Every Monday during the school year, Gavin Boling, a nine-year-old student at Kramer Elementary, stays after school for an extra couple hours.
Oxford Area Trails (OATS) has been expanding its network of recreational hiking trails for 30 years, and to celebrate the continuing expansion, hosts an annual Hike-a-Thon.
Transporting children to and from school can be one of the biggest challenges parents face. While school buses can help parents with this problem, some Talawanda students don’t have this option.
This past spring, Miami University transitioned from Aramark to Chartwell Higher Ed for on-campus dining. As the fall semester got underway, complaints arose across campus regarding the food.
Miami University Police Department responds to a surplus of incidents from Sept. 9 to Sept. 16.
Miami University’s Associated Student Government (ASG) elected Senators Victoria Rivas, Jacob Van Riper, Kadyn Werkhoven, Aiden Bryant and Kiser Young to the Senate Restructuring Committee, which focuses on reorganizing the Senate. The election was uncontested.
The Faculty Alliance of Miami (FAM) has continued negotiating with upper university management toward a contract ensuring fair raises and more academic freedom.
Located within the walls of Peabody Hall on Western Campus, the Western Center for Social Impact and Innovation offers free programming for students every day.
Every fall, families descend upon Oxford to visit their Miami University students. This years falls on October 18-20. Parents follow their kids to Brick Street and attend events put on by the university – this year, Sal Vulcano will be visiting campus. No matter the activity your family chooses, there is one common challenge: finding housing.
Blocking out the rising sun, Yager Stadium stretches out on the edge of Miami University’s campus. The bleachers and handrails, still slick from the morning dew and rain, glisten softly in the light as people slowly start the trek to the top of the stadium.
At a glance, Oxford may not seem like much more than a small college town. Beneath the surface, however, the brick-covered streets have a variety of options, especially when it comes to food and drinks, making it an ideal place to grab a nice meal or a late-night treat.
The end of August welcomed thousands of students to Miami University’s red-brick campus to begin or continue studying their declared fields of interest.
Abby Bunch never imagined her first year in college would result in eight doctor visits, four trips to the university clinic, roughly two weeks of missed classes and an impending surgery.
The transition to college can be difficult, especially for first-year students. For many, it marks their first time living independently, far from hometowns and families.
A new mural is set to be painted in Oxford this coming fall on the U.S. Route 27 underpass in Peffer Park.
Oxford City Council meeting included a discussion on alleyways at its Sept. 4 meeting. Stormwater issues and the difficulty for emergency vehicles access in alleys, alongside providing naming signage for alleys was deemed important by councilors. They also discussed the incorporation of stormwater adjustments in the code.
Between Aug. 22 and Sept. 2, Oxford police responded to 27 incidents, according to the Oxford Police Department’s reports.
Miami University’s campuses underwent a change that hadn’t been made in nearly 25 years. This summer, roughly 4,000 Miami employees had to change pay and funding systems to Workday, a software used for finance, human resources and student information, just a few months before more than 20,000 students returned to Miami’s Oxford, Hamilton and Middletown campuses.
Miami University has students from all 50 states and 79 different countries, so students meet people from all over the world. In some cases, this can lead to them falling in love with someone who spends part of the year on the other side of the country.
In 2021, the Student Success Center approached Nancy Parkinson and the Miami University nutrition department about starting a food pantry. The Culinary Nutrition Depot Food Pick List, run by Parkinson and nutrition students, offers free meal fundamentals and small kitchen equipment for any enrolled Miami student.