Nov 10, 2015 · The Alma Mater is a beloved symbol of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Sculpted by Lorado Taft, the 10,000-pound statue depicts a mother figure wearing academic robes and flanked by two attendant figures representing "Learning" and "Labor," after the University's motto.

The Alma Mater, a bronze statue by sculptor Lorado Taft, is a beloved symbol of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. The 10,000-pound statue depicts a mother-figure wearing academic robes and flanked by two attendant figures representing "Learning" and "Labor", after the university's motto "Learning and Labor."

Perhaps the most recognizable symbol of the Urbana-Champaign campus is the iconic Alma Mater statue. Crafted by the renowned sculptor and alumnus Lorado Taft ‘1879 and unveiled on Alumni Day, June 11, 1929, it depicts, in Taft’s own words,

Mar 21, 2014 · CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – The Alma Mater sculpture will make her long-awaited return to the Urbana campus April 9, where she will be put back on her pedestal to silently watch the next century of university progress. ... He said the statue might look slightly unfamiliar to those who have become accustomed to the corrosion-tinged, streaky iteration ...

Alma Mater. The University's motto of "Learning and Labor", honored so eloquently in Regent Gregory's 1873 University Hymn, finds physical elegance in Lorado Taft's Alma Mater sculpture.

Alma Mater faithfully greets the campus community of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Alma, a 10,000-pound bronze statue by sculptor Lorado Taft, depicts a mother-figure wearing academic robes and flanked by two attendant figures...

Designed by University graduate Lorado Taft, the statue was unveiled on June 12, 1929. The Alma Mater is shown “as a benign and majestic woman in scholastic robes, who rises from her throne and advances a step with outstretched arms, a …

Conceived and built over a several decades, this statue has become the symbol of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Sculptor Lorado Taft, a graduate of the University in 1879, built the first version of the statue in the 1880s.

The Alma Mater, a bronze statue by sculptor Lorado Taft, is a beloved symbol of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. The 10,000-pound statue depicts a mother-figure wearing academic robes and flanked by two attendant figures representing "Learning" and "Labor", after the university's motto "Learning and Labor."

May 24, 2017 · Happy birthday, Alma Mater! A gift from the Classes of 1923-1929, the University of Illinois’ beloved Alma Mater sculpture was dedicated and unveiled on June 11, 1929. In honor of her 88 th birthday coinciding with the university’s sesquicentennial celebration, we’re taking a look at some of the iconic moments in Alma’s life at Illinois.