The centerpiece of Husky Plaza—a nine-foot-tall, 1,600-pound, entirely hollow, bronze casted statue. The proud pup sites on a 25-ton, 1.8 billion-year-old boulder—a gift from civil engineering alumnus Roland Huhtala (1974)—harvested from a quarry near Covington, Michigan. 4,500 pavers—1,030 of which are personalized and engraved—surround the dog, dedicated in 2014 to serve as the gateway to Alumni Way. The Husky Statue dons a white coat for National Engineers Week, sits nicely for thousands of photo ops (er, selfies), and provides a centrally located meeting spot on campus.