Dandelion Square
Dandelion Square
Dandelion Square, which links the Robert B. Goergen Athletic Center, the Frederick Douglass Building, and Wilson Commons, serves as a major connecting pathway from Library Road to Todd Union. In September of 2000, the site was enhanced with new walkways, landscaping, benches, bicycle racks, lighting, and a clock tower. Major donations to the project came from Graham Wood Smith '53, a University alumnus and trustee, who with his family has supported many campus landscaping initiatives.
The dandelion is the school flower. A golden dandelion overlooks the square from atop the entrance to the Goergen Athletic Center and is on a medallion underneath the 30-foot clock tower that flanks the southern end of Dandelion Square. Convocation, new student orientation activities, and other events are held in the square, which serves as a gathering point for the University community.