Resources for injured students on campus
By Lexi Whitehead | March 27, 2021Between the Miller Center, Office of the Dean of Students and the BCare program, many resources are available to injured students who need accommodations.
Between the Miller Center, Office of the Dean of Students and the BCare program, many resources are available to injured students who need accommodations.
Although students fill out evaluations each semester, they don’t have access to what other students have submitted in previous semesters.
Miami University is one of nine universities to receive the inaugural Jesse L. Moore Supplier Diversity Award from INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine.
President Joe Biden signed an executive order on March 8, ordering the Secretary of Education to review changes made to the Title IX process under the Trump administration. Miami University students and administration await this review in hope for more protection for sexual assault survivors.
Some Miami faculty use testing software when administering exams online, but a student petition alleges Proctorio, the most popular software, is ineffective, problematic and insecure with data. Miami teaching faculty and Proctorio officials weighed in on the controversy.
Just weeks after a 20-year-old Bowling Green State University (BGSU) student died in an alleged hazing incident, lawmakers are reintroducing a bill that would make hazing a felony in the state of Ohio. If the state law were to change and give harsher penalties to students convicted of hazing, Miami University would follow suit.
“It’s finally getting national attention.” This was one of the first thoughts that came to the mind of English and global and intercultural studies professor Yu-Fang Cho in the wake of the tragic shootings that happened in spas around Atlanta on Tuesday, March 16.
With the signing of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, college students are getting their own stimulus checks in the third round of pandemic-related aid. Well, almost.
Incoming first-year and transfer students at Miami University will complete a virtual orientation in preparation for the Fall 2021 semester due to current COVID-19 gathering guidelines.
Three executive members of the College Democrats at Miami University (Dems) have resigned in the wake of events involving a Black Student Action Association (BSAA) member at a Dems meeting on March 10.
Despite relatively low numbers at the beginning of the spring semester, COVID-19 cases are once again on the rise at Miami University.
Miami University’s Associated Student Government (ASG) approved its second round of student organization funding for the semester at its March 16 meeting.
This school year, a new artistic statue was added along the sidewalk past Benton Hall leading to North Quad, prompting questions and amusement from the Miami University community.
When first-year Taylor Shockley found herself trapped at home for the foreseeable future, she, like many Miami University students, quickly began to fall back on projects that might have otherwise been put on the back burner.
Being a student with ADHD poses a number of hurdles, especially in the era of online learning. Female students in particular also face issues centered around diagnoses and ADHD awareness. These female Miamians discuss what it's like to juggle the duties of a college student with the challenges of living with ADHD.
Miami University’s Associated Student Government (ASG) launched an initiative earlier this month to reduce food waste in campus dining halls by asking students to “pick their portion.” Dining halls across campus now display stickers on the glass in front of food stations prompting students to be specific about the amount of food they wish to receive. Options include double, full and half-portions, as well as “just a taste.”
The Biden administration has been reversing and revising Trump-era policies since day one of taking control of the White House, and language is no exception. The administration has changed the rhetoric federal officials use to speak about political issues.
On March 13, 2020, exactly a year ago this past Saturday, Miami University President Greg Crawford sent an email to the student body notifying them that classes would be delivered remotely for the remainder of the spring 2020 semester.
Miami University’s spring commencement will be held in person over the course of three days, according to an email sent to the Miami community by President Greg Crawford on Monday, March 15.
Miami University entered the Age-Friendly University (AFU) Global Network just three weeks ago. The AFU Global Network ties Miami to a commitment – with about 69 other universities – to increase education and other services for older people outside the traditional college student age range. The workgroup outlined a plan in its AFU application to develop webinars geared toward faculty on age-inclusive education that would cover topics like diversity.