Zak and his business partner Selom Agbitor, both alumni from Miami’s class of 2019, earned themselves a $500,000 investment in their company, Mad Rabbit Tattoo, which they started with just $600 as a side-hustle at Miami a few months before graduating.
This year, just more than 30 total citations — including one for mass gatherings and zero for mask violations — were issued by the Oxford Police Department (OPD) over the course of Green Beer Day (GBD) events. Despite this low number of citations in comparison to years past, students reported both seeing and attending large gatherings with more than 60 people in attendance.
Members of the Miami University and Oxford community gathered Saturday, April 3 to mourn the deaths of those killed in the Atlanta spa shootings, an action widely regarded as a racially motivated attack against the Asian American/Pacific Islander (AAPI) community.
Miami University gave eligible students up to $1,500 in federal aid beginning Monday, March 29. Funds came from the Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act (CRRSAA). Miami was allocated just less than 6.5 million dollars in total.
In an email sent to the Miami University community on Monday, April 5, Miami announced the distribution of 3,500 Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines to students starting April 10.
At its March 30 meeting, two members of Miami University’s Associated Student Government (ASG) presented a resolution to reduce the number of mail deliveries residence halls receive each week.
Following the resignation of three executive positions in the Miami University College Democrats (Dems), two more executive members have chosen to resign.
The grant, part of the U.S. Treasury’s recent emergency rental assistance program, is intended to help families who are unable to keep up with payments because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Money will be used to help with rent assistance, utilities and up to 12 months of back rent.
The tenth annual National Civil Rights Conference will be held at Miami University this summer.
This year, Miami was named a top-producer for Fulbright, a program that sends its grant recipients to study and work abroad in foreign countries. Miami currently touts five alumni, all ETAs, abroad on Fulbright grants for the 2020-2021 academic year.
The Oxford Area Trails (OATs) are considered an outdoor safe space by many in Oxford, loved for the simple pleasures the trails offer within their wooded paths.
The test-optional policy means students are not required to submit test scores for the SAT and/or ACT when applying for admission. Merit scholarships and honors selection will be considered on a test-optional basis as well.
President Joe Biden’s latest stimulus package did not include forgiveness for student loans, but it did include legislation that could open doors for student loan forgiveness in the future.
Ashutosh Pitkar, a senior mechanical engineering major and winner of Miami Activities and Programming (MAP)’s chess tournament, has been playing chess since he was 7 years old.
Marja Berry, an Oxford resident, has been helping around 80 Miami University students with food insecurities right out of her garage for the past month through her program called Army of Kindness.
The Miami University Recreational Sports Center (rec center) and its fitness centers have remained open the entire 2020-2021 school year, but the CDC recently announced some COVID-19 outbreaks can be traced back to public gyms.
When clients book an appointment with Kathy Glows, they can expect a 10-15 minute appointment either at Carder’s apartment or in the comfort of their own home with Carder’s “glowbile” tanning.
The first day of Ramadan begins April 12 this year, and Miami University students who celebrate are looking to campus dining halls to help break their fast after sundown.
A recent housing needs assessment conducted by Bowen National Research found the majority of renters in Oxford fall into the same category, with 54% of non-student residents considered housing cost burdened.
Students living on campus at Miami University received an email on March 16 from the Office of Residence Life warning them that they will lose access to their residence hall and meal plan if they fail to comply with the school’s COVID testing policy.