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Article: MAJOR NEW SCULPTURE TO REFLECT UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA MERCED'S MISSION IN CENTRAL VALLEY
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- September 3, 2008
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The University of California at Merced issued the following press release:
The hopes and aspirations of the rapidly growing University of California, Merced campus will be captured metaphorically in a major new piece of sculpture - a gift to the university - to be erected in the central courtyard this academic year.
"Beginnings," inspired by former Acting Chancellor Rod Park in 2006 and conceived by noted American sculptor Aris Demetrios, will consist of two gently curving, vertical arms, each about 40 feet high, rising from a large circular base. The enfolding arms are a metaphor for the embrace of a caring university that values its students and its community and the germination of a seed ...