For most of the CMU community, the university
seal and the Latin motto, “Sapientia, Virtus, Amicitia,” seem like they have
been around forever. But that’s not the case. This year, amidst the
celebrations of the University’s 125th anniversary, CMU reporters caught up
with Pete Ketzler, the designer of the seal, to talk about the beginnings of
the idea in the early 1950s and timelessness of the seal today. Read the story
and watch the video on the CMU News site.
