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Recent Campus Beautification Committee Projects Officially Commemorated

August 7, 2025

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Cbc plaques group record — Shown at the plaque installation of ‘For the Record’ artwork in the Central Reading Room of the Melville Library are (l-r): Melville Libraries’ Kenneth Schaal (Head of Library Operations, Access & User Services) and Jennifer DeVito (Associate Librarian/Director of Access & User Services), student artist Anika Griffing, Campus Beautification Committee members David Ecker, Ellen Cooke, Christine Griffiths, and Wang Center’s Asian Art and Culture Program Coordinator Eric Murphy (also an ART Tank judge).

Making it ‘official,’ Campus Beautification Committee (CBC) members installed plaques at two recent major CBC artwork installations, commemorating the student creations and the lasting legacy they leave at Stony Brook University.

Coincidentally, both were in libraries — one in the Melville Library Central Reading Room (where student artist Anika Griffing ‘24 came to be honored), the other at the Health Sciences Library on East Campus. Both were attended by library personnel and other employees instrumental in making these projects happen. All were happy to pose for a quick photo, and especially thrilled about having these works of art to prominently display and share with patrons and visitors from on and off campus.

Cbc plaques group origami — Shown at the plaque installation of the Origami Club’s ‘United Dreams’ creation are (l-r): Health Sciences Library Director Jessica Koos; Head of Health Sciences Library Access & User Services Donna Darling; Director of Health Sciences Academic Support Dominick Fortugno; and Campus Beautification Committee members David Ecker, Ellen Cooke and Chris Tanaka.

See and hear what CBC member and ART Tank founder David Ecker had to say to Griffing in a small plaque presentation:

Read more about ‘For the Record’ — Griffing’s Central Reading Room mural

Read more about ‘United Dreams’ — the Origami Club project that found a home at the Health Sciences Library, the first CBC East Campus project

— Ellen Cooke

Cbc plaques 1 — Campus Beautification Committee co founder and chair Mitchell Trinka with student artist Anika Griffing ’24.

Cbc plaques 2 — Griffing positioning the plaque commemorating her ART Tank-winning work in the Melville Library’s Central Reading Room.

Cbc plaques 3 — ART Tank founder/Campus Beautification Committee member David Ecker presenting the plaque to student artist Anika Griffing for her ‘For the Record’ ART Tank-winning work of art.

Cbc plaques 4 — Health Sciences Library’s Jessica Koos (l) and Donna Darling standing proudly near the Origami Club’s ‘United Dreams’ creation, a project supported by the Campus Beautification Committee.

Cbc plaques 5 — Campus Beautification Committee’s Co-lead Ellen Cooke (l) presenting the ‘United Dreams’ plaque to Health Sciences Library Director Jessica Koos.

Cbc plaques 6 — Origami Club’s ‘United Dreams’ in its display case and with its new plaque commemoration, at the entrance of the Health Sciences Library on East Campus.

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