{"id":964,"date":"2022-11-01T15:42:00","date_gmt":"2022-11-01T20:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kualumni.org\/stories\/?p=964"},"modified":"2025-12-10T15:43:21","modified_gmt":"2025-12-10T21:43:21","slug":"jayhawk-statue-ku","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kualumni.org\/stories\/jayhawk-statue-ku\/","title":{"rendered":"Jayhawk nest statue debuts on Ascher Plaza"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A new brood of Jayhawks has taken up residence outside the Kansas Union on Ascher Plaza. Unveiled in September, the \u201cJayhawk Nest\u201d statue depicts three fledglings\u2014including the 1912 Jayhawk\u2014watched over by an elder bird.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The monument joins the six other bronze Jayhawks sculpted by artist Robin Richerson to chronicle the mascot\u2019s evolution. The entire flock was made possible by James Ascher Sr., \u201951, and his family. Pleased with the first six statues, Ascher approached the Union about another work to represent new generations of Jayhawks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" src=\"https:\/\/kualumni.org\/stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/12\/Jayhawk-nest-statue.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-961\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kualumni.org\/stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/12\/Jayhawk-nest-statue.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/kualumni.org\/stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/12\/Jayhawk-nest-statue-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kualumni.org\/stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/12\/Jayhawk-nest-statue-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" src=\"https:\/\/kualumni.org\/stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/12\/KU-Jayhawk-campus-statue.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-962\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kualumni.org\/stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/12\/KU-Jayhawk-campus-statue.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/kualumni.org\/stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/12\/KU-Jayhawk-campus-statue-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kualumni.org\/stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/12\/KU-Jayhawk-campus-statue-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>When the Nest was unveiled Sept. 23, retired Union director David Mucci described Ascher, who died in February, as clever, playful and imaginative. \u201cHe came up with this, and not only envisioned it, but also, in his usual way, pushed it to materialization,\u201d Mucci said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thanks to Ascher\u2019s vision and generosity, the forever-young flock\u2014fueled by an occasional gummy worm\u2014will welcome Jayhawks long into the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Photos by Steve Puppe<\/h6>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More bronze birds have perched in front of the Kansas Union.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":51,"featured_media":963,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":true,"footnotes":""},"categories":[28,26],"tags":[49,74],"class_list":["post-964","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-campus","category-tradition","tag-landmarks","tag-mascot"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.0 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Jayhawk nest statue debuts on Ascher Plaza - Crimson &amp; 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