Miami University’s COVID Response Team announced a pause in surveillance testing for both students and employees.
As of Oct. 27, 92% of Miami University students at the Oxford campus have received at least the first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, according to an email from Miami’s COVID Response Team.
Miami University has returned to face-to-face instruction this semester, posing a challenge for professors to accommodate sick or quarantined students while prioritizing in-person teaching.
In an email to the Miami University community on Oct. 21, the Miami COVID Response Team announced that beginning Oct. 21, provisional holds on student accounts will appear if the required COVID-19 vaccine documentation or filed exemption is not uploaded to MedProctor.
After living through a pandemic, many students have found it more complicated to navigate the throws of common sicknesses, like colds and strep throat.
Eighth grade Talawanda Middle School (TMS) students begin a short-term school closure Thursday as COVID-19 cases have spiked.
The Farmer School of Business decided it was safe to hold recruitment in-person since Mega Fair was successful and most classes are held in-person.
Miami University and the Butler County General Health District (BCGHD) have re-entered a six-month contract to let Miami contact trace on behalf of the BCGHD.
Both exemption forms are due Oct. 15. If students do not submit an exemption by this date or receive their first dose of the vaccine by Oct. 25, they will not be eligible to register for spring classes.
On-campus Miami University students that test positive for COVID-19 are reporting waiting up to 48 hours to move into isolation, unclear communication from the university and fees to be transported back to their dorms.
Brick Street Bar and Grill’s dance floor served a new purpose Tuesday, Sept. 7 as the bar partnered with McCullough-Hyde Memorial Hospital to provide Pfizer and Johnson & Johnson vaccinations to the public.
When Oxford City Councilor Chantel Raghu voted in favor of reinstating a city-wide mask mandate last Monday, she had a lot on her mind.
In a university-wide email, Miami University’s COVID Response Team announced students must complete an educational module before requesting a COVID-19 vaccine exemption.
Online courses during the pandemic have caused problems for students in all majors. But for students in world language courses where there is a dependence on speech and enunciation during instruction, online learning was not ideal.
In the wake of FDA approval of the Pfizer-BioNtech COVID-19 vaccine, the delta variant sweeping across the country and Miami University mandating vaccination among students and staff, there are questions abound about vaccine efficacy and safety.
Miami University announced yesterday that all students, faculty and staff are required to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by Nov. 22, in an email from President Greg Crawford. The announcement was met with a variety of reactions.
It made sense that when we first went Uptown two weeks ago after arriving in Oxford early for band camp, my friends’ faces fell after spotting the new marquee at Brick. It listed a somewhat-familiar, somewhat-new lineup: Karaoke Night on Mondays, Country Night on Wednesdays … and, instead of the beloved ’90s Night, “TikTok Tuesdays.”
Everyone must be fully vaccinated by Nov. 22, receiving their first dose of the vaccine no later than Oct. 25. Community members wishing to request an exemption to the new policy must do so by Oct. 15.
Oxford City Council voted to reinstate a mask mandate at a special meeting Monday night after failing to vote on the order at its Aug. 17 meeting. Residents who do not comply with the mandate are subject to a fine of $100.
The Miami Student Editorial Board is calling on university officials to remove the conscientious objection from the vaccine mandate policy.