This bronze statue of True Grit was commissioned in in the late 1980s by then-President Michael Hooker, and created by alumna Paulette Raye '87, philosophy. Today, the statue lives between the RAC and the Administration Building.

To read more about the Grit statue and other iconic pieces of public art on campus, head to http://magazine.umbc.edu/umbc-magazine-spring-2015/space-in-time/