Photo gallery Making a splash at Alumni Park
With Madison in the midst of a string of hot days, visitors to campus are finding creative ways to cool off. On a recent day, a group of children splashed around in the Alumni Park fountain.
![Children play with water in the fountain.](https://news.wisc.edu/content/uploads/2021/06/Alumni_Park_fountain21_9232-1024x681.jpg)
Photo by: Jeff Miller
What better way to cool off than splash in a fountain? These Children enjoyed the Alumni Park fountain as their families visited the Memorial Union Terrace.![A girl runs around the fountain.](https://news.wisc.edu/content/uploads/2021/06/Alumni_Park_fountain21_9114-1024x681.jpg)
Photo by: Jeff Miller
The 30,000 pound granite fountain's ripple effect is a metaphor for alumni’s positive impacts spreading out worldwide, but it's also fun to play in.