Ascher Family Plaza

Statues of six historic Jayhawks, funded by alumnus James Ascher Sr. and his wife, Mary Ellen, with additional support from the Pi Deuteron Chapter of Phi Gamma Delta, stand on pedestals at the south edge of the plaza by the Kansas Union. The statues were sculpted by artist Robin Richerson and cast using the “lost-wax” method. All six were unveiled in March 2019.

In September 2022, a seventh statue, of a nesting Jayhawk, was unveiled on the plaza.