At its Feb. 15 meeting, Miami University’s Associated Student Government (ASG) held Senator-at-Large elections, appointed committee members and passed three pieces of legislation.
On Feb. 21, the university reported zero new student cases for a seven-day moving average of 3.7 cases per day. Employees reported zero new infections and an average of zero per day.
A California-founded electric scooter-powered startup, Snag, is populating the sidewalks and streets of Miami University with red-bag-bearing delivery drivers. With a promise of 10-minute delivery, these drivers rush to get convenience products to students.
For many other organizations like OMA, the Miami Initiative for Advancing, Mentoring and Investing (M.I.A.M.I.) Women’s Giving Circle has been funding projects since 2018 to encourage and support opportunities for women.
As Miami University faculty embark on their unionization journey, the Oxford Fire Department (OFD) has just signed its first labor agreement with the city. The OFD union, named Oxford Professional Firefighters Local 5272, is almost two years in the making.
Miami University has hired the law offices of Porter Wright to assist the university in navigating law surrounding unionization, wrote Jessica Rivinus, senior director of News and Communication, in an email sent to The Miami Student.
When senior diplomacy and global politics and political science major Halle Sarkisian started teaching group fitness classes at the Miami University Recreational Sports Center (the Rec) her sophomore year, she had no idea things would drastically change in just a few short months.
Forecasted hazardous weather and an ever-changing COVID-19 situation led to several changes to Miami University’s formal recruitment process for fraternities and sororities.
Though the Faculty Alliance of Miami (FAM) would be Miami’s first faculty union, the university has a history of labor activism that spans more than 50 years.
The announcement of unionization did not come quickly for Cathy Wagner, president of Miami University’s chapter of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP). She’s been working on her plan to introduce collective bargaining to Miami faculty for two years.
Miami University faculty members announced a campaign to form a union at an American Association of University Professors (AAUP) advocacy chapter meeting Wednesday, Feb. 2.
Miami University announced through its Emergency Text Messaging System Oxford and Regional campuses will be closed at 6 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 3 until 6 a.m. Friday, Feb 4.
Student organizations at Miami University are planning to meet in person this semester despite encouragement from the administration to hold virtual meetings when possible.
In its Jan. 12 email, the Miami University COVID Response Team outlined new guidelines regarding testing and quarantine and isolation going into the spring semester.
Two months after the Hillcrest monoxide poisoning incident, Miami makes changes across campus. ASG plans to investigate air quality in residence halls.
On Sunday, Jan. 23, students checked in for move-in day at a desk in their residence hall, where their testing documentation was reviewed before they moved in.
According to a Jan. 12 email sent to the Miami University community from the COVID Response Team, on-campus students will be required to show proof of a negative COVID-19 test before moving back into their residence halls.
Miami University students, staff and faculty will be required to wear masks for the spring semester, according to a Jan. 5 email from Miami’s COVID Response Team.
Oxford’s mask mandate could be reinstated as early as Jan. 4 after a lengthy City Council discussion at its Dec. 21 meeting.
Miami University’s Farmer School of Business (FSB) announced Wednesday, Dec. 22 that all of its winter study abroad programs would be moved to a hybrid online format.