Task force to hold open forum for students
The Strategic Priorities Task Force will hold a special forum for Miami University-Oxford students at 5 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 22 in Hall Auditorium.
Members of the Strategic Priorities Task Force will present their recommendations to cut more than $40 million dollars from the Miami University budget over the next five years. Recommendations include ways to generate revenue and save money for the university. The task force will make a final report on Oct. 1 to be presented to President David Hodge and the board of trustees.
Students will be able to ask questions or make suggestions about the recommendations during the forum.
For more information about the task force recommendations, visit www.miami.muohio.edu/spc/.
Festival to celebrate diverse cultures
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Miami University's annual UniDiversity festival will be held 5:30 to 10 p.m. Friday, Sept. 24 at Uptown Park.
The festival celebrates Latin American and Caribbean cultures with music, dance, food, arts and crafts and information booths.
The booths feature the various cultures that make up the largest minority group in the United States.
The event will include a petting zoo and feature a dance troupe, a salsa band and a Latin band.
The UniDiversity festival is part of a series of Miami events that highlight National Hispanic Heritage Month, which occurs from Sept. 15 to Oct. 15.
The UniDiversity Festival is co-sponsored by Miami's Center for American and World Cultures and the Office of Diversity Affairs with support from other campus organizations, the Oxford Visitors and Convention Bureau and the Talawanda School District.
Safety Day promotes campus awareness
Miami University Police Department will sponsor its third Safety Day Thursday, Sept. 23.
The event will take place from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Cullen Drive, across from the Shriver Center. The Miami Metro, Nighttime Door-to-Door services, HAWKS Peer Health Educators, IT Services and Miami's sexual assault prevention coordinator will all attend the event, representing their respective organizations.
Police will lecture on good safety practices and encourage student and employees to sign up for Miami's emergency text messaging system. The event is part of the National Campus Safety Awareness Month, in which colleges and universities across the country inform students about good safety practices.
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