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Campus Art and Memorials

Western Oregon University has a long standing tradition of supporting community and social change. This is evident by the numerous unique pieces of art ranging from creations of an artist to the living treasures along with numerous memorials to keep remembrance alive. These can be found in buildings and as part of our beautiful landscaping, dating from the late 1880s to the present.

This index was originally created by the 2004-2005 Staff Senate has continued as an on-going project to document new public art and memorials. In 2010, this project was passed to the University Archives. If you see a work of art or a memorial that is not documented below or have additional information about one in this list, please contact the University Archives.

1856-1865	MONMOUTH UNIVERSITY
Date	Artwork or Memorial	Sponsor	Location

Date unknown	Rev. John E. Murphy Plaque		Near the tennis courts and Old Physical Education
1865-1882	CHRISTIAN COLLEGE
Date	Artwork or Memorial	Sponsor	Location
	None
1882-1909	OREGON STATE NORMAL SCHOOL (OSNS)
Date	Artwork or Memorial	Sponsor	Location
1887	The Giant Sequoia	Gift of the graduating class of 1887	Campbell Hall, NE corner of the front lawn
1889	Campbell Hall Bell		Relocated to the WUC bell tower
1902	James Monroe Powell Plaque	Gift of the graduating class of 1902, faculty, and other friends	Humanities and Social Sciences building, south stairwell
1905	Ice-Rafted Erratic Granite Boulder		Natural Science building, garden
1908 - June	Oregon State Normal School Plaque	Gift of the graduating class of 1908	Humanities and Social Sciences building, south stairwell
1909	George Washington Crossing the Delaware	Gift of the graduating class of 1909	WOU Archives storage
1911-1939	OREGON NORMAL SCHOOL (ONS)
Date	Artwork or Memorial	Sponsor	Location
1913 - June	Plaque	Christian College Class June 1873	Campbell Hall, SE tower wall
1913	“AD 1913” Cornerstone marker		Maple Hall, NE corner
1914	Mirror	Gift of the Oregon State Grange	Todd Hall, east stairway
1925	Millstones with plaque	The Vanderpool mill from the Parker District of Polk County	Near the tennis courts at the corner of the Humanities and Social Sciences building
1925 - May 6	Oregon Normal School men who enlisted in WW1 Tennis courts		The tennis courts at Old Physical Education
1926	Senior Bench (replaced)	Gift of the Graduating Class of 1926	Outside Campbell Hall under The Giant Sequoia
1931	Jessica Todd Hall Plaque		Todd Hall, to the left of the front doors
1935 - July 14	Rev. John E. Murphy Urn	Donated by the descendants of John E. Murphy	Todd Hall, front lawn
1939-1981	OREGON COLLEGE of EDUCATION (OCE)
Date	Artwork or Memorial	Sponsor	Location
1951	Director case	Gift of the graduating class of 1951	Campbell Hall
1956	Dr. Roben J. Maaske, President Plaque	Gift of the graduating class of 1956	Hamersly Library, stairwell between the second and third floors
1961	Oregon College of Education 1882 Plaque	Gift of the graduating class of 1961	Werner University Center, in the Den
1965	Pin oaks	Gift of the graduating class of 1965	Line the east side of Stadium Drive, behind McArthur stadium
1965 - May 2	Carillon	OCE Alumni Association gift	Humanities and Social Sciences building
1972-1976	Trees in the new Grove	Donations from alumni, friends of the college, students, faculty and college staff and a grant from the American Revolution Bicentennial Commission of Oregon	New Grove bounded by the dorms to the north, McArthur field to the south, New PE building on the west, and the Werner University Center on the east.
1975	Carol Pickering Memorial Tree American Sweetgum	Unknown who purchased the tree	Softball field, west of campus
1975 - September	Iberian Venus sculpture Artist Manuel Izquierdo	Associated Students of Oregon College of Education (ASOCE)	Center of The Grove
1976 - April 23	Debbie Fell and Tammy Griffith Memorial Tree Flowering ‘Kwanzan’ cherry	Residents of Landers Hall may have sponsored the tree	Landers Hall lawn, west side
1981-1997	WESTERN OREGON STATE COLLEGE (WOSC)
Date	Artwork or Memorial	Sponsor	Location
1981 - May 1	Untitled Cor-ten® Steel sculpture Artist Charles W. Smith	Funding: Oregon's Percent for Art in Public Buildings program	APS building (former library)
1982 - July 29	Leinwand Festival Theatre		Rice Auditorium, west lawn
1984	Sundial	Gift of the graduating class of 1984	Werner University Center, front entrance
1984	Dr. Robert E. Albritton Memorial Tree Korean dogwood	Funded by fellow professors, colleagues, and friends	College of Education, south lawn panel
mid-1980s ?	Graduation trees - we need more information! Can anyone help? Goldenchain Tree (Laburnum x waterei) Noble Fir (Abies proccera)		New Physical Education, east lawn
1985	WOSC Graduate Ellen May Dietel - under construction Mountain ash (Sorbus aucuparia)		New Physical Education, east lawn
1986 - January 28	Sharon Christa McAuliffe Memorial Tree Challenger Space Shuttle Flowering Cherry		The Cottage, west side
1986 - June 10	Mermaid sculpture Artist Jan Zach	Donated by Dr. Anton Postl, the Western Foundation, the Monmouth-Independence Community Arts Association, and the Oregon Arts Commission	Natural Sciences building, east garden
1987	Dr. Montana Hopkins Rickards Walking Bull Memorial Tree Giant Sequoia		New Physical Education, east lawn
1988	Neal W. Werner Plaque		Werner University Center, south wall of the main entrance
	Fish Tank - ASWOSC	Neal Wayne Werner	Werner University Center
1989 - May 31	The College Center was dedicated and renamed the Werner College Center in memory of its former director Neal W. Werner
1989 - June 4	Beijing’s Tiananmen Square Memorial Tree Maidenhair tree		Landers Hall, west lawn
1989 - June 9	Selma Leinwand Memorial Tree Westerns "First Lady” Italian Cypress		Rice Auditorium, south lawn
1989 - September 15	Time Capsule		Heritage Hall, left of the main entrance
1989 - October	Twin Cones Artist Jonathan Bonner	Funding: Oregon's Percent for Art in Public Buildings program	Heritage Hall dormitory, west side
1989	World Time Clock	International Students Organization	Werner University Center, Cubbyhole
1990 - June 9	A Symbol of Life Katsura tree		NPE east lawn
1990	Mash pole	Gift of the graduating class of 1990	Between the College of Education and the Instructional Technology Center
1991	Professor Edward Fletcher Barrows Memorial Tree Sugar Maple ‘Green Island’		Campbell Hall, west lawn
1991	Oregon Law Enforcement Memorial Wall		Moved to Salem 2006
1992 - January 10	Research and Educational Exchange ‘Yoshino’ Flowering Cherry	Saitama University	South of University Park Conference Center, Unit C
1993 - (approx)	Student April Turner Graduation Tree - under construction Coralbark Japanese Maple		Humanities and Social Sciences, east plant bed near front entrance
1993	H. Dale Harp Memorial Bench		Between Hamersly Library and the College of Education
1993 - June 9	Marci Lynn Pahl Memorial Tree ‘Thunder Cloud’ Flowering plum		Landers Hall west side
1995	Three Benches	Parents Club	Between Campbell and Maple Halls
1996 - June	Oregon Rivers sculpture Artist Tomas Rudd	Funding: Oregon's Percent for Art in Public Buildings program	Rice Auditorium, west lawn
1996	Wade Popoff 1996 Senior Elementary Education Plaque		Campus Public Safety
1997 -	WESTERN OREGON UNIVERSITY (WOU)
Date	Artwork or Memorial	Sponsor	Location
1997	Matt Norman 1997 BS Law Enforcement Bench		Valsetz Dining Hall
1998	The Moon was a River stained glass Artist Jack Archibald	Funding: Oregon's Percent for Art in Public Buildings program	Valsetz Dining Hall elevator
1998 - April 4	Reece Aaron Ritz Memorial Tree Flowering pear tree	Contributions by family and friends	Practice football field, south east corner
1999	Voyage to Excellence sculpture Artist James T. Russel	Funding: Oregon's Percent for Art in Public Buildings program	Werner University Center
2000	Professor Edward Bellamy Memorial Tree ‘Yoshino’ Flowering Cherry		Hamersly Library, southwest corner
2000	Gobelins tapestry Soliloquy Artist Shelley Socolofsky	Funding: Oregon's Percent for Art in Public Buildings program	Hamersly Library, main staircase
2000	Three Elements sculpture Artist Michihiro Kosuge	Funding: Oregon's Percent for Art in Public Buildings program	Hamersly Library, West Portico
2001	Donovan Burbank Memorial Tree Ponderosa pine		The Grove, east walk
2001	Kurt E. Singletary Memorial Tree Dogwood	Dedicated by Valsetz Dining Hall students and co-workers, 2001	Valsetz Dining Hall, west side
2006	Bench entitled Grove Artist Wayne Chabre	Funding: Oregon's Percent for Art in Public Buildings program	Sequoia Commons patio, Arbor Park Apts.
2007 - June 14	Twila Kreger Domine Memorial Bench	Donations by WOU faculty, staff, friends, and family	Rice Auditorium, SW lawn
2007	Wind Catcher Artist Stuart Jacobson	Funding: Oregon's Percent for Art in Public Buildings program	South side of Alder View Townhouses
2008	Untitled - Under construction! Artist	Funding: Oregon's Percent for Art in Public Buildings program	Southwest wall of Todd Hall
2008 - April 16	Virginia Tech University Faculty & Students Memorial Tree Kwanzan Flowering Cherry	Funded through donations from staff and students	Between Landers Residence Hall and Lot J Loop
2008 - October 23	Whitney Bellinghausen Memorial Tree Kwanzan Flowering Cherry	Donations by her WOU campus family and friends	Between Landers Residence Hall and Lot J Loop
Date	Artwork or Memorial	Sponsor	Location
Date unknown	Raywood Ash	Oregon Public Safety Academy Class 209	Heritage SE corner

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Other sources of information and photographs

Outdoor Sculptures on Campus, an exhibit July-September 2006 at Hamersly Library

Textures of Campus, an exhibit September - December 2005 at Hamersly Library

Remembering the Past: Artifacts from the University Archives, a 2000 Hamersly Library exhibit

WOU Archives pages

Would you like to know more about our campus buildings? Click here. Or here for the Werner University Center.

Read about Oregon's Percent for Art Program

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