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Loretta Parker, an administrative assistant in the Howe Center for Writing Excellence sits at her desk in King Library where she uses Workday for many aspects of her job.
NEWS

Miami University’s transition to Workday creates issues for employees

By Kasey Turman | September 5, 2024

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.

Dietetic interns and volunteers help organize and fill orders for the Culinary Nutrition Depot Food Pick List.
FOOD

Free Food Pick List Program relieves financial stress for students

By Sophia Mathur | September 2, 2024

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.

Many different aspects are prevalent in current and past protests ranging from free speech to the presence of social media.
NEWS

The relationship between protests and American universities

By Harry Hittle | August 28, 2024

Last spring, protests on college campuses across the country generated rounds of headlines as universities grappled with how to appease student protesters and end the encampments on their academic quads. The high-profile protests across the nation led many to recall past periods of national angst marked by widespread protests, with many drawing parallels to the anti-war protests of the 1960s. Several history and political science professors at Miami contextualized the Palestine protests of last spring.   

Gary Speck conducts the Miami University Wind Ensemble. Under his leadership, the ensemble has been invited to the Ohio Music Education Association 10 times and has made seven appearances at the College Band Directors National Association.
NEWS

How one retiring professor encourages students to follow their musical passions

By Taylor Stumbaugh | May 15, 2024

 For the past 36 years, Gary Speck taught courses in music education and conducted the melodic sounds of clarinets, flutes, trumpets, trombones and different percussion instruments. The melodies floated through the walls of Presser Hall, permanently staining the ears of anyone passing by. However, Speck’s time conducting the Miami University Wind Ensemble is coming to a close. 

Senior softball player Karli Spaid steps up to bat at a Miami University softball game.
NEWS

Karli Spaid’s rise to the top

By Hayley Luby | May 13, 2024

Karli Spaid, a current Miami University women’s softball player, has just reached No. 2 in the overall NCAA rankings for most home runs hit in a college career.

A Talawanda High School Teacher was placed on administrative leave today after posting a politically charged TikTok.
NEWS

Talawanda Board of Education will host work session to discuss start times and school busing

By Alice Momany | May 8, 2024

Around 3 p.m. on most weekdays, many students in the Talawanda School District begin their walk home after the Talawanda School District Board of Education voted to reduce busing as a result of budget cuts. The district moved to a single-tier service, meaning that busing is only provided for students in kindergarten through eighth grade who live outside of a two-mile radius from the school.

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