University of Iowa Homecoming Corn Monument

University of Iowa College of Engineering ^ | 10/3/2017

[iowamark]

Homecoming at the University of Iowa is never declared "official" until the legendary Corn Monument stands tall on the Pentacrest.

Keegan Parizek and Joe Moslemian were the student leads, with Rick Fosse, lecturer in civil and environmental engineering, and Allen Bradley, professor of civil and environmental engineering and researcher at IIHR--Hydroscience & Engineering, providing faculty oversight and guidance. Brandon Barquist, engineering specialist at IIHR, provided technical support. Overall, credit for this year's Corn Monument goes to American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) students as well as UI Campus Activity Board students, IIHR staff, and UI Facilities Management. Additional artwork was provided by students as part of the NEXUS of Engineering and Arts program led by Deanne Wortman.

A UI Homecoming tradition, the corn monument dates back to 1919. The tradition continued annually until the 1960s, when interest waned. It was revived in 1981 and made sporadic appearances since—until 2014, when the UI student chapter of the American Society of Civil Engineers took up the project and built a 25-foot monument using about 1,100 ears of corn.

From helping out with gluing, cutting, and drilling on build days, students from a variety of disciplines across campus volunteered their time this year.

The monument will remain on the Pentacrest until Monday, October 9

[iowamark]

Short video on the corn monument

2016 Corn Monument

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[iowamark]

Forgive the vanity post, but I was watching the Engineering students build this the other day and thought it was really neat.

[peggybac]

Love it!

[DUMBGRUNT]

It is ‘really neat’, but the Corn Palace in Mitchell is bigger and up most of the year.

[MountainDad]

GO HAWKS!!!!!

[Huskrrrr]

Go Hawkeyes! Glad to see some traditions are still around.