The newest member of the GW community is 600 pounds, bronze and cost almost $50,000.

George Washington is back on campus, this time depicted in life-size on a bronze bench posted in Kogan Plaza since Monday, according to a University release.

University trustee and alumnus Mark Shenkman, who graduated with a master’s degree in business administration in 1967, donated the bronze statue to the University. He also gave $5 million last spring to rename the Ivory Tower residence hall, now called Shenkman Hall.

Students who want to get up close and personal with the University namesake can participate in a “selfie” contest sponsored by the Luther W. Brady Art Gallery, according to the release.

The newest feature of Kogan Plaza was created by Utah sculptor Gary Lee Price, who said Shenkman bought the bench, which goes for $46,200 online, at a Wyoming art gallery and then donated it to the University.

Price, who makes benches with sculptures of other figures like Benjamin Franklin, William Shakespeare and Mark Twain, said the selfie contest embodies the goal of his project: to bring historical figures “down-to-earth.”

“That’s a great idea, that’s what it’s there for,” Price said. “It’s so people will take a selfie and have that relationship with the father of our country.”