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.
In March 2020, Miami University’s archives launched “Documenting the COVID-19 Pandemic,” a collection focused on life during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The draft policy was approved by the University Senate Executive Cabinet and will be discussed by the entire Senate at its meeting on Monday afternoon. The draft still must await approval from university president Greg Crawford before it comes to fruition.
"What to know about COVID-19 for the fall semester" is the 29th episode of The Miami Student's news podcast, This Week @ TMS. This week, your hosts Sarah Grace Hays and Maggie Peña sit down with assistant Campus and Community editor, Lexi Whitehead, to discuss vaccines, masks and COVID-19 updates for the fall semester.
Around 10 McCullough-Hyde Memorial Hospital employees and family members gathered outside the hospital at 4 p.m. on Aug. 25, with signs to protest the COVID-19 vaccine requirement for employees. Today was the second time they protested the requirement. The first was held last week.
Miami University is “carefully considering” mandating the COVID-19 vaccine for all students, faculty and staff, according to a university-wide email sent this morning.