Miami University President Greg Crawford announced Carolyn Jefferson-Jenkins will be this year’s spring commencement speaker. The announcement came on Friday, Feb. 19 during a Board of Trustees meeting.
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Miami University’s preppy reputation is no secret to anyone, but financial and anecdotal evidence shows that sentiment has contributed to a lasting impact on the university’s socioeconomic diversity.
At Oxford City Council’s Feb. 16 meeting, Chief of Police John Jones reported that 39 cars were towed from snow routes during the previous day’s snow emergency.
Miami University’s Associated Student Government (ASG) approved its internal operating budget (IOB) at its Feb. 16 meeting, which included an allocation of just less than $4,000 for menstrual hygiene products.
Miami University’s Associated Student Government (ASG) allocated just $67,000 of the $210,000 it initially budgeted for its first round of student organization funding this semester.
Despite the surging COVID-19 pandemic, more than 60 Miami University students are currently studying abroad at the university’s satellite campus in Luxembourg through the Miami University John E. Dolibois European Center (MUDEC).
In his virtual lecture, titled “How We Got Here: The State of the American Presidency,” Woodward shared stories and insights from his long career writing about presidents. The lecture was the first in Miami’s 2021 lecture series.
Two weeks ago, a Miami student found herself unable to pay her spring tuition bill and turned to Twitter to crowd-source the money she was missing.
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Miami University adopted a test-optional policy for applicants during the 2020-2021 admission year, but it has yet to announce what next year’s testing policy will be.
The Citizens Observer Patrol (COP) program invites volunteers to act as the “eyes and ears” for OPD officers on duty. The program, which started in the summer of 2020, attracts many Miami University students seeking internship credit.
On campus, many buildings closed by 9:30 p.m. and students were asked to return to their dorms by 10 p.m. With the curfew now lifted, many on- and off-campus buildings and restaurants plan to remain open later.
Armstrong Student Center puts up flags to honor the home countries of students enrolled at the university. But the flags don't necessarily represent the nationalities and heritages of every student. The very first time that Class of 2020 Miami graduate Andrew Devedjian stepped foot into Armstrong Student Center during a 2016 campus visit, he immediately searched for the Armenian flag hanging among others on the wall. He didn’t see it. Now he's looking to change that.
Miami University students and faculty must adjust to a different semester format this spring, as the traditional week-long spring break has been replaced with a series of “wellness days.” These wellness days occur roughly once a month and were implemented to prevent students from traveling to many different locations and bringing COVID-19 back to Oxford. Professors are not allowed to hold classes or assign work on these days.
In past years, the first step for high school seniors after being accepted to Miami University was scheduling a visit to campus during a Make it Miami event. Hundreds of soon-to-be first-years made the trip to Oxford and spent a day meeting faculty, listening to student panels and getting sore feet as they walked from building to building before deciding whether or not to commit.
The credit/no credit deadline has been extended to April 1, but students still cannot take any required classes for their major or minor as credit/no credit.
The production of a successful vaccine targeting COVID-19 has led to many questions about distribution and supply, with states creating individual plans to give vaccines out as effectively and efficiently as possible.
Friends told Niko Rajani that he didn’t have to change his name as a transgender man. His legal name is Indian, so people in the United States wouldn’t register it as a feminine name.
Miami University’s Associated Student Government (ASG) elected two on-campus senators, two off-campus senators and four senators-at-large at its Feb. 2 meeting.
Approximately 14,500 Miami University students are living in Oxford this semester, undercutting population estimates many university officials were expecting.