Missing Medallion Has Changed Iowa State University Landscape

AMES, IA — Iowa State University campus officials and police are seeking tips about a medallion missing from the university's central campus for more than three months. Officials say the medallion's disappearance was noticed in August but no information about its location has been uncovered since that time.

Iowa State was chosen a "medallion site" in 1999 when the American Society of Landscape Architects celebrated its centennial by recognizing landscapes "special to the heart and soul," the Ames Tribune reported.

The medallion had been adhered to a flat rock on the west side of Curtiss Hall on the ISU campus and was discovered to be missing by Bob Currie, Director of Facilities Services, the Tribune reported.

The ISU Police Department told the Tribune there have been no leads and no one is certain whether it was stolen or fell off the rock and became misplaced.

Anyone with information about the medallion is asked to call the police department at 515-294-4428 or ISU facilities planning and management at 515-294-5100. Email tips may be sent to dpsinfo@iastate.edu.

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