The search for the missing medallion continues three months after it was stolen from campus.

On its 100th anniversary, the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) honored 362 sites across the nation.

Iowa State was one of three universities awarded specifically for their central campuses. Other recipients include places like Central Park in New York City and the U.S. Capitol grounds.

Bob Currie, director of facilities planning and management, noticed the medallion’s absence in early August. According to Inside Iowa State, a theft report was filed with the university police. 

This is not the first time a commemorative piece has been stolen from campus.

In 2015, the police recovered a plaque that was on McKay Hall after tweeting about the theft. A few years prior, a small statue of a perched bird outside Morrill Hall was stolen, then later returned.

For 18 years, the medallion was fixed to a rock near Curtiss Hall on the path to Beardshear Hall. This spot was chosen purposefully for its visibility and relation to the open grounds and Campanile in Central Campus.

“It’s a pretty special thing for us,” Rhonda Martin, landscape architect in facilities planning and management, told Inside Iowa State, “it belongs on campus and not in somebody’s closet.”