A symbol for the College of Family and Consumer Sciences will come full circle today. The head of one of the children in Christian Petersen’s “Ring of Life” sculpture will be reinstalled about 9 a.m. in MacKay Hall. Final on-site repairs, such as painting areas between the cracks, will take one or two days, according to a university press release.Carol Meeks, dean of College of Family and Consumer Sciences, said she was surprised at the small amount of time it took to have the statue restored. One of the children’s heads in the statue was removed and stolen Sept. 14. The head was found broken into several pieces on Sept. 19.Nick Johnson, senior in management information systems, pleaded guilty to criminal mischief in the first degree in December, and was sentenced Jan. 8 to pay restitution to University Museums in the amount of $36,662.He received a deferred judgment and was also sentenced to 200 hours of unpaid community service, in addition to legal fees.Meeks said the restoration cost about $36,000, and she is excited to have it back in one piece.”It’s the symbol for many of the people in the college. Since the ’70s, they’ve kind of used it to symbolize the College of Family and Consumer Sciences, and to have it back it means you’re going to be whole again,” Meeks said.Frances Miller, of Conservation Technical Associates out of Connecticut, performed most of the work to repair the terra cotta sculpture in the ISU Nuclear Engineering Laboratory. Miller has been working on the restoration since he arrived on campus Jan. 3, said Dana Michels, curator of exhibition and collections at the Brunnier Art Museum.Michels said the university chose the company because of its quality workmanship. She said the university is willing to pay for the best service available because quality work is important.”They are very skilled at reconstructing works of art to make them look like the original,” Michels said. “Miller has experience working with Petersen pieces, and he does a great job.”