center for the Arts, and pictures from the April 2009 groundbreaking celebration are included.
Donald Drumm and Murals on Campus
The Jerome Library mural is an iconic landmark on campus, visible for miles. Donald Drumm, artist-in-residence, created the Jerome mural, as well as murals in the Saddlemire Student Services, Psychology, and Education Buildings. Well-known in Ohio, one of the artist's sculptures had a role in the Kent State shootings on May 4th, 1970 --see the archival material at Kent State Libraries. The 40th anniversary of Jerome Library was celebrated in 2007 -- read more information about the mural construction and the controversy surrounding it here.