Miami University's Associated Student Government (ASG) passed a bill supporting the registrar's online diploma proposal at its meeting on Tuesday, March 3.
Jason Rezaian spoke on Tuesday, March 3 at Miami University and the Oxford Lane Library. At the programs, he shared his experiences being imprisoned in Iran, promoting his book “Prisoner: My 544 Days in an Iranian Prison — Solitary Confinement, a Sham Trial, High-Stakes Diplomacy and the Extraordinary Efforts It Took to Get Me Out.”
Local places of worship are taking vastly different approaches to maintain security within their walls. While some churches and synagogues have implemented a variety of intense security measures, others offer little to no protection.
Students at Miami University will count toward the population of Oxford — not their hometowns — in the upcoming census. They will receive forms in the mail with instructions on filling out the census online beginning on March 12.
“Comprehensive sexuality education does not exist within the United States,” she said. “Since 1997, the United States government has only paid for abstinence-only education.” The Guttmacher Institute released a report about the sex education adolescents and young adults receive. Those who have received abstinence-only — or sexual risk avoidance — education are at higher risk for STIs, pregnancy and an early sexual debut.
Miami University’s leadership has begun to plan out potential novel coronavirus outbreak procedures, as the threat of the virus continues to mount across the country and the world, with three confirmed cases in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, as of Monday, March 9.
At 7:40 a.m. on Wednesday, a female student at Middletown Middle School responded to an auto-generated text from the district's student wellness center, reminding her of her appointment with the center, with a “threatened act of violence.” The student will face charges for “inducing panic” and will likely be in custody later today, said Middletown police chief David Birk, during a joint press conference with city schools’ superintendent Marlon Styles Jr. this afternoon.
A $1 million donation from Miami University alumni will fund a new scholarship program for entrepreneurship majors in financial need or from underrepresented communities.
Author and journalist Wil Haygood unveiled a trailer for a forthcoming documentary about Thurgood Marshall based on Haygood’s book, which showcases Marshall’s tense confirmation hearing for the Supreme Court.
Miami University students studying abroad in South Korea and Italy have been urged by the university to return to the U.S. as soon as possible, following an announcement by the Trump administration on Saturday that all non-essential travel to South Korea and Italy has been restricted.
Miami University’s strategic communication and journalism programs ranked highly in the GradReports 2020 Best Colleges report, making Miami the only Ohio university to appear on the lists.
The courtyard is the only real place to congregate in Bachelor Hall, but a proposed renovation plan would fill it in and turn Bachelor into a “transdisciplinary humanities hub.”
Around 100 students and faculty attended the forum, which Rossi said ASG spent around $11,500 on. This money came from ASG’s finances leftover after funding student organizations. Okatomo cost less than past speakers, so organizers gave laptop stickers, wristbands and t-shirts that read “mental health matters” to attendees.
Miami University students now have access to counseling 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The university Student Counseling Services (SCS) have expanded to include a 24-hour H.O.P.E. line available to students.
Miami University may not be prioritizing enrolling low-income students who receive federal aid, according to two reports released this year.
The search committee, chaired by College of Creative Arts Dean Liz Mullinix, is composed of 11 other members. These members include professors from a variety of FSB departments, a graduate student, an undergraduate student and a member of the FSB Business Advisory Council, which is a group made up of Miami alumni who currently work in various business-related fields. Mullinix could not be reached for comment. But senior Collin O’Sullivan, the only undergraduate student on the committee, said he hopes to see a dean with “growth [and] great representation.”
All pledging activities at Miami University’s Alpha Sigma Phi (Alpha Sig) fraternity have been suspended.
Tyler Perino stood between his parents, Randy and Laura, while facing the judge in the Oxford Courthouse. A few rows behind him sat several former members of the Delta Tau Delta (Delts) fraternity, and just a few feet to his right stood another: Joshua Plaster, who had just pled guilty to hazing him. Nine of the 18 former Delts charged in October pled guilty to hazing and received their sentences in court on Tuesday, Feb. 25, which mostly consist of fines.
Since the era of Nellie Craig, the first black student to enroll at Miami in 1903, black students have been fighting for equality while also making history. Jerry Williams ’39 and Myldred Boston Howell ’49, two of Miami’s earliest black students, are no exception. Though they faced many obstacles, both prevailed and created a lasting impact on the Miami community.
Miami University’s Board of Trustees (BoT) drew controversy by writing a new clause granting the board full responsibility for determining the terms of employment and tenure for faculty after its Feb. 20 meeting.