Miami University students are used to crowding around in a residence hall room with cans, bottles or red Solo cups of alcohol, but what is it like for students who don't drink?
Two staff members and two students were invited to represent Miami in the White House forum on campus and community-scale climate change solutions on March 8.
On March 3, after two days of committee meetings, Miami University’s Board of Trustees gathered in Marcum Conference Center to meet with chief administrators and receive updates on the university’s big news.
Sean Scott has been elected as the next Editor-in-Chief of The Miami Student. Scott has been a constant presence at The Student since he first started writing his first year at Miami University. While at the paper, he has worked as a Campus & Community Editor as well as Entertainment Editor. He’s garnered more than 130 bylines – the most of any active member on staff.
Few students at Miami University have experienced what the tradition of Green Beer Day was like before the pandemic, but that’s not stopping them from getting involved in the celebration this year.
The lecture was hosted by Miami University’s Western Center for Social Impact and Innovation in collaboration with the Myaamia Center.
Nyah Smith and Jules Jefferson have been elected Miami University’s Student Body President (SBP) and Vice President for the 2023-2024 academic year, making Miami history as the first elected all-Black ticket. The pair won against Cameron Tiefenthaler and Grace Payne with 68% of the vote.
The Miami Student has compiled a list of events to help you honor and celebrate women this month.
The new Fisher Innovation College @ Elm Center located on 20 S. Elm St. will provide a space for small businesses to start up in Oxford.
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and Yale Law clinical lecturer Linda Greenhouse spoke at Miami University’s Oxford campus on March 2 to discuss her views on the Supreme Court and democracy.
Is it time to kill the death penalty? That’s what this year’s JANUS forum aimed to answer.
On Feb. 17, two candidate pairs announced their campaigns to be Miami University’s next Student Body President (SBP) and Vice President (VP). Students will vote to be represented by Cameron Tiefenthaler and Grace Payne or Nyah Smith and Jules Jefferson.
“It says a lot about the values of a department, of a college, of a university, to have diverse representation of faculty members.” In an industry as plagued with lacking diversity as higher education, big changes may be needed to see any progress.
Nico Hollander and his peers may not be fluent in the languages they sing in, but an international repertoire plays an important role in connecting musicians at Miami to different cultural experiences from around the world.
When Hartleroad came to Miami University, they learned that not every student had the same knowledge of their Myaamia culture, history and language.
Miami University is changing the way it handles free speech violations on campus. Last year, the Ohio Legislature passed Senate Bill 135, which requires all universities to have a process for reporting instances where freedom of speech is violated and a procedure for dealing with those reports.
On Tuesdays and Thursdays, David Peters drives 130 miles to sit in class for two hours at Miami University. For the 33-year-old student, commuting from New Carlisle to Oxford isn’t fun, but it’s not breaking any records for distance.
Miami University’s Office of Institutional Diversity and Inclusion (OIDI) created a Cultural Resource Guide in August 2022 as part of its diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) efforts. Anyone can access it on OIDI’s website.
LHP is an LLC “dedicated to creating a gender inclusive space for LGBTQIA+ students and their allies during their residential experience at Miami,” according to the Residence Life page on gender-inclusive housing. Historically, the LLC has been housed in Stonebridge Hall on Western Campus. Next year, though, LHP will move to Dorsey Hall on East Quad.
At Miami University, Ian Fisher is the president of the Multicultural Business Association (MBA), a member of the International Student Advisory Council (ISAC), a tutor and a full-time student. Before coming to Miami, Fisher talked with his parents about the long-term impacts of attending a predominantly white institution (PWI). They explained that he “may have a greater sense of camaraderie” with other Black students. So far, Fisher said his experience at Miami as a minority student has been average.