The Welcome Plaza was completed in the Fall of 2016. It is located on Hester, south of the Student Union and east of the Paul Miller Journalism and Broadcasting building. The concept behind the design was for the area to become the "front porch" of the University.

To learn more about the statues click here: Meet the Artist

Common Name: Caddo Sugar Maple 'Flashfire'

Botanical Name: Acer saccharum

Common Name: Sugar Maple 'Bell Tower'

Botanical Name: Acer saccharum 'Reba'

Common Name: Lead Plant

Botanical Name: Amorpha canescens

Common Name: Eastern Bluestar Amsonia 'Storm Cloud'

Botanical Name: Amsonia tabernaemontana

Common Name: Desert Honeysuckl

Botanical Name: Anisacanthus quadrifidus

Common Name: Chokeberry Low Scape 'Mound'

Botanical Name: Aronia melanocarpa

Common Name: Aster Kickin 'Pink Chiffon'

Botanical Name: Aster x

Common Name: Fals Indigo 'Brownie Points'

Botanical Name: Baptisia x PPAF

Common Name: River Birch 'Dura-Heat'

Botanical Name: Betula Nigra

Common Name: Blue Grama Grass 'Blonde Ambition'

Botanical Name: Bouteloua gracilis

Common Name: Buffalograss '609'

Botanical Name: Buchloe dactyloides

Common Name: Wooly Butterfly Bush

Botanical Name: Buddleia marribiifolia

Common Name: Beauty Berry 'Pearl Glam'

Botanical Name: Callicarpa x NCCX2

Common Name: Blue Wood Sedge

Botanical Name: Carex flaccosperma

Common Name: Clustered Field Sedge

Botanical Name: Carex pregracilis

Comon Name: Bird of Paradise

Botanical Name: Caesalpinia gilliesii

Common Name: Mountain Mahogany

Botanical Name: Cercocarpus montanus

Common Name: Northern Sea Oats

Botanical Name: Chasmanthium latifolium

Common Name: Summersweet 'Ruby Spice'

Botanical Name: Clethra alnifolia

Common Name: Ticksee Lil' Bang 'Daybreaker'

Botanical Name: Coreopsis x PPAF

Common Name: Roughleaf Dogwood

Botanical Name: Cornus drummondii

Common Name: Red Twig Dogwood 'Pucker Up'

Botanical Name: Cornus stolonifera

Common Name: Bush Honeysuckle Kodiak 'Black'

Botanical Name: Diervilla rivularis

Common Name: Bush Honeysuckle Kodiak 'Orange'

Botanical Name: Diervilla rivularis

Common Name: Coneflower Sombrero 'Adobe Orange'

Botanical Name: Echinacea x 'Balsomador'

Common Name: Strawberry Bush 'Hearts Bustin'

Botanical Name: Euonymus americanus

Common Name: Dwarf Fothergilla 'Mt. Airy'

Botanical Name: Fothergilla

Common Name: Arkansas Alum Root

Botancial Name: Heuchera villosa v. Arkansana

Common Name: Dwarf Oakleaf Hydrangea 'Munchkin'

Botanical Name: Hydrangea quercifolia

Common Name: Oakleaf Hydrangea 'Jetstream'

Botanical Name: Hydrangea quercifolia

Common Name: Four-Nerve Daisy 'Prairie Sunshine'

Botanical Name: Hymenoxys scaposa

Common Name: Shrubby St. John's Wort

Botanical Name: Hypericum prolificum

Common Name: Inkberry 'Shamrock'

Botanical Name: Ilex galbra

Common Name: American Holly

Botanical Name: Ilex opaca

Common Name: Winterberry Holly 'Mr. Poppins'

Botanical Name: Ilex verticillata 'Farrow MrP'

Common Name: Winterberry Holly 'Little Goblin'

Botanical Name: Ilex verticillata 'NCIV2'

Common Name: Dwarf Yaupon Holly 'Stokes'

Botanical Name: Ilex vomitoria

Common Name: Dwarf Crested Iris

Botanical Name: Iris cristata

Common Name: Copper Iris

Botanical Name: Iris fulva

Common Name: Sweetspire 'Little Henry'

Botanical Name: Itea virginica 'Sprich'

Common Name: Grey Owl Juniper

Botanical Name: Juniperus virginiana

Common Name: Chinese Fringe Flower 'Emerald Snow'

Botanical Name: Loropetalum chinense 'Shang-White'

Common Name: Turk's Cap 'Big Momma'

Botanical Name: Malvaviscus drummondii

Common Name: Bull Grass 'El Toro'

Botanical Name: Muhlenbergia emersleyi

Common Name: Seep Muhly

Botanical Name: Muhlenbergia reverchonii

Common Name: Muhly Grass 'Nashville'

Botanical Name: Muhlenbergia rigida

Common Name: Southern Wax Myrtle

Botancial Name: Myrica cerifera

Common Name: Southern Wax Myrtle 'Don's Dwarf'

Botanical Name: Myrica cerifera var. pumila

Common Name: Bear Grass

Botanical Name: Nolina microcarpa

Common Name: Texas Bear Grass

Botanical Name: Nolina texana

Common Name: Blackgum 'Red Rage'

Botanical Name: Nyssa sylvatica 'Haymanred'

Common Name: Golden groundsel

Botanical Name: Packera obovata

Common Nam: Switchgrass 'Heavy Metal'

Botancial Name: Panicum virgatum

Common Name: Switchgrass 'North Wind'

Botanical Name: Panicum virgatum

Common Name: Switchgrass Prairie Winds

Botanical Name: Panicum virgatum

Common Name: Switchgrass Prairie Winds 'Cheyenne Sky'

Botanical Name: Panicum virgatum

Common Name: Switchgrass 'Shenandoah'

Botanical Name: Panicum virgatum

Common Name: Jacobs Ladder 'Stairway to Heaven'

Botanical Name: Pelononium reptans

Common Name: Luminous Pineleaf Beardtongue

Botanical Name: Penstemon pinifolius

Common Name: Beartongue 'Dark Towers'

Botanical Name: Penstemon x

Common Name: Creeping Phlox 'Home Fires'

Botanical Name: Phlox stolonifera

Common Name: Ninebark 'Tiny Wine'

Botanical Name: Physocarpus opulifolius

Common Name: Ninebark 'Amber Jubilee'

Botanical Name: Physocarpus opulifolius 'Jefam'

Common Name: Western Sand Cherry 'Pawnee Buttes'

Botanical Name: Prunus besseyi 'PO115'

Common Name: Cutleaf Sumac 'Tiger Eyes'

Botanical Name: Rhus typhina 'Bailtiger'

Common Name: Quilled Dwarf Rudbeckia 'Little Henry'

Botanical Name: Rudbeckia subtomentosa

Common Name: Texas Sage 'Moonlight'

Botanical Name: Salvia greggii

Common Name: Indiangrass 'Thin Man'

Botanical Name: Sorghastrum nutans

Common Name: Alkali Scaton Grass

Botanical Name: Sporobolus airoides

Common Name: Prairie Dropseed

Botanical Name: Sporobolus heterolepis

Common Name: Snowberry 'Galaxy Sensation'

Botanical Name: Symphoricarpos x Doorenbosii 'Kolmgala'

Common Name: Coralberry Proud Berry

Botanical Name: Symphoricarpos x 'Sofie'

Common Name: Spider Wort 'Angelic Charm'

Botanical Name: Tradescantia

Common Name: Narrowleaf Ironweed

Botanical Name: Vernonia lettermannii

Common Name: Skeleton-Leaf Goldeneye

Botanical Name: Viguiera stenoloba

Common Name: Salvia 'Golden Girl'

Botanical Name: Salvia jamensis

Common Name: Little Bluestem 'Prairie Blues'

Botanical Name: Schizachyrium scorparium

Common Name: Goldenrod 'Wichita Mountains'

Botanical Name: Solidago rugosa

Common Name: Goldenrod 'Solar Cascade'

Botanical Name: Solidago shortii

Common Name: Eve's Necklace

Botanical Name: Sophora affinis